New-York tribune., 1890-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES
A HOLIDAY FOR GRA We AND GAI
MILITARY PARADES AND A VAST ARRAY of
ATTRACTIVE SPORTS.
WHAT THE GRAND ARMY AND THE NATIONAL
GUARD WILL DO - RACING, BAsEBALA'
YACHTING, ROWING AND AIhLhAAO
SPORTS OF MANY OTHER KINDS.

YACHTING, ROWING AND ATHLETIC
SPORTS OF MANY OTHER KINDS
Ioval Americans i'm all parts Of the country VIII
,rite today in the twenty third annual observance
of Memorial Day. In this city preparations nav
been made which will cause It's celebration 10 eq"'i
~ not surpass any former occasion Oh inc hi"''
The main public demonstrations VIII be 'he linPos
ing parade Of the Grand Army OF the kepupnc ana
the memorial exercises in the evening at the Meto-
politan Opera House. As 1t is legal hoidav' puSl
ness will be generally suspended ana many oN'o
societies associations and faterntleS nave arrange"
.n.ciaI nrogran,nes There will be excursions OF
different kinds, by rail and by water 10 pIdceS VI
resort within convenient distances OF New-forN'
and N every family the holiday will have q sig
pifcanoe of its own. For lovers Of the turf OF
baseball, yachting. rowing and other manly sports
extra preparations have been made TO entertain
them.
GRAND ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD
Tbr Memorial Day parade, consisting of all the
regiments and batteries OF the National Guard al
the posts of the Grand Army and camps OF the
Sons of Veterans. with veteran and regimen'M as
.ociatons and other societies. civil and military, VIII
be formed between Forty-sixth and Fifty ninth sts
the right of each command resting on fnth-aVe'
General Russell A. Ager, of Michigan. Commander
in Chief Of the Grand Army, Will be the reviewing
officer and Will be escorted from the windsor hoVi
10 the reviewing stand at the "orth Moh""0"O "S
the Old Guard at 9l5 &. IN. General W. T.
Sherman had been selected TO act for this duty but
n, the last moment he decided to attend the Gar
field ceremonies IN Cleveland and asked TO be eX-
cused at the Same time saying that having ac-
oeped the post he felt in honor bound 10 remain III
New-York his comrades mSis'eu '""'
he should. The Memorial Committee, however,
decided to accept the decnation of the hero Of the
march TO the Sea- Mayor Grant will take his
position beside General Ager and assist him in re
viewing the column
The head of the column will move at 8 80 a. m
sharp The line of march will be down F1fth-ave 10
Fourteenthst through Fourteenthst. TO the plaza in
,-nion SQUARE where Grand Marshal Hyatt and De
partment Commander Clsrkson will review 1t; thence
10 Fourth-ave and Thrteenth-st., where the parade
will be dismissed.
The National Guards part of to-days parade will
include every military organization in this city
Colonel Cavanagh being the senior colonel In the fst
Brigade will have the right Of the line Brisadler-
General Louis Fitzgerald will be in command Of the
brigade and Troop A will act as his escort The
different organizations will fall in line In the following
order: Goth Regiment, Colonel Cavarash' oth hesi-
nlent Colonel Scott 9th Regiment Colonel seward
22d Regiment, Colonel Camp list Regiment, Colonel
Hopper; 7th Regiment, Colonel Appleton; l2th Resl-
ment Colonel Dowd; ST Battery. Captain WILSON, ana
cd Battery Captain Wendell. The First Brigade signal
Corps will be mounted, and Will form IN line to the
right Of the Goth Regiment
After the parade here and the in Brooklyn arc
over Z. S. Grant Post, G. A. r., Will escort 6cneral
Aeer and Governor Hill TO General Grants tomb In
Riverside Park where interesting decoration ceremonies
will take place. Governor Hill will preside and Gen
eral Alger Will deliver grafton upon the life and
character OF General Grant
Abraham Lincoln Post, No 13, will decorate Lin
coins monument in Union Square Peter cooper
Post, No. 319, NJ II. whalen, commander. with tho
students and cxstudents of Cooper Institute, will 90
10 Greenwood ~ 30 p. and decorate the monu-
ment Of Peter Cooper; General Stewart L. W0odford
will deliver the oraton. Ex-Mayors Cooper and
Hewitt will be present and the Alumni Gee Club OF
Cooper Institute Will sing. After this the post will
visit and decorate tho grave OF 5. =
Cox The Union Veteran Legion will decorate
the grave of General II. W. Halleck IN Greenwood
this morning and in fact special services will be hold
by most Of the Grand Army posts at the graves OF
dead comrades after the parade.
Tho Postoffce employees will form in Union Square
and march to University Place, to Twelfth-st, to
Fftlrave. TO Eighth-st to Broadway to City Hall
and Brooklyn Bridge, and join the Brooklyn Postofce
division on the other side Of the river. Marching
sautes Will be given when passing the houses OF
Mrs. s. s. Cox and Postmaster Van Cott.
superintendent Murray has arranged to have LOO
policemen stationed along the route OF the parade. The
will be under the command Of Captains Warts
Webb, Reilly, Schultz, Copeland and Brogan. ln
specor Steers will have charge Of 200 policemen in
Madison Square. Inspector Williams will have
similar force at Union Square and Inspector Conlln
will keep order with equal number Of men in Wash
ington Square.
The Memorial Committee, under the jealous
agement of Chairman Van Hoesen Secretary f. J.
Atkinson and Assistant Secretary j. st. Clair Mac
Lean, has prepared an unusually attractive pro
grammo for the memorial exercises at the Metro
poltan Opera House this evening. General Alger
win preside and the orar76n will be delivered by that
rising young Congressman Of the West, j. p. D0ver
Nm nj will sit m in m
civil life. The musical part Of the entertainment in
which several Of the talented and popular
Of the day will take part, is regarded the finest
ever prepared for such occasion.
The vesses-of-war Pensacola, Yantc, Essex and
jamestown will take part In the celebration. They
viii be anchored In the Hudson River opposite General
Grants tomb, and during the services there the
jamestown will fire minute guns, and at the close the
tour vessels will fire National salute Of twenty-one
guns.
CROWDS WILL SEE THE HoRsERACES.
host Of pcasure-seekers will go TO Morris Park
TO see the races, which begin at 80 p. m. The
management expect to see 10000 persons the
quarterstctch when the saddlingbell rings for the
first race. The main attractions are the New York
Jockey Club Handicap, the Galiard Stakes, and the
historic withers Stakes Horses Of the highest class
are engaged in each and stirring contests may be ex
pected
At Brighton Beach also there are attractions Of no
order, and persons who like racing by the sea
will find enough there to entertain them all the after
noon. Secretary Sass has arranged promising pro
grammo Of purses and overnight sweepstakes.
WITH THE YACHTSMEN.
The waters around New-York will be white with
sails Of yachts big and little today for no less than
thirteen yacht clubs will hold regattas or opening
sails. The clubs and the places where they sail are
given In the following table,
Knickerbockor Yacht Club races-East River.
Harlem Yacht Club races-Esst River
New-RocheIe Yacht Club raccs--I.ong Island Sound
Brooklyn Yacht Club opening sail-Lower Bay.
Atlantic Yacht Club opening saii-Lower Bay
Yonkers-Corinthian Yacht Club opening sail-Hudson
River.
Pavonia Yacht Club opening sal-Upper Bay
Yorkvine Yacht Club opening sail-East River
XII Kull Yacht Club race-KIl Kul
Corinthisn Navy Cruise-East River and Long Island
Sound