, 1904-05-10
Ga. R
POST APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO
ARRANGE FOR MEMORIAL AND
DECORATION DAYS.
Memorial Sermon viii Be Delivered
on Sunday BY Rev.. Nelson o. Pat
Services at Cemetery on Deeora-
ton Day Following Parade.

Custer post Nc. l, Grand Army OF
the Republic, at its meeting last night
appointed a committee consisting OF
r. E. Fitch, J. A. kinnear, s. A. Craw-
ford. E.. C.. Holiday and H. A. Robin
son to arrange for the annual Memorial
day and Decoration day, and the com
mittee will meet again tomorrow night
to complete the arrangements. There
was a good attendance at the meeting
and much enthusiasm was shown in
the arrangements outlined for the
proper observance Of the two days,
The Memorial day services will be
held at Maennerchor hall at II o'clock
on Sunday, May 20, when Rev. Nelson
oliver Patterson, the pastor of the
First Baptist church, will deliver the
memorial sermon. This service will
be for the public. The hall will be dec
Grated and the post and relief corps
will march to the hall from their post
room in a body.
AS at present outlined, there will be
a parade of the veterans to the Gene
terry on Monday, May 80, where exer-
cises will be held, including an address
and the ritualistice services. These
details will probably be arranged at
the meeting of the general committee
tomorrow night, when subcommittee
will be named and a report will be re
ceived from the Woman's Relief Corps
relative to the usual entertainment the
night of Decoration day.
At the meeting of the post last night
the following letters were read from
Senator Warren and Congressman
Mondell relative to the resolution
adopted at the meeting of the post on
the 18th of April, copies of which were
sem Messrs. Warren and Mondell at
the time. The resolution was as fol-
lows:
Whereas, While We appreciate and
approve the motive which induced the
new pension ruling by Commissioner
| Ware, We yet feel hat our rights
should endure, and that they ought to
be made secure by congressional en-
actment; therefore, be it
Resolved, That We, the members
of Custer post No. l, department OF
Colorado and Wyoming, G. A. R., most
earnestly request that all friends OF
our order in general, and the congress
men from Colorado and Wyoming in
particular, shall steadfastly urge the
passage of these two meritorious acts,
viz: the service pension bill, in gen
eral form, as advocated by the commit
tee of the national encampment, G. A.
R., and the bill to compensate ex-
prisoners of war for their sacrifices
and desperate peril Of health and life
To this resolution Senator Warren
replied as follows, under date of the
26th Of April:
81 am in receipt today of copy of
resolutions adopted by Custer post No.
|. department of Colorado and Wyo-
ming, G. A. R., urging the passage of
the service pension bill and the bill
to compensate ex-prisoners of war.
Il will be pleased to give the wishes
of Custer post in regard to this matter
my immediate and earnest c%onsidera-
ton and will introduce the resolution
adopted by the post in regard to them
1T the senate"
Mr.. Mondelrs letter, dated the 28th,
was as follows:
81 have the honor to acknowledge
receipt Of the resolutions adopted by
your post urging the passage OF the
service pension bill, in general form,
az advocated by the committee Of the
national encampment, G. A. R., and the
bill to compensate ex-prisoners OF war
for their sacrifices and peril of health
and life.
81 wish to assure you that l am IN
hearty sympathy with the provisions
Of both the bills in question, and 1t
will afford me pleasure to give them
my hearty support should they be re-
ported by the committee"
The reading Of these letters was
heartily %applauded by the members OF
the post.