The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-30
Naval Veterans to Place Models of
Gunboats Louisville and
Cairo on River.
MEMORIAL DAYS PROGRAMME.
Parade TO Move on Washington
Avenue From Twelfth Street
at l O'clock-ExerciseS at
Jefferson Barracks.

! Graves Of 160os soldiers will be decorated
! to-day by comrades and members OF the
! societies who -ather once a year to hoaor
/ By special token the dead who fought. The
! parade will form at Washington avenue and
! Twelfth street at E:30
! The principal exercises will be- held at the
| National Cemetery. jefferson Barracks. at
/ so. Detachments will visit the other st.
| Louis cemeteries in The afternoon 9. A
| L. posts. Union Veterans Legion. Sons OF
| Veterans, Spanish War and Philippine
! Island Veterans, the Woman's Relief Corps
/ Daughters OF Veterans. the Ladies Union
| Veterans Legion, the Loveioy Aid Society.
! and the Elks will participate in the cere-
monies
Forming on Washington avenue east OF
| Twelfth street. General John W. Noble.
grand marshal. will give the order TO
march AZ : O'clock. The parade will move
east on Washington avenue TO Broadway
and down Broadway TO Olive street where
the various societies will separate and pro-
csed 10 the transportation lines Some will
take q train on the Iron Mountain at
Fourth street and Ch0uteau avenue, ana
others will so to jefferson Barracks on the
| steamer City Of Providence from the foot
Of Olive street.
On the north half of thu barracks parade
ground the procession will form again. and
under escort OF Colonel Louis II. RuCker
and squadrons of the Fourth and Eighth
United States Cavalry. will proceed TO the
rcstrum in the cemetery, where the exer-
cises are to take place.
The programme will consist OF music by
Nolirath's Band: prayer from the c. a p.
ritual by the Reverend T. Il. Hagerty OF
Ransom Post; reading of orders and
changes in the ritual, by Thomas S. Max
well Of Blair Post. and Louis C. Hesse Of
Hassendeubel Post; reading Of President
IIincoin's Gettysburg address, by T. D.
kimball Of Ransom Post: address by Leo
Rassieur, past Commander-in-ChiefG G. A.
X; closing address from the ritual. by
William +. Hodges OF Logan. Post: beae-
diction by the Reverend Hezekiah Butler Of
Shaw Post. Afterwards Z voiiey VIII be
fred by detachment Of the Eighth Cayal-
~. and taps sounded by the trumpaters.
The Commodore Foote Association OF
Naval Veterans will board the steamer Hill
City from the foot OF Locust street at -
and on the way TO jefferson Barracks will
east aGrift floral models of the steamers
Cairo and Louisville, III memory of the sail
ors who lost their lives in the Civil War.
Representatives of the Naval Reserves Of
Missouri ana of Alton, Ill, will participate
in the ceresnony.
AT BellefOntaine d special service will be
held by the st. Louis Lodge Of Elks. No. g.
at which addresses will be delivered by
the Reverend Henry George Mais and Edwin
5. Pulier, past exalted ruler Of tAe order.
a programme Of music has been arranged.
to close with the singing OF Nearer, My
God. to Thee"
The Woman's Relief Corps. Ladies of the
q. A. r.. Ladies Aid Society and the
Daughters Of Veterans will decorate Gen
erai Grants statue.
Blair Post and Porter Camp will have
charge of the decoration of General Frank
i. Blair's statue at Forest Park, General
John McNeirs monument and the graves of
Generals a. J. Smith, Nelson Cole. Don
Carlos Buell., Madison Miller and Colonel
Elwood Miller IN Beiiefontaine Cemetery.
General Lyon Post will decorate the Lyon
monument In Lyon Park and the monu-
ment of Ex-Governor Thos. c. Fletcher in
Bellefontaine Cemetery. Hassendeubel Post
will decorate the grave of Colonel Francis
Hassendeubel in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Hassendeubel Post and Schaefer Camp will
decorate Colonel Frederick Hicker's rnonu-
Inent in Benton Park. Ransom Post will
decorate the monument Of its first COM
rnander, General William Tecumssh Sher-
man. in Calvary Cemetery. Logan Post
will decorate the grave of General John d.
Stevenson in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Meu-
mann Post will decorate the grave OF Gem
eraI Theodore Meumann in Bellefoptaine
Cemetery.
Details from several posts and camps
will decorate the soldiers graves in pri-
cemeteries