The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY 0BSER VANCE

~e~ ~i@ NEW H1VENERS APPROPRIATELI
 KEPT THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY. Graves of Soldiers Decorated i'm the
 Forenoon-specinI Services in th'
 Churches and nt Battell Chapei-Pa' radc of Veterans in the Afternoon The Exercises on the Green Grea, Crowds Visited the shore Resorts.
 Memorial day opened most inauspic- iously yesterday, overhanging clouds obscuring the sun and presaging a gloomy day. Many of the shops were closed, and those who were to have a holiday were much disappointed when they arose in the morning and observed the threatening weather conditions. Along about noon however, the clouds began to clear away and by the mid dle of the afternoon the skies had clear ed and the sun was shining. All the big stores were closed in the afternoon, and some of them were closed all day and that the afternoon turned out pleasant was cause of general re- joicing to the holiday crowds. Early in the afternoon the streets were lined with thousands of people on pleasure bent, many going to the shore resorts N rth o;,,i, j,, tl,o ni+ fo witness the Grand Army parade and the exercises on the green.
 Although such large crowds were out few accidents and no serious ones were reported, and the day may be said to have passed off very auspiciously.
 All the trolley cars were crowded during the entire day, especially in the afternoon, when every car to Savin Rock and cars connecting at the green with the Rock cars was taxed to it's utmost capacity Sixty cars were kept running on one minute schedule during the afternoon and 1t was said last night that the traffic over the line had been exceeded on very few occasions. About the middle of the afternoon there were fully 10000 people at the Rock. No accidents on the line were reported
 The Grand Army parade in the after noon was the chief feature of the day in the city. At 2:15 o'clock the G. A. R. veterans and the Sons of Veterans formed in line on Court street, and headed by platoon of police under the command of Sergeant Gibson, marched through State street to Chapel, to Or ange, to Church, by the city hall, where the. parade was reviewed by Mayor Driscoll, Mayor r-elect StudIey, and oth- CT city officials.
 The formation of the street parade was as follows:
 Platoon of Police
 Marshal, Lawrence O'Brien
 Aide, Colonel Myron c. Reade
 Assistant Marshal. A. T. Peck. James r. Brannigan, Balsar Brant, J.
 C. Eastman, James Shaw, James
 Hislop, T. K. Warrington, A. < w. Russell Members of the
 Joint Memorial Day IA. o. U. w. Band, under the Leadership
 of Professor Nicholls. Admiral Foote Post, No. 1T, G. A. R.
 Fred S. Snow, Commander. Henry c. Merwin Post, No. 52, G. A. R., James Goodman, Commander General von Steinwehr Post, No. 76,
 G. A. R., Louis Opperhausser,
 Commander
 Gideon Wells Naval Veterans Associa-
 ton, Alfred Elcock, Captain,
 Commander. General A. H. Terry Post, No. 3, U.
 V. U., Thomas Hayward,
 Colonel. E v7.
 Regular Army and Navy Union. Nathan Hale Camp, No. 1, Sons of Vet
 erans, George w. Hasselman,
 Captain. After the city hall review the veter- | ans marched to the green where they | joined the Boys Brigade and Sunday | schools in a parade around the green | just inside the fence.
 The order of formation of the pa rade on the green was as follows:
 Platoon of police, Chief Marshal James A. Howarth Aides, Ashley Will lis H. J. Augur, Edwin D. Monroe, H. H. Denton. A. O. U. w. band
 First division Grand Army-Mar- shal, Lawrence O'Brien; Admiral Foote post No. IT, H. c. Merwin Post No. 52, vont Steinwehr Post No. 76, Gideon Welles Watch, U. V. U., Lieutenant R. V. Beach Garrison, R. A. and N U, Nathan Hale Camp No. 1, Sons of Vet erans.
 Second Division: First M. E. church. Marshal A. H. Hayes; schools, First First M. E., German Baptist, German M. E., Italian Bap- list.
 Third Division Marshal, w. J. Cro- hon; schools, St. Patrick's, St. Francis. Fourth Divisions: United church: Marshal, H. F. Blogg; schools, B'nai Scholom, Hope Baptist Ferry Street Congregational, United, Dixwell Ave- hue Congregational.
 Fifth Division: Center church: J. w. Schroeder; schools, welcome Hall, Center, Dwight Place, Trinity M D., Grace M. E. Sixth Division: Trinity P. D. church: F. w. Sweet; schools, Calvary Baptist, Howard Avenue Baptist, Olivet 1 Baptist, Epworth M. E. Church, How lrd Avenue Congregational, Immanuel . Baptist, Westville M. E. f The parade presented a pleasing spec , acle. There were hundreds of children , n line, members of the various Sunday i cholos in the city. Each child carried