Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-05-26
THE DEAD VETERANS.
services 90 he Held Ia the Church
To-day.

To-day
The action taken by the Memorial Day
Committee of the G. A, R., Regarding a
request to the Mayor to ask the citizens
to pay due respect to the occasion, bore
fruit yesterday, the following proclama-
ton being issued by Mayor Hazard:
To the Citi=eas of Los angeles:
Pursuant to acts OF Congress and of the Legisla-
tule Of the State Of California, the 30th day of
May, $50, is made a legal holiday and dedi-
Gated to the memory of those who died in de-
day are requested 10 place their 1aes at half
mast and to unite with the survivor, of the war
for the Union in the decoration of the graves
of deceased Union soldiers and in the proper
observance of Decoration Dav.
HENRY 7. HAZARD,
Mayor of Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, May 25th, 1889
The usual custom of the posts holding
divine service on the Sunday before
Memorial Day will be duly observed
to-day.
At 10 80 A. NJ. the mem bers of Stanton
Post, No. 50, will meet at their hall, 29l9
South Spring street, and march to the
church of Comrade Will Knighten, the
Methodist Episcopal on East Fort street.
All old soldiers aud members of the
Woman's Relief Corps, together with the
Sons of Veterans. are invited.
At IL o'clock Frank Bartlett Post will
worship with the congregation of the
Boyle Heights NJ. E. Church, and a
memorial sermon will be preached.
Special transportation accommodations
are provided by the street car company
from the corner of Main and Arcadia
streets.
The mem bers of Gelcich Post and
other G. A. r. men will meet at comrade
Holloway's church, on the East Side.
The members of John A. Logan Post
will not hold any special services of theil
own, but will divide up among the mem.
bers OF the orther organizations.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
The following order was issued yester
day afternoon:
HEADQUARTERS JOHN A. LOGAN Posi- No. 1897
DEPARTMENT OF CAL Nav g; A a5 T. 1880
This Post will assemble at the Hall, 25 N
| Main street, at 8 A. M, sharp, Thursday tn,
| room the Post will march to the City Cemetery
where special memorial services will be helt
and our floral memorial offerings placed on thu
| graves of our comrades who have heard tn
| last "tap here and the Reveille" in thu
| Grand Army above. Every comrade of thi
| Post is expected to attend, and comrades no
| animated mere are COlulduy luNlCeu 10 JOIN us
| All are requested TO wear G. A. r. uniform, o
l dark clothing, land G, A. r. hat and cord, i
| possible.
| MYRON F. TARBLE,
| Post Commander.
HENRY s. KNAPP, Adjt.
The members of the w. R. G.. proclaim
| the following:
JOHN A. LOGAN RELIEF CORPS.
All ladies and friends of this corps are re
quested to send flowers TO Mrs. Gleason, Secre
| tsry, early Tuesday morning, at 206 Tempt
| street, to be forwarded by express to Arizon
| for decoration of soldiers graves on Memoria
| Day. BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
For Memorial Day, Stanton Post issue
| the following:
| Stanton Post, G. A. R., will hold memoria
| services at the Rosedale Cemetery on Decora
| ton Day. There will be an Grafton by Com
| mander Gard, address by Post Commando
| Skinner, and prayer by the Chaplain, Judg
Stanton, after which the graves will be deco
rated. Cars will leave Spring and First street
for the cemetery at 80 A. NJ.