The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-24

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1t is expected that the Memorial
exercises this year will be the best in
some time. The formation of and line
of march for the parade is as follows:
PARADE FORMATION.
Police Department - Captain Frank
Roblng; chief marshal. s r. Mott,
Post 139, G. A. r.; chief Of staff l..
w Martin, Camp s, Sons of Veterans;
aides, Colonel F. L. Hitchcock, DR..
Charles Fisher, C. A. Ridgeway, Col
onel L. G. Schoonmaker, Charles
O'Malley, Colonel NJ. J. Keck, Major
c. e. Mink, Joseph j. Jermyn, Adju-
tant l.. T. Mates and =. S. Syron;
color-bearer, Brown.
FIRST DIVISION.
Colonel L. A Watres, commanding.
Drum Corps.
Eleventh Regiment, n. G.. p.
Form on Linden street, north of
Wyoming avenue, right resting on
Wyoming avenue
SECOND DIVISION.
Moses Morev, marshall aides II. w.
Lotus, d. S. Beemer, George w.
Keyes.
Drum Corps.
Lieutenant Ezra S. Griffin Camp, No. s,
Sons of Veterans, Captain Charles
Leber, commanding.
Lieutenant Ezra S. Griffin Post, No.
139, G. a. r., Commander Asa II.
Stevens, commanding.
Company A, American Guards, of Pub
lie School No. 81.
ST. Leo'S Battalion Drum Corps.
Colonel w n. Monies Post. No. 319,
G. A. r., Commander p. j. McAndrew,
commanding.
Form on Wyoming avenue, north OF
Linden street, right resting on Linden
street
THIRD DIVISION.
Colonel Henry A. Coursen, of Post No.
139 c. A. r., marshal.
Veterans of the late Spanish war
Thirteenth Regiment, p. V. l.; First
United States Volunteer Engineers,
and all other veterans, army or navy,
OF the Spanish war.
Form on Wyoming avenue, north of
Mulberry street, right resting on Null
berry street.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Captain p. j. 'McAndrew, marshal.
Civic and other organizations will re-
port to the marshal for place in line.
Form on Mulberry street, east of
Wyoming avenue, right resting on
w
FIFTH DIVISION.
| w. +. Albro. senior vice commander of
Post 139. G.. A. r., marshal; aide,
John Hoffman.
| Invited guests In carriages, escorted by
veterans in carriages, followed by
public in carriages and horsemen
Form on Wyoming avenue, north Of
Vine street, right resting on Vine
| street.
LINE OF MARCH.
Wyoming avenue, to Lackawanna, to
| Adams. to Spruce. to jefferson. to Glib
| son; countermarch to Vine to Wash
| ington, to Spruce and dismiss. The line
will be reviewed from the city hall ter
| race in front of city hall by Mayor
MOir and city officials; also by the chief
| marshal at Linden street, west OF
Washington avenue.
| In order to facilitate the work OF
| decorating, etc, the following arrange
ment of committees and cemeteries
| was made:
| Forest Hill cenetery-Services to he
| conducted by Asa e. Stevens. COM
| mander of Post 139. G. A. r.; commit
| tee, f. w Pearce, George II. Geary. r.
| o. Bryant, Il. b. Atherton, Anthony
Long, Charles Graham and Richard
| Holly.
| buUTlOTC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| to be conducted by =. J. McAndrew,
| commander of Post 319, G. A. r.; COM
mittee, NJ. X. Bishop and Michael Cos
| tello.
Washburn street cemetery-SerVices
| to be conducted by S. Il. Mott, past post
| commander, of Post 139, c. A. r.; COM
mittee, w. ]. Mcdonald, r.. II. Allen,
| John Hoffman, Hiram Sears, d. w.
| THOMPSON and w. F. Albro.
Cathedral cemetery-SerViCes TO be
| conducted by Moses Morey. past post
| commander of Post 139, G. A. r.; com
| mittee. Henry w. LOTUS. d. +. Jones,
| b. b. AthertOn, d. p. Birtley.
| Dunmore Protestant cemetery-Ser-
! wees to be conducted by Fred. j. Ans
! den, past post commander of Post 129,
| q. A. r.; committee. John Holiday.
Janson Cole, L. u. Writ and Frank
! Sawyer
Petersburg Protestant and Catholic
! cemetery to be conducted by
I r. O. Bryant, Post 319 c. a. r.; COM
/ mittee, George f Millett, Philip Swcit-
ger and Henry Knoephel.
Pittston avenue and st. Marys Ger
man Catholic cemetery-Services to be
conducted by s. Y. Haupt, past post
commander of Post 139 G, A. r.; COM
mittee, Adam T. Miller John West.
| pfahl, William Publ, Levi Getz.
iNNiil'l al NfliltltIN, NDllu w dSnlnG-
ton aVenue-Committee, Joseph Harper
The following order speaks for itself:
! Headquarters Colonel William y
Monies Post, 319, G. a. r., i2l Lacka-
! wanna avenue.
| General Order No. I.
| Comrades: The date of our next
memorial is close at hand, and, las in
the past" we purpose celebrating the
day httingly and in order. Sacred
| memories are aroused and cluster
around every returning Decoration day
| which recalls vividly the many fields of
strife, the marches, the bivouac and
! the muster-out.
Let us again gather, and with the aid
of our patriotic friends mark 1899 as
one more year in which we who have
| survived can again show to the world
that we have not forgotten our fallen
comrades, but in song and story, with
the brightest flowers Of spring, go to
the cemeteries to which our post is de-
tailed, viz, Dunmore Catholic, Peters
burg Catholic and Protestant, and
there reverently remember the com.
rades who no more answer roll call.
Order 2-The post will assemble al
the room at a. m. sharp, when the de-
tails will be made.
On Sabbath day, May 2S, you will as