St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-30

farade Will Be Made Up of
Military Organizations, Civic
| Societies, and Sixteen Com.
panies Of School Children
Line of Iarch-Exercises at
the Auditorium.
ALL the federal offices, state Offices,
city and county offices, excepting the
ofnces OF the county treasurer and city
AMI county assessor, Will be closed TO-
day. All the wholesale houses and
retail stores will also be closed. The
wheels of every factory will be silent
The general offices of all the railroads
will be closed. In short, the city will
be as silent, so far as business trans
actions are concerned, as on Sabbath.
| The celebration of this Decoration
day will be about the most elaborate in
the history of the city.
The members of the Women's Relief
corps yesterday made the garlands at
the Auditorium, the flowers being fur.
| nished by the children of the public
| schools. There are some 500 graves to
decorate, hence the task of the women
and children was not light one.
Y. j. Stees, commander of Acker
post, Il. A. r., will have charge of the
decoration this morning of the soldiers
graves IN Oakland cemetery; Capt NJ.
j. O'Connor will have charge of the
decoration ceremonies at CaAary: Com
rades c. S. Sutheimer and Fred Scharf-
enberg will have charge at the Luth-
eran cemetery. N. w. Gordy, com.
mander of Gettysburg post. West side,
VIII, with members Of his post, proceed
to Mendoza in the morning and decorate
the soldiers graves in the cemetery of
that place. and in the afternoon the
Gettysburg contingent will proceed to
lnver Grove aud decorate the graves
there.
After the decoration of the graves at
Oakland the Soldiers Rest will be dec
GRATED with special ceremonies. as fol-
lows: Prayer by Rev. P w. Fuller,
chaplain of Acker post; hymn by the
Orpheus quartette; presentation of the
plat by Capt. Russell Blakely, presi-
dent of the Oakland Cemetery associa-
t1on; acceptation for the veterans by
Gov. Nelson; America" by the choir of
the First Baptist church ;benedction by
Rev. Fuller.
The ceremonies at Calvary will con-
sist of music by the cathedral choir and
an address by Rev. DR.. Heffron.
The parade will start at 2 p. M. The
various bodies that will take part IN it
Will form at Rice park at 80.
The procession will be headed by a
platoon Of mounted police under com.
mand of Lieut.. Budy. The chief mar.
shall will be j. c. Donahower.
The first division OF the parade will
be under command of Brig. Gen. Edwin
c. Mason. o. S. A. The division will
be made up Of the Third United States
infantry band. nine companies of the
Third United States infantry, COM
panies c. D, E aud Il, of the First regi-
ment of the state militia, under COM
mand of Brig. Gen. Bend.
The second division will be COM
manded by Gen. Bishop. and will he
made up of the Great Union band; sons
of Veterans; Gen. Ord post. &. A. r.,
b. Converse commanding; Garfield post,
j. Ii. Souder commanding; Acker post,
G. }. Stees commanding.
The third division vii! be comman led
by Comrade Henry A. Morse, and it
will be made up of the Sons of Veterans
band: sixteen companies of the Boys
brigade, Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
lea; carriages containing citizens.
The line of march will be as follows.
On Fifth street to Washington. on
Washington to Third, down Third to
jackson, up Jackson to Sixth, on Sixth
to Minnesota, on Minnesota to Eighth,
on Eighth to Auditorium, where the
exercises will be held.
Following is the programme of exer-
cises at the Auditorium:
Dirge. ........... -. Great Union Band
Prayer. Rev. John W. Conley
Male lluartette. .'COnSolaiion'
Recitation 80. memories of the War"
Retta Ii. Haas.
Male Quartette-
Care for Them Tenderly"
Recitation. ........ 1.-The Scouts Story"
Marguerite Morton.
Male Quartette. Vacant Chair'
Grafton. Col. j. Ii. Davidson
Male Quartette and Chorus. America"
Band and audience joining.