Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
DECORATION DAY.
Memorial Services to he Held Tomorrow
The Exercises Monday.


The Exercises Monday.
The programs Of memorial exercises to be
held in various cemeteries under the direction
Of the G. A. r. next Monday were published in
yesterdays STAR. The committees in charge
expect to have busy time Of it tomorrow col
lecting the contributions Of flowers, which the
school children and citizens have been asked to
take to the churches Of the city.
At Prospect Hill cemetery, the last resting
place of many Union veterans Of German birth,
the exercises on Decoration day will be under
the auspices Of the veterans of the eighth bat
talon, D. G. volunteers, who appointed COM
mittee some time ago to make suitable prepare
tons for the occasion. The members of the
organization will proceed in u body to the
cemetery at 2:30 O'Clock in the afternoon and
after an address, to be delivered in German by
Mr.. SkutSch, will pay the accustomed floral
tributes to their departed comrades.
The Union Veterans Union will hold memoir
ial services at the Baptist Church on 4th street
northeast, presided over by Gen. Green Clay
Smith, the department commander of the order.
All the commands will meet in the rotunda of
the Capitol tornorroY morning at l0:l5 o'clock,
and will then march in body to Gen. Smith 8
church
In the evening Sedgwick Command, Union
Veteran Union, will attend Grace Baptist
Church and listen to a memorial sermon by
Rev. j. d. Smith, who is a member Of Sedg-
wick.
The Union Veteran Legion will hold memorial
services at All Souls Church tomorrow evening.
The comrades will assemble in the chapel on L
street at TAO pm. to march in body to the
church, where an Grafton will be delivered by
Rev. DR.. Shipper, the pastor of All Souls.
Memorial services will be held tomorrow at
PM, under the auspices of the Department Of
the Potomac in St Paul's Lutheran Church.
18th and H streets. Rev. W. H. Gotwald, de-
partment chaplain, will conduct the service.
Members Of the G. A. r. will assemble at the
e. A. h. Hall at pm. and march to the
church.
Quite large number of Union Veteran Union
and Grand Army men will go to Fredericksburg
on Monday, where memorial services will be
held under the charge of Sedgwick Command,
U. V. U, Col. VIM. Edgar Rogers commanding.
The people in fredericksburg have been MAX
ing extensive preparations to receive the Wis
itors from this city, and Mr.. Wheeler the chair
man OF the committee of arrangements, has
promised that there shall be no lack of accom-
modation or good treatment. good choir has
been praeticing for the musical exercises and
there will be addresses by Col. Geo. c. Ross
and Col. w. r. Michael Of Custer Command.
On sccount of the exceeding scarcity Of
flowers Potomac Corps, W. X. c., will meet in
its own hall, G. A. r. building, at 2o'clock
Sunday afternoon, with what additional flow
ers its members have secured, to make such
special disposal of them as may be determined
At o'clock pm. the corps will met at the
Hotel Fredonia. to proceed in q body to the
Lutheran Church to attend the memorial serv-
ices.
At $50 Monday morning the Potomac Corps
herdics will be at the &. A. r.. building to take
the ladies to Arlington, in accordance with
plans as heretofore announced in The STAR.