Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY.
The Public Exercises Will be in the
Morning.
ORDER OF PARADE.

The program for the observance of
Memorial Day on Friday has been COM
pleted. The parade will form at 3
o'clock at the corner of Gold avenue
and Second street with the right rest
ing on Gold avenue. 1t will move east
on Gold avenue to First street north to
Railroad avenue. and east to the park.
Col. G. Il. Borradaile will be marshal of
the day and the procession will form
as follows:
Detachment of Police Under Command
of Chief r. j. McMilln.
Band
Mayor, Members of the Council and
Speaker in Carriages.
Company G, New Mexico National
Guard, under Command of
Captain Elder.
Booth Camp, Spanish War Veterans,
Grand Army of the Republic.
and all Old Soldiers.
Womans Relief Corps.
Civic Societies.
Fire Department.
Citizens in Carriages.
The program at the park will COM
mence at 10 o'clock and before the
formal program begins the living flag
will be formed by the school children.
The program as now arranged is:
Call to order by bugle.
Invocation by the Chaplain.
Music by the Band.
Reading of orders from the COM
mander-in-chief and department COM
mander by Ex-Governor L. S. Stover.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress by Adjutant w. w. Mcdonald.
Music.
Ritual exercises of the Grand Army
by the officers of G. K. Warren post.
Music.
Introduction of the orator of the day
by Mayor c. +. Myers.
Address by Hon. b. S. Baker.
Music.
Decoration of the monument by the
Woman's Relief Corps.
Saluting the dead by Company G.
New Mexico National Guard.
Music.
Benediction.
Lunch will be served at noon to the
old soldiers by the Woman's Relief
Corps and at 2 o'clock the old soldiers
and Woman's Relief Corps will drive
to the cemeteries and decorate the
graves.
All persons having flowers to donate
are requested TO report at Mrs Whit
sons music store at o'clock on the
morning of May 80, and bring their
flowers and baskets so far as possible.
The children of all schools, public
and parochial, in Old Albuquerque, as
well as here, are invited TO be present
at the park. 1t will be impossible to
provide seats for all, but so far as pos
sible it will be done.
The following letter was received:
Albuquerque, n. NJ, May 27, 1902.
Col j. w. Edwards, Post Commander
c. A. r., Albuquerque, n. M:
Dear Colonel acknowledge receipt
in the name of the Mutsal Protective
association, of Old Albuquerque, Of
your communication of yesterday in
yiting our association to take part in
the Memorial services and parade in
honor of our dead soldiers, which will
be held on Friday next Although with
great reluctance, we beg to be excused
i'm taking part with you this year as
our society cannot for the present take
part in public ceremonies of the kind
on account of lack of uniforms. We
ordered $50 uniforms through the
| house of Simon Stern in expectation
THAT they would be here in time for this
ceremony, as your organization had al
ready honored us with an invitation
| last year, therefore, while in heart and
spirit and in a private capacity CO
operating with you in honoring the
stalwsrts who bore arms for our coun-
| try, we expect on another occasion, TO
assist you in this loyal duty. | re-
main very truly yours,
NESTOR MONTOYA,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
A special Pullman coach, "Mayfiow-