The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-31
IN MEMORY OF HEROIC DEAD
HOW MEMORIAL DAT WAS OB.
 SERVED IN NEW HAVEN.

The Decoration of tho Graves in the l Cemeteries-Servicesa at Che Churches and Parade of the Grand Army ana | the Sunday School Children on tho ] Green in the Afternoon. | Clear skies, with sunshine, although | with rspiration-starting heat, makes | fine weather for holiday celebrations, and that is the kind of weather which | Observer Tarr produced for Memorial day yesterday. The threatening wealth CT of the evening before had led many wise predictors to shake their heads and prognosticate all kinds of disagreeable
 weather for the day, but when morn | ing dawned clear and pleasant and tha sun burst forth in cloudless sky with every promise of a pleasant day, every one was happy. Those who were inter~ ested in the public exercises of the day were glad that all their work and plana and arrangements had not been for naught, and the thousands of others who were to have holiday from work and had arranged to take advantage of it in some pleasant way by visit to the shore or in some other recreatioM were also pleased, so it was a generally pleased lot of people who woke up and looked yesterday morning to see what kind of day we were to have.
 It was not long after the earliest breakfast that the holiday crowds made their appearance. Many parties with big baskets boarded the trolley cars for picnicking places along the shore, while thousands of others imbued with the general holiday spirit paraded the streets looking at each other, and walt ing for something to happen. It was early in the day when drum corps be- gan to march through the streets and men in various uniforms made their appearance, always the certain accom- paniment of holiday.
 The chief feature of the day was the Sunday school celebration and parade on the green at 8 o'clock All the Sum day schools in the city were out and banded together in divisions each of which attended services in some one od X the central churches which had been designated as meeting places by H. H. Taylor, president of the New Haven Sunday school union. The services in all the churches closed promptly at 2:45 and the Sunday schools then marched to the green to prepare for tho parade there. Just before o'clock Ad- miral Foote post headed by the Second regiment band marched out of Music hall up Court street to Orange, t0 Chapel, to the Temple street entrance to the green and out to the front of United church.
 As the Sunday schools arrived they formed a line extending around the up- per part of the green. The lower south- east corner of the green between the band stand and Elm street had been roped off, the grand stand being at the west side of this enclosed space. Mayor Farnsworth and Mayor-elects Driscoll with City Sheriff Bunce carry- ing the mayors flag occupied seats i1 the center of the stand and reviewed. the parade.
 The parade started shortly after o'clock headed by G. A. R. veterans of Admiral Foote post and Merwin post and the Second Regiment band. Fol lowing these came the Sunday schools from every church in the city, each class marching. separately and carrying a banner to designate from what church it came and what class it was. A nov- el device was used to keep the very small children from wandering away from their classes. At the head of each infants class marched one or two ladies carrying the end of red, white and blue ropes, one of which then extended back along the line on each side of the class, the rear ends of the ropes being held by other teachers.
 Five Grand Army men were Stationed on the green at certain points, each one holding markers flag to designate the x points for the turning in the line of march. The parade moved first past the reviewing stand and then counters marched out of the enclosed space.
 The companies of the Boys brigade remained within the enclosure and at \ the conclusion of the general parade held dress parade, the Second regiment band furnishing music. The brigade was in command of Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Beebe. The boys made fine ap- s pearance and performed the evolutions finely for youngsters. The company from the First Baptist church made an fine appearance. One of the boys of this company was overcome by the heat and tainted. He was carried to Mix's drug store, where he soon re- vived.
 The green was filled with a crowd of thousands of people to witness the par- ade, in which fully three thousand chil- dren took part. No accidents occurred during the afternoon.
 The order of formation of the march upon the green was as follows:
 Platoon of Police.
 Chief Marshal Walter R. Downs. Aides-G. H. Butler, R. N. Burwell, J.
 w. Schroeder, J. Richard North General Committee of Arrangements.
 Second Regiment Band.
 t. FichLl, Leader. Qss