Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.

Joint Meeting OF the Local G. A. H.
Committees Last Nieht-A Circular
Letter Issued to Conrades-Soldiers'
Graves In the Several Cemeteries TO
be Decorated In the mornin&-The
dwelling Exercises OF the Memorial
Tablets at the Soldiers Monument
East Rock Park, In the Afternoon
Grand illumination and Fireworks
In the Eventng-Fuu Details OF tho
Celebration. e.-zs
Memorial day will be observed with
great eclat by the members of the local g.
A. R. posts at East Rock park next Wed
nesday. All the arrangements for the day
were completed at a meeting of the Grand
Army posts held in the city hall last eve
ming. All the reports of the several sub
committees were read and accepted, and
Commander T.R. Hull and Adjutant F.
A. Cargil were authorized to issue the fol-
lowing circular:
Comrades: Again the sacred and i'm.
pressive ceremonies of Memorial day de-
volve upon us. The duties which we, the
surviving comrades must perform for those
whose duties are finished, and the object
lesson which our example furnishes to the
living, whose conception of heroism lives
only in history, are but duties of true COM
psnfonship, prompted by that condition
known only to the loyal members of the
Grand Army who risked their lives that
the nation might live.'
These duties are self limiting, for we
must not forget that the time must event
ually come when only two survivors of
our noble Grand Army will greet each
other and with palsied hands and CULVER
ing lips ask which of us must carry out
this sacred and affectionate ceremony for
the other. Let this prompt, every able
bodied comyade to respond to this call and
turn out to q man. We cannot more fit
tingly impress on the minds Of the COM
munity, especially those of the rising gen.
GRAFTON, the fact that patriotism, loyalty
and heroism are living facts which eur
Memorial day Is intended to perpetuate. ,"
It was also voted at the meeting last night
to decorate the graves of deceased COM
rades on the morning of Memorial day.
meet in their several post rooms at $3.50
o'clock sharp and each post proceed to the
cemetery to which it has been assigned.
At Evergreen cemetery the ceremonies
will be in charge of Post Commander
Theron R Hull, at Grove street cemetery
In charge of Vice Commander T. E. Bene
dict, at Fair Haven under Senior Vice
Commander J. T. Thompso On, in West Ha-
ven under Comrade Higgins and in East
Haven under 9. G. Kirkham.
In the afternoon the several posts will
again assemble at their respective post
rooms at 1 O'Clock and march to Church
and Chapel streets, where they will en-.
bark on the electric cars and proceed to
Rock Lane, and thence by stages to the
Soldiers monument at the top of East
Rock, where the ceremony of unwilling
the memorial tablets will take place at 2:30
o'clock.
These tablets bear the names of 526 sol
diers and eailors of New Haven who died
in defense of the nation in the war of the
rebellion, 1851 to 1865. The unwilling ex
ercises will be elaborate and impressive,
and will consist of patriotic selections by
the Second company Governors Foot
Guard band, under the leadership of Fred
Mages, an address by General 8. E. Mer-
win, an invocation by President Dwight OF
Yale university, the singing of patriotic
anthems by q chorus of 300 scholars of the
public schools, under the direction of Pro
lessor BENZ amin Jepson, the reading of the
rade William s. Wells, sn address by
Governor Morris, an Grafton by Juds
S. E. Baldwin, the unwilling Of
the tablets by Miss Ruby N. Osborn and
pages Paul S. Thompson and Arthur W
Banner" by Mrs. 8. s. Thompson, the
children's chorus and people; brief re
marks by Comrades 8. G. Brakeman, The
ron R. Hull, Joseph D. Plunkett, Wiegand
Sohlein and William b. Singleton. The
exercises will close with ION flames
Eternal Camping Ground" to the
tune OF "Auld Lang Syne," and the pro
nounciDg Of the bsnediction of Rev. Jus
tin L. Twitchell. D. D.
In the evening there will be grant
illumination and display of fireworks
under the charge Of the citizens commit
tee, of which Generel Samuel E. Merwir
Is chairman.
Among the guests at the exercises will
be General s. E Merwin, Mayor Joseph B
Sargent, Joseph B. Cunningham, presiden
of the board of selectmsn, William W
Farnam snd Henry F. English, represent
ing the park commission, aud the othe,
members of the town and city govern
ment.
General E. s. Greeley will be grand
marshal, General Andrew 81. Embler chief
of-staf- and William Gleeson and Johr
Hegel aids-de camp. The joint tablet com
ultLSS 70 COuPOSco VI ooha nACSai bAyt w ~
liam 8. Wells, Charles J. Buckbee, Fred
erick b. Waldron, Charles B. Foster, Ed
ward Hubbsll, Simeon J. Fox, James N.
Coe, Albert G. Hendrick, Henry 8. Peck
Ed ward A Howell, all of Admiral Foott
post; Joseph D. Plunkett, Ralph Wright
and John J. Brennan, from Henry G. Mer
win post, and Wsigsnd Schlein from Gen.
eral Won Steinwehr post.
The organizations which will Participate
In the exercises are Admiral Foore post, G
A. R Henry O. Merwin post, g. A. R
General Won Steinwehr post, G.. A. R.,
Gideon Welles Naval Veteran association
Of Connecticut. General Alfred b. Terry
command, U. V. o., Captain Elisha Peck
garrison, Regular and Army and Navy
union, Nathan Hale camp, No. 1, Sons OF
Veterans, Colonel Ellsworth command, No.
8, S. W. ", Admiral Foote Woman's Re-
lief corps, No. 8, q. A. and Henry @.
Me-win Womsn's Relief corps, No. 81, G..
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