Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.
C,aTss Of Comrades Receive The Sweet
Flower Tributes.

Flower Tributes.
A Long Procession n ths q a 3 i.
Sons Of Veterans asd Carriages -
Eiooasnt Grafton 10 th4 Evening
The ui1rning Of dem rial by vas =
most acre atie dissppoi am mt 10 those
.ast have looked forward - io~-rsax skis,
Arlrxllaz ran snf ma9iJ rssrchiex Along
With the sun.bine cane e pieasa1. breeze
th.t dried The streets wonderfully go that by
the time the procsssion vas formed neither
mud Nor 3a't VS. to be fpg7d il, ihe streets.
Erpre.ed brieay the ~.xGher vas perfect
During the forenoon members Of Seth
Williams Post were bos.iy engaged in
o-epars;.ons for the decoration Of com
t.ae. graves. The folio sing list which
include. the city ard immediate vicinity
,h,s. the number Of Warrior dead whose
graves are not forgotten on Memorial Day
Forrest Grove Cemetery, Is; Mt. Yer
non Cemetery, II; Mt. Peasant Ce netsry
e.; Mt Pleasant Unknown, 55; William
Cemetery East Side or Riverside Cemetery
%; Suburban grounds. 20; 81. Mays
Cemetery. II. Total, 227 graves
A; half past one the line began TO form
On Water street, BY Market Square, the
right resting in iron, Of T. C. Aliens build.
Ina. the order Of the procession being prac
ucsliy as follows:
OKDEh % fEoe EssfoS.
Platoon Of Police
fOn,rsde Edmund AcNsTdir, Marshal
! y Webster. Chief u san, 1so-s~ U0aziity
Ass't Adft beb1. 6eo. H. Brickstt, surgeon
Il Iaasstt. tllarssrina-tsr Albert l.. Wells,
Aas-0 A Staples, WIN Mccormick
Ofdor@s v iilis =. Biaesington, james 5. Coop.
sr, Joseph T.. Wyman.
D.nni.' Military Band, Frank Dennis Leader
fapiiai Guards, y. Herbert Ballard. Capt. Com
handing.
n q STAPLE. Camp. sohs Of Veterans. Fred Fall.
Bsid { apt. Comm adihg
B.lh Niilafns Post No. Is q 4. H., William Nc
David, Commander.
Carriages
Governor y g. Bnrletgh and staff
orator and Pre- sidsnt Of the Day.
Gerry.
Augusta CITY Government.
Officers Of Insane Asylum.
Citizens.
The me mbsrs Of the @ A. r., were out
IN force, marching under the handsome
rag recently presented them by the Ladies
Relief Corp. About eighty were in line
tn. Sons Of Veterans appeared for the
frt time in public Parade and their ma
neuyers gave evidence of thorough and
paiusiaking drill. The boys made fine
appearance in their new uniforms and
marching under their new nag. Their ranks
we're some THAT thinned from the fact that
quite number Of the boys belong to Com
pany + and were marching with that body |
All the 'eversl bodies in the parade made a
ane appearance.
The route was along Wa,er to
Bridge. up Bridge to State. through |
State to Green. up Green to Fores.
Grove, st Msrys. Mount Vernon
AMI Mount Pleasant Cemeteries. Prayers
we're offered by Reys /. =. Ross and J |
Jordan; and special service in ST. Mary,
By Rev Father Chas. W. Doherty.
The soldiers graves were then de Grated |
by Seth W lllisms Post in accordance with |
the established custom. The procession
then returned by Winthrop to State, dow
State to Monument Park where appropriate |
exercises were held, thence to Water
street, where the parade was dismissed.
The services at Monument Park. where
the pro9s sson halted on the return, were
v,ty pretty and the grounds had been put
10 the best OF condition for the occasion |
The draping of the monument With bunting
and hsgs va, exceedingly tasty and at |
uacted much favorable CONNIE mt. The |
services having been gone through with in
the usual order. the line reformed for |
the return to Market square
Exercises In the Evening
Following was the program Of the Mem
Oral exercises at Meonisn Hall at 80 .
O'Clock, comrade II. G. Staples. President
g. March, Father u Victory" l.. ti,nne
Ienni4' Military Sand.
q Overture, "Brunswick' Robinson
Dennis Military Band.
} Reading Of General Orders.
I NJ Foger, ADJ. |
Keller. American lynn. IN Major
D'nns' Military Band /
!. prntlon, Rev. X. A. Griffin
d S,fenadc. departed Comrades" Louis
Dennis Military Band.
America. In Al MaJoTl
ttaud vocal chorus with band accompaniment Mt |
: b.pedictiou, Rev. s. q. sargent |
Every seat in the ball was taken, and
many stood in the rear Of the setteea. The |
services were interesting throughout, and
the Grafton by the Rev, MIR, Griffin was an
eloquent effort. and held the audience TO
the close