New-York tribune., 1902-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.
THE FEATURE WILL BE THE UNVEIL-
ING OF SOLDIERS AND SAIL
ORS MEMORIAL.

The feature Of the military exercises for Me-
mortal Day tomorrow will be the unveiinS and
dedicatng of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial at
Eighty-ninth-st. and Riverside Drive The monu-
ment. which is the fruit of the legislature
in 1893 and cost $94 Oo exclusive OF the approaches
on which $4,000 expended. will be the nucleus
Of the days observances. Acting Governor Nixon,
Lieutenant General Miles, Major General Roe.
Mayor Low. the Board OF Aldermen. the committee
in charge of the monument. Recorder Gon Con-
troller Grout. President Wilcox of the Park Board
Colonel J. A. Gouiden of the G. a. r.; ex-Park
Commissioner Clausen. General O. o. Howard and
other invited guests will review the parade. The
navy has promised cooperation in the Hudson.
detail of the Veteran Corps OF Artillery of this
State will act guard of honor at the reviewing
stand under the command Of Captain Howard Peil
The troops In line will comprise the Old Guard
Major s Ellis Briggs. commanding the regular
troops, Major w. +. Duvall, comma nding; de-
tail Of sailors and marines; the National Guard.
Major General Roe, commanding, the First Naval
Battalion. under command OF W. b. Franklin; Dur
yeas zouaves First Mounted Veterans. Colonel
William p Walton commanding; Grand Army posts
Of this city. the Sons Of Veterans. Spanish War
veterans and various other organizations.
The llno OF march viii be up Fifth-ave. 10 Fifty
seyenth-st.. 10 Eighth-ave.. TO Central Park West
20 Seventy -second-st to West End-ave.. 10 Eighty
nrst-st.. 10 Riverside Drive. passing the monument
at Eighty-ninth-st. The Grand Army posts will
counternarch 20 the monument. and assemble
the west front for the exercises.
The John A Dix Post, G. A. r. will carry the
flag which noated from the revenue cutter McClel-
land at New-Orleans, and which, on January %.
1851. the subject OF the dispatch from Major
General John \. Dix. then Secretary Of the Treas
ury; II any attempts 10 haul down the
American flag shoot him the spot" The flag is
lent by the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix. son OF the gen
eral.
After the dedication of the monument this post
VIII so TO Trinity Cemetery where services will be
held at the grave OF General Dix Walter :. Logan
viii deliver the address and the Rev. Dr. Morgan
Dix will give the benedictiou.
The DR. McGlynn Monument Association will
decorate DR.. McGlynn's grave in Calvary Cemetery
at $50 p. m. when Henry George. tr. will deliver
address; and will meet at Civic Hall at p. m.
in honor Of Dr. McGlynn and Henry George
Many business houses In the city have decided TO
give their employees a double holiday morrow and
Saturday and. usual, the theatres will give
matinees.
The Chautauqua Union will 60 TO Roton Point.
Long Island. leaving the West Twenty-second-st.
pier at a. m. accompanied probably by the Young
Mems Christian Association.
On Memorial Day the steamer Albany. Of the
Hudson River Day Line. VIII leave West Twenty
second-st. nj . 4. m. and West OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
twenty -uiuth-st at 9:l5 a. M. for Yonkers West
Point. NewbUrg and PoughkeepSie, returning to the
city at $50 y Brooklyn passengers leave by
Annex boat n FultOn-st. at a m. Concerts will
be given morning and afternoon by trained
che