Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-25
TO HONOR THE BRAVE
The Program Of Observance for Deco
ration Day.
EVERY GRAVE TO Be REMEMBERED
Details of the Parade and Literary
Exercises.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION

The huge task of making all the arrange
| ments for Decoration day is now ABOUT
| done. At least programs have been mace
and the necessary details connected with
the observance of the day allotted to COM
mittees, who are rapidly and steadily per-
| forming the work assigned to them. The
general parade was arranged this week al
a conference Of Col. Gordon. commandant
at Fort Myer; Col Moore and Maj Ander-
| son, department commander. G. A r.. and
| the various staff officers of the G. A. X.
During the parade the street cars between
G. A. R. headquarters, at 1412 Pennsylva-
! MIA avenue, and the end of the route at the
Aqueduct bridge will STOP thus giving the
procession full use of the avenue Inc
United States troops at Fort Myer and the
arsenal have been ordered out by the Sec
| rotary of War and will lead the procession.
Col. Gordon, with the three troops OF the
| sixth cavalry stationed at Fort Myer, pre-
| coded by the splendid mounted cavalry
| band will be in the advance.
| The cavalry band will be one of the strik-
ing features Of the day. It has never ap,
peared here before. and this. its debut, will
| he An event. The band is mounted and pro-
| vided with the finest of silver-mounted in
| struEents, and plays with mastery erect
Col. Gordon being an old resident of WASH
| ington, has entered heartily into the
! arrangements for the day, and co-operated
most actively with the local committees
| Of the G. A. r.
The Procession.
The fourth artillery will follow the cav
| airy, their own famous band leading them.
Then will come the National Guard and the
Old Guard, with the Marine Band at their
head. Following the Old Guard will come
the G. A. r. posts. over 1900 strong.
At the grounds every provision possible
| for the sake of order and comfort has been
| made A guard of twenty-five cavalryman
has been detailed to look after the carriages
| that go to the grounds. These will be
parked on the parade ground. and be placed
under the charge of this guard from the
| sixth cavalry.
The Independent Ice Company this year,
| as always heretofore, shows its patriotism
| In a practical form, and supplies all abun-
| dance Of ice. so that barrels of drinking
water will be placed about the grounds in
| convenient access to the crowds present.
| The Woman's Relief Corps and the Legion
Of Loyal Women will provide in the kit
| chen tent ample lunch for old soldiers, and
| practically all who participate.
Arrangements for Arlington.
Col. Sweet, upon whom as chairman of
the committee on Decoration day. ire
| mendous amount of work has fallen, has
arranged to have salutes fired at Arlington,
| Congressional and Glenwood cemeteries.
| He has secured the loan of over 400 flags,
many from the government to be used in
| drapng the statues throughout the city,
| and the speakers stands at the cemeteries.
Arlington will be most deliberately deco
| rated, the pavilion being entirely draped
| with the national colors.
| All details as to flowers, which are TO
| be furnished largely by the school children
| and in considerable measure from the pub
| lie gardens will be brought to Grand Army
| Hall, 14l2 Pennsylvania avenue. during the
| morning of the 10Th, so that the work of
distribution may proceed during the AFTER
fol1n in in
| for completing the work before the exer-
cises on the ;Seth.
At Arlington Gen. Felix Agnus is to be
| orator; Justice Harlan will speak; Depart
| me ntal Chaplain Rev. J. d. Smith will offer
prayer. Lieut.. Lucen B. Young will make
| an address, and Will Carleton will be heard
| as the poet of the day.
| The work of decorating the 1900 graves
| at Arlington has been assigned to the
| various organizations of patriotic women.
Sections z and F and the Tomb of the Tn
| known will be decorated by the Woman's
Relief Corps Section ID will be decorated
by the Legion of Loyal Women, and the
post section by the Women of American
| Liberty. The Legion of Loyal Women will
place large floral flag on the Tomb of
the Unknown, and a floral saddle on the
| grave of Sheridan. Other decorations will
also be placed On these tombs. The George
| H. Thomas Post, G. A. r.. of Chicago will
send floral design for Sheridan's grave
| ard bronze marker. The ladies of the
| G. A. R. will also decorate sections at
|
| mittee.
| The chorus of young ladies, all dressed
| in white. have been rehearsing earnestly
during the week under Prof. Howard. The
| selections to be rendered by them are
| Tread Softly, a Soldiers Sleeping Here"
which will be sung around the tomb of the
| unknown, and in the amphitheater the fol-
lowing will be sung: ''Cover Them Over
| With Beautiful Flowers" "a Tear for
Comrades Gone" and Gather the Beauti-
| full Flowers"
Orders to the Regulars.
Col. Gordon, commanding the cavalry at
| Fort Myer has Issued the following orders:
The band and troops A, E and H. under
command of Maj Thomas c. Lebo, sixth
| cavalry, and the troops from Washington
| barracks, D. c., will assemble in column
of tours on Pennsylvania avenue at $50
am. the Both instant. facing west, in the
| following order: First, the cavalry; sec
ond the artillery; third, any militia organi-
cations that may participate, in order of
| rank of their commanding officer.
| The head of the column will rest on 9Th
| street. After the column is formed it will
| be moved up the avenue to Georgetown,
crossing the pipe bridge, thence up NJ
| street.
The Grand Army will join in rear at 14th
| street. When the of the troops
reaches the new market on NJ street the
| column will be halted and line formed,
| facing south. The Grand Army will then
| pass the troops, and each post will receive
a present from them, after which they
| will be dismissed.
Troop G, sixth cavalry, will be retained
| as post guard and to assist the Superin-
| tendent of the Arlington cemetery in pre-
| serving order and protecting the cemetery.
| No vendors of drinks, candies, ETC., will
| be allowed on the reservation or at Ar
lington
First Lieut.. Elon F. Wilcox. adjutant
| sixth cavalry, is announced as adjutant
| general ard chief of staff for the day.
First Lieut.. A. S. Cummins, adjutant
| fourth artillery; First Lieut.. Thomas Cruso,
| regimental quartermaster sixth cavalry,
| and Maj. D. L. NJ Peixotto, adjutant first
| regiment National Guard, announced
| as aids-de-camp.
At the Congressional Cemetery.
Almost equal in importance to the ex-
ercises at Arlington are those conducted at
the Congressional cemetery, and interest
centers in the preparations for the day at
| that place. to which all East Washington
find their way and join with the G. A. r.
| in paying reverence to the dead heroes of
| the war. Memorial day to the citizens of
| East Washington means pilgrimage to
| the Congressional-the little ones led by
their Sunday school teachers, the older
children representing the public school in
,s..,,n ALL.