New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
no HONOR DEAD HEROES.
TIE MANY oBsERvANcEs OF THE DAY.

crvrrrRIrs-oUTDOoR SPORTS.
r,,;, dow of sorrow for the Nations dead
heroes and 10y for the fruits OF their saori'ce WI"
General and a grand observance In New iorH "u" ''
v,cn,tv Public Offices and private places OF ou7no'
viii he closed and people Of this city and iho'e "no
will nock th,ther from other places will havo an opp
,,nuv 70 view and take part III '
commemorative services, the decoration "a
graves of the departed and tho various eheioi's y"
nounced to take place to-day The worn Vi 49,,
flowers and emblems upon the statues oi "o'oo ,
publ,c SQUARES will have been compie'eu d. a" -
bo,r and the iroops Grand Army Posts, Ne'sr"" H''
Citations Sons OF Veterans marines anu ou' 49,,
the United States Navy. and other ors'n'""'o" w
mar, In the parade will form within iha' P"'' "a Va"
49,, hounded nv Forty-cighh and Fifty sixth ss four'h
a,d sixth avcs At o:30 IN. the escort CONSISTING VI ~
-, I, vs,on OF the National Guard. Will be put la mo
tion by Brigadier-G General William IT, "aFu' S'"i''s
down Fifth ave- from Fifty -sixth-st' Inc n'eon Va
visions OF the Grand Army column. LED ny urano -u"
shal C. H. Luijens will follow and the great PROCESSION Vi
IA 600 men will march through Fifth-ave forty-seeo"u
q, M,disonaye Thrty-sixth-st, Ffth-ave., seven
teont.st Fourth ave. Fourteenth-s St. and ffth-a'e W
Washington Square, salu,ing the Iresiaen' anu
distn gushed officers at the Worth Monument
At Wsshn .ton square the parade Will Do oi'inis'eu
and tho various veteran orsinizations WIN '"o"
vayonoais of flowers, Will 20 10 the cemeteries "noie
their dead are buried The veterans OF the Mexican
War have been assigned prominent pace !" 'n' p'o
cession The services at the tomb OF Genera O'an'
Riverside Park will BE most impressive Al ociocA
Chopu's Funeral March will be played By Aroucx'es
Military Band and then that portion OF the rtiai Oh .o
Grand Army OF the Republic beginning Conrnue', ',re
Dntv of To-day" will be recei Post Commander j. T.
Uowatt. OF u. S. Grant Post No. ST. ieaahs' Inc
Amphion Musical society will sing Nearer ny .on 70
Th.s and tne Rev DE- r. = Storrs, OF the COngreEa-
tiona! Church OF the Pilgrims Brooklyn. VIII one. ,e
prayer. Chaplain r. b. Gwillm VIII tnen cou"I nn
ming What man is he that livetb ana sh"i not , so
death chant beginning Jesus ChrS, s"r smphion
nd IL
snc,ei~ viii follow. Tnen Post Commander howat
, cSntnne the ritual beginning with To-day is the
will next recite "ln your name. my oonlr" ~
we have deposited these memorial n4wers upP q, he
tomb which represents the graves OF all VINO nlG IN Ne
sacred OF our county, ant 'e n t r grafton
by senator John Logan Will follow; after when sHs
Otma ,na saie for the dead the battalion of
marines from the North Atlantic squadron VII nrr 'neh
Narth sfantic squadron anchored in the river, under
the command of ReAr-Admiral james +. Jouett :. NY
expected TO unite ~ ,"o viii he pronounced by
Bishop william L. Harris. OF the Protestant Epscopal
Trv,Iv and St pan,s church yards. Greenwood. the
ryergrecns. Cypress HAls. wooilawn. Trinity 81;
M,chse's calvary. the Lutheran tue NewJersey ana
staten Island aud other cemeteries will be visited by
various posi-. ana floral placed upon the raves
OF the dead soldiers AT soe of the ecmetres tne ere
viii unSei the soldiers Monument a, the Ln'h c5;.t
Cemetery where addresses VIII be made by r onles
and Charles J; Nen6as, Justice JACOB accom-
ranied By the veterans of the llth Regiment
The IoragGr Lieierkranz society and koDertI Lincoln
Point for the cemetery at M Al GTa Try
Cemetery where the serves VIII 9e eunuuue LII ny
lanes eds Post, No 60 w. Bourke Cochran Will oe
=. n POST No. 4sG and John Beam Post No 90,
Departnent of Sew-Jerscy. will 20 TO Wletts Poini
General George b. Mcclellan Post will decorate the
Meade Post 40. S. viii be Mount Auburn Cemetery
boston as sa's sSna
lanes McQuade Post No. 557 Will be at Utica. Es
worth Posi- 81 will decorate the grave OF Go one ELS
Law wers upon OF the Union dead at west
Farm. Morrl,sn. ana Wood' ;N Of Music as
at tie reviewing stand IN the morning ana al ths touo
Erals sheridan and schofeld besides Senators Logan
and Evarts aud many other dstlhguisnea nvn w n
TmE TRIBUNE yesterday. Indicates that the occasion
tai and vocal music recittons amt addresses oy POST
master General Villas and others u, -. ~,
down Tor today There will be races at Jerome Park
al nm the 6oat-races of the Harlem REGATTA Assoca
oa p va uln OF the Cub, of
tue KnicscrDocK?r P%vona Atlantis ana new
games the Ross Teemer boat race at OAK Point the
the Manhattan Athletic cub, the Long Island Wheel
mems contest Staten Leland baseball games al the
sUd on staten .sland, the lacrosse game in
Par: Gi s n Of the % S Ct nS GS
And games cricket in Central Park, Prospect PARK
S5d Ss n so AM orsscsc. Contest Of College
e,uoents at Chickerug Hall at p m; the presentation
Caihonc Parochlal house in Madlson-ave, the con
vent lawn tennis eu0s vern mouse and Spe" mn
present alton OF medal l" Fireman Luxe Clayton Dl
"a GhskrrDs Hall m the evening the widow OF Major
General Thomas Francis Measher wiz uhveh the hi g
tize painting Of her husband Generals Martin
McMahon Daniel T. sickles. Roger A. Pryor and other
will deliver addresses -, A., -. 49,, ~
Yard by Calling Battery OF Brooklyn at the foot
South sixnst to herald the arrUa o. @ TeTe
hat
ing lie Will DC escorted from the Twenty-thir'
Ed Regimen, to the house OF Joseph f. knapp, a
No 81 Bedforiave. In the Presidential party, wnlc
will the procession from stand ~ front o. hr
Knapps house, are expected TO be General Losan
Secretaries Endicott. Whitney and Lamar. Postmaster
IInrtranit Commodore Chandler and General schohed
The parade under General Catln. the Grand Marshal
will be formed Bedfordave. with the night resting II
Broadway In the line VIII ne CnItea sa' t troop
DIVISION of the National Guard. including tive regl
mcns upward OF fifty Grand Army Posts and Veterans
the state Fenclbes, of PhilAdelphla u
s B. Meade POST of Pnlsieirhia to which General Gran
belonged and u. :. Posts from Philadelphia an
sora sn Istayette ayes south oxiord-si Hanson
place aud FiatDush-ave To FUiton-st second stah'
Will be at lafayette and Clinton ayes. where Mayo
Whitney and city officials wiz review the parde. u
Grant Post with It's guests the ehei Officers OF te IA
come Riverside Park after the Broosiyn parade OF
pm some Of the G. A. X posts Will go TO Greenwood
ana others Cypress HIS and Evergreen cemeteries
For the first time in several years Decoration Day exer
will held IN the Brooklyn Academy OF Music In tn
evenius. Henry Ward Bcecher Will preside and make
brei address DIT TaImage VIII pray ana Mayor MT
ney Will speak briefly. An eloquent Grafton Is expected
from Dr. John K Paxton OF this city. and an orr gina
poem viii read by Professor Rosser W. Raymond
Mrs Colonel Howe. the woman war veteran. Will rcclte
Between these special mu &c will he played b.
Dodworth's Band. and vocal music Will be given by
Qee club. led by Fred slens and chorus led by Henr
Camp The proceeds are for the fund devoted to til
widows and orphans OF veterans
DECORATING THE STATUES AND GRAVES
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