Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-27
DECORATION DAY ASSIGNMENTS.
The Program of Exercises mt the ya.
rfOus Cemeteries.

The program for memorial services Dec
Grafton day at the various cemeteries I'm and
near Washington has been arranged and.
with the exception of few possible addi-
lions, is complete.
AT Arlington the exercises will begin al
noon, and the following order of exercises
Will be carried out: Assembly call; music by
the band; chorus, Then Gather Flowers"
| by Mozart Club; calling the assembly to
order by Department Commander McElroy;
Invocation. by Chaplain Stevens; instru-
mental selection; reading orders, by Depart
ment Assistant Adjutant General Hustled;
chorus, Our Braves" by Mozart Club;
original poem, Beautiful Arlington" by
Dr Thomas Calver; song, "Daybreak at
Appomattox,' sung for the first time by c.
n. Liiiebridge; Grafton by Representative
Marriott Brosius OF Pennsylvania; song.
Rest OF the Brave" by Miss Lillian HALEY;
chorus, Our Noble Land, by Mozart Club:
vocal solo. Mrs. Seeley; music by the band:
Denedlction. The Mount Pleasant Field
Band VIII have d prominent place in the
procession.
AT the Congressional cemetery the ora
tion Will be delivered by Rev. w F. Far
son, and the poem by ID. c. Haywood
At Soldiers Home the leading address
Will be made by Col. Charles +. Lincoln;
brief address will be made by George
w, W, Prince; N. C.. Illinois; poem read by
be read by Mr. NJ. ID. Lincoln
AT Oak Hill Rev. DR.. Still will deliver the
Grafton, and at Holy Rood Rev. f Zfm-
will preside - '
AT Mount Olivet and GraceIand orations
VIII be delivered by S. M Croft of The
sons OF Veterans and Representative VIM.
a: Calderhead of Kansas
The Woman's Relief Corps Department
oi the fotomac will usual assist in the
GEcSolduoh OF graves Delegations will 20
FRIDAY, or carly Saturday. to place flowers
On the graves. The department comman
Ger OF the Grand Army Col McEIrov and
COL Edwin j. Sweet, chairman of decora-
items and grounds, have assigned TO The
W olnah relief Corps, the Tomb of the
Unknown. Sheridan's tomb. a portion Of
the officers section, and sections +. e.
and B. - ~
MRS Susie McCabe will be in charge of
me ueo oratlon at the Tomb of the In
known, assisted by the department officers
Sha past department presidents. Mrs Hem
Grlcks, Mrs. Cogling and Mrs Hamilton
ohefioans tomb will be decorated by Mrs.
cers, Mohtls ana a committee. The off,
GERS section viii be assigned to Mrs Res
Sic Boone Cheshire, senior vice department
president. and Potomac Corps Section =
VIII be In charge Of Mrs. Strickland of
burnside Corps, assisted by its members
Lincoln Corps, Mrs. Naylor president will
decorate section E. Miss Saunders and o.
norton Corps, of which she is president
VII aecorate section A, and Miss Goings
|
| members. will have charge of section n
me department president, Mrs. Anna w
oohnsoh' ana special detail. consisting
OF MRS Isabel Worrell Ball Mrs Mamie
dorsey and Mrs. ]. NJ Layton, will as
siSt sumner and Morton Corps and all
othefs where necessary. The executive
noard nave made prepare tons for a boun-
| ului lunch. and every old soldier and every
member OF a Loyal Woman's order will be
| served ~ 10
lafayette Corps will go to the Soldiers
nome, as has been their custom for years.
ms year Mrs. Georgia Van Fleet, the
PRESIDENT, will do the work that her
mother, Mrs. Chambers, has so long done
thefe. Farragut Corps. Mrs. Clara Eals-
from, president. is detailed for Congress
sional cemetery. John A. Logan Corps.
mrs. Mary Crawford, president, is detailed
10 go 10 the Insane Asylum cemetery, and
George h Thomas. Mrs Mecham presI-
uent' is detailed to Graccland and Mount
olNet Mrs. Florence e Barker the ffrst
national PRESIDENT Of the Woman's Relief
Corps. will take an active part in the core.
monies at Arlington.