The evening world., 1894-05-29
DEAD HEROES GRAVES
Garlands to Be Placed Upon Them
in Every Cemetery.
Memorial Services Tonight at Lin
coins Statue, In Union Square.
Exercises Held in Some Of the Pub
lie Schools This Morning.

The observance in commemoration of
the heroes of the war for the Union
began this morning with appropriate ex-
ercises, in several of the schools, notably
the primary department of Grammar
School So, where Julia NJ. Elliott is Prin-
cipal The programme was long one,
and the exercises were witnessed by DR..
James Bergen, DIR. Josepth II. Byrne,
Richard S. Ireacy and Chairman Jacques
II. Herts, of the Board of Trustees
Twenty-second Ward. and many ladies'.
The pupils Of grammar school No. IL,
on West Seventeenth street, of which
Edgar Vanderbilt is Principal, also held
appropriate exercises this afternoon. Be-
sides singing and recitations. several ad-
dresses were made and flags presented.
A number of visitors. as well as the
trustees and inspectors were present.
The Lincoln Statue in Union Square
will be hung with flowers this evening
At o'clock. with appropriate ceremonies.
by Lincoln Pioneer Corps. Lincoln Post
Stevens Pest. of the Grand Army Of the
Republic; the Lincoln Club, Charles
Sumner Pioneer Corps the Veteran
will be offered by Rev. Josiah Cauld-
we'll, and ex-Secretary Of the Navy
Benjamin F. Tracy Will deliver an
hundred of colored children of the Sun
day-schools of the Abyssinian Baptist
Church. Bethel and Zion Methodist
The arrangements for to-morrow's pa
rade and memorial services are now
complete, the only drawback to the en-
thusiasm of the occasion being, the
stringency of funds in the hands of
Gen. w. w. Day, the Treasurer. Of the
Memorial Committee Of the Grand Army
Gen. Day reports that the responses
to the Committees appeal for funds to
defray the expenses have been smaller
this year than for many years ears past nrn
gramme for the memorial services in
the evening at Carnegie Hall. the sale
of tickets has not been as large as
usual. Contributions or applications for
tickets should be sent to room 4. City
Postmaster Dayton will preside at
lagher, of Brooklyn. will deliver the ora
ton The res' of the programme is
Of unusual attractiveness.
will appear; Miss Marceiia Lindh, the
Nina Norman Adams. Miss Grace Dar-
ley; Charles N. Adams, baritone; Con
Glee Cluo Of twenty-four voices will
sing; Miss Nettie Arthur Brown will
preside It % the pian0 and a,Md Misses Lille
the elocutionists, WI appear
The proceeds Of this memorial service
must be depended upon to swell the fund
of the Grand Army of the Republic for
the care of the widows and orphans OF
their dead comrades in arms.
Philip s.. Biglin is the Chairman Of
and m.I 3; F: Finley. sefIett,nriss; n; v.
II. Murphy, -Chairmen: p: P. Do
herty,,. Grand Marshal. and William J.
IN = ArvV,a
Grand Marshal Doherty was much dis
appointed at the refusal Of the Board
Of Education to permit the boys Of the
for the ranks of the Grand Army OF
Veterans are being sadly depleted by
death and old age and infirmities that
forbid the participation Of many old SOL
The great Columbia liberty bell will
toll in Madison Square Park during the
passage Of the parade in review before
AT the Grand Marshals headquarters.
Seventy-first Regiment Armory, appli-
cations for places in the parade have
Of an Unexpectedly large turnout of vet
Grams. as we'll as of sympathetic organi-
cations. although the National Guard
Of the organizations of the National
Guard will do honor to the dead heroes,
however, the Ninth Regiment. Sixty
sgne5 sn1h 5at5aion tbaE and Troop A. having
in force
The route OF the parade is made short
because Of the advancing age of the vet
Grams. 1t will start at Q o'clock from
Fifty-seventh street, moving down Fifth
avenue to Washington Square. where 1t
which will visit the several cemeteries,
where impressive memorial ceremonies
will be held.
etery where Mayor Schieren, Of Brook
lyn. will preside. will be the most elab-
crate, and 1t Is expected that II the
weather is favorable $4,000 people will be
present Every soldiers grave will be
draped with a flag and flowers will be
laid on all the graves simultaneously.