Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-29
In HONOR OF DEAD SOLDIERS
Arrangements for Decoration Day Have
Been Completed.
PARADE is TO FORM AT h30 O'CLOCK
Program of Exercises Mt the Ceme-
terry on Tuesday-Memorial ESer-
cIses VIII lie Held in the
Public schools Today.
PARADE is TO FORM At ll3o O'CLOCK

The general arrangements for Decoration
day have been completed by the several
committees in charge and the observance OF
the day in Council Bluffs promises to be
more general and on a grander scale than
has been the case for many years Many of
the civic and fraternal societies will take
part in the parade, which, from present in
dications, will, it is expected, be of imposing
proportions. Captain l.. b. Cousins, com
mander of Abe Lincoln post, Grand Army of
the Republic is marshal Of the day.
The parade will form promptly at 1:30 p.
m, the right of the column being on Willow
avenue and Pearl street. The march to the
cemetery win begin at $780, and all organiza-
tions intending to take part must report be-
fore that hour and they will be assigned to
positions in the column in the order that
they appear on the ground. The parade will
be formed follows:
Gordon of police; band marshal and staff;
High school cadets; soldiers of Spanish
American war and eX-members OF Iowa Ma
tonal guard; Abe Lincoln post, Grand Army
of the Republic and all soldiers, sailors and
marines; civic and fraternal societies in the
order in which they report; women Of the
Relief corps, in carriages; members of Wo-
mems Sanitary Relief commission, in car
riages speakers of the day, in carriages;
city officials; fire department. Veteran Vol
! unteer Firemen's association.
The line of march will be from Pearl
street, east on Willow avenue to Main, north
on Main to Broadway, east on Broadway to
Bryant, north on Bryant to Washington
avenue, east on Washington avenue to Oak
land, and then north on Oakland avenue to
the cemetery.
Exercises Mt the Cemetery.
Hon e. L. shugart will be president of
the day. The following program will be
carried out at the cemetery:
Music by the band; opening prayer by DR..
d. G. Franklin; music by Glee club and
| choir; remarks by the president and other
| MEMBERS song, America" Grafton of the
day, Emmett Tiney; music by the band; as
| sembly at the graves of the unknown dead;
song ode; grafton to unknown dead,
Judge Strawn of Omaha; closing prayer by
| Rev. George Edward Walk; music and bene-
diction.
| Captain Cousins has appointed the follow
| ing orderlies for the day from among the
ex-members of the Dodge Light Guards:
Sergeant j. Q. Anderson, Sergeant Paul Van
| Order, Private Lane, Private Sackett, all of
Company L, Fifty-frst Iowa volunteers;
| Sergeant Ed Crandall and Sergeant Brewick
of the Third Nebraska.
Encampment No. s, Union Veteran Legion
will observe Memorial day by decorating the
| graves OF their old comrades at Walnut Hill
cemetery. The exercises will commence at
! 2 o'clock.
Memorial day will be observed in all the
public schools Of the city today with special
exercises of an appropriate and patriotic
| character. The buildings will be suitably
! decorated and the Stars and Stripes will be
, flung to the breeze at every school house
! At the principal schools the children will be
addressed by veterans of 81, the following
being the assignment of speakers: Wash
ngton avenue school, Prof H. w. Sawyer
and James McCabe; Pierce street school, Dr.
F. S. Thomas and John Gretzer; Twentieth
avenue school, Judge Carson; Bloomer
school, Captain L. B. Cousins John Lindt
, and B. s. Dawson; Thirty y-second street
school, John S. Strain; Eighth avenue
| school, James Hoon; Second avenue school,
Colonel e. r. Fonda; North Eighth street
school, F. Grass and T. T. Snow; Madison
avenue school, L. B. Kissel and D. w. Fos-
| ter. The special patriotic exercises at the
! different school buildings will commence at
2 o'clock.
Attend Church in n Body.
Encampment No g. Union Veterans union,
attended memorial services at the Broad
way Methodist church last evening in
body. The church was handsomely decor
ated and in the front chancel was row of
| empty chairs, each with the name of some
departed member of the legion and a wreath
of evergreen on it. Major w. S. Paulson
| acted as master of ceremonies.
| The following program was carried out:
Prayer, chaplain; song, choir; Record of
departed comrades, Adjutant Scott Rice;
Address. Past Commander w. H. Spera;
Address, Charles NJ Harl; song "Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground" choir; benedic-
tion.
Bottoms Domestic is the genuine.