The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-27

Irwin EsterIy. " L Kelly. John Prid-,
gcon. George ". Eiiyeu. Mrs 5. ~ Chap
( man. Miss Florence Hoffman, Charles F
/ Garrett W II. Norton. H. {. Underwood
Whitmore. MyroR j. Ferren. Il. X Col
Inns, ". J. Simmons W. /. Kinds. /. {.
Hay. E A. Wiiber- William s. Boyd. \.
RidEIey. Mrs WHtesides, William N.
/ Dove. 4. c Irwin, benjamin Parkhurst
/ ". Scot Towers. A J Cerew Otto J l.
LuebkeTt. William F. Reed, Edwin Sher-
man. L 3. Toniey, J. J. Stretch. H II.
House. Andrew Lukei TheophiIe Tiever-
ney, J. r. Brown. Lee Lipscomb.
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY.
a feature Of the exercises which will be
held at Congressional Cemetery will be
the firing of the national salute by a de-
tachment Of the Fourth Field Battery
now stationed at Washington Barracks.
The programme is under direction Of
Judge / .. KfmbaII Junior Vice Com
mauder of the Department of the Poto-
mac. The exercises will begin promptly
at 10 o'clock. so that those who desire will
be enabled TO get away in time to go to
Arlington in the afternoon
Members Of the Farragut Relief Corps.
( together with number of children, viii
meet at the Post hall on Pennsylvania
Avenue southeast, between Third and
! Fourth Streets. at S o'clock and viii pro-
! coed at once to the Congressional Gene
/ terry, where they VIII decorate the graves.
The procession viii form at that point an
/ hour later. Heyberger's Band viii head
the column Carriages viii be occupied
/ by the speakers and members Of Farragut
Post The programme at the cemetery
wiz be as follows: Assembly. bugIer;
march, band: opening remarks. Judge /
/ G. kimbau; invocation, the Rev. George
/ 7 Wilson; song -BIest BE the Ground
Grand Army GIee Club; Lincoln's Gettys-
! burg address, Major John TweedaIe L.
) Army; poem, T. H Sypherd. of Burn
side Post; song "Bivouac of the lead"
Grand Army GIee Club; grafton the Rev.
Page Mil5urn; war songs, Heybergers
Band; closing chorus, America" the en-
| tire gathering; benediction the Rev
| George p Wilson; national salute Fourth
! Field Battery
The committee which viii direct the ex-
eIcISes consists of Judge / c. kimbaI1,
! + A Lowe. W w WalIngford. George
| r Cook. Dr. a. c. Adams, O. W Mock
| able NJ V B Wilson. J w. Foster, L H
! Roth, Donald MCCathran. H Bunyea, and
| = " Bunyea- The committee of the Wo-
| men Relief Corps. which will look after
! the decoration Of the graves is composed
/ OF Mrs Jessie A Bruner- Mrs Jane E
/ Bradley, Mrs. An. Dykes, Mrs. Grace
/ IsowTey, Mrs. Ripley, Mrs WaIIing. Mrs.
DoIton- Mrs Parker, Mrs. Mcdonald, Mrs.
/ Saanahan, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Morgan,
! Mrs. Fuller, and Miss MundeT
HOLY ROOD AND OAK HILL.
The soldier dead who are at rest in
Georgetown's cemeteries, Holy Rood and
Oak Hill, viii be remembered by the
members Of George Z. Morris Post. No.
! 70. The orders issued for the observance
Of Memorial Day direct that the members
| Of the post assemble at headquarters
Stohlmans Hall, 32lS y Street. and march
from that point to Holy Rood Cemetery
where exercises VIII be held at $50 a. n
/ and thence to Oak-HiII where services viii
be conducted an hour later a band Of
music viii be in attendance and q compa-
ny of Western High School Cadets VIII
act as escort. The programme announced
is as follows:
Holy Rood Cenetery-8Iusic, Nearer,
My God to Thee band; prayer, the Rev
Father NcAtee, late chaplain, Thirty-first
IsNew York Volunteers. civil war; address,
Ashley NJ Could, United States District
Attorney: song "Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground Georgetown University
GIce Club c. Herbert Wells, director; Sc
lection, band: song, choir Trinity Sunday
school; salute to the dead, Company Il,
Western High School Cadets; taps by the
bugier.
ornmittee-Rudolph UIImer Martin b
T,ichty. Henry Williams, w B Sebastian,
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Walden
OAK Hill CemeteTy-Sal to the dead,
Company II, Western High School Ca
! diets: calling TO order. post commander;
/ music band; invocation, the Rev Stanley
BiIheimer- solo, ''Tenting the Old
Camp Ground. Miss Gertrude Stewart,
| reading LincoEns address, A. =. CSrIL-
( VOL. Quartet Nearer Nv God TO Thee"
!. Albert Hougbtcn aud Mrs. Houghton,
Miss Gertrude Stewart and lie Roy BiTcn5
} address Judge Edward P Seeds; quar-
tel. .'Sleep Thy Last Sleep" J. Albert
TIoughton and Mrs. Houghton, Miss Ger
trude Stewart and lie Roy Birch; music,
/ band. chorus. America, choir OF DUN
barton II. +. Church, J. Albert HouShton.
preceutor; benediction. the Rev Frank H
Committee. NJ. Robinson. chairman;
| =. r Janney. A b Grunwell Joseph W
T[irxIv George W. Fletcher, w G. Cronk-
tie, MS Bernard, and Mrs Bradt
AT FORT STEVENS.
The only battle o. the civil war fought
l within he bounds OF the District of Co
I1rnEia was that of Fort Stevens There
President Lincoln stood on the parapet Of
the breastworks and was exposed TO the
? ! fire Of Confederate shaTpshooters. This
I fact will make dOubIy interesting the ser
| Thursday afternoon in Battle Ground Ma
l. / tional Cemetery on Brightwood Avenue
, | There are buried IN this cemetery forty
| soldiers from the states OF MASSACHUSETTS,;
| Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, and
: ! Rhode Island who fell in the battle of
n / Fort Stevens on July Il and y. 1864 The
| services VIII be conducted under an exec
. utive cOmmmittee of which Gen. Thomas
/ VI. Vincent IS chairman.
The programme is as follows Sounding
= ! assembly, Soldiers Home bu8ier; music,
= Departed DAYS" Soldiers Home Band;
!, invocation calling assembly to order by
= presiding officer, Gen. Thomas NJ. Vincent,
p ! L s. a; address, Blair Lee, BTightwOod
: Citizens Association: recitation Major
. | John Tweedale, L. s. a; song, Bright
/ wood public school children; music. Schu-
: ! bert's ''Serenade," Soldiers Home Band ;
= | Grafton. J. H Brigham. of Ohio. "Ameri-
+ ca" school children and audience; dirge
- and decoration of graves school children,
: beuedictiOn; music, La Saiome-' Soldiers
- Home Band; taps, Soldiers Home bugleT
The executive committee in charge con-
sists Of Gen Thomas NJ. Vincent, chair
| man; Nathan Bickford, vice chairman A
| s Perham, secretary; Gen Frank Whea-
ton. DR. Charles Y Petteys- president
: Sixth Army Corps Association; Louis ?.
y | Shoemaker, president BrightwOod Citi-
= | zens- Association J. b kinucar, presi-
D. dent TakOma Park Citizens Association:
| ". Mex. Clayton, president BrightwoOd
!, ! Park Citizens Association; Prof ". E
/ | NaIIey- superintendent. Brightwood and
; | Takoma schools. W. Y. Cox. chairman of
l. | local committee: Dr. Charles c. Stone.
, chairman committee on seats and stands;
| Edward T. Bates, chairman committee on
, | flowers and decorations; Col D w
| Greene, Col G. G. kniffin, Capt. Charles
= | SiCkIes. Col. r. s. Brown
| The members Of the Union Veterans
, | Union viii not observe Memorial Day as
= | a body. This organization has recognized