Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-09
MEMORIAL DAY.

Meeting of the General Committee
 Last NfEht-A Look at the General
 Programme for the Day-The Grand
 Parade-The New York Visitors The Flowers.
 The general committee of the various Grand Army posts appointed to arrange for Memorial day exercises which occur on Saturday, May 30th held 8 meeting in the | Blues parlors at Second Regiment armory on Meadow street last evening. Commander Sharpe, chairman of the committee, presid- l ed All the city posts were represented by | the committee The programme, so far as | completed by the committee last evening, is as follows:
 In the morning at g o'clock delegations \ from each post will proceed to the various cemeteries and decorate the graves of thei1 | departed comrades.
 ! At Il o'clock the visiting Noah L. Earn | ham post of New York city will be received and at 12 o'clock the visitors will be escorted l to the State House, where collation. will be provided for them.
 At o'clock the line will be formed foi | the parade, which will be through some oi | the principal streets reaching the City, ceme | tery about o'clock. Here the graves oi l Colonel Farnham, Admiral Foote and Colo l nel Henry c. Merwin will be formally dec I orated with special floral pieces. This year it is proposed to arrange the I flowers in small baskets and in the morning | a floral car in pyramid form will be arranged | by the school children at the north end of the State House and will be made up o1 iaI I the delegations to the cemeteries. In the afternoon another pyramidal car. arranged by the Ladies' Reliefcorps, will ae- company the posts on their visit to the City cemetery, and the flowers will be used tc decorate the graves at this point. Foote post, Henry c. Merwin post and the Sons of Veterans will be accompanied by their own drum corps and similar music will be provided for Von Steinwehr post. The American band will furnish music for the city military compa nies, which will include all those of the Sec ond regiment and the Governors Foot and Horse Guards The music for the Veteran FiTemen's association has not as yet been de cided upon.
 The public meeting at Carlrs Opera House on Friday evening preceding Decoration day will be open to the public The orator se- lected is Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Norwalk, for merly brigadier general of Ohio cavalry. The expenses of the day will be between $500 and $500 and aside from the amount appropriated by the city (S300) very little has yet been contributed. The posts hope to realize a handsome benefit from Bunnell's Museum next week and with other dona- tions, which will be gratefully received from citizens, they hope to be able to carry out their programme in a manner that will dc credit to the city and all parties interested in the observance of day held sacred by all true patriots.
 The next ting of the general committee will be held in the rooms of Henry c. Mer- win post on next Thursday evening. Fol lowing are the names of the committee: Chairman-Commander Sharpe of Admir- al Foote post; Commander Gleason of Henry c. Merwin post, H. M. Beecher of Beeehe1 I & Peck, Charles B.Dyer, Colonel S. J. Fox, Captain Embler of the Blues, Hon. J. D. Plunkett, Thomas E. Twitchell, Almerson Hayward, Daniel G. Burke, Isaac Morris Captain James B. Coe, secretary, Comman l der Weidig and delegation of the Won GtainTyehr