New-York tribune., 1896-05-30
THE DAY OF THE VETERANS.
ELABORATE CEREMONIALs PLANNED FOR
MEMORIAL DAY.
THE PARADE TO BE LARGER THAN FOR MANY
YEARs-MANsFIELD POST TO MARCH
SERVICES IN THIS CITY AND
NEARBY PLACES.

NEARBY PLACES
,,o,,or,a, nav This wear will be celebrated wl'h
,oucrou ,,rnout of veterans and soldiery than lor
80 ,.oars boretofore It is estimated that there
iii no az least 300 Grand Army men III iiiie'
pranorations which have been going OH loi Z"
ooL ara NOW completed General Catiih' INC
,ra,d marshal and his associates nave "orNeu
hard 70 make Of the parade great success an
tho indications are that their efforts VIII not nav"
been in vain. ., to,,e
cnecial ceremonies have been arranged 10 'aNo
n,aca at the graves Of the different co'i'""'
hurried in the cemeteries of this city Inc p"i a0.
.,,,;, s..r, aarlv The line will form with head Oh
co,,r,r on Bedford-ave. at $50 o'clock IN tie io'
lowing order:
,,ouu.oo norce under command Of Sergeant
George w WN11sbal hsag Brevet Major-General Isaac
catlin. U ro.,e- ad,utant-general and chief of
aaaarters gaser, ag color bearer John r. Maxwell
Henry G. Blackmar assistant adluiah ,bs Rev
oSn oSn ATnaud Chaplain in chief j. J. Ashey sScca a
D. surgeon general G. DE Grass :, Sbief medical
naeector Francis 81 Crafts.
Inc Rev Pr Nay Dayid TsGE SPgf genersi louis
d'Homergue provost marsha l,S,iielal, aroi Charles
TeOsT assistant P5ogSTt George "
sstant paymas general; John toooWln, n,rgIneers
artery IhonaS aIaS c5ief mastering officer william
Kinder chief signal officer Wilson n f Grdnance
Thomas r. Kiernan. chief OF aides 3oroe w
Assistant marshals. NJ C. Sha''uoN anu
%6 AZ Pa5TsR faildy pOTi SG
Cbaries Onnn Post No S5 james L. Adams pGs
No 50o r A. Darling. Post No 5eS JAMES ia ~ cbEst,
mIl Post No. 52 George ~ Crolssqnf Post No M
Henry NJ Laskowsk Post No post S 10 O. 9i; M george H.
cSmnSs cSs SS d2P Posi- 4 10 4 nS7?n So5 c y
Frank X Naples e. v john m'PTyM yMaTpny hHTy S
FIRST Division batteries and l. Maqine Hqi3ea Corps
light aTSy r2'gd 3adns saTs uar of the State Of New
York: Second Brigade. Signal corps '0 ''"'
Isecp SECOND p!vision-Rankn T. Grant Harry les
German Metternlch Frank Head Barbara EremTn ersyW
%ansdeld James srIoO Il Psrry s bHPS9 }a@SS wncheseT
esih Dakin * "a and William Lloyd Garrison posts,
canenea S4Ta snip Nssrs "
sIocn% w " Stephenson George Ricard' Charles
fI0GSiri; H Bnris W and Moses F Odell posts
Fonrth Hi hniRJsionsone of Veterans Volunteer Fire
mems Association. Fire DeparUme1Itc Icnn and Malta
sixth Divsion-Knights OF st. John a'io-'AAi''
ksgaIs HyantS S' bvsion~Boys brigade from different
homes and churches platoon oil po'oe
The line of march IS rs follows;
Bedford and Division aves along Bedford,aySee TO
IsStsTn Ss sa,oTs rerkTeHS XTcH ' Before passing ars he
column will be revewed by May9r 20 tITley NJ C..
MursJ,sr't III Wiisnn A. G.; Israel F. Fischer, NJ G.;
Charles G. Bennett NJ G.; Jam James 4 ioXt Joseph
R Clark president Of the Board or AIaeaT'enfi Ha If
Past Ss Mc%0Ta c0%manaTFd aHd ERecave ara
Cummings chairman Committee on fuoic Oe'e
"'S After passing the reviewing stand. the grand
marshal and staff will take positions on us rds pan I'd
other bodies as as they have pSssed psioyae tne
@ b oi psTa W and eavs the piazza
the most convenient route.
The reviewing stand will be AT North Plaza-st'
east of the memorial arch. and will be in charge
of Louis c. D'Homergue. provost marshal-generai'
TRANSPORTATION from the foot Of Atantic-ave VIII
be furnished to the posts and other organizations
of the Western District by the Union Ferry Com
pany. The boat will be in charge of Commander
A. T. Wilson OF Post No. 10. and VIII leave
promptly at 8 a. m.
The headquarters of the Grand Army of the Re-
public will be at the Hanover clubhouse IN ac-
cordance with the following invitation:
The Hanover Club requests the honor Of your
presence at It's clubhouse Bedford-aye and Rodney
St.. Memorial Day. Nay 80, 1896. at o'c.osk IN the
forenoon. 10 meet Frederick w. Wurster, Mayor OF
Erooklyn and heads of various departments. Gen
eral James MeI.eer. commanding Second Brigade, \;
G. S. n. Y. and STAFF; General Isaac Catln grand
marshal and staff; Past Commander, Lndlies a.
Shaw chairman Memorial and Executive Commit
tee and other distinguished men who w 9e nS ,ns
review of the Grand Army of the Republic on tha'
day
The knights of ST. John and Malta will go over
the route described for the Grand Army OF the
Republic under command Of General William X
Gear The drum. fife and bugle corps OF Schenec-
tady, the lst Regiment of this city, Premier Corps
New-York: Eureka Corps. Harlem, and Alexander
corps, Mount Vernon. will form the procession.
Grant Post will fall out Of the parade in time to
take the noon boat South Ferry to the Grant
Monument at Riverside Park where they Will
take part in the usual exercises For the first
time in several years Mansfield Post No. 80 will
parade to-day After the parade the pest Column
bian Guard and invited guests will go TO the
soldiers plot in Cypress Hills, where the young
women Of the Guard will assist in decorating the
graves Of the soldiers The general memorial
services under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic Of Kings County will be held at
Cypress Hills at 3 o'clock. The exercises will be
quite elaborate. and will take place in the follow
Ing order:
Mufied drums Mansfield Post No. S5, drum corps
seventy-ave young women Columbian Guards. OF
Mansfield Post No g. Daughters of Veterans; tm un,
s5sxns g sSa r. asrfff a%.sa viii oG e
Tbes and recor MRS isaac q T
iotson. Assembly cali BY Mansfield Post 10, IS,
order orar by Past Commander NJ, j. Cummings As
sstant Inspector-General. Department of New
on o'F Public ceremones @ T in'roductory @ W ADDRESS by
Past Commander Charles A. Shaw. chairman Of the
Memorial and Executive Committee Prayer by
minister Presbyterian Church. Singing ey the Con-
corda Singing Society. "Tent.ng on the Old Camp
Ground, by United States naval cadets of the
A:nslie Street Presbyterian Church. William A.
Echult commanding Oration by Luke Stapleton.
Singing by the Concordia Singing SOCIETY. Star
Spangied Banner" by the Columbian Guards. Ad-
dress and benedction by the Rev. jeremiah A.
Brosnan. OF St. Francis Xaviers Church.
The Grand Army Of the Republic will also hold
services at Holy Cross in this order:
con,mander James H. Kerswell Post No. l4s. c. a.
II grafton by Father J. Il. Woods. Church OF the
Holy Cross. Twenty-ninth Ward BrooxLyn 10 De