The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24
Veterans Will Visit Graves of
Former Comrades in the Sew
eral Local Cemeteries.
LIST OF THE COMMITTEES.
Exercises VIII Begin With a Pa
rade and the Organizations Will
Then Proceed to the Burial
Grounds.

The programme for the observance Of
Decoration Day by the G. A. X. has been
completed by the Committee Of Arrange
ments. of which Charles F. Vogel of Frank
i. Blair Post Is chairman. The graves OF
5000 American soldiers In the National
Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks, as well
as the graves of those In the several ceme-
teries Of the city, will be strewn with fow-
ers.
General John w. Noble will be grand
marshal of the parade. His chief of staff
will be John b. Gandolfo of Blair Post. as
sisted by the following representatives of
the different Grand Army posts and kindred
organizations: Jerry F. Young. Louis Koop.
Jacob NJ. Gruen. Christ Fricke. Ddmund
Schrieber, Max Fritz. Louis Schaeperkoet-
ter. Allan ]. Showers. William Alexander.
Joseph Litteneker. William ]. Nelson. Mar
tin Scherer, Jr., Phillip Schumacher, Major
A. A. Marquard. Major Nicholas Iwig. Jr.,
William ]. Fey, Oliver C. Vogel William
]. Knoke Captain z. II. Schuermann,
Captain j. c. George and Robert Britton.
The following ladies are on the committee
OF the Woman's Relief Corps: Mines. Eu-
nice Schuler. Emily S. Parker, Minnie
Gammeter. Louisa Heinemann. Dora Sim
kins. Kate Locke. Catherine Mueller. Kath-
crime Hellrich. Lizzie Mueller, Ida Dow,
Bradbury, Scott, Hetty 3. Knollenberg.
Gertrude Fritz. Julia Hengelberg. Mary 7.
Backoff and Caroline Webb
The ladies selected to act as committee
Of the G. A. r. are: Mines. Mary NJ. Stark,
Lulu Carter. Susan a. Fuller, NJ. Alice
Eckard, Katherine Mann. J. Alice Hamlin.
Mary A. Lawrence and Misses Tillie Sem
newald and Rose Benke.
The Daughters of Veterans. U. S. A,
have selected the following: Mrs. W. r.
Schmidt. Miss Helen kalb and Mrs. Annie
Wittenmeyer. The committee OF the La
dies Union Veteran League is composed of
me NE following: Mrs; Sarah Y. strilser and
Wansch.
The exercises will commence with the
parade, which will assemble on Twelfth
street, between Washington avenue and
Market street at 1890 In the afternoon. The
procession will move. at l o'clock, east on
washington avenue to Broadway. south on
From this point the several posts will pro-
coed to the different points where transpor-
tation will be provided. Arriving at Jefrer-
Colonel George S. Anderson. Eighth United
States Cavalry. with his command to the
National Cemetery.
Included In the exercises will be an ad-
dress by Rabbi Leon Harrison the reading
Of President Lincoln's address at Gettys-
burg, Ford Smith Of the Union Veterans'
6ueI l.ayei ny tue ItcNeTcuu samuel j.
Niccols of Ransom Post, and the benedic-
ton. by the Reverend Hezeklah Butler of
Shaw Post
The ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps,
Ladies of the G. A R.. Ladies' Union Vet
eran Legion. Ladies' Aid Society and the
Daughters of the Revolution Will attend to
the decorating of General Grants statue
Blair Post and Potter Camp will have
charge Of the decoration of the statue of
General Frank p. Blair in Forest Park, as
well as the graves Of soldiers in Bellefon-
tains Cemetery.
General Lyon Post will decorate the mon
ument Of General Lyon In Lyon Park, as
we'll as the monument to Ex-Governor
etery.
Ransom Post will decorate the monument
OF General William T. Sherman in Calvary
Cemetery. Hassendeubel Post will decorate
the grave Of Colonel Francis Hassendeubel
In Bellefontaine Cemetery, and will join
with Schaefer Camp in decorating the mon
ument of Colonel Frederick Hecker in Ben
ton Park. Meumann Post will decorate the
grave Of Colonel Theodore Meumann in
Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Following are the assignments made for
the private cemeteries: Bellefontaine Blair
Pest and Porter Camp; Calvary. Ransom
Post and Noble Camp; Holy Trinity. Old
Saxon. Kopfs, st: Johns North and New
Saxon CNorth). Harding Post and Fremont
Camp: Bethania. st. Johns Cwest), st. Pc
ter's and Zion, Lyon and Shaw posts; New
St Marcus, Mount Sinai, Odd Fellows, Lu-
theran and New Picker, Meumann Post and
Rassieur Camp: Old Picker, New Saxon. St
Matthew's. st. Paul. st. Marcus and St
Peter and St Pauls, Hassendeubel Post and
Schaefer Camp.