Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-22
DECORATION DAY.
The Memorial Exercises to be Held by
the g. A. II. ON the Slst Inst.

DECORATION DAY.
The Memorial Exercises to be Held By
the 6. A. n. ON the slst Inst.
Decoration Day ceremonies will be held this
year on Monday, May 31st, as the 3Oth of May
| comes on Sunday. The arrangements made
| for the observance of the day are in the hands
of committee of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and 1t Is the intention, as in former
years, to make the celebration an occasion
when the loving reverence that is felt for those
who laid down their lives for their country
may find fitting expression. The program Of
| former years in essential particulars will be
followed, and in all the cemeteries in this local.
| ity and wherever soldier lies buried,
whether 1t be In a nameless grave or
| beneath stately monument, the flowers
| of tender remembrance and grateful
affection will be strewn by loving hands To
use the words OF the general order issued from
the headquarters of the department of the Po-
tomac: or the eighteenth time the comrades
| Of the Grand Army of the Republic are sum-
! moned to perform the ceremony of strewing
| the graves of their fallen comrades with flow
ers. 1t is a duty made sacred to us and should
be sacredly observed so long our roll-call
shall muster enough Of the living to visit the
graves OF the dead. Each recurring year finds
our ranks on this side the Silent River thinned
by those who have been detailed by the SUI
to that Grand Army beyond. The duty, there
fore, Is the more imperative for us who have
not yet responded to the final roll-call."
THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
To carry out the arrangements the following
committees have been appointed:
Executive committee-Jerome B. Burke, de-
partment commander, chairman; S. E. Faunce,
adjutant general, secretary; A. j. Cunning, as
slstant quartermaster general, treasurer; past
department commanders Frank II. Sprague,
A. ID. g. Richardson, Harrison Dingman, VIM.
Gibson, ID. y. Alexander, Benz. +. Hawkes., Geo.
Rnl1 T.. Ian
II. August Dittrich, Chas. P. Lincoln, Winfield
s. Chase, Gilbert NJ. Hustled, VIM. w. Hubbard,
Liverpool, Sidney w. Herbert. Robt. Green,
Edw'd J. Russell, N. b. Prentice, Chas Mat
fhe S. Thq ps galloway Geo A. Woqley J John
Lewis, r. s. Lacey, +. c. Revells, Richard d.
Goodman, Thos Allen, d. b. Gallatin, Edw'd
man; Chas; +. Lincoln, +. c; Reyells, T. L.
Plant, n: B. Prentiss, T. s. Lacey, F. ". Paige,
Weaver, j. Ii. Leighton, ?. Fl. Weber. VIM.
Gibson, ii. H. Martin, J. O. s. Burger, = Nc
Keee, j; $: Pierce, g. J. p. Wood, +. j. Russell.
NJ. T. Anderson, S. McMonigle. L. j. Mechior.
W Reception I3 e C q B. Burke, chairman;
j. Cunning, j. Z. $. Burger, j. III. Jochum, j. p.
Church, c. &. Bollinger, {. P. Lincoln. W. w.
Galloway, 2. H. Weber, o. H. Holt, +. c. Rev
ellis D. b; Gallatin, F. II. Sprague, b. F. Hawkes.,
A. A.: b. $ Richardson, q; =. Corson, Harrison
dett, ID. 5. Alexander, n. Nj. Brooks.
Committee on decoration and grounds-W.W.
HibUard, u. NJ. Hustled, Geo. j. +. Woods, +. G.
Revells, Chas. Matthews.
Committee on transportaton-N. NJ. Brooks,
Samuel A. Lewis, Thos. Galloway.
w. Ii. Liverpool.
Committed ON press. E. Faunce, A. II. G.
Richardson, b. F. Hawkes..
orators and pOets-JerOme b. Burke, II. IL.
Smith, Geo. q. +. Wood 5. E. Faunce, w. W.
Hibbard, j. H. Jochum.
Ladies' committee on decOrations.-MeS-
danes NJ. D. Months, Frank Marshall, c. Fl. In
gram, +. NJ. Hartwell. George Holmes, Edith
Herbert, f. NJ. Richardson, Adeline Brooks, s.
h. Faunce, j. L. Church, Joanna Turner, Theo.
L. Lamb, E. j. Russell, Annie Meredith, w. s.
Odell, j. e. $. Burger, Il. b. Sheldon, F. E.
Shorter, j. w. Concord, Lucinda Brooks, II. III.
smith, n. w. Brooks, S. A. Lewis, j. p. Liver
pool, w. H. Maxwell and Louisa ChohaD and
Misses Virg mia Won Tagen, Edith Carey, NJ. r.
NJ. Lamb, Mamie Montis Pearl Pipes, Nellie
Matthews, Eva karpelIas, Mamie f. Faunce,
Sophie Benter. Ida E. Nelson Fannie Is. Blake
lock, Clara Benton, Annie Keiner, Hattie A.
McCabe and Sadie +. Faunce.
THE PROGRAM
includes the decoration of the graves, accom-
panied with appropriate ceremonies at Airing
ton, Soldiers home, Congressional cemetery
Battle Ground cemetery, Oak Hill ceme-
terry, Alexandria cemetery, and the iso-
lated graves OF soldiers. including those
at Rock Creek cemetery and elsewhere.
On the Sabbath preceding Memorial day divine
service viii be held in the Church OF Our
Father, 18th and l. streets, when the pastor,
Rev. Alexander Kent, will deliver q sermon
appropriate to the occasion. The committee
have also sent u circular to the pastors of all
the churches in the city, requesting that "a
notice be read from the pulpit, asking the chill
dren OF the Sabbath schools to bring flowers TO
their respective churches on the Sabbath, which
may be used i'll decorating the Sabbath school
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committee will call ana collect the floral trib-
ute for use the next day. The committee ON
flowers Will have their headquarters at the
Rifles armory. on u street, between 9th and
10Th, which VIII be open all day Saturday ana
Sunday for the reception OF flowers.
MONDAYS EXERCISES.
The exercises on Monday will begin at Airing
ton at noon, and at ten o'clock the procession
will move from the Grand Army headquarters
9th and streets, and will be made up as fol-
lows:
Light battery, Sd artillery U. S. A.; four
com panies Of artillery dismounted as infantry;
I'D artillery band; department Il. A. K. flags:
Union Veteran Corps (Old Guard); Custer Camp
SOILS OF veterans; Marine band; department
john a. Rawlins Post, No 1, c. q. Boliinxer,
commander; Post No Drum corps; Kit Car
SON ,nc Post p No; C. r Lincoin Commander;
mander; o. p. Morton Post, No. 4, w. n. Liver
pool commander; Marine drum corps; Geo. G.
Meade Z, Post, No: 5, p. ); Russell, commander;
commander; James A. Garfield Post, No. Z, Z.
II. " eDer commander; burnside Post, No. .,
A. III. Holt, commander; Charles Summer Post,
No. 8, +. g. Hevells, commander; Farragut
Post, No. 10, ID. b. Galiatin, commander; deco
ration committee.
Upon the arrival at Arlington Of the process
sion the graves Will be decorated, and then the
program OF speeches, music and poem will be
carried out. a similar program will be pre-
pared for the Soldiers Home and the Congress
siOnal cemetery.
A new feature of the day will be the delega-
ton, accompanied by the Union Veteran Corps
first company, which will go over to Alexandria
and decorate the graves there. The officers of
the Grand Army say that there Is more than
the usual interest manifested this year In the
observance of Memorial day, and that the con-
tributions coming from all classes of the COM
munity indicate that this feeling is not con-
fined merely 10 the veterans OF the late war,
Liberian EpiscOpalians.
Hon. c. I. o. King, agent of the American
Colonization society In Liberia and mayor of
MonrOvia, thus writes, under date Of "Monro-
via, March "a, 1856" "The last week has been
one of great interest to the Episcopal commu-
Mon OF this region. The z. Episcopal conven-
ton was held in this city, presided over by
Bishop Ferguson, who proved equal to the re-
qulrenlents OF his high Office. AT one OF the
meetings the Bishop, assisted by Revs. j. W.
Blacklidge, Nj. T.; Valentine keda and Paulus
Mort, Presby tiers, ordained Revs. ]. g. Monger
of Since, Edward Hunte of CroZerville and H.
Merriam N'OpInn nf Cav ,ria x.,I,o,