The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-05-15
VETERANS PLOTS
Dedication Will Take Place
On Memorial Day With
Becoming Cere-
monies.
FREEHOLDERS WILL BE GUESTS
Preliminary Arrangement is
Settled at Conference
Yesterday With
G. o. P. Post.

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plots purchased by the county in Bay
View Cemetery, Greenviile; Holy Name
Cemetery. West Side avenue. and Flower
Hill Cemetery. North Hudson, Will be Tor
mally dedicated on Memorial Day D.
members of the G. A. R., Spanish Val
Veterans and other veteran organizations
This was decided upon at conference
of the Freeholders yesterday afternoos
with representatives of Van houten, I'D
briskie. Wilson, Woerner, Brown, Els
worth and Sherman Posts, G. A r.. En-
carlpment No. ST. Union Veteran Legion
Col Wikon and General Arthur Meal
thur Commands, Spanish War Veterans
Owing to the fact that all of the vet
eran organizations had practically COM
pleted their arrangements for the obsery-
ance Of, the day, it was found impossible
to agreA ION plan whereby all could par
ticipate in the exercises at the three GEM
eteries, so it was arranged that Freehold
ers Kuper, Nolan and CaDarn should be
the guests of the Hoboken Joint Mem
orial Day Committee and offieiate at the
dedicatory exercises at Flower Hill Gem
etery, while the other members of the
Board. with Director Michael B. Holmes,
who is member of Van Houten Post,
should accompany Zabriskie and Wilson
Posts and take part in the dedications at
Holy Name and Bay View Cemeteries.
TIE Freeholders will be met at the
Court House by delegations of the vet
erans' organization at eight o'clock on
the morning of Memorial Day and will
accompany them over their lines of march
to the different cemeteries.
There was considerable discussion over
a proposition to have the dedication of
the new burial plots fixed for Sunday,
May 25, but while several of the repre-
aentatives of the veteran organizations
favored IT majority held that Memorial
Day was the only appropriate time for
such exercises.
Nearly all the veterans present took
occasion TO express the thanks of their
organizations for the Freeholders' action
in purchasing the needed burial plots and
for the courtesy extended in inviting
them to participate in the dedicatory ex-
ereisea.
The conference was called to order at
4.30 o'clock by Director Holmes, who wei
coined the veterans and stated that the
Freeholders wanted their cooperation
of the dedication ceremonies. He told of
the beauties of the recently acquired bur-
ial plots and said that he and his asso-
eiates were anxious to show their love and
appreciation of the veteran soldiers and
sailors by. participating with them in the
exercises attending the formal dedication
of the plots that were to be the last rest
ing place of some of their members. Di-
rector Holmes concluded by introducing
Freeholder Kuper as chairman of the
meeting.
Ex-Director of the Board of Freehold
ers Arthur w. Clayton stated that the
northern part of the county had a Joint
Memorial Day Committee, consisting of
representatives of the GA R. Posts in
that section, Spanish War Veterans. Sons
of Veterans and Exempt Firemen, and
that it was their annual custom to take
charge of Flower Hill and Hoboken Gem
eteries. This year they had made ar
rangements for services at the old
soldiers plots and for the dedication of
the new one at Flower Hill Cemetery
Archdeacon William R. Jenvey and the
Rev. Father Mclaughlin had agreed to
AXE part, and ex-Congressman Thomas
McEwan had promised to deliver the ora
tion. The organizations represented in
the committee, he said, were:-Christian
Woerner and E. G. Brown Posts. C. A.
/; Hoboken Veteran Corps, Spanish War
sterans Sons of Veterans and Exempt
iremens Association.
Somrade Daniel Shea on behalf of En-
campment No. 81, Union Veteran Legion.
thanked the Freeholders for being instru-
mental in bringing about the purchase of
the needed soldiers burial plots, for
which the Grand Army men of the county
had striven for for years. "The step u
have taken is a credit to you and our
county" he concluded.
Colonel Gilbert P. Robinson, of Zabris-
kie Post, said that all arrangements for
the day had been completed by that or
ganization and Wilson Post, and he did
not see how the plans could be altered
to embrace a visit to Bay View Cemeter,
to take part in the dedication of the SOL
diers' plot there. He pointed out tnat
the two posts had five cemeteries to WIS.,
1t, including: Jersey City. Speer's, HOLY
Name and st. Peters, and suggested il
the dedication of the different plots could
be fixed for the Sunday preceding Mem
orial Day 1t would be much more con-
te3lcib- Ills pan WAS lHQOfSeQ d.
Comrade Thomas Doyle of tie Union
Veteran Legion.
The adjutant of Ellsworth Post stated
that as usual that organization had ar
ranged to hold services at Weehawk IN
and Grove Church cemeteries. and if the
dedications were changed to Sunday they
would be able to participate.
Commander McEtmeei of General Sher-
man Post, NO 100, Bayonne, announced
that their arrangements had been COM
pleted.
Commander Cron,ey of Wilson Post
spoke in favor of leaving the ARA nge-
ments for the dedication with the Free
he,ders, and Commander Solomon Briggs
OF Zabriskie Post made few remarks in
support of Colonel Robinson's suggestion.
Comrade Benjamin J. Manning was op-
posed to the dedications taking pace on
any day other than Memorial Day. He
said that the post he represented had en-
gagged Eugene Dewitt to deliver the ora
tion. while Zabrisld;e had secured Senator
Hudspeth. He thought arrangements
could be made whereby the Bay View
Cemetery plot could be dedicated on the
afternoon Of Memoria, Day.
Conrade p II. OsNeiE OF Van Houten
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