The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY.
How it Will Be Observed In
This City and Vicinity.

Fair weather is predicted for tomorrow
Memorial Day, because in the last "A
| hours the wind has changed from
east TO west and went through in the
southern point In passing. III the predic-
tion amounts To anything, there will be
plenty OF afternoon attractions in the
| city, down the river and at the subur ban
ball grounds and race tracks, while
| In the forenoon the services for
which the day is really set apart,
VIII be conducted in every post hall and
at every burial ground where there is one
grave or many of them marked with the
nag that indicates the resting place of a
soldier.
There will be a short street parade In
which all the veterans with their
bands and escorts will participate,
and then after dismissal oa
Exchange place the various organizations
will proceed TO the cemeteries to which
The formation OF the line for the pre-
liminary parade will be as follows:
starboard, Watch Captain +. b. Butts escort to
Department Commander.
Department Commander.
Assistant Adjutant General
Department Bugler
Department Officers and Department stan.
Past Department Commander.
Officers of the u. s. Army and Navy.
Divisi9n commander, Sons OF Veterans and staf.
fArragnt Association Naval Veterans.
Prescott Post No. 1, Commander Charles Morgan
james a. natheid Camp No. ii, s. OF W, Captain
slocum Light Guards
slocum Post No. 10, Commander Dutee johnson.
General a. u. burnside Camp No. 8, s. Of ", Cap
tain w. IL. Mccormick.
First and Second Separate Companies Infantry,
Ives Post, No. 10, Commander James c. Lecount.
Colonel James BARTON Camp, 10. 10, s. of ", Cap
tain w. IL. Addison, Jr
Arnold Post No. 4, Commander George H. Fisher.
fred 4; Davis Camp No. IL, s. OF W. Captain M.
ofiahsr'y para
George II. Browne Post, No. rs, Commander
Rodman Post, No. 10. in carriages, Commander
Ezra X. Parker
Carriages with disabled comrades.
Battery A, Light Artillery, X. NJ, Captain Edgar
X Barker.
Flower wagons.
Prescott Post will go to the North
Burial Ground and Catholic Cemetery,
Slocum and Podman Posts to Swan Point,
Ives Post TO Grace Church Cemetery,
Arnold Post TO Locust Grove and Pocasset
Cemeteries and George Ii. Browne Post TO
the Oakland Cemetery.
Attractions.
There Will be special dinners and at.
fractions at all the shore resorts. Steamer
Queen City is advertised to make matt
nee and moonlight excursion to.
Seaconnet Point. Steamer Awashonks
will go 10 the same place. Steamer
Mount Hope is TO go on the first excursion
OF the season around Brenton Reef Light
ship, and the sail is TO be down the west
passage and back through Newport har-
Dor and the east passage.
AT Kent County Trotting Park there
wnl be some good horse racing for 2:45
and 3-fiiH#te- classes and a special feature
in the way OF Sl00 match race between |
a dog and a pony.
Brown and Yale are going to play ball |
at Adelaide Park.
Every kid who has a holiday |
will gather eight more and go out |
In quest of nine others and |
there will accordingly be ball games in
every vacant lot in town. No admission
fee, but lots of fun for players and spec
tators.
The cyclists will make runs and have
road races.
At Lothrop's Opera House east Lynne"
will be presented forenoon, afternoon and
evening, and at the Westminster Theater |
,he three st. Felix Sisters will give matt
nee and evening performances.
At the Providence Opera House in the
evening Miss Nellie Devenish and her
pupils will give dramatic exhibition,
With dancing and the higher athletics.
At the PostoGice.
The registry, money order and stamp
departments will be closed at 10 o'clock in
he forenoon for the day. The general
lelivery and carriers wickets will be open
rom until 10 o'clock in the morning and
rom until 1880 o'clock in the evening.
The carriers will make but ono delivery
stters and collections Will be attended to
{ usual