The evening world., 1894-05-26
Elaborate Plans Completed for
Memorial Day Celebration,
The Parade, Of Course, Will Be
the Principal Feature.
Mayor Schieren to Preside at the
Cypress Hills Exercises.

will be more widely obserV-
Cd than ever before. The elaborate
character of the plans laid out certainly
Indicates that the old soldiers intend to
pay their sleeping comrades n tribute
worthy Of the cause they fought for
thirty years ago.
q The veterans. however. are not the
only ones, and indeed are perhaps a mi
nority. of those who will make open re-
membrance of their dead. Instituted by
the q. A. r. a few years ago. and soon
thereafter made a legal holiday in most
OF the States of the Union. the day has
been taken up by the American people,
citizen and soldier. as one peculiarly set
apart to the honor of those who have
finished the duties of life.
Thousands of soldiers graves In this
cluster Of big cities will be marked with
fiags and flowers and the dust OF the
heroes shaken with salvos OF canon.
but thousands OF mounds that mark
where lay those whose lives led through
more peaceful paths will be heaped with
Blossoms.
With fine weather on Wednesday the
cemeteries will be filled with such
throngs s.a as never eys ,ur 6ef"re ;,s, The ",,e Grand
especially to Cypress Hills. A commit
tee of the order went to that cemetery
yeaterday and spent several hours going
: The Committee consisted OF Col. NJ. J.
Cumming Chairman Of the Kings
County Mem rial Committee; Reuben
Riley. Chairman Committee on Public
Committee on Public Speakers, John
Tregaskis. President Cypress Hills Ma
tional Monument Association; Col. NJ.
G. Shattuck. Grand Marshal for Brook
Ign; George. H.. Jackson. ~Adtutant-Gen-
eral and Chief OF staff: Mr.. William
Miles, Treasurer Of the Cemetery; Mr..
Charles l. Lyons. Its Counsel. and Mr..
The location Of the platform was de.
cided on. the park for the artillery laid
out n grounds mapped so there would
The programme will be the most inter
esting n the service the most pictur-
esque that have been held for years. and
II ls expected that at least 10000 specta-
tors will witness them.
Mayor Schieren will be the citizen pre-
siding officer of exercises, and several
public speakers VIII make the addresses.
flowers will be laid simultaneously on
each soldiers restlng-place.
Similar exercises will be held In other
cemeteries where soldiers are buried.
In the forenoon the parade occurs-the
great popular feature Of the day. The
special committee which has been labor
ing for many days at the Grand Mar
Bndl 3 f~1eauQuaTteTs III tne new SEVEN
ty-irst Regiment Armory. Thirty-fourth
street and Park avenue, has been pre-
pairing great things for that event. The
muster will be made as large as possible
and pains have been taken to have eve
rything in perfect working order. The
points of rally are In the streets cross
Ing Fifth avenue between Fifty-frst and
Fifty-seventh streets.
The Committee promises the largest
turnout OF veterans In years. and II Is
estimated that there will be between
5000 and 5000 school children In line.
part OF the mature public that dotes on
the military will doubtless be disap-
pointed that the militia will not a K a
T mSse N ssstSe K PaTf ,n .As s,s aemnnsthaf Bae.
talon n Troop A.. will be in line, but
the Seventh. Twenty-second, Seventy
frr:. Eighth and Twelfth Regiments.
all their panoply of war. will be miss
ing from the event.
The Committee of the G. A. X. wrote
to Gen. Fitzgerald. inviting the National
Guard The General replied In a very
courteous letter. saying that the troops
had been and would be called upon to
S %er 50 than mpe he d 5,Sy h a6iS f sPITinmE ks and oass sHm,
letter to the Colonel Of zach command
and leave 1t to his discretion whether or
ninth Battalion and Troop A alone sent
favorable replies.
A veteran at headquarters said to-day
that It was Adjt.-Gen. Porter's fault
this season. With Creedmore practice
Van Cortlandt Park manoeuvres and the
Peekskill encampment following in
rapid succession, the men could not be
expected to assume an extra days
The line of march is both short ant
street down Fifth avenue to Washing
ton Square, where ranks will be broken
The procession Is scheduled to move a
9 O'Clock, and all will be over long be
The order of parade will be as follows
ksgulars-Ensineer Battalion from willetI
Point, six companies Of infantry and First Artil
lsry marching as infantry under command o
Naval B1isadeMThTse somnanis' Of marine
Ninth Regiment. N. Y. S. n. G.
sixty-ninth Battalion.
Troop A. cadets, personal escort to Grand Mar
Grand Marshal. Capt. Charles F. Roe and stan
Past Grand Marshsis under escort Of First Vet
sran Mounted Battalion.
so.,s 10. y. sss, a. SIS g. IL H' and Il ss,s M0''' Marshall
Second q p 9S @; a, R 4, Butler, Marshall
-s sa.se "a s'i y. a. rs sss, J. j. Il Z and !, F 81. Marsha
.h .Hoisa 1' u %. 9 49, T. si e. and a is Ts"'eFssT' Mar
Fifth Division. G.. A r., J. n. Gano. Mai
shsl-Posts 2Si. %. IS. $50. 23i and 800.
Sixth Division. G. A. R.-Posts ~. i2. SO. Isl
as6 and ss4.
MAnhal-PoFtA 800. +02. tz7. 81, li3. SIS and go
Veteran Corps. siIty-ninth Regiment. y. Y.
Meagher Irish Brigade.
Veteran Zouave Association.
Thirty-elgth Regiment New York Volunteer
Association.
Sons Of Veterans. Camps T.. Is. IO2, IC7. 81 ar
Army and Navy Veterans. L. s A.
Veteran Organization, U. .. A.
Union Veterans. U, s. A
Veteran Guard Battalion.
Washington Continental Guard,
Noah L. Farnham Veteran Association
Eleventh Regiment Veteran CorpE.
Anderson ZouAyes.
Niagara Hose Company.
oandss Lafayette.
GrepAdier R~ochambesuH.
Ninth Ward Pioneer Corps.
JehersonIan Pioneer Corps
Charles Sumner Pioneei Corps.
- New YORK Military Academy Cadets. Of Cor
yali-on-the-H Hudson.
Ninth Baptist Boys Brigade.
Grammar School 81.
CAInenden Cadets.
First Battery Cadets, n. Y. s. n. q.
Ninth Regiment n. Y. S. n. q. Cadets
%. George Cadets
Sc Bridget Cadets.
New York Turner Cadets.
PAroehiAl School Organization.
m Memorial Committee s%nnOunc
that the crowning event Of the day Will
the evening concert at Music Hall. FIT
ninth street and Seventh avenue 4
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