The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-30
PROGRAMME FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
SERVICES AT THE CEMETERIES
Addresses Will BE Delivered ut Each
Of Thcm..Firing Squads for the
Different Burial Places..Patraotic
Exercises and Parade in the After'
uOon.. Military Drama in Evening.

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Exercises and Parade in the After.
uoon.. Military Drama in Evening.
This is Memorial Day. when the men
who calamity fought for the union In
it's time of peril. assisted by the public
generally, will strew with fresh ana
fragrant flowers the last resting
places Of their former companions In
arms.
Extensive arrangements have been
made by tine veterans of this city Tor
the observance of the day. which. year
by year, wins for itself warmer spot
in the regard Of the American people;
The morning will he devoted to the
decoration Of the graves and the exer-
cises at the various cemeteries. Al
Forest Hill Commander ]. r. Thomas
will have charge of the services. which
will begin at 10 ocock. An address
will be delivered by Rev. W. j. Ford. OF
the Green Ridge Baptist church and
there will be singing by quartette
consisting of w. II. Lanyon. a. H. At
kins, O. l.. Calvin. w. H. Treverton.
In Dunmore cemetery Comrade NJ. r.
Bishop has charge of the exercises,
which begin at 1880 O'Clock. There
will be singing by special choir and
an address by Rev. Il. ]. Houghton.
Commander L. l.. Haas conducts the
services at the Washburn Street ceme-
terry, where addresses will be delivered
by Rev. +. p. Doty and Rev. John B.
Sweet. The choir of the Hampton
Street Methodist Episcopal church Will
sing. 20
At the Pittston Avenue cemetery the
services will be held at go. and will be
in charge OF Commander s. Y. Haupt.
The Hickory Street Presbyterian
church choir will sing and there will
be an address by Rev. W. a. Nordt.
HYDE PARK CATHOLIC.
Addresses will be delivered at Hyde
Park Catholic cemetery by Rev. p. j.
McManus and Colonel +. ]. Fitzsim-
mons The choir Of St. Peters cathe-
dral will sing and Rev. ]. A. O'l;eilly
will offer a prayer and pronounce the
benediction. The services begin at 10
a. m. and will be In charge Of Comrade
II. w. Lotus.
At st. Mary's Catholic cemetery.
Dunmore, Comrade K. c. Clark has
charge of the services. ST. Mary's
church choir will sing and Rev. NJ. b.
Donlan will deliver the address. Com
mander S. Y. Haupt has charge of
Catholic cemetery, which begin at II
o'clock. Rev. p. C. Christ delivers the
address and the singing will he by
the pGrochial school choir.
ComIade George Snu!t2 will he. in
charge Of the services at the Peters,
burg Protestant cemetery, which will
commnce at go O'Clock. knights OF
the Mystic Chain. Mintary Rank,
Knights of Malta. knights Of Pythias
and Relief Fire company will partici
pate, also the pupils of No, 5 school.
The choir Of the Petersburg Preshyter-
ian church will sing and Rev. J. w.
Randolph delivers the address
The firing squads For the various
cemeteries will report this morning at
$50 a. IN.
MEMBERS OF FIRING SQUADS.
Forest Hill firing squad, report TO
Commander j. Il. Thomas-E. Franl:
Gardner. W. l.. Nash NJ. c. Bullock,
w. G. Henderson, Don c. Fadden,
Fred Il. Leber. Charles A. Meyer, Will
liam Snyder. A. E. Sherman, William
G.. Thomas. Thomas Davis, Charles Le-
ber, Fred Schmidt, William A. Schmidt
jr., william Cahoon. George E. Nash.
Dunmore Catholic. report to r. G..
Clark--John Monninger, ]. Wesley Bull
M. ]. Graham, f. A. Peters.
Pittston avenue Protestant, report to
s. Y. Haupt--William Leber. August
Schmidt. Fred Bell. John Griffin.
Washburn street, report to Z. l..
Haas-William Widenor. G. c. Batten-
berg, Charles A. Bennett, ]. Archie
| JOKES, ]. b. Blume. Albert Frbach,
Arthur l.. Davis, II. Leber. A. f.. Full
| ler, James Hayward, George w. Hoff-
man, Thomas Davis, John Steinicke, r..
G. Fern, William Crompton, John f..
Farr
! Washington avenue-Report to j. T.
| Howe-Robert Morton, David Morton.
Dunmore Protestant, report to NJ. K.
Bishop-Charles Hartwick. William
! Horn, August Fadden, Stewart j.
Hardy. Berton Huff, Georget Monning-
er w. N. Cole. H. r. Long.
| Petersburg Protestant. report to P.
| DeLacy-Chester Cammer. Frank B.
Kirlin, Benjamin Hughes. William
Pfeiffer.
| Petersburg Catholic, report to p. De-
Lacy-C. A. Brown, L. J. Colvin. Will
liam Erhart, +. w. Martin. c. A. Ridg-
way.
Hyde Park Catholic, report to H. W.
Loftus-Henry Hoffman. Aaron Allen,
J. c. Allen, William Arndt, William
Lahey. Frank Lahey. ]. >. Burke. Geo.
G. Brown, william Brown, Dennis
Blackledge, John Blackledge, Thomas
| Brown, Lester Il. Butts.
| IN THE AFTERNOON.
| Patriotic exercises appropriate to the
day will he held In Grand Army Hall
| this afternoon at which the following
| programme will be rendered
| Prayer .Rey. G. T. Price
| Song ................ Green Ridge quartet "a
| Opening remarks,
Comrade J. r. Thomas
| Memorial service,
| Ten deceased comrade.
Song Green Ridge quartette
| Address Rev. G.. I. Price
Song ..................Park Place Quartette
| Benediction.
The parade which is always one of the
features of the day, will move at D. m.
1t will be made up of veterans. sons of
veterans, military and civic societies
and will pass over the following line
Of march: Down Spruce street to Frank
lin avenue, to Laekawanna. to Adams,
to Spruce, to Jefferson to Vine, to
Washington, to Gibson street, then
countermarching, passing in review op-
posite the court house on Washington
avenue, and then dismissing.
In the evening the military drama
darlington" will he presented at the
FAcadcmy Of Music by local talent. when
the prologue will be given by Colonel
James Fairman. and some original
readings by Colonel John McComb
Musical selections will be given by the
Green Ridge double quartette.