The Portland daily press., 1899-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY.
Exercises VIII Begin at the
Churches Sunday.
Grand Army Men VIII Generally At
tend Services.

The Grand danny men of Portland viii
begin their observance of Memorial dal
Cd Sunday, attending services In the fore
noon and evening.
Bosworth Post and the Bosworth He
lief corps will worship at the Sc. Law
renee church Sunday morning. Rev
a. II. Wright Will preach, his subject be-
ing "Our. Warfare"
All members of Bosworth Relief corps
who are to attend these services at d.
Lawrence church are to meet at the
church at 10.15 a. IN.
The following have accepted an invita-
ton to attend service at the New Jerusf
lem church, New High street, In the Tore
noon OF Memorial Sunday. sy 2sth at
1890: thatcher Post, No. Ill, q. A.
H.; Thatcher Relief Corps; Shepley
Camp Sons of Veterans and its Ladies
Aid; and the Portland High School Ca
diets. The pastor, Rev. Samuel
Worcester will deliver an address on Ma
tional Righteousness. All are welcome.
In the evening at Congress Square
church Bosworth post and RELIEF corps
and the Sons of Veterans and Ladies'
aid will attend DR.. Blanchard will de-
liver an address OH "1he Story of Spain. -
Members of the Relief corps who are to
attend this service will meet at the church
1t 7.15pm One of the interesting feat
ares of this service will be the display In
ihe church of the flag which was present
I'd to the Department of Maine, u. A. X,
1t Louisville in 1897, in commemorative
IF the first meeting of the national en-
.ampment, IT, A. r.. in southern city
It is of white silk with the coat of ARM
If the state of Maine embroidered or
one side and those of Kentucky on the
,ther. The flag is u beautiful piece Of
work The staff was cut on the farm
where A braham Lincoln was born. The
report of the proceedings of the sc. A
e., Department of Maine for 1898" gives
IN interesting account OF the life and
iardships of Mr.. Lincoln's parents on that
arm.
MEMORIAL DAY ORDER.
John c. Ross, commander of Thatcher
Post, No. III, q. A. r., has issued the
'ollowing Memorial day order:
Portland, Me-, May 90, 1899.
In compliance with the rules and regu-
lations let every comrade of the post give
The day to the sacred duty Of decorating
he graves of our deceased comrades. On
sunday, May 25th, the comrades will as
iemble at the post hall at 10 a. M, to
attend services at the New Jerusalem
church, sermon by comrade, Rev. Samu-
81 Worcester.
Comrades will assemble at z p. m, to
attend services at the Congress Squar e
church, kev. Henry Blanchard, u. ID.
pastor. On Tuesday. May 31th, comrades
win assemble at the post hall at $50 q.
" for the purpose of decorating the Lin
soln and Garfield trees, and the graves at
The Eastern cemetery.
AT / p. M, comrades will assemble at
the post hall to take part in the parade
and the exercises attending the decora-
ton of the Soldiers and Sailors monu-
ment In Monument Square. After these
exercises the electric cars will convey the
members to Forest City cemetery to deco
rate the graves there.
Comrades will assemble in the evening
in Reception nall, city building, the time
of assembling TO be announced in the
chief marshal's order.
A Cordial invitation is extended to all
ex-soldiers and sailors TO join with us ON
the q occasions.
j. c. ROSS,
Commander.
ERASTUS MASSURE,
Adjutant.