Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-24
TO OUR NOBLE DEAD.
annual Memorial Services At the First
Presbyterian Church Tonight.
Or. Tudor 10 OFFER Prayer and Col.
Gordon McCabe TO Deliver Grafton.
Programme for Phil Kearny's OBJ
servance of Decorstion-Day.

servance of Decorstion-Dny.
To-day, being the Sabbath Immediately
preceding Memorial-Day. has been de-
fignated by the ladies Of the Hollywood
Memorial Association as MemoriaiSuh-
day, and. according TO custom. which mas
been In vogue for the past six years.
services appropriate TO the day VIII DC
held. 1t has been customary for the
Hollywood Association and the veteran
organizations OF the city TO assemble Old
this day in one OF the churches oli-
ferent denomination being selected eacn
year, and listen TO a memorial sermon
This year the Presbyterian church
has been selected by the ladies. and the
services will be held at DR.. Kerr's church
tonight. Seats will be reserved in the
auditorium for the ladies OF the asso-
=. Citations and the veterans OF Lee and
Pickett camps. The services. winch
will be OF a nature 10 recall the glories
of the past. will be opened with the
singing OF How Firm Foundation
General Lees favorite hymn. after which
Dr. Kerr will preach the memorial ser
mon.
The members OF the Junior Hollywood
Association will assemble in the Vestibule
OF the church OF 745 o'clock, and march
In body 10 seats reserved for them
and the veterans of Lee Camp VIII as
semble In their camp hall at 7:SO O'Clock
10 march IN a body 10 the church. pickett
Camp will also attend.
'',' TO OBSERVE MEMoRIAL~DAY.
Memorial-Day proper will be celebrated
on the Goth at Hollywood. All OF the
local military are expected 10 particl-
pate. and General A. j.. Phillips VIII
act as chief marshal. The line will be
formed at Fifth and Main streets, ana
the veterans from Lee and Pickett camps
will be given the right OF the line. The
column Will move up 20 Franklin at D
o'clock, and at the base Of the Soldiers
monument in Hollywood Will form
hollow square around a stand to be erect
ed for the speakers, and the ceremonies
incident to the day Will be held.
Colonel W. Gordon McCabe will de-
liver the Grafton The services will be
opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Tudor.
pastor OF Centenary Methodist Episcopal
church, and. upon The conclusion thereof
Nearer, My God. 70 Thee" led by Cap
II.
by the audience. the band playing a
soft accompaniment Judge +. G. Minor
will then introduce Colonel McCabe. who
will deliver his address. Colonel Nc
Cabe. besides being an old Confederate
soldier, IL one of the most polished and
gifted speakers in the Southland. and his
address will no doubt be a masterpiece.
After the address the Doxology will be
sung. and the benedction pronounced, and
the company will dispose. the soldiers
marching back 10 the city.
All flowers contributed for the soldiers
graves at Hollywood must be sent to Miss
Baughman, No 900 south Fourth street,
on the 18th, or on the 30th to the Soldiers
monument. at Hollywood, as early as
possible where they will be received and
distributed by the Decorating Committee.
Flowers from a distance. If directed;
Hollywood Memorial Association,
No 800 south Fourth street,
will be brought free of charge by the
express company
THE CHIEF MARSHAL'S ORDERS.
The following order was issued last
night In connection with the Memorial
Day celebration:
Headquarters First Brigade.
Virginia Volunteers.
Richmond. Va, May %, 1896.
Special Order:
/. The following orders will be observed
by organizations participating in Holy
wood Memorial services, May 80 1896;
Brigadier- General A. l.. Phillips. chief
marshal. and staff win form on the south
side of Grace street right resting on
Ninth street; First Regiment. Infantry,
on left OF chief marshal, south side of
Grace street. facing north; Richmond
Light Infantry Blues, Fourth Battalion.
Infantry, on left OF First Regiment OF
Infantry: artillery on left Of Fourth Bat
talon Infantry; cavalry on left of ar
tlllery: line TO break from the right and
march TO the left at $50 =. NJ.
g Regimental and battalion COM
manders will report I'm person to the chief
marshal at 515 o'clock Z. NJ. Ninth and
Grace streets, when their commands shall
be In line.
g. Formation OF line will be as follows
Detachment OF police: General A. l.. Phil
lips (chief inarshaD and staff; infantry.
artillery. cavalry.
Veteran Organizations
General Thomas A. Brander, Marshal
Staff-Colonel u. l.. Maury. Colonel f.
p. Reeves. j. TX. Krac,se. George Deane
John Warren, w. Harper DeG.e-will re-
port 20 the marshal, at Fourth and Frank
lin streets at 1870 +. Al.
Colonel Joseph V. Bidgood, Adjutant'
General.
X f. Lee Camp. No. ]. Con
federate Veterans; George T. Pickett
Camp, Confederate Veterans: Sons OF
Veterans; Hollywood Memorial Associa
ton. Sr.: Hollywood Memorial Associa-
ton. Jr.; lakewood Memorial Associa'
tlon: Hebrew Memorial Association; anC
viii form in the following order: II. t.
Lee Camp. No. J, west side OF F1ftf
street. rgnt on Franklin street: Pickett
Camp on left of Lee Camp: Sons OF Vete
rams on left Of Pickett Camp.
Hollywood and other memorial associa
tions. In carriages, on Franklin street, IN
double column. right resting on Third
street, under command of Judge L. c
Minor.
LINE OF MARCH.
Up Grace street TO Fifth street; dow
Fifth to Franklin, to Laurel, to Floyd
70 Cherry. TO Hollywood; enter cemetery
at east gate.
BY order of Brigadier- General A. l.
Phillips, Chief Marshal.
WILLIAM NJ. EVANS,
.-.s. Major and Acting Adjutant-General.
Phil. Kearny Post MemorinI-Day
Services.
Saturday next May S0th, being National
Memorial-Day. services viii be held at the
First National Cemetery, on the VIII
lamsburg road, commencing at ii A, NJ