The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
Veterans of Two Wars Will
Honor Sleeping Comrades.
CHURCH SERVICES TODAY
PARADE OF GRAND ARMY AND
SPANISH WAR HEROES.
Military and Civic Societies and Citi-
zens viii Join in the March
Services at the Music,
Prayers and Flowers for the Sol
der Dead

The veterans of two wars viii COM
bine to make this Memorial day inter-
esting in the history of Utah. The men
who fought from '61 to '65 and those
who fought from Cuba to the Philip
pines are going to show their great
honor to the dead Of two conflicts.
The committee Of the c.. A. r. and
Of the Spanish-American war veterans,
which have the celebration in charge,
met yesterday at the office of Colonel
NJ. NJ. Kaighn and perfected their final
arrangements. They will in reality
have two celebrations, one to take place
today and the other to take place on
Wednesday. which is Memorial day.
There will be three meetings. includ-
ing the parade. And there Will be Wis
its to three cemeteries where lie buried
the heroes of the two wars. Soldiers
Will decorate the graves and hold SER
vices at Mt. Olivet at the city ceme-
terry and the Fort Douglas cemetery.
Memorial Services Today.
The first of the services in honor of
the dead win take place at the West
minister Presbyterian church this morn
ing. There viii be an appropriate ser
vice conducted by Rev. George Bailey.
He will preach the sermon from
Judges, Wis.
The two G. A. r. posts, Mexican and
Maxwell, and all old soldiers, for all
of them are invited to participate, viii
meet at Grand Army headquarters at
10 o'clock this morning and march to
the church, Held's band leading n. D.
Corser will be the marshal of the day,
and the WOmen's Relief corps viii be
il attendance, but viii, of course, not
march with the parade to the church.
Wednesdays Observances.
But the great celebration in honor of
the soldiers who have gone before will
be on Wednesday. There will be a pa
rade which promises to be larger than
any that has been held on a similar
/ occasion. The marchers will. at $3.50
a. M, form line at Market and Main
streets, and in fact all the way down to
Fourth South. The method by which
I they viii take positions was prepared
j by the committee Yesterday, and the
organizations viii take positions as fol
/ lows:
/ Mexican post, Maxwell post and old
j soldiers, Society Of the Philippines.
4 Rough Riders, Utah cavalry and other
/ Spanish war volunteers will form on
! Market street, right resting on Main
! street.
Troop c, Ninth United States caval-
I ry, on east side Of Main street, right
! resting opposite south side Market
! street.
National Guard of Utah, on west side
/ Of Main street, south of Market street
] All Hallows college band and cadets
on East Fourth South street, right rest
ing on Main.
Civic societies and citizens on West
/ Fourth South street, right resting OF
Main.
The Marching Column.
/ The line when in marching order will
| be as follows.
Grand marshal, Colonel Maurice NJ
Kaighn; General William II. Penrose
chief aide Captain F. NJ. Bishop.
Aides-Major W. A. Stanton, n. D
Corser, c. D. Goodsell, Captain ]
Wash Young. Lieutenant Ray G. Nay
lor, Major W. c. Forbush, Lieutenan
T. 7. Hines, Captain J. z. Game, Cap
tain Frank Jennings, Corporal Ro!
Kaighn, Major Edmund Wilkes.
Platoon of police
2-MarshaI and aids.
3-Held's band.
/ EMcKean Post. G.. A. r., Colonel T
H. Clark commanding.
5-MaxweI Post, G. A. R., Colone
H. P. Burns commanding.
6-Spanish war volunteers, Major +
A. Grant commanding.
Troop G. Ninth cavalry, Lieuten
ant White commanding.
S-Brigadier General J. @. Cannon
and staff, n. c. II.
9-Band.
First regiment, n. G. T., Colonel N
L. Richie commanding; Company A
Captain Lewis E. Gilbert commanding
! Cou17,onTr r EanFoiTl SOni1f41G =
Lund commanding; Company c, Cap
. tain George T. Summus commanding
Signal corps, Captain J. J. Greenewal
commanding.
10-Band.
. 11-A1l HallOws College cadets.
12-Salt Lake City fire department.
13-Civic societies and citizens, Elk
and others.
14-School children under n. D. Cor
ser, aid to marshall who will counter
march and fall into line of prOceSSiO
at Third South street as soon as res
of procession passes that point.
Governor H. NJ. Wells and stat
! mayor and city council, board of edit
cation and superintendent of school
; will review procession from front {
KOlitz store. No 90 Main street, over
taking the parade at Eagle gate.
School children viii form on each sid
of Main street, beginning at ThlT
South street and extending north.
It is not expected that the scho'
children will march to the cemeterie
and the ARRANGEMENT they will dis
perse at Eagle gate.
Services at the Cemeteries.
The line of march will be up Brigham
: street to Eagle gate from Main ar
Market TO n street. where there wi
. come a separation of the parade.
+ part of each post of the c. A. r. wi
go to each cemetery. The divisio
\ which will so to the city cemetery wi
be under the command of Colonel /
P. Burns and Colonel F. A. Clark WI
command the column which will go c
to Mt. Olivet.
At each cemetery there will be Il
regular G. a r. ritual services
honor of those who lie buried. ar
flowers will be placed on their grave
, ! A detachment from each post will s
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