The times., 1899-05-28
DEAD HEROES OF TWO
Wars TO BE HONORED
The BrOadened Scope of Dec
Grafton Day.
A New Organization of Veterans
to March in the Parade.
Arrangements for the Ceremonies
at ArlinEtou-Order of
the Procession.

/ nation will honor its dead on Tuesday
next and the songs of patriotic praise over
the little mounds at Arlington will be aug
mented by wreath and flower and bunting
Decoration Day will have special signifi-
cance this year, since there are thousands
of newly turned graves in the famous ceTi
etery and with the dead of the Civil War
must be revered the victims of the His
pano- American conflict.
So shall the graves of the generation
which for years decorated other mounds, be
decorated. So shall the sons of the men
who took up arms years ago be honored
| with their fathers. Therefore the ceremo-
MES will be more than usually significant
and the spirit even more beautiful than in
former years. For a time the observance
was considered in sense G. A. r. day,
and none were SO faithful in the yearly
| task of love as the veterans themselves
| This year, however, the young life and
strength from every station and ayocation,
which has fallen for the flag, will be hon
ored by all. without regard to service or
rank, and for the first time new organi
zation of veterans those Of the last war,
will march in the parade and honor and
be honored in caring for the graves and
revering the memories of their comrades.
| The arrangements for the Memorial Day
services have been completed and are very
| elaborate The exercises will be under the
auspices of the Department of the Potomac,
G. A. R., and will be held at Arlington,
| Soldiers Home, Congressional Cemetery,
Oak Hill Cemetery, Holy Rood, Mount
OHvet, Glenwood, Graceland, Prospect Hill,
st. Mary's, St. Elizabeth's Asylum, Battle
Ground, Rock Creek, and Harmony Gene
| teries.
The principal ceremonies will be held in
the amphitheatre at Arlington. General
| Calvin Farnsworth will preside, with
George w Hazer as officer of the day and
Lieut.. Arthur Hendricks as officer of the
guard. The naval ceremonies will be held
at the same time in front of the Lee Man
| sion.
The parade of veterans will move
promptly at 10 a. N. and Will be formed
on the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue,
right resting on Fifteenth Street. The
route will be up Fifteenth Street to Penn
| sylvania Avenue; along Pennsylvania Ave
nue. to Jackson Place: up Jackson Place
to Street; along II Street to Thirteenth
Street; down Thirteenth Street to G Street;
down G Street to Eleventh Street; down
Eleventh Street to Pennsylvania Avenue;
up Pennsylvania Avenue to Thirteen and
a-half Street, where those participating in
the parade will take the electric cars to
Arlington.
The following named posts will not ap-
pear in the general parade, having been
| detailed for duty at other cemeteries, viz:
Farragut, No. 10; John A. Logan. No. 13;
George H. Thomas, No Is; Henry Wilson,
No. II. and George U. Morris. No. 10.
The line Will be composed as follows:
Detachment of Mounted Police
Officer of the Day and Aides.
| Carriages with Orator, Poet, and Chaplain,
Marine Band
! Old Guard Capt. James NJ. Edgar, Commanding.
Sons OF Veterans, Col G. s. Whitmore, Com
manding.
Sailors and Marines of the Late War, Capt. W.
II. Michael Commanding.
Department Commander.
Department Officers and Official Staff
Past Department Commanders.
Members Of staff OF COMMANDMENT Chief.
John A. Rawlins Post No. !. Hiram Bueking-
ham. Commander.
Kit Karson Post. No. ,, y. n. Mccullough, Com
mander.
Lincoln P, st. No. 3, George NJ. Rowe Commander.
| .. p Morton Post, No. J. S. ". Herbert, Com
! George G. Meade Post No. 8, Asaph Dodge, Com
mandcr.
! U. S. Grant Post, No. 9. A. d. Albert, Com
mander.
James A. Garfield Post, No. :, W NJ Seton,
| Commander.
Burnside Post. No. S. A. f. sperry. Commander.
Charles Summer Post No. o. w H. Grimshavy
Commander.
| Potomac Post. No IL. Gustavc Kahlcrt, Com
mander.
Phil Sheridan Post, No. Il, j. II. Jennings,
| Commander.
Lafayette Post. No. 90. r. NJ Calhoun, Com
mander.
Frederick Douglas Post. No 81, J. W. Butler,
Commander.
The national salute will be fired at - m.
| The graves will then be decorated. The
! procession. consisting of members of the
| G. A. II. and W. X. c., L. L. W. l.. of G.
A. r., L. a. s.. s. of ". former soldiers
and sailors, invited guests, and the public
will form at II IN, south of the Arlington
Mansion, headed by the Marine Band. The
procession will then march to the tomb of
the Unknown" where the band will halt
and play dirge during the decoration of
the tomb. after which the march will be
continued by the main road TO the Gene
terry, when the procession will separate
and proceed with the decoration of the
graves.
The Marine Band, during the ceremonies
OF decoration, Will render appropriate Sc
lections. After the decoration of the graves
the procession Will again form and march
to the amphitreatre, where the services
will be held.
Following is the programme of the SER
vices in the amphitheatre:
Sounding assembly, bugler; Meditation, -
| Bache. Marine Band; Memorial Dav ode K4IIar
octette; calling assembly 10 order Calvin Farms
worth. Department Commander: ''The Holy
| City" Bach Marine Band; invocation, Rev W.
II. Honn, Department Chaplain; Then Gather
Flowers" Warner, octette reading orders, b.
F. Chase Assistant Adjutant General; There is a
Green Hill Far Away" Gounod, Marine Band; ora
tion. Hon Webster Davis; recitation, 'eThe New
Arlington" Josephine Wyant, Toledo. Ohio ''The
Heroes We Rest Porter, octette; original poem.
"Sent Camp at Arlington" A. Penrose Smith; /;
'The Star Spangled Banner" Key. with band
accompaniments, George H. Lillebridge; Lincoln 5
Gettysburg address, ID. C. Haywood; church scene
from "Cavaleria Rustcana," Masclgni; benedic-
| tion Rev Thomas G. Easton-
Octette-Mr. George II. Lillebrdge, Director;
| tenoFs Messrs. George II. Lilebridge and W. b.
Beebe; bassos, DIR. Fred X. SWEET and Eugene
Stevens; sopranos, Misses Josephine Bryson and
Jessie Bartlett; altos, Misses Lillian f. Calyer
and Fannie NJ. Calvert; acecmpanist, Mrs. Annie
| l.. Goodhue.
The naval services will be held under
the direction of Col. W. H. Michael. The
programme is as follows:
Music, Nearer, My God. to Thee" Marine
Band poem, '0ur Navy" DIR. Thomas Calver;
! SOLO 1.-THE Rest of the Brave" Miss Emma
Houchen; baritone solo Saviour. When Night In
wolves the Skies Shelley Ed Is. Fox, accom-
| panied in chorus by Mrs. Charles p. Sweet, Miss
| Regina Baptista, and Mr. Lucus F. Randolph;
| ''star spingfed Banner" Marine Band; address,
''The United States Navy in the Revolution y
| DIR. ". d. Mabry; music, There is Green Hill
Far Away" Marine Band; address, ''The United
States Navy in the War of lsl2,'' Assistant At
torney General Henry b. Hoyt; tenor solo, '.Ii
| with All Your Hearts, Mendelssohn, Lucius F.
Randolph; Funeral March, Marine Band; ad-