Evening journal., 1900-05-30
LOWERS FOR
DEAD HEROES
|,parted Soldiers HOnOred
BySurViVing Comrades
gITERANS' SPLENDID PARADE
tiOnal Guard, School Children and
Civic Organizations Assisted in
Memorial Exercises
ITERANS SPLENDID PARADE

4 Memorial Exercises
+. As tribute to those comrades who
We gone before, the few remaining
q .ersns Of the dark days of the civil
Fl carried flowers and flags to the last
n iting places of the men who had
g avely stood at their sides in defense
the same cause. The dead were not
81 ly honored by their living comrades.
& their lowly mounds were strewn
h th flowers by hands Of bright-faccd
q lool children.
& rhe National Guard and civic organi-
lions also paid tribute to the dead
4 Foes Of both. the civil and the Span
n wars.
(. At o'clock this morning the vari-
n IS posts assembled in the different
Y st rooms. Smyth Post met at Third
& ID King streets. The members and
= firing squad and chaplain went to
X bury Cemetery, where they were
A med by the children from school No.
While the services were being held
. Ter the graves the children placed
+ s flowers.
At Old Swedes Cemetery the pos,
\ sisted by the children of No. II
lcol, conducted the services. River
4 lew Cemetery was then visited, where
4 children of Nos. and p schools
n sisted in the exercises. At the VIII.
ngton and Brandywine Cemetery Z
ute was fred over the grave Of Gen.
al Smyth.
IN ,turh oo,, xrroc cst,rxrod T., 4J,o ,ref ,.~~--
l o'clock, and many old comrades
& re present. Early in the AFTERNOON
mbardy Cemetery was visited.
DUPONT Post visited DuPont's Bank
d held services at the graves of Ad
raj, Captain and General Dupont
& Pont Post also decorated the grave
the soldiers buried in the Whining
and Brandywine Cemetery. Gen
3 Il u. S. Grant Post went to the New
thedral Cemetery.
SPLENDID LINE OF PARADE.
rhe chief feature of the days exer
es will be the parade, which vii
Re place this afternoon. All organi
ions participating will be at tn
lnts or formation at 2.30 p. m, an
line will move at o'clock sharp.
che line of march will be as follows
Platoon Of Police.
ief Marshal Colonel William B. Nor
ton and Staff.
FIRST DIVISION.
ats Military Band, sixteen pieces
National Guard Of Delaware.
ys' Brigade, Wilmington Militar
Academy
SECOND DIVISION.
partment Commander General Wi
liam A. Reilly and Staff.
al Past Department Commanders.
Municipal Band fourteen pieces.
neral Thomas A. Smyth Post. No.
Jolonel Harry A. Yost, Commandinl
American-Spanish War Veterans.
Patriotic Orders Sons Of America.
American Mechanics.
THIRD DIVISION.
unswick Fife and Drum Corp
fourteen pieces.
miral S. +. DUPONT Post, No.
Jolonel John T. Rodgers, COM
handing.
en- Lodge, /. o. o. f., headed by Fei
is Industrial School Band, twen-
ty pieces.
FOURTH DIVISION.
neral Phil Sheridan Post, No. 2
Colonel @. A. w. Frismuth, Com
manding.
E lfe and Drum Corps, sixteen pieces
Sons of Veterans.
Legion of the Red Cross.
FIFTH DIVISION.
neral Grant Post, No. 13, in ca
riages, l. c. Grubb Commanding.
Disabled Soldiers in Carriages.
Mayor and Council in Carriages.
3oard of Education in Carriages.
FORMATION.
first division in Fourth stree
ht resting in French. Second div
n in Poplar street, right resting
drth Third division in Walnl
eet, right resting in Fourth. Fouri
ision, in French street, right res
in Fourth. Fifth division
lrth street, right resting in Frenc
lending west.
he route of the parade will b
wn French to Third, to Market,
yenth, to Delaware avenue, lcOunte
rch around Soldiers and Sailor
nument, in Delaware avenue
field Monument and dismiss.