Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-23
Exercises Confederate Memorial
Day, May 20, ga, Saturday.


The procession will form at 1890 a. m. or
E. Main street between New and Marke
streets-the Right of Column resting on the
corner of New street. The Column will form
as above and march promptly at II a. m. I'm
der the command of Chief Marshal, Col. H ]
Williams, and Assistant-M arshals, ]. A. Eau
yer, John A. Stuart, Geo. W. Freed, ]. Hatch
well in the following order =
l. Mounted Police
2. Stonewall Brigade Band.
3. West Augusta Guards.
4. Cadets Augusta Military Academy.
5. Cadets Fishburne Military School
6. Cadets Staunton Military. Academy-the
Battalion to be under Command of Capt H. NJ
Holt.
Z. Stonewall Jackson Camp Confederate
Veterans and all Confederate Veterans on
foot
g. Augusta Memorial Association on foot
g. Carriages with orators and invited guests
10. Civic and Benevolent Societies in the Or
der in which they will be assigned places in
the Column by the Marshal.
H. Confederate veterans and citizens on
horseback
IL. CARRIAGES
The line of march will be by Main street to
the Soldiers Section west front
Horsemen will form on Market street.
Carriages will form on New street.
The usual Exercises of Prayer and an Ad-
dress and the decoration of the soldiers graves
vxyil | bo oil 80 ~, So1
A committee of the following ladies will
receive flowers and wreaths at the City Hall
Building on Friday afternoon and Saturday
morning up to 8 a. m. and will have charge of
the decoration of the monument and graves.
They are requested to proceed to the cemetery
as early as possible SO as to complete the de
corations before the arrival of the procession.
Those having charge of the Public and Private
schools of the city are earnestly requested to
bring their pupils in a body and join the ladies
in this work. All friends in the County and
City will please bring wreaths and flowers
that the graves of all our dead comrades may
have some tribute of our love and remem-
brance.
COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS AND DECORATION OF
GRAVES.
Mesdames Lyman Chalkley, Chairman; T.
S. Doyle, o. R. Funston, H. NJ. Patterson, G.
G. Gooch, G A Holt, H NJ McIlhany, NJ
Lickliter, NJ Cushing, w @ Hullihen, B F
Bagby, J G Marquis, Jed Hotchkiss, Mason
Miller, 7 C Morton, A NJ Fauntleroy, D A
Kayser. J Winston, M Gilkeson, John W
Gilkeson, Seymour Rawlinson, B Koiner, A
A Sproul, ] Alex Bumgardner, ] G Pratt, ] H
Crawford, Silas Walker, Crawford Miller,
Frank r Bell, J H Sillings, Guy, ] W
Montgomery, J F Brooke, H NJ Bell, Wayt
King N Mcfarland, and Misses Agatha Gay,
Charlotte Ransom, Fannie McChesney Lucy
Daingerfeld. Jennie Kayser Matte Grattan,
Lizzie Atkinson, Florence Elder, Meta HULL
hen, Sadie Weller, Clemence Cooke, Annie
Child, Mary Miller and Katy Scott.
A committee will receive contributions of
money at the cemetery gate for the much
needed purpose of keeping in order the Sol
diers' Section.
A lunch will be provided for the visiting
Military and Veterans.
COMMITTEE TO SOLICIT FUNDS FOR THE ENTER
TAINMENT OF THE VISITING MILITARY.
Captain Thomas ]. Crowder, M Cushing,
George W May. W B McChesney, and Robert
Hamilton.
COMMITTEE OF LADIES ON ENTERTAINMENT OF
VISITING MILITARY.
Mesdames Joseph B Woodward, Chairman;
and G Roller, E G Fishburne, J Bumgardner,
Jr., J N Argenbright. W P Tams, B F Terry,
A H Fultz, S Timberlake, N Wayt, R NJ
Guy, H W Henry, Benjamin BLACKBOARD, B P
Reese. NJ ] Merriken, S H Owens and T Nc
Cullough, and Misses Minnie Mccoy, Mary
Morton, Christine Harmap Sue Wren, Maggie
McChesney, Leila Burdette, Estelle Asst, Bette
Fauntleroy Bette McCue, Susie Cochran,
Maria Ransom, and Rosa WITT.
The ladies of the above committee will
please meet on Wednesday afternoon at o.
clock at the Stonewall Jackson Camp for Or
ganization and arrangement of the work of
the committee.
The annual meeting of the Association for
the election of officers and other important
business will be held on Saturday, May 26 at
p M. at the camp-room, and full attend
ance of all members is desired.
Our citizens are requested to close theiI
places of business from 1870 a. N. to p. M,
and decorate their houses and places of bust
ness.
THOMAS D. Ransom,
D. W. DRAKE,
r. A. HAMILTON
E. G. FIsHBURNE,
GEORGE w. MAY.
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