The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-29
The Program for Its Oh
Servance in This City.
Parade of G. A.. R. Followed
by Decoration of Graves.
Sons of Veterans and Militia to Take
Part in Exercises.

The program for the observance OF to-
morrow as Memorial Day by the Rhode
Island q. A. X. is contained in the fol-
lowing special orders issued by the de-
partment commander:
Department of Rhode Island, q. A. r.
Providence, May 20. 1896.
Special Orders No. 81.
The several posts located in the city Of
Providence having placed themselves under
The orders OF the Department. Commander
for a parade on Memorial Day MAY 3O 1905
VIII report with their escorts and guests to
the Assistant Adjutant General at the Sol
diers' and Sailors Monument, Exchange
place at $40 a. IN. on that day. whom positions
AT $3.50 o'clock the following exercises will
take place at the monument: Dirge, Reeves
American Band: prayer, Rev. Hopkins r.
Sady. department. Chaplain: national salute
battery Light Artillery, X. j. M: dec-
oration of monument and Burnside statue:
taps, Departments bngler.
Post Commanders, except us Commander
Of kodman Post. will detail four comrades
from their respective posts supplied with
flowers to report immediately upon arrival AZ
the IN ont nuinept TO senior Aide Camp George
Is. Lapbam who ID charged with the duty of
decorating tine monument.
The Commander OF Rodman Post will
cuuso the Burnside statue 10 be properly
decorated and see that flowers are provided
After the conclusion of these exercises. the
parade will take place, moving in tho follow
Department Commander. Assistant Adjutaut
General.
Department Burler.
Department officers and Department staff.
Past Department. Commanders.
Officers of the U. :. army ard navy.
Division Commanders Sons OF Veterans and
stnT.
Reeves American Band.
Prescott Post, No. J. Commander Lrcion y.
Lsmson.
James A. Garfield Camp, No. II, s. Of ".
Captain W. A. Mckenzie.
slocum Light Guard. Captain George A.
Forsyth.
slooum Post. No. 10. Commapdsr Thomas W.
Gardiner.
General A. e. Burnside Camp, No 8. s. OF
", Captain Horace II. Tvmpkins.
First Separate Company Infantry, RI. NJ,
Captain X. w. Blunt.
Ives Post. No. i3 Commander stephen J. Wet.
Colonel James Barton Camp No. I'D 3. OF ",
Captain Thomas II. Walker.
Band.
Arnold Post, No. a. Commander John T.
Fred e. Davis Camp, No. ls, s OF w.. Cap
tain Ernest Il. Hackett
Band.
Moses Budlong.
Rodman Post. No. i2. in carriages. Comman-
der James Moran.
l. Commander-in in Chiefs staff IN carriages.
Carriages with disabled comrades.
General l'urpsioe Commandery, No y. L. L..
d. U. A. NJ. Captain ". N. Kidder.
Universalist Cadets, Major Frank T. Lakey.
battery A. Light Artillery, X. ]. M, Captain
Edgar X. Barker.
Flower wagons.
The route OF march will be Dorranco
Westminster, Summer, Broad, Weybosssset
and Exchange street to Exchange place. The
Department Commander will review the
column at Franklin street as IL passes up
Westminster street. Upon arrival at Ex-
change place the parade will be dismissed.
sons OF Veterans will proceed 90 cemeteries
as follows Prescott Post No. ]. North
Burial Ground and Catholic Cemetery; Slo-
v swan & Point c Cemetery: % Sc0H nvsa POST. POST No. is
Grace Church Cemetery: Arnold Post, No. 4.
Locust Grove ana Pocasset Cemetery; George
Il. Browne Post. No. 25, Oakland Cemetery.
Posts IL and % with their escorts ass
granted permission to leave the column at
corner Broad and summer streets.
Department officers and star, anu Division
Commander, Sons of Veterans, and staf, will
report in fell uniform. mounted, with badge
of mourning or left arm and sword hilt. TO
senior Aide-dp-tam George H. Laphan. in
front Of City Hail. Exchange place at S:l5a m.
officers and Aides-de-Camp. and officers OF
the U. 5. army and navy, are ordially invited
to report above and join in the parade.
il Is earnestly requested that flags bs dis
played at half-mast during the day, and busi-
ness be suspended during the parade.
WILLIAM f. STONE
department Commander.
PHILLIP :. CHASE,
Assistant Adjutnnt General
The Hawkins Zouaves, late Of the Ninth
New YORK Volunteers, with wives and
families, are expected ON the Providence
Line tomorrow morning. ihey Will
decorate the grave of General Burnside at
Swan Point They were with him at
several important engagements.
Mayor McGuinness has inaugurated the
plan of tolling the public bells tomorrow
from 8 a. m. until after the decoration of
graves.
There will he many secular attractions
for the thousands in and out of the city
tomorrow, and naturally, II pleasant. the
river will come in for the largest share OF
atteation. At Crescent Park there wilt
be a grand bicycle tournament, in addi-
tion to balloon ascension with the big
gest air ship ever seen in New England.
There will be free dancing, plenty TO cat
aud many other attractions.
At Rocky Point there will be grand
concerts by tho National band, dancing
and the hest shore dinner ever served.
At Fields Point. Colonel Atwell Will
maintain his reputation for cuisines OF
excellence. At each OF the shvra resorts
special arrangements will also he made
for Sunday.
Tomorrow there will be races at Hills
| grove, baseball everywhere, aud s1ecfni
excursions on the Providence, Fall River
& Newport Steamboat Company's boats