The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS.

PrOgramme for Ceremonies Com
pleted-CIough to BE Present.
Gov. Clough and staff have signifed
their intention to take part In the, Me-
mortal day parade and the exercises
ait the Exposition. A letter to that et-
feet was received at the meeting OF the
general committee last evening. Con-
gresham Fletcher also wrote to say
that he should be pleased to join In pay
ling tribute to the men who saved the
nation, provided congress does not be-
gin to do business before that time.
There was another letter received
from Carl Armendinger, the command
er of the Patriarch Militant, the mill
.tary branch of the Odd Fellows order,
announcing that in all probability the
Patriarchs would not turn out this year
unless they could be assured that they
would not be placed in the same divi-
sion with the colored Odd Fellows.
Last year they were placed in the same
division, and it created a good deal Of
dissatisfaction. Mr.. Armendinger Sug
gests that all the civic orders that are
armed with swords should be placed in
one division. The letter was received,
among a number of others, and no ac-
ton was taken, further than to refer it
to the marshal.
Col. Page, commandant of the Third
infantry at Fort Smelling, wrote to the
committee announcing that in all prob
ability the regulars would parade on
Memorial day either in Minneapolis or
ST. Paul.
In general way all the preliminary
work for the Memorial day exercises
have been completed. All the commit
tee work is well in handand all work
is progressing favorably and salts
factorily. The general committee met
at the G. A. r. headquarters, Lumber
Exchange, last evening. Chairman c.
H. Taylor presto ing and L. o. Merriam
secretary. Cc-rrlde Fletcher, chairman
of the committee on forenoon exer-
cises, reported the assignment of the
several posts to the ceremonies as fol-
lows:
Appomattox and Butler posts, Lay
mans cemetery; Plummer post, ST.
Mary's cemetery; Morton, Morgan.
Shelter and Rollins posts, Lakewood
cemetery.
The East side posts had divided
their work as follows:
Chase post, the Catholic cemetery.
and Downs post to send a detail to
Maple Hill cemetery, the main body
of the post going to Hill side cemetery
where the principal event of the fore
noon will take place in the dedication
Of the monument in the lot of the
Downs post.
As far as could be learned the ar
rangement of Comrade Fletcher was
satisfactory to all the posts except
Plummer post, which had arranged
for services at the grave of Levi Plum
mer at Lakewood, and one of the COM
rades announced that it was more
than probable that Plummer post
would refuse to go to st. 3Mary's at
this time in view Of the1aother ar
rangements. The matter was referred
to Comrade Fletcher to adjust if pos
sible. a proposition being made to have
Morgan post take st. Mary's this year,
and that may be found the best way
out of the difficulty. The sentiment
was expressed that each of the posts
should take st. Mary's cemetery in
turn, as it was a good way out and
quite task for some of the old COM
rades to walk so far.
Chairman Hunt, of the committee on
decorations, called attention to the
fact that at the exposition meeting the
color bearers were to march up to the
platform, deposit their colors in their
appropriate places and remain with the
colors until after the ceremony.
Comrade Forbes reported that the
assignments for the posts to send dele
cations to schools had all been made
and that Superintendent Jordan, of the
public schools, had requested a list of
the veterans who will go to each
school, which should be sent to him
by mail, by the post commanders as
soon as the individual details have
been made.
L. o. Merriam wanted authority to
ask some speaker not member of the
Grand Army of the Republic to make
the principal speech at the North Side
high school, but the committee voted
that only members Of the order should
be asked to address the children Vet
Grams will also address the eight paro-
chial schools, the same as the public
schools.