New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-30
DECORATION DAY PLANS.
PLENTY TO INTEREST TIE S1GHT.sEER
THE GRAND ARMY PARADE AND REVIEW
DECORATION OF GRAvEs-HoRsE RACING,
BASEBALL MATCHES, YACHTING RE-
GATTAs AND OTHER OUT.

BASEBALL MATCHES, YACHTING RE-
GATrAs AND OTHER OUT
DOOR SPORTS
This day VIII be observed not only In the DECORATION
OF the graves Of the h0norcd dead, but iii the public
enjoyment Of general holiday by all classes oil The
community. Great preparations have been m"'o
for II. There VIII be much to occupy tho attention
OF the sght-secr. The weather predicted by tho
signal Service Bureau Is favorable to out OF door !
exercises. Ey railroad train and BY steamboat
thousands Of plcasurc-soehors win pour ont OF the
CITY but enough attractions viii be offered by military
PROFESSIONS by floral services I'm the various Gene
teries, and by athletic and sporting meetings,
to keep tho majority Of Newly orl'rIs
within the city or its nechborhood All the public
business affected by the declaration Of legal hoi. |
day will be suspended, and to great extent the |
entire commercial activities OF the city Will be at a
standsl.
At a. The great parade and review OF the |
Grand Army OF tho Republic will begin Right Of
divisions resting on Frh-avc' IS The or!cr for furma
lion. Tho column Will extend from Fifty Thirds
to Foriy-elghth-st Tho First Brigade ~ G. s. y. Y.
undcr tho command OF Brigadlcr General Louis FIJI
gerald, will act escort to the Grand Army The |
limo of march will DO down Fitthavr., through -Four
feminist. and thence to UIdon SqulrO. There VIII |
undoubtedly be large turnout George NJ Van !
loosen the chairman of thr committee. + J. Akin.
secretary; " W. DAY, the trasurrr, and william p. |
Walton the grand marshal OF tho parade, have with
their companions In office, been unrrmling in their
efforts to bring about this result. AMI the Citizens !
Auxiliary Committee, with General Ferdinand 7. |
Earle for chairman ami treasurer has given jealous
assistance
vIsIT1NG THE GRAVES.
The various posts VT, Immense oais 81 floral tributes
Will visit the grave, Of thoir dead. The tomb Of
a. t.r Will ha A Ivy :
Hose Company, Post No lu3 will decorate the statue
Of George Washington. General " PM k"nrnys |
tomb at Trinity Church VIII Do rcmcmh red by Post !
40. and the many humber grave, Il men less
known 10 fame VIII receive the Offering Of flowers
that marks the r.card In which their Memories are
held In tho hearts Of their comrades and couut1men
In the evening the patriotic prutramm" which !
will De carried out IN tie CgmmrmOrat0n serticns .
at III" Metropolitan Opera UOu>" VIII certainty "n |
enjoyed 10y = great audience. The musical cN"rr'>''
will bn performed by tho United states Army Depot |
band urd,r the direction Of hndmAtcr otto Ira,>rr;
the Ncv..York Banks Cleo club, AID some well |
known solrists Thomas ". Krruc WIN rc"i'' the !
star spanged Banner; Hose Coahlan will Is
announcrd, read ard Henry T. Dizzy viii rivr |
limitations. An Grafton win ho frlIycr~l by Con
gresham william Mckinley, Of Ohio. and Mayor
Grant WILL Il &, cxrectci. tn" presiding officer
Tho exercises viii bc brought 10 close y ID" singing
Of America b. the ehor, ard 'hc whole audience
accumrAnlor by the band. ard plano MI thoS'
who will take part In the cn"rialrm"ni v"lpn'"r" d
70 do So Comrades N~yyhurgrr md Brown CART Il /
out the necessary arrangements.
TIfr PRESIDENT IN DRooKIY%.
Prrnararfors wcrr completed yesterday Tor thr 70.
view by TIC Pr~idSni today ~ tho military and |
Grand Army parade IN brooklyn fum ~" grand ''h0d
on The ca.tarIy ssdc 81 Fort Gr-uc FAX, between !
wnlou.hby and ~ KaIb Tho President viii |
br akfa,t a. tur home Of Jp-oph !. Knapp, At Ii"d
h.rl ave and Roe, At. vhcr Lc arrived lat nici''.
and -ncr,tary Tray AId Mayor thar!r VII hr among
n" guests. 81 " a m a Tcrpumn VIII %, Fit"h -
tho officers 81 the e.. \. r. and y. G.. :. y y, the
officials q IN" city, and s,nc o. ~" pTnln"li
house Ihe parai, viii b" Witnessed starts near
ma' point TIE lr""E, 81 W. isFlAl arm itlr
sailors ~ m" navy, hF' rNmeh', 90 ul"l' 'n'H,
GrAnd Army pusi, organizations - v'T"raI,. sons 81
IN the rank, lrd b, Grand Marshal Knight and his
STAFF ard preceded hy mounted po'" ~ rI'ar i"r way
and narvh IN BEDFORD, Lafayette. Il"rm"n' ard
NllIuughby svos.. 90 Washington iark, Vh"rn w" .
Tho Pres dcai viii rdc hpm lcn 10 right Of TIC
I'M an otf snl,1ilon' SSlu,lrf ana 'hG nfI"' m
tho reviewing stand ana tho column VIII march past
Tho column WI proceed ~ numocrIanh ST., LMa}
an =, r,ri ~ ,Sc rrldqS GT tho a5i Hc-n~ut
The a. A. r. post, viii form In i've divisions 70
proceed 10 the s"ycral c'motrlrS Grsnt ard Ter
Pn,is 90 10 Grant. tomb IN Riverside Park, vhcro pr
! NJ 1H,rklcy viii sneak. Or \. J. T. Echrrnds will
speak In Greenwood, and 81 Iair M'h'l"S ~
Cypress lIili..
OUTLYING TOWNS AND CITIES
Tho Grand Army Posts Of Jersey city VIII parri"
ther in the morning and decorate tho soldiers graves
in tho various cemeteries. In Queens and suffolk |
Coun,ic.. L. J.. tho different Grand Army Post, viii
hold appropriate exercises. At Union Cemetery IN
Jamaica The Town Veterans win accompany Nc
rate he graves Of Union .ohierv. The members Of
Robert j. Marks Post No. 800, 81 Nr"tp"h. VII AZ
Ollyct Cemetery The soldiers monument In ~. |
Johns Cemetery IN Ncw'oWn vii ais" b. unveiled
% %o. 2 sERGd'xx% r. u Long ;aaI M %m cc,
Andrew jackson Post Of New-F"rk a. NC. Nstorla
icry Tho warrior, Grand Army Posts ~ Richmond
County staten Island WIN unto IN parS"T v S!InS o
brighton. ~ bridgeport, Conn, parai" OF i"9
compsnc. Of The Ath Hcgmcnt G. q" -6 sdTri
division No. 4, X. Of p, viii tako place
sronrs on LAND AND WATER.
II will DO great day fw SpoTsm"n
on land and Tho "H"ninE needing
Of the American Jockey Club At Jerome Park ana The
closing meeting Of tho Brooklyn Jockey Cub I"
Gravcscnd VIII provide plenty u horsc.ra"'ns Many
yacht clubs will open their regular sailing season
The most import ant contest 81 thH kind Is the match
racc between the Ttsns and shamrock, seventy. |
fooicrs both entered for the Am'rl"as Cup tHir'' !
These two crack sloops VIII compel" over tho ar'h
mont twenty sovcn-mlc courS" for purs" Of $50.
The Snavanhnka-C urinthian Yacht club Viii hav" a |
Irfle sail on the outer hay without any formaii"' I"
sncak of The Knlckcrbockcr Yacht Club hod, is |
annual spring regatta the usual course, III" start
hclng of the clubhouse, Port Morris, A. 1890 n NJ
Tho Atlantic Yacht club 81 BrnoIyn opens rs season
v nm informal race without classification or prizes
The YorkviIe Yacht Cub holds III annual spring |
regatta Aftytbrca entries having Leea received |
Tho Jersey Ciy Grub will celebrate the day with
formal opening Of tho season consisting OF an assembly
% tho feet ssluting the clubsiEha, ana snort saH
over the bay. The Brooklyn Yacht club VIII also |
80, tho eeasnn At It's club house Gravcscnd Beach,
/ l. and many other clubs Of minor Importance
will have sails.
The annual open regatta Of the Pa',alc River
Amateur Rowing Association, comprising all tho |
hoat clubs Oh tho 1assaic Will DO hold on tho course
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