The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION

Arrangements Nearly Completed by the
 Committee Last Night.
 The general committee in charge of the Memorial day celebration held a meeting last night to make further ar engagements for that occasion It has been arranged that on Sunday evening, May 27, Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., will go in body to Grace Methodist church, where the pastor. Rev. MT. Smith, will preach Memorial sermon. On Tuesday evening. May 20, at 8 o'clock, exercises will be held In the Hyperion Rev. J. M. Foster of Penn sylvania, formerly pastor of the old St. John street Methodist church, In this city, will deliver the principal address of the day A programme of musical and literary numbers will De given, but has not yet been completed
 On the morning of May % the mem bers of the Womans Relief corps will meet at o'clock at Admiral Foore post room to arrange the flowers for decoration Citizens are requested to contribute flowers. The c. A. R. mem bers will be divided up into details to visit the various cemeteries to decorate graves. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon the number P will be struck on the fire bells of the city, and this will be the signal for the decoration of graves to begin The Grand Army men will be assisted in decorating by the Boys Brigade The Sons of Veterans will dec- crate the Soldiers monument on East Rock.
 At o'clock in the afternoon of the 30th there will be a parade which will form on Court street, in front of G. A. R. hall, the right of the line resting on Court street. The parade will pass through Court street, to Olive, to Chap el, to Church, by city hall, where the mayor will review the line then to Elm street, to Temple, to the green. On the green the organizations which take part in the parade will join the Sunday schools of the city, and there will be a march around the green just inside the fence. After this those who have taken part in the parade will take seats on the platform and exercises will be held which will be in charge of the New Ha- ven Sunday School association. The exercises will consist of music, singing and speaking, the programme for which is not completed.
 The following organiza ations will take part in the parade through the streets which will be headed by the Second Reg iment band and of which Fred s. Snow will be chief marshall: Admiral Foote post, which will be under command of Commander Jackson; Henry c. Mer- win post, under command ofeCommand- CT James Goodwin; General Won Stein Wellr post, under command of Com mander Frederick Brill; Nathan Hale camp, No 1, Sons of Veterans under of Captain A. B, Cornelius, Gideon Welles Naval Veterans associa- ton, under command of Captain Henry Jaquet; General Terry command, Union Veterans union, under command of Colonel James Caffrey; Lieutenant R. V. Beach garrison, No. 1855, Army and Navy union, under command of Charles A. O'Connor
 The general committee will meet again next Friday evening. The committees for the celebration are: Memorial day William F. Morgan; finance John Garrity, John c. Jack son, Frederick Brill; graves and mark CTS committee. Christopher Rathhaar, J F. Bannagan, William F. Whittlesey, Ralph S. Robinson; entertainment and music committee, William E. Morgan, Ralph Wright, T. E. Worthington, James D. Hislop, Charles Weidig, H. F. Reyes;