Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-29
BIG DAY AT ARLINGTON
THREE SEPARAAE SERVICES AT
THE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Active Preparations Being Made to
Make Day Memorable - The
List of Committees.

bcCtlOn OF the city ana IN almost every
ganiZation, patriotic, religious or fraternal,
the greatest activity prevails in the prep
arations that are being made for the exer-
cses at the various cemeteries. At all hours
of the day, at some of the cemeteries, ser
vices will be held and patriotic addresses
will be made. To those who are able to at
tend the services in the morning the var
ious resorts in the suburbs and down the
river hold out inducements for a holiday
afternoon. 1t has come to be a custom to
combine patriotism and pleasure, tender
memories and picnics on Decoration day,
and tomorrow will be exception to the
general rule. The attractions of the vari-
GUS resorts Will not deter hundreds from
visiting Arlington. battle-ground cemetery,
Soldiers Home, or any of the other places
where prominent men will address the
crowds and long programs will be pre-
scented. Cars will be run to Arlington every
few minutes during the day on both cleo
trio lines running through there. The cele-
bration at Arlington this year Will take a
more general scope than it has ever done
before. The services to be held under the
auspices of the c. y. K. will begin at noon
The graves of the veterans are being dec
Grated today. over the grave of each of
the soldiers and sailors an American flag
will be placed and a tribute of flowers also,
The program to be presented in the eXer-
cises at the amphitheater will be long and
interesting.
Shortly after the exercises in the amphi-
theater the Corcoran Cadet Corps, Com
pany A, I'd Battalion. D. C. N. G., Capt.
Eugene c. Edwards, will unveil the monu-
ment which the company has erected at
Arlington over the grave of the late Pri-
vate F. Putsche who for six years was
n ember of this corps. During the war
with Spain he served with Company c, LIST
District of Columbia Volunteers, and died
from the effects of exposure in Cuba. The
monument is about four feet high, is of
granite. rough hewn, but with plain pol
ished 'front.' which bears the following in
Scription:
Henry F. Putsche.
Private Co. c. LIST d. C. Vol.
Born Sept. II, 1876.
Died Dec IA, 1899.
Near the bottom in small letters the
words, Erected by COrcoran Cadets Corps,
ID. c. n. c., 1903
Services at the grave will occur at $50
o'clock First there will be music, followed
by prayer by Rev. f. n. Thompson of
St PaulS Church. after which Miss Ade-
lin +. Putsche. sister of the deceased. will
unveil the monument. Gen. George ii.
Harries. commanding the District of Co
lumbia militia will deliver an address. Rev.
Mr.. Thompson will close the exercises
with prayer. The Morton Cadets, under
the command of Capt Harry F. Patterson;
the Capron Cadets, commanded by capt. j.
S. Hodgson, and the Hearst Rifles, COM
the Corcoran Cadets Corps in the cere-
mony Major l.. II. Reichelderfer and staff
I'd Battalion, have been invited to be
present.
vate Putsche the entire command will visit
the grave of Capt. Capron of the Rough
Riders and those of Privates Ferree, bod
son and other former members of the
District regiment.
The graves of other deceased members
of the Corcoran Cadet Corps in other GEM
eteries will be decorated tomorrow by rep
resentatives of the command
dwelling Davis Bust.
At 3 o'clock the bust of the late Senator
Davis, erected over the grave of Senator
Davis at Arlington. will be unveiled with
appropriate ceremony. Senator Davis was
not only veteran of the civil war but his
services to the country on the peace COM
mission at the conclusion of the with
Spain have identified him also with that
war, and the members of the Spanish War
Veterans well as the G. A. r. will par
ticipate in the ceremonies. Judge Ivory g.
Kimball. commander of the Department of
the Potomac, will preside, and Mr.. Henry
A. Castle, auditor for the Post Office De-
partment, will pronounce the Grafton. The
bust will! be unveiled by Miss Marie Ange-
lque Johnson. little ten-year-old Mime
sofa girl daughter of Mr. and Mrs F. A.
Johnson of Rose Terrace. Holmead avenue,
1t is expected that a large contingent of
Minnesota people will attend the celebra-
ton. There are a number of MinneSOtanS
in the city at present, some of whom re-
manned over after the visit of the Mime
sofa editors. who left today, and it is ex-
pected that they will all attend the unveil
ing.
High School Cadets Participate.
Company C of the High School Cadet
Regiment, the prize winners In the recent
competition at the base ball park, will at
10 Battle-Ground
cemetery and serve as guard of honor.
The cadets will fire three volleys over the
graves after the services.
Following their usual custom the National
Fencibles will place wreath on the grave
of each of their departed members. A COM
mittee composed of Messrs. T. III. Hall. ].
CT. STEELE, r. d. Cromwell T. H. Costigan
and DR.. McClenahan will visit the ceme-
teres and place their remembrance on the
graves OF Frank Donnelly at Rock Creek.
Lieut. T A. Tomlinson and Private Ed Du-
vail at Glenwood. Private j. ]. Gavin and
w. II. Hannah at Mt Olivet, Guy Padgett
at Congressional and Lieut. Smith and Pri-
waite James Nolan at Arlington, the last
two being only members of Company c. LIST
District of Columbia Volunteers
Memorial Day Committees.
The Memorial day committees ten in
number, have been appointed to attend to
the work Incident to the decorating of the
graves of the dead soldiers at the several
cemeteries tomorrow. The committees and
-ffe.0bers are as follows:
Depff s-0ent officers-I. G. Kimball de-
partment con..>s nder, chairman; Abra ham
Hart. senior vice department cc1n;l.dnder;
Hiram Buckingham junior vice department
commander: b. F. Chase. assistant adju-
tant general; A. p. Tasker assistant quar-
termaster general; Dr. Thomas Calver,
medical director; Rev. II. s. Stevens, chap
lain.
Past department commanders-Frank II.
Sprague. Benz. F. Hawkes., A. H c. Rich
ardson. Geo. Il. Corson, Harrison Dmgman
Charles c. Royce. Samuel s. Burdett New
ton M Brooks. Jerome B. Burke Charles
II. Lincoln. William S. Odell, NJ Emmett
Urell. ]. M. Pipes. A. F. Dinsmore s. e
Faunce. Nathan Bickford. Marion T. An
derson. John McElroy Thos. S Hopkins
Arthur Hendricks. Calvin Farnsworth Geo
II. Slaybaugh. Israel w. Stone b. F. Bing-
ham.
Post commanders and representatives
Luke Kelley; commander Post No 1: New
ton Ferree. representative: Edwin H Hol-
brook. commander Post No .; j. L. H.
Winfield, representative; John s. Walker
commander Post No. 3; o. II. Oldroyd rep
resentative: l.. H. Patterson commander
Post No. 3. Charles Matthews. representa-
tive; F. L. McKenna, commander Post No
q: Fred. G.. Calvert representative; A c.