New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
VETERANS TO PARADE AND HONOR DE-
PARTED COMRADES.
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE IN LiNE-shN
VICES To-DAY-ouTINGs AND SPORT


The sombre part of next Tuesdays Memorial
Day observances will contain noteworthy Varm-
ton from the programme Of the last thirty years
or 90 in that the ranks OF the old war veterans
will be reinforced by young men VINO foush' 'he
Spaniards In Cuba. Porto Rico and the fhilppihes,
and the flowers In the cemeteries VIII DE spreau
upon many new-made graves. The gayer' hshteF'
merrier part OF the day will be more geherahy
observed than ever by the lovers OF recreation.
Here is the order issued yesterday for the military
parade In Manhattan Borough
The Regular troops. Major G. G. Greenough, u;
s. A. commanding composing the Ea rsnE t fy e
enth-st, right resting in Fifh-aye The detail =,
from SIMPSONS feet and the Texas VIII form Iii, n
follow on - the lett Of Major Greenoughs command
The Regular troops will comprise nn tb ane
three batteries Of the 5h ATsry Iron from
Fort Hancock and one battery OF the 9th Artillery
from Fort Wadsworth.. - - v u,,r form :,
East the 18th in II Fast "a gfyinT1'
ST. the the se n M Battery in Forty and the
headquarters staff OF the brigade az Wy,,IIa p
Walton commanding. detailed to act as escort no 10
tho reviewing officer Will report al the iio'e MAJ
RON <. Cadet Corps captain Mac9lm FaI .sD com
handing and Lafayette Post No lao 1ose JOSEPH .; %
little commander. acting as personal escort 10
the Grand Marshal viii form IN E MsrsSS stan
seyenpfh"st right in Fifth-ave. The Grand Army
pT9s srv school battalIons and other organizations
will follow In DIVISIONS
The commands will successfully JOIN the column'
which will move nt a. M and march down Firth
ava nassing In review before General Miles at the
Worth monument and before Grand MarshaI Jonn
r. Hyde at the Washington Arch The parade VIII
then be dismissed
THE PARADE IN THE BRONX
40 co6 Ar,,,, nosts and veterans Of the Span
ten American War as well as all other military
and civic organizations DESTROYS or paradlng WIN
the veterans OF the Borough OF The Bronx on Me
mortal Day. will assemble in Washington-aVe' III
A. M The right OF line will rest In East ohe-hun-
dred-and- seventeth-st, the left extending toward
East One hundred and sixty -ninth-st Inc coin-
mend will be formed and march In the Following
order: First Company. oliver Tilden Post NO 70
Commander John A. Baker; Second Company H.
Anderson and A. s. Williams Battalion OF veterans
and Zouaves Commander Moses r. ROSS l'i'u
Company Judson fitzpatrick Post NO. l4S oom-
nander John b Roper Fourth Company. ltoth
Battalion OF Zouaves. escort to Vanderbilt fos' NO
1876 Commander J. A. Murray; Fifth Company
Vanderbilt Post No. 1856, Commander John A. Mur-
raw. Sixth Company Oliver Tlden Camp No. D.
s. OF V Captain Samuel NJ Bowers the coiumh
will move at $50 a. IN. and march 10 ful'oh-aVe''
TO One hundred and sixty to Third-ave
70 One-hundred sixty -sixth-s TO Washington
ave 70 Third-ave to One cumberland sixty-first-
st and ST Ann's-ave.. to One-hundred -and-hfty-
sixth-st. TO Third-ave.. TO MISUNDERSTANDING
ATHEIST to Cortandt-ave.. to One-hundred-and-
forty-ninth-st. to Wilis-ave. to One-hundred-and-
forty-thrd-st 10 Brook ave- to One-hundred-and-
fortv-second-st TO St Anns-ave. TO the cemetery
where memorial services will be held and an ora
,ion delivered at Il o'clock. The parade will then
60 TO ne-hundred- nd thirty -eghth-st, TO Alex
ander-ave. passing In review before the North Side
Board Of Trade at noon; then to One hundred-and-
forty-second-st where 1t will be dismissed
In the afternoon memorial exercises Will be held
at the tomb of General Grant in Riverside Park.
under the auspices of T. s. Grant Post No. 32l. OF
Brookiyn Governor Roosevelt will deliver an ora
ton and the guns of the battle-shp Texas, at
anchor near the tomb. will fire a salute at the
close Of the exercises
Governor Roosevelt is also expected to preside in
the evening at the ceremonies ip the Metropolitan
Opera House. where Professor Alonzo Williams. OF
Brown University will be the speaker.
The Vosburg Veterans will assemble at their
headquarters No 1H William-st.. at 1870 a. m,
and go by troley-car to Greenwood Cemetery TO
decorate the graves of departed comrades.
THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
At all Army posts and stations the National flag
will be displayed at half-stan from sunrise till
midday Immediately before noon the band or field
music will play a dirge, and the National salute Of
twenty-one guns will be fred. At the close Of this
memorial tribute the flag will be hoisted TO the top
of the staff will be saluted there by the band
playing one or more National airs. and Will remain
there until sunset.
The women OF the Henry George League will pre-
sent TO the Peoples Institute at Cooper Union. in
the evening a bust OF the Single Tax leader and
address will be delivered by Father McGynn.
WIDE FIELD FOR sPORTSMEN.
sportsmen will have a wide field to choose from.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club will attract lovers Of
horse-racing at Gravesend, where the Preakness
Stakes will figure on the programme.
The Atlantic Yacht Club will open its season with
a regatta for cabin, schooner. sloop, cutter and
yawl yachts. to begin at 1l:3o a. m
Yachts OF the Seawanhaka squadron will rendez-
in Seawanhaka Harbor in the morning for
the purpose OF taking par; in the eighth annual
and oyster Bay. The yachts will be ready TO re-
cFY he ndan Harbr Yacht Club will also hold
its first races on Tuesday and the American Yacht
Dor Yacht Club will hold regatta and open it's
new clubhouse on City Island which has cost
its house for the season, and the Jamaica Yacht
CLUB will have water parade nan,,o ., -. -
YadRt CUB viii sailed the club coufse
from Beden Point TO Mattnicock and return.
The Harlem Regatta Association viii hold re-
gatta at which policemen and iremen, as well as
others will have an opportunity TO win rowing
Baseball enthusiasts will flock to Washington
Park Brooklyn. where two League games will be
Many wheelmen looking forward eagerly to
More than a hundred entries have been received
for the athletic tournament OF the Irish Athletic
Association at Celtic Park. Laurel Hi, Long ISL
and Grand Street Park, Maspeth Long Island
will hold a crowd gathered to witness games OF
the Brooklyn Athletic Club
The Knickerbocker Athletic Club will hold an
all-day carnival OF sports on its field in Bayonne
City.
The railroads and steamboat companies have
provided excursions at reduced rates to Niagara
Falls. Shohola Glen, Greenwood Lake Mauch
Chunk Glen Onoko Cairo, in the Catskills: West
Point. Newburg. Poughkeepsie Bridgeport and
many other places.
SERMONS AND SERVICES TO-DAY.
Many persons will begin their celebration of the
anniversary to-day Sumner Post. G. A. r.; the
Ladies' Relgf Corps, George B. Mcclellan Post O.
A. r.. and \he Lincoln Pioneer Corps will attend
a Memorial Day service this evening at the Church
OF st. John me Evangelist, OF which the Rev Dr.