The Portland daily press., 1891-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY IN PORTLAND.
The Programme Of Events for This
Vicinity.

''o programme OF Events Tor This
Vicinity.
Today is Memorial Day and our citizens
VIII generally observe it by closing their
places of business. The grocers, provision
dealers and fish dealers will close at noon
and reopen at p. m. The public build
ings, banks and city government offices will
be closed. The liquor agency will be open
from to IL a. m. Citizens generally are
requested to display their flags.
In the morning the squads from the differ
ent posts of the Grand Army will visit the
various cemeteries and decorate the graves
of fallen comrades with appropriate SER
vices.
By invitation of the committee of Thatch-
er Post, &. A. R., Rev. S. F. Pearson has ar
ranged for and will conduct the following
service at Forest City cemetery at $50
o'clock a. m.:
Prayer. f..........................R Rev s. F. Pearson
Recitation Our Soldiers. .. Miss Geneyi Libby
vocal Vocal Solo-Blue and Gray...;....;;.. Mrs; Blake
Gornet solo Mise Ees o. T.. resrson parson
hecitatlon.. Miss Annie Norton
ned9lng........ MIS-. 3. Il. Pearson
oinBhB .CnOr
Memorial services will be held in the cem-
etery. Peaks Island today at $50 a. m. The
exercises will be as follows:
SSngisgaQ Srs 3 aQuartette
Decorating Graves. ............G.A.R
Prayer. MIR. Collins
REMARKS. Capt Geo. Il. Brown
Benediction.
In the afternoon, under the marshalshp
of Comrade Augustus FL. Prince, with Com
rades w. III. Green, DIV. Scribner and John
r. Lowell as aides, procession will leave
Market Square at 2 o'clock, in the following
order:
Platoon of Police.
Chief Marshal and Aids.
Chandler's Band.
Military Escort
Bosworth Post, No, 2, Department of Maine, G.
A R., Commander George F. French.
Thatcher Post No. III, Department of Maine, G.
A. II Commander W1nslow LawtOn.
Wallace Garrison, r, A. & N. U.-CaptaIn Side
lnger,
Frank B. W. WEIGH. = of '''-
Carriages with disabled comrades.
= The column will move over the following route:
Congress street to High street, to Spring. to State,
TO Deering, to High, to Cumberland. to Smith, to
Congress, to India to Federal, to Exchange street
TO City Hall. halt will be made opposite the
Ahhcoin 4ico w utcOrdto IL.
Invited guests will assemble at Reception
Hall at p. m. to take seats on the platform.
The exercises in City Hall will begin short
ly after, and this will be the order:
'"u''''A r6andlars Rand di''''''''''beyer
Opening Chorus-"Nearer My God to Thee"..
Audience, Quartette and Band.
Remarks by Chairman A. q. Prince.
Vocal Music-aHear Our Prayer .. - "n..iAn
Shaw's Quartette.
son ). ". Symonas
Observation-Disclosures of the War;. :........
...................... Chambers Band
Closing Chorus-America. a.-....................
................B Band, Quartette and Audience
Benediction
Col. John G. Cobb, who was to have de-
livered au address. will not be present. His
absence is unavoidable. Col. Cobb having
been called from the city by business.
This closes the observance of the day in
the city by the Grand Army.
The following are orders to the militia:
ARMoRY Co. E. FIRST RECT INF'Y, J
MAINE VOLUNTEER MILITIA,
PORTLAND, May 29, 1871
1.-The military escort will form on Plum
street, right resting on Middle street at 1.30 p.
m: May 30th. In the following order from right to
| School Cadets, Sheridan Rifles.
IIaBattallon viii parade in column of platoons,
By order of CAPT. 7. E. HARTNETT
Commanding Battalion.
Second Lieut.. and Acting Adj
This order has been issued:
HEADQ'Rs CAPT. GEO. D.WALLAcE GARRISON
No. 10, X. A. & N. u,
Thatcher Post Hall, May 28, 1891.
This Garrison will take part in the observance
O. o., DecSration Day In CONJUNCTION with Thatcher
at O'Clock a. m. and o'clock m. on that day
at Thatcher Post Hall. Those who do not attend
ID the morning are requested to be present in the
Comrades who have served in the Regular Ar.
my or Navy who are not members of the Garrison
BY order Of GAIT. R. S. sIpEL1NGER.
"e'Aii r. H. R!asfiSt %diatant.
Cloudman Post, G. A. r Saccarappa, will
assemble at their hall at $50, and an hour lat
er the procession will start. 1t will march
up Bridge street to Brown, to Cumberland
| to Main, to Bracket to Cross, to the ceme'
| terry, where the usual service will be held
I,and the graves Of deceased soldiers will be
decorated. in the evening, Geo. B. Kennis
ton, Esq, of Boothbay, will deliver an ad.
| dress.
Hon. Frederick Robie will deliver the ad-
dress at Gorham at the Congregational
| church in the evening.
| There will be two games of base ball dur
ing the day on the ball grounds between the
PortlandS and Salems at 10 a. M and 3 10 p.
m.
| The Gun Club will have shoot a. their
| grounds in Deering
There will be some fue trotting at Wood
4 r. r
In the three-minute class by G. b. Anthoine.
Patrick Kane. G. M. Stewart. Allen Broth
ers and F. P. Fox, an1 in the 240 class by
Edw. Fletcher, M. A. Jordan, Charles Nc
Lane, f. P. Fox and l. P. Woodbury.. All
races will be trotted strictly to win and good
order will be enforced.
The Willow Copse will be presented at the
theatre.