The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
GRAVES 70 Be DECORATED
g.. A. RS PREPARATIONS FOR Oh
SERVANCE OF MEMO
RIAL DAY
SCHOOLS ARE TO BE VISITED
Comrades VIII Address Suburban
Pupils at Their Own Schools
Elaborate Ceremony I'm
West st. Paul.

The g. A. r. arrangements for Ne
mortal day on the West side this year,
are more extensive than in any previous
year. The chairman of the general COM
mittee Gen. J. ]. Mccarthy, this year
ordered Commander E. H. Wood, Of
Gettysburg post, to take charge of the
West side preliminari S, consisting of re-
porting the names of all soldiers burie
in West side cemeteries giving their
companies, regiments, and where buried.
the placing of flags on the graves prior
to Memorial day, so that they can be
easily found, by the decorating details,
consisting of members of GettyShu 6
post, and the West Il le school child n
and also to report the number of schools
outside of the city limits that can be
readily visited on the Friday previous to
Memorial DAY AMI to secure the at
tendance CT conrad 10 deliver address
>es to the chil.Iren il each school Gen
Mccarthy is the first to inaugurate the
work of visiting these outside schools,
and the parents and chill 1ren are we'll
pleased with it.
Commander Wood reports the number
of soldiers dead in the 70 lowing named
cemeteries as fellows: Mendoza ceme-
terry, IL; Union cemetery, Inver Grove,
4; Salem GENE ely, InVer Grove, 2; Ger,
man NJ. f. cemetery, West st. Paul. 6;
English Lutheran cemetery, West St.
raul. 1, OGTIldH cemetery, w est Sl. dtl
2; q in all The number of schools is as
follows: In Inver Grove, l. South st.
Paul, 4; West st. Paul, 5; West st. Paul,
5; Mendoza, 8; in all IS, all of them be-
Ing easily accessible for the visit DIS.
This preliminary work is all COM la ed
and in addition to it arrangemt nts are
about all completed for memorial services
at the city hall, South St. Paul under
the auspices of Gettysburg post The
will 10
later.
SERVICES AT SOUTH ST. PAUL.
The services at South st Faul will be,
gin at II o'clock at the city hall. Thu
old soldiers will leave the motor train At
South Park and march down to South st
Paul, headed by the marine band. w. J.
Donahower assistant attorney general,
will be the orator of the day. The South
St. Paul public school chi dren under
the direction of Principal M. c. Helm,
Will render a number of patriotic school
songs, assisted by the marine band.
Mayor Lytle will deliver the adj ress Of
welcome, the invocation will be by the
Rev. P ONeill, of St. Michaels' church,
and the benedict II by the Rev. 7.
Hambley. The Union Veterans union
will be the guests of hCn)r, though all
members Of G. A. r. posts, all ola
soldiers and lad es auxiliary organiza-
lions and citizens, are cordially invited t.
attend. A contingent of Spanish-Am ii
can war veterans will also be in line.
The march from South Park to South
ST. Paul will be headed by the South ST.
Paul rough riders. Gen. NJ D. Flower
will be the marshal of the day and will
preside The preliminary exercises will
be through in amp time to participate
in the general parade and the exercises
in the afternoon at the Auditorium. On
that morning the motors will Ieave the
union depot at $3.50 and 1890.