Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-25

church parlors at 7:15, using the L street
entrance. Quite number of the members
OF the Legion of Loyal Women will also
attend memorial services at Memorial Pres
Iyterian Church, on 4th street southeast,
at 8 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon, under the
Iuspices OF Encampment No. Ill, Union
veterans Legion. The regular meeting of
the Loyal Women occurs on Monday even
ing next. when final arrangements will be
perfected fer Memorial day.
Legion headquarters, 419 10th street will
be open all day On Wednesday for the re-
oeption of flowers, which the busy commit
tees will arrange. Among the many who
VIII send flowers for this special work are
number CT the children who took part in
the benefit rendition of Jack, the Giant
Killer" These children will take their
offerings to the hall Wednesday afternoon
after school, and those of them who are at
Arlington on Thursday will assist in the
decoration of the graves in the special care
CT the legion.
Heruics will leave the Legion of LOYAL
Women headquarters, 419 10th street.
promptly at o'clock Thursday for Arling-
ton. Miss Helen B. Matthews, Mrs Jessie
Osborn, Mrs. F. b. Wilson and Mrs. J. NJ.
Lambert are recording the names of MEM
bers who wish to go out with the party
At GraceInnd.
George H Thomas Post has charge of
the day at Graceland and Mount OIivet.
The exercises will take place at Graceland
DIR. Thomas e Easton will be the orator
and Miss Marie Collins will recite F. Z.
Brooks poem, ''Sherman's March to the
Sea-" Music will be furnished by Weber's
Band, and there will be choruses by the
sunday school children. under the direction
OF DR.. T. ]. Hensley The procession will
form at tile corner of Sth and streets
northwest and move at 1890 A battalion
OF the National Guard, under command of
Major Otto l.. Suess, will form the first d.
vision the George H. Thomas Post and
camps of Sons of Veterans the second d.
vision. The third viii consist of Sunday
school children. George H. Thomas Post
will attend services tomorrow evening at
North Capitol NJ. E. Church. Rev. Mr.. Pate
of that church delivering the sermon. The
post and the Sons of Veterans Camp 81,
Department of Maryland, will attend in
uniform.
Miscellaneous Notes.
At a special meeting last Thursday even
ing Gen. Guy V. Henry Garrison. No. 43,
Regular Army and Navy Union. made COM
plete arrangements to accompany o. P.
Morton Post, No. 4. G. A. R., on Memorial
day. In the afternoon services will be held
at Harmonic cemetery. An invitation was
also accepted by the garrison to attend
the memorial services of the post, at Miles
Memorial Church, next Sunday at pm.
Rev. j. II. Bradford, chaplain of the Mill
tary Order of the Loyal Legion and of
Garfield Post, G. A. R., has been invited
by the Legion OF Loyal Women to deliver
the grafton at Culpeper. Va, on the Both
The Woman's Relief Corps has divided
the work of decorating at the various GEM
eteries. Lafayette Corps will go to the Sol
diers' Home. Mrs. McMonigal and a detail
of the W. r. c. ladies and Farragut Corps
will go to Congressional cemetery and all
the smaller cemeteries have details of w.
r. c. ladies to see that every grave is dec
| GRATED. Logan Corps will go to ST.. Eliza
beth's.
Mrs. Mary H North of Logan Corps.
with a number of young ladies, will go to
Fairfax with flags and flowers for the
graves in that vicinity. Five members Of
the w. r. c. will go to Fredericksburg and
Culpeper.
The Union Veteran Legion will attend
services tomorrow at the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church. corner of 4th and B
streets southeast. The officers for the day
are: Past colonel, General Green Clay
Smith: colonel, T. ]. Shannon; lieutenant
colonel. w. T. Pierson; major. H. H. Ray:
chaplain, E. H. Ripley; adjutant, f. Dunn;
officer of the day, VIM. Wilson. The serv-
ices embrace music by the choir, consisting
largely Of patriotic selections; an address
in honor Of deceased comrades by Colonel
Smith, on the Union volunteers by Rev.
W. E. Parsons and on the loyal people Of
the south by Rev. E. o. Eldridge.