The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-29
GRAVES OF SOLDIER DEAD
TO Be STRENN WITH ROSES
Grand Army Posts Arrange for
the Proper Celebration of
Memorial Day.
PARADE WILL BE FEATURE
Services viii Be Held
at Crown Hill and Other
Cemeteries.


cises for the Memorial day services to-
morrow at the four cemeteries-Crown Hill,
! Greenlawn, Holy Cross and Mt Jackson.
Garrett II. Slower. in charge of the ar
rangements, has done everything possible
TO make the programme impressive and
worthy OF the honOred dead. He hopes
that the people of Indianapolis will do their
share in observing the day In its tue sig
nifcance.
The seven posts of the Grand Army the
Thomas, Chapman, Anderson, Gordon,
! Ruckle, Hovey and the Delaney Post (col-
ored), will assemble at the east entrance
10 Crown Hill cemetery at 100 p. m, to-
morrow, and escorted by the National
Guard will march under the direction of
Chief Marshal w. d. Greene, to the
| Soldiers plat. The posts. together with
ans. Union Veterans Legion the Loyal
Leiton. the Uniformed Rank knights of
Pythias the Cantons and the indianapolis
Military Band. will form In front of the
speakers stand. Rev. Michael NJ. Lawson
will pronounce the invocation. After the
grafton by Captain William A. Ketcham,
the chief marshal will form the veterans
around the graves in the soldiers plat and
the officers in charge of the services will
take position in front of the colors. The
following programme will then be carried
out:
Ritual Services. G. A. R...........
49,. Commander Garrett H. Shower
Reading Orders of the Day: .............
........... ......Adjutant Chas. II. Minor
Decoration of the Graves. .................
......Oficer of the Day VIM H Calvert
Music: indianapolis Military Band
............. Detail of School Children
Placing the Flags. Observation-Disclosures.
Spanish American and Sons of Veterans
Placing the Evergreens Detail OF Comrades
Hymn-"America" -.............. ..........
Entire Audience led by Choir
...........Co. III" I'd Regiment /. n. G.
Lieut. Albert Smith. Commanding:
Taps: Buge Corps
AT THE OTHER CEMETERIES.
Exercises will be held at GreenIawn
| Cemetery at 10 o'clock, under the direction
of Zach Sanders. master of ceremonies
| The graves of the Confederate soldiers. as
| we'll as those of the Union soldiers will
| be decorated. 1t is estimated that 400 Con-
| federate soldiers are buried in and near
| Greenlawn Cemetery After the veterans
| have placed flags on the graves. a prayer
| will be offered by the chaplain, Rev. c.
! w. Hanly. Hon Frank E. Gavin will
deliver the address--Valor of the Ameri-
| squad from Company C. Second Regiment
| Indiana National Guard.
A d. Crull will be master of ceremonies
| at the exercises held at Mount jackson
| Cemetery al 10 a. m. Rev. w. B. Farmer
will offer the invocation. An address will
be delivered by Joshua Z. Haskell and
| ritualistic exercises will be performed by
| Children from school No. so will strew
! flowers over the graves, Company c, Capt
| T. c. Powers commanding. will fire sa-
| lutte.
At o'clock exercises will be held at
Catholic Cemetery, under the direction of
| The invocation will be offered by Rev.
| Francis II. Gavisk. Addresses will be
made by Hon. John w. Kern and Rev.
Francis II. Gavisk. The Boys Father
Mathew Brigade Band will furnish music,
and a solo will be given by Miss Helen
| Dobbs. Chaplain Hartley will pronounce
the benediction.
THE PARADE.
| STAFF Officers
Major Carroll B. Carr, chief of staff;
Carey Mcpherson. assistant adjutant gen
! eral.
| -Aids-de-Camp.-
w. c. Phipps. Col. II. B. Smith. r. B.
Armstrong, Capt; F.; F. MeCrea. A: R.
Mattocks, Capt. William E English, W. E.
| Jeffries, Col. Russell B. Harrison, Jacob
Scholl. Col. Thomas j. Gerard. j. w. Hol-
lenbcck.
| marshal will report to him at the east
entrance to Crown Hill Cemetery at 1:SO
| o'clock D. m.
The following assignments are hereby
Mai. H. T. Condo is assigned to the
| command of the First Division, to be
| composed of the companies of the Indiana
National Guard, and his orders will be re-
spected and Obeyed accordingly.
| Capt II c. Adams is assigned to the
| command OF the Second Division, to be
| composed of the posts of the c. A r. in
| numerical order. Camp No. so of the Union
| Veteran Legion, the German Veterans As
ISOLATION and all veterans of the Mexican
| and civil wars.
| TO the command of the Third Division. to
| be composed of the United Spanish and
| Philippine War Veterans. Sons of Veter-
| ans and all other sons of veterans.
The column will form promptly at p.
| trance to Crown Hill Cemetery:
Detachment of City Police.
| Band.
| Chief Marshal and Staff.
| First Division. Maj II. T. Condo COM
| handing on south drive to entrance
Second Division. Capt. II. c. Adams COM
| mandng. middle or main drive to en-
trance. north side.
msndng, on north drive to entrance.
The column will move promptly at 2:3C
| D. m and march to the soldiers plat in the
cemetery.
on arriving at the soldiers plat the
First Division will form a square around
the plat and stack arms.
The Second Division will form in front
| of the speakers stand in columns OF
posts and camps and take seats provided
The Third Division will form to the right
of speakers stand in columns of camps
and the exercises of the day will be heard
The school children, bearing the flowers
will form under the direction OF the com
| mlttee IN CndIscr VII hpt III lilc VI tile
soldiers plat and the United Spanish War
Veterans and Sons of Veterans win form
Immediately In their rear.
AT the close of the services and. Grafton
at the SPEAKERS stand the First Division
will take arms and stand at parade rest
during the decoration services.
The Second and Third Divisions will
take positions on the north line OF the
soldiers plat at the right and left OF the
flag staff
| At the close of the decoration services
TIE salute will be fired. taps sounded. anc
order TO dismiss the parade will be given
| All members of the staff. either of Cnei
marshal or division commanders, will re
port on foot. in undress uniform OF the
organization to which they belong.
Members of the Grand Army of the Re
public will report in G. A. r. uniform, anC
citizens III dark suits, black hats anC
white gloves.
| Floats in Memory of Sailors.
Past Colonel McAbee. of the Union Vet
eran Legion. Encampment so, has an
nounced new departure in the matter o
Memorial day celebration on the part o.
! the Legion. The plan is to have flower!
/ hos Of fha mo- ~