The morning call., 1893-04-30

cloak, the cape being thrown back, showing
the hands caspng musket, held almost
vertically in the position demanded by the
word of command, lat rest"
In selecting the statue the esnteric sig
nifcanee of a soldier sat rest" was also
considered peculiarly appropriate.
The material is the best Vermont granite,
aud the statue is one solid piece. without
joints of any kind. 1t is from Barclay
Brothers Il Co. of Barre, VI. whose local
agent is ii. o. BrOwe. The work of the
sculptor is said by cDnnOisSeurs to have
been well done, and the whole monument,
il is believed, will reflect credit on the taste
of the selecters, and be Endorsed by all
Grand Army men as substantial and APP
pTopriate to its purpose.
AT present the exercises 10 be performed
at the unveiling Of the monument on
Decoration day nave not been arranged,
but the committee in charge, headed by
Major Woodruff, L. ). a, the chairman,
proposes having an impressive ceremony.
Considerable doubt exists whether the
ceremonies viii be participated in by the
Grand Army posts as a whole or merely by
the post erecting the monument. Unless
some agreement on this point can be
reached there will be two distinct celebra-
tons ia this city.
D c0ratiOr day exercises have hitherto
been held in Odd Fellows Cemetery, and it
has been customary to distinguish the day
by march OF the old soldiers through the
city out to that rendezvous.
This march, ii has been claimed by many
army men, constitutes valuable feature
of the day, affording striking object lesson
to the young of patriotic Yeneration toward
those who have died for their country.
But should the Thomas Post succeed in
making the unwilling of its monument the
central feature of the day the programme
would be changed. The Pres diO is too far
for many Of the veterans to reach on foot
and IL IS proposed that all members of the
Grand Army who participate shall be
transported by car to Central avenue, where
they would form and march down the hill
to the Presdio. After assisting in the I'M
yelling exercises they could proceed to the
Odd Fellows Cemetery and take part in
the ceremonies there.
This programme, however, has been OBJ
Jected to by many on this ground that ii
does away with the street march. Others
favor 1t as grac ful compliment and mark
OF brotherly sympathy with Thomas Post.
And so the matter stands. The exercises
of both Thomas Post and the other posts on
Decoration day will, according TO present
arrangements, be held in the morning be-
ginning at 10 o'clock. Thomas Post has
comrades buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery,
and will send a delegation to the exercises
there in any event.
An argument employed by the Grand
Army men who object TO centraizing their
celebration Of the occasion at the Presido
Is that the public should be taken into con-
sderation. They say that people will
naturally go 10 Odd Fellows Cemetery first
and that after the exercises there the
soldiers and civilians might go on to the
Preside for the unwilling But members
OF Thomas Post claim that neither the pub
lie nor soldiers would be inclined to go from
the Odd Fellows Cemetery all the way 10
the reservation. and that by proper an
nOuncement through the press it could
easily be understood by all parties that the
first rendezvous would be the Presidio GEM
etery. whittier all could be conveyed by the
cars.
The regular annual memorial meeting OF
George H. Thomas Post No. 9, g. A. r. in
honor OF Its comrades who have died dur
ing the past year will be held Tuesday
evening. May 2, at o'clock, In the First
Congregational Church, corner Post and
Mason streets.
Comrades, with their families, are re-
specially urged to attend the meeting
iestiiylng by their presence to that frater-
nal feeling Characteristic of the Grand
Army of the Republic. The friends and
relatives OF comrades now at rest are also
cordially invited
An Impressive programme has been ar
ranged fOr the services, including addresses.
prayers. music and readings. Comrade
Rev. Charles o. Brown will ofieiate a..
sisted by Rev A. c. Hurst
The following is n list of those in yyboea
memory the memorial is given: Comrades
DR.. G. a. Kirkpatrick, r. c. Ames. G. O.
Doane. Captain U. s. a, Judge T. n
Rearden, James Christie, Michael Kelly
i. Ii. Howe, Ii. 3. Hooker, Henry C. Cav
Fred Schulz. A. n. Gilmore, w. II. sails,
bury, Charles Brooks Sr., Thomas FIani-
gan and ID. o. Ellis.