Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY.

MEMORIAL DAY. at the Hyperion Last Night Address by Commfssionero or Patents w. .E. Simonds-Line of March To. day-The occasion VIII be Fitly Gel. ebrated.
 America is the only nation that sets side day to honor the memory of her oldier dead. The commemoration of the ervices of the brave dead will be carried ut today with the usual impressive and imposing exercises. The stores and banks | nd many of the manufactories will be l ,losed, and the exercises at the college will l oe omitted in the afternoon. The Ameri- can flag will be hoisted on every flagstaff and all the prominent business houses of the city will be ftly trimmed in red, white and blue. Many out tof-town people will be here, and everything will present a holi- day appearance.
 The police department will have a large nnmber of their men in line. The ten sergeants and the four captains will for the first time wear the gilt stripes showing their length of service on the force. The policemen will wear their new tassels, and the whole force will make one of their finest displays.
 The chimes of Trinity church will be rung at Il 8. m. and 3 p. m. At the latter hour the procession will move in the following order:
 Comrade Edwin c. Dow, Chief Marshal; Police Department, Superintendent Treadwell
 Marshal and Staff. sooo. o Second Rsgim&ent & Band; ,o o,,..a oeeN Msjor D. 4 Biakeslee. Nathan Hsls Camp, No j. Sons 3nso of Veterans Admiral Foote Post, G A. R., Commander A. D.
 Sanborn.
 Henry c. Merwin Post, G A. R., Commander B. Gideon Wells Watch, Naval Veteran Association,
 Commander W. B. Gould. Carriages with Disabled Veterans. New Haven Fire Department, Superintendent A.
 J. Kennedy.
 The column will move from Temple and Chapel streets as follows:
 Down Chapel street to Olive, to Grand avenue, to Elm street, to Broadway, to junction of Dixwell avenue, to Whalley avenue; down south side of upper green to York street, to Chapel, to Church, to Elm, to Temple street and the green, where the parade will be dismissed. I8SslnS Cno clIy uAll tuo cOluuuu Will Ue reviewed by his honor the mayor and the members of the city government. It is requested that all donations of flow CTS be left at the Hyperion before 9:3C this morning. Flowers for the Fair Haven cemetery should be left at H. w. Craw ford's Grand avenue store. In the evening the American band, Fred Guilford leader, will give concert on the green. The following excellent program has been arranged:
 March-Triumphal- the G. A. R. .Stickne. Divsrtisement Rast1s. waltz.IiAnee di Armour waidtenfe | Fantasie-Summer day in Norway .. Wilmar | Descriptive Piece-Stting Bulls Dream Caprice Miiiiitair.Aiert .Beh | daNop-1Hunuer ...................... .mayne DECORATING THE GRAVES.
 The work of decorating the graves is il charge of the following committees, assist ed by details from the post:
 Evergreen assa eeRetery A. D. Baldwin, E. E. Tls
 Fair Haven cemetery, William E. Morgan, Wal lace Hurlburt, John W. Hill. ! Grove street cemetery, c B. Foster, Charle 1 Rawlings, Charles A. Baldwin.
 WestviIle cemetery, D. c. Monson, Albert l Downs, Wilfred Ford.
 | East Haven cemetery, Calvin c. Kirkham.
 North Haven s. F. Lnsley.
 West Haven, F. W. Hopper. l According to the custom of the las twelve years the graves of the two confed crate soldiers in the Grove street cemeter will be decorated.
 THE YACHT CLUES SAIL TO-DAY. To-day the New Haven Yacht club opening sail takes place. A toothsom clambake will bs served and, weather pei hitting, a large party and fine time al assured. It is intended to make it th most successful opening day in the club history. The circular says: l The enter ainment committee having chare 1 have arranged to hold it at Doubl- Beach, whei | they will have exclusive use Of the grounds c that day.
 l vision of Landlord Clark, who promises to leay nothing undone to make it a most successful ou ing.
 | Ample accommod ation will be provided for d The commodious steamer Richard w. Law hs been chartered as club steamer and will carr all those who s have % not secured passage on M Il house at S:45 a: m returning with the yachts.
 Tickets for the bake, $1.50. including passag and at Double Beach on arrival of the yacht l Yours respectfully, E. s. PERRY, J. H. PARISH, G. w. HUNN,
 Entertainment Committee.
 F. S.-To the Old Guard:
 ! The steamer will go rain or shine, So we call on the Old Guard to fall in line, We shall not stop for wind or rain, For the "Law' will ''git thar'' just the same. NEW HAVEN GUN CLUB. The New Haven Gun club has given U it's usual Memorial day shoot at the We Chapel street grounds to participate the shoot of the Bridgeport Gun club, take place at Stratford to-day. This
 another of the state shoots for the troph l New Haven has won at two of the mee
 ings, and Hartford and Willimantic eae one. New Haven will probably be repr ? sented by five teams of three men eac If New Haven fails to score, this tea
 will be tied with one of the other team But New Haven will make supren effort to win, so as to still be in the le, and with stronger prospects of maintai ing this supremacy.
 EXERCISES YESTERDAY. \ In the morning about 200 members the Grand Army posts went to the Wef 5 vile Congregational church in open ca ] provided for the purpose to listen to 7 memorial address given elsewhere. Last Evenings Exercises.