Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-24
HONOR DEAD HEROES,
Buford Posts Tribute to Memory
of Sleeping Sol
diers.
PROGRAM FOR DECORATION DAl
Hon. Samuel AIschuIer to Deliver
the Oration-Other tx.
ercises.

Capt. j. NJ. Beardsley, John OIL
weller and F. C Hemenway. cemetery
committee of John Buford post, Grand
Army of the Republic, have COM
pleted the program for Memorial day.
May so. Mayor William McConochie
has been chosen master of ceremonies
and c. F. Gazetteer marshal of the day.
The procession will form on Six
teenth street and Third avenue at 9.
m. and will move south to Fourth
ayenue, east on Fourth avenue to
Twentieth street, north on Twentieth
street to Second avenue, west on Sec
ond avenue to Fourteenth street, south
on Fourteenth to west side of coErt
house square.
The exercises will begin at 9:2G a.
M. at the court house, opening with q
bugle call to the assembly by Flynn's
bugle corps. Then will follow q
patriotic selection by Bleuer's orches-
ira; prayer, Rev. c. o. McCulloch;
song, Cover Them Over" Sylvan
quartet; introduction. Mayor Nc
Conochie; Grafton Hon. Samuel
Alschuler. Aurora; song, Brave
Hearts. Sleep o." Sylvan quartet:
The exercises will be con 'luded
at the soldiers monument in the
court house square, where Their,
will be Grand Army service by John
Buford post; salute to the dead, Sons
of Veterans; song, 'Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground, Sylvan quartet; Sons
of Veterans service; song. America"
audience; taps. Flynn bug corps;
benediction. Rev. I. w. GInfton.
At the Cemetery
At 1:30 in the afternoon the old SOL
diers. their families and friends will
board cars for Chippiannock oeme-
terry, where the graves of the boys in
blue who sleep there will be decorated
with flowers and flags. The exercises
at the cemetery will be as follows:
Bugle call to the assembly, Flynn bu-
gle corps; decoration of soldiers
graves; music. Bleuer's band; OPEN
ing prayer. Rev. d. l.. McNary; re-
marks. Hon. W. Fl. Gsst; music,
Bleuer's band; remarks. II. A. Weld;
music, BIeuer's band; remarks. S. D
Cleland; G A. r. service, Buford
post; firing salute to the dead. Sons
of Veterans; song. America" audi
dicsion, L. c. Daugherty, post chap
lain.
The committee requests that all
those who have flowers for decora-
ton purposes will bring them to the
court yard early Wednesday morning.
Gen. John G. Black will be orator Of
the day at the exercises at the nation
al cemetery at Rock Island arsenal.
Judge j. M. Longnecker. of Chicago.
the new q. A. r. department COM
mander of Illinois, and Adjt. Gen. c.
A. Partridge, also of Chicago, will
be present.
In the Schools.
Superintendent Young has issued
the following notice to principals Of
schools:
Decoration day services for the
present year will be held next, We'd
nesday, May so. AS the schools will
not be in session that day. will sug-
gest that appropriate exercises lie
held in the various schools of the city
Tue day afternoon after recess. In
buildings where it is convenient to do
SO. principals may, if they desire,
bring the schools together in the cor
ridors and have general exercises for
all the schools of their buildings.
Where this is not convenient. the ex
ercises may be held in the several
rooms. The exercises should be sim
pie, impressive and of such a charac-
ter as to intensity the love of the chill
dren for their country and to increase
their reverence for the memory of
those brave and noble men who gave
their services, many of them their
lives, that our country might be pre-
served, united under one flag, the
glorious star spangled banner. The
committee having charge of the pub
lie exercises Of Decoration day de-
sires to have the children of the pub
lie schools collect flowers, as has been
the custom heretofore, for the decora-
ton of the graves of our dead SOL
diers. All flowers collected for this
purpose should be left at the court
house the evening before Decoration
day"