The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-22
Usual Exercises Will Be Car.
rlsd Out by Veterans and Militia
The CEMETERY DETAILS.
Ceremonies at the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument viii Take Place at S:3O
and Parade at 9.

department headquarters. G. A. r.. yes
terdsy for Memorial day. as follows:
Special order No. /.
The several posts locat ted i'm the city
OF Providence. having placed themselves
under the orders of the department com
mander for parade on Memorial day.
May 80. Will report with their escorts and
guests to the assistant adjutant general
at the soldiers and sailors monument.
Exchange place. at Sis a m. on that day.
when positions will be assigned.
The department of Rhode Island Span
ish- American War Veterans Col George
A. Forsyth commander. desiring to join
in the parade, will report at the same
time and place for assignment.
At $3.50 o'clock the following exercises
will take place at the monument:
Dirge Reeves American band: prayer.
Rev Charles II. Ever. department chap
lain: national salute. Battery A, Light
Artillery. r. !. NJ: decoration Of monu-
ment and Burnside statue: taps. Bowen
r. Church.
Post manders. except the com
mander of Rodman post. will detail four
comrades from their respective posts. sup
piled with flowers. to report Immediately
upon their arrival at the monument 10
Senior Vice Department Commander
Wooley. who is charged with the duty
Of decorating the monument.
The commander of Rodman post will
cause the Burnside statue 10 he prop
erly decorated and see that flowers are
provided for that purpose.
After these exercises the parade will
take place. moving in the following
order:
FORMATION OF LINE.
Department Commander. Assistant Adju-
tant General.
Department officers and department STAN.
Past Department Commanders
Officers of the United States Army and
Navy.
Division Commander of r. l., S. OF v,
Reeves American Band.
Troop r, First Battalion cavalry, r. r.. l..
NJ. dismounted. Capt Richards.
Prescott Post. No. !, Commander Abbott
l.. Baker.
National Band.
Company @. First Regiment Infantry, Il,
r. |. NJ, capt. Harden,
Slocum Post. No TO- Commander George
Gen. A. l.. Burnside Camp, No. g. s. OF
v, Capt Frederick n. Brown.
Excelsior Band.
First Separate Company Infantry. B. X.
I: NJ, capt. Blunt.
Ives Post, No. l3. Commander James *.
Polk.
Capt. James Barton Camp. No 10, S. OF
", capt. W. l.. Smith.
Hibernian Band.
Company y. First Regiment Infantry, b.
r. |: NJ. Capt; Harrington.
Company f Second Regiment Infantry,
Arnold Post, No. 4. Commander Franklin
Battery A. Military Band.
United Train OF Artillery, r. |. NJ, Col.
George H. Browne Post. No 25 Com
mander Charles Esleeck.
Rodman Post. No. II. I'm carriages, Com
mander Scager s. Atwell
Carriages with disabled comrades.
Spanish American War Veterans.
Department Commander George A. For
syth and staff.
Clarke Providence Band Herbert l..
Clarke, leader.
Company II, Second Regiment Infantry.
r. r. l. NJ. Capt Kane.
Capt. Allyn X. Capron Camp. No. 2.
Arthur l.. Lake. Commander
Light Battery i.Iy 4 a volunteer Association.
Capt. Charles V. Gridley Naval Camp,
No. p. Gardiner C. Sims. Comma nder
EN-soldiers and sailors OF War with
Battery A. Light. Artillery n. r. I. NJ.
Flower Wagons
other organizau uons desiring 10 toin I'm
the parade will he assigned positions on
reporting as above.
THE ROUTE OF MARCH
The route OF march will be Dorrance
Westminster, Summer. Broad. weybos-
set and Exchange streets To Exchange
place. The Department Comma nder will
review the column at Franklin street as
II passes up Westminster street Upon
arrival AT Exchange place the parade
will be dismissed and the posts with their
escorts and Camps OF Sons Of Veterans
will proceed to cemetaries as follows:
Prescott Post. No. /. North Burial
Ground and Catholic Cemetery.
Slocum Post. No. 10. Rodman Post, No
II. Swan Point Cemetery
Ives Post, No. 1S. Grace Church Gene.
terry.
Arnold Post. No. T. Locust Grove and
Pocasset Cemeteries
George IT. Browne Poet. No *. Oak
land Cemetery.
Posts IL. and %. with Their escorts
are granted permission to leave the coll
umn at corner Broad and Summer
streets
Department. officers and staff will re-
port in full uniform. dismounted, with
badge of mourning on left arm and
sword hilt. the officers and official staff
only wearing swords. 10 Senior Aide-de
Camp William Brewin In front OF City
Hall, Exchange place, at Sis A. m. Past
Departments Comma nders. officers or the
National Encampment. Aides-de- Camp 20
Commander-in-Chief. officers OF the
United States Army and Navy. and Di-
vision Commander OF Rhode Island. s
OF V. and stan, are cordially invited TO
report as above and Join I'm the parade.
IL is earnestly requested that flags be
displayed at half mast during the day and
business be suspended during the parade
By command OF James s. Hudson. de-
partment commander.
PHILIP 8. CHASE.
Assistant Adjutant General
Division officers and stan ~ the Sons
of Veterans are ordered TO assemble
Memorial day at headquarters 90 ac-
company the department commander of
the q. A. r. both I'm the parade and AZ
the ceremonies which will follow AZ the
Swan Point cemetery. Later in the after
noon the officers have made arrangements
10 accept the hospitality of Thomas r.
Salisbury camp. No. ?. East Providence.