The Portland daily press., 1900-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY.
Nov, IN. ose..,a. win .. observed In
THIS city.

Thn City.
Memorial Day which falls on wednes-
day of this week win be eel ebrated with
the usual impressive ceremonies In this
city. II is s5 years since the close of the
war and death has been busy in the ranks
OF the veterans 50 that this year there are
many new graves to be decorated. The
Memorial Day Commission representing
the Portland Grand Army bodies have ar
ranged the following programme for the
day:
During the forenoon, the comrades OF
Boswo-th Post will decorate the graves
of the patriotic dead In Western and
Calvary cemeteries, and the comrades OF
ThatS;ier Post will decorate the Lincoln
and Garfield trees and the graves In East
At i.s D. m, there will be parade of
the Grand Army and Sons Of Veterans,
escorted by a battalion of the First Reg
iment, n. g: ). NJ, under command OF
Portland Light Infantry. Captain George
A. Dow; Montgomery Guards, Capt. 4.
j. Hogan; Portland Cadets, Capt. r. c.
Parker; sheridan Rifles, Capt. NJ. Il.
Conley; C1eaves Rifles of westbrook,
Can't R aTsna and s Sis Hav. Corps rps
serves, Lieut.. Harry NJ. Bigelowi the
crew Of the q. s. revenue cutter Wood
bury; Portland High school Cadets Ma
jor H. G. Saunders, and u. 8. letter car
riers. The entire column will be under
the command Of Comrade George o. ID.
Soule, Marshal Of the day.
Upon arriving at Monument Square,
the column will be formed in hollow
square around the monument which will
then be decorated with the usual i'm
pressive ceremonies, after which the pa
rade will be reviewed by the Marshal and
take cars to Evergreen cemetery and
Thatcher Post to Forest City cemetery
and decorate the graves within their re-
spective charges.
The customary memorial services will
be observed at City hall in the evening,
The hall viii be open at p. m. and seat
will be reserved for comrades of the G. A.
r., members of the Relief Corps and
Ladies' Aid Society until 7.90 p. m. The
seating of the audience and distribution
of programmes will be in the charge of
ans. The invited guests are requested TO
meet the reception committee consisting
of the Marshal Of the day, Commanders
and Chairmen of the Memorial commit
tees of Bosworth and Thatcher Posts, In
the Mayors Office at 1.30 p. m. Hon.
FRANK W. ftODlnSU0, hHyof IA tne Cltl,
will preside during the exercises of the
evening, which will be as follows:
Concert by Chandler's band from $50 to
Prayer. Rev. Bowley Green
Song-Tenting on the Old Camp
Address, Hon. Frank W. Robinson
Selection-Tone Pictures of North and
South, Chambers band
Reading of Lincolns Gettysburgh
Miss Eva M. Anderson, senior class,
Portland High School
Song-Our Heroes, Mozart Quartette
Grafton, Rev. Luther Freeman
Song-When the roll is called in heaven,
Mozart Quartette
selection-Recolecti ons Of ah the War \, nd
National Anthem-America,
Mozart Quartette, Audience and
Chandler's band.
Benediction.
II. 5. Melcher, Edward G. SWEET, George
o. ID. Soule, Memorial Commission,
G. A. X.
The Chief Marshal has issued the fol-
lowing orders:
Headquarters Chief Marshal,
May "a, 1900.
General Order No. /:
Having been appointed by the joint Me
mortal commission as CHIEF Marshal OF
the Memorial Day parade, l hereby as
sumo command and appoint my staff as
follows: Chief of staff, Charles r. Dam
of Bosworth Post; aids, Fred G. Runnels
of Thatcher Post, Ernest G. Steele, Sec
ond Lieutneant Shepley Camp, Sons of
Veterans, Capt; n. E. Conley, Sheridan
Rifles, National Guard, Lieut.; ]; L. Jor-
dan, High School Cadets; William $.
Berry, Shepley Camp, 5. Of v, color
bearer; bugler, Sergeant G. j. Champlin,
High School Cadets.
All organizations taking part in the
parade will form as follows, and report to
the Chief Marshal at the corner of Con-
gress and Temple streets at lis p. m,
sharp:
The National Guard will form on
Temple street, right resting on Federal
street, U. S. cutter Woodbury., officers
and crew on Federal street at the left of
the Naval Reserves; the Battalion of
High School Cadets will form ON Federal,
right resting ON rear of the U. S. cutter
Woodbury. crew; u. 5. letter carriers from
the Portland post office will form on Ex-
change street, right resting on Federal st.
Bosworth Post, No. ?, G. A. R., headed
by the American Cadet band, on Middle
street, right resting on Temple street;
Thatcher Post, No. Ill, G. A. r., ON
Middle street, right resting at left of Bos-
worth Post; Shepley Camp, No. 4, Sons
of Veterans, will form on Middle, right
resting at left of Thatcher Post. Carrl-
ages containing disabled veterans will
form on left of Shepley Camp on Middle
street.
The procession will start at 1.30 O'Clock
sharp and is to move over the following
route: From Temple down Congress
street, passing City hall, where the pro-
cession will be reviewed in front of City
hall by the city government. After the
review the procession will pass down
Myrtle to Cumberland, to High to Con-
gress, down Congress street to Monument
square where the Soldiers monument
will be decorated with appropriate cere-
monies. After the exercises at the monu-
ment the column will move around the
monument past the United States hotel
down Congress street where the procession
will pass in review of the marshal and
staff opposite the First Parish church.
The column will then move down
Temple street to Federal, up Federal
street to Monument square where the
parade will be dismissed and the G. A.