The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS.
decoration of Soldiers Graves Was
Very Generally Observed.
MILITARY PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY
List OF Tablets Unveiled at Han OF ra"'e'
Observance Of the Day at
Other Places.

New York. May 3O.--The important events
nm the Memorial day program were the
military parade which was reviewed at
Madison Square by Governor odell and
Mavor Van Wyck, the exercises at Grant
tomb, where WI Ting Fang maze an au
dress, and the dedication or the nan "a
fame at the New York university at "nich
Senator Depew delivered an GRAFTON. Ahe
parade included the Old Guard, actlhg us
escort TO Governor Odell, several detach-
ments of United States regulars, NUMBER
of military organizations, a battalion VI
I-pI+ed states marines and all the local
nosts of the Grand Army Of the Repuolc.
In all there were about 15,OW men IN
limo A fc1ture of the parade was the mr.
Ing Of salute by the naval post opposite
the statue of Farragut in Madison square.
Al Grants tomb WI Ting Fang, Chinese
minister. with instructions given by ii
Hung Chang some years ago, placed an OIL
ferlng of flowers on the stone collin con
tanning the generals remains. Mr.. WI
also delivered an eloquent tribute to the
memory OF General Grant.
The ceremonies at the dedication OF the
hall of fame were opened with prayer py
Rev. DR.. y. D. Hollis. Senator Chauncey
NJ. pcpew delivered the Grafton
Following the oratlOn Chancellor NC
Cracker OF the New \ ork university In an
address made formal declaration OF tue
openiug of the hall. The taDlets were
then unveiled by representatives, of various
societies schools ana families III the lol'
Washington tablet by the Society of Gin
lincoln tablet by the Military Order of
LOYAL Legion.
Webster tablet by the Daughters OF the
American Revolution.
Jefferson tablet by the sons of the
American Revolution.
Clay tablet by the Daughters of the heVo'
Adams tablet by the Sons of the Revoiu-
ton.
Grant tablet by the Grand Army of the
Republic
Farragut tablet by the National Associa.
| tiOn Of Naval Veterans.
Lee tablet by the United Daughters OF
| the ConfederaGy p, represented oy MS
Marshall tablet by the American Bar
| association.
Kent tablet by the Bar association OF
| New York.
Storr tablet by the American Academy OF
| Political and Social Science.
| Peabody tablet by the Peabody Education
Fund.
AtOpeI ldultl ny EuMuIu 1bppeIt ADIdu
:. Hewitt and Il. f. Cutting.
Stuart tablet by the National Academy
| Of Design.
Fulton tablet by the American Society OF
| Civil Engineers.
| Morse tablet by the American Institute
| IF Electrical Engineers.
Whitney tablet by the American Society
| of Mechanical Engineers.
Audubon tablet by the American Society
| Of Naturalists
Gray tablet by the Botanical Society OF
| America
Edwards tablet by the Society of Chris
| uan Endeayor.
Mann tablet by the National Educationa
| Society.
Beecher tablet by the Young Men.
| Christian Association.
| Charming tablet by the New England SO
| eiety.
Emerson tablet by the New York Norma
| college.
Hawthorne tablet by the Peter Coope,
| high school.
! Irving tablet by the Raleigh high school
,Longfellow tablet by the Brooklyn Girls
! high school.