Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-26
ARLINGTON PROGRAM

Exercises to Be Held at Other Gene
teries by Direction Of Department
Commander Hart.
Commander Abram Hart, Department OF
the Potomac, G. A. R., today announced
the program to be observed on Memorial
day at the various cemeteries under the
auspices of the organizations Of veterans.
The chief interest will center in the exer-
cises at Arlington cemetery, where the pro-
gram will be as follows:
Arlington Cemetery.
National salute, II M, battery United
States field artillery. Music by the 18th
United States Cavalry Band Charles Bur
ger. bandmaster; vocal music by the me-
mortal choir, George H. Lillebridge, d.
rector. Officer of the day, Gen. L. G. Estes.
Officer of the guard, Lucius D. Alden. The
procession, consisting of members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Spanish
War Veterans, the Sons of Veterans, the
Woman's Relief Corps, the ladies of the G..
A. R., the Legion of Loyal Women and the
ladies' auxiliaries of the Union Veteran
Legion, of the Union Veteran Union, of the
Veterans, also the Daughters of Veterans,
ex-soldiers and sailors, invited guests and
the public, will form at II M, south of the
Arlington mansion, headed by the 18th
United States Cavalry Band.
The procession will march to the tomb
of the unknown, halt will be made, and
during the ceremonies of decorating the
tomb by the special committee selected
from the auxiliary societies the band Will
play dirge
When the sarvioau orc concl,dod tho
march will be continued by the main road
to the Spanish war section. The process
sion will then separate to participate In
placing the floral tributes on the graves.
During the ceremony appropriate selec-
tons will be rendered by the band
Committee on decorations at the tomb OF
the unknown-Ida L. Chase, chairman; Al
berthe 8. Odell, Emma F. HoIbrook, Mar
garet Armor, Lillian Norton, l. Louise
Reany. Mrs. H. Wyman, Ada Weiss, Ida
Bogia Roe, Mary Whitley Harriet E. Haw-
ley, Catharine Scheel.
Services at Amphitheater.
Sounding the assembly, MILFORD Gaudet,
chief trumpeter, 18th United States Cav
airy: Dear Old Comrade," 18th United
States Cavalry Band; Nearer, Ny God, to
Thee" band, choir and assembly; calling
the assembly to order, A. Hart, depart
ment commander; Our Flag Is There"
(anonymous), solo and chorus, memorial
choir; invocation, Rev. Abram Simon;
memorial hymn (Which and Pollard) me-
mortal choir; reading of orders, Gilbert M
Hustled, assistant adjutant general; Lead,
Kindly Light" 18th United States Cavalry
Band; poem, Unto These Dead" by Mr..
George NJ Drake of Tennessee read by
Il Cannot Forget 10Th United States Cav
airy Band; President Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, Mr.. j. Barton Miller; "Daybreak
at Appomattox' Lillebridge and Calver).
tom sol 10 T wi cro.
Grafton, Commander-in-Chief Jno. c. Black;
Il Cannot Always Trace the Way dow.
memorial choir; recitation, Gathering of
the Rear Guard Miss Catharine NJ Lough-
ran; America" band, choir and assembly;
address. Chaplain Chas. c. Pierce. U. s. A. !;
benediction, Chaplain N. H. Miller; taps.
MILFORD Gaudet, chief trumpeter, 18th
United States Cavalry Band. Charles Bur-
ger, bandmaster. 18th United States Cav
airy Band.
Memorial choir-Sopranos, Mrs. ]. Ham
mond Brewer, Mrs. Annie E. Grfgsby, Miss
E. Pearl Grigsby and Miss Ella c. Howison;
altos, Miss Mabel E. Grigsby. Miss Martha
e. Howison, Mrs. Virgie Thompson and
Miss Minnie Wood: tenors, Mr.. ]. Ham
mond Brewer, Prof. George H. Lillebridge
and Mr. Raymond Lewis; BASES, Mr.. Rus
sell Abbott, Mr.. Clarence /. Gessford, Mr..
Ross James and DIR. Fred K. SWEET. d.
rector Prof. George H. Lillebridge. Ac-
companists, Miss Alwine Baurman and Mr..
Richard A. Smith.
The Soldiers Home.
The exercises at National cemetery, Sol
diers Home, will be under the direction Of
Hiram Buckingham, senior vice department
commander The parade will form in front
of the Scott building at $3.50 am, and
march to the speakers stand in the follow
ing order: U. s. Soldiers Home Band,
committees and officers Soldiers Home,
orators, chaplains, poet and reader, st.
Paurs Catholic Church choir, Henry Wilson
Post, No IT, G.. A. R., ]. ]. Astor COM
mand, Spanish War Veterans; veterans of
the home, and invited guests and visitors.
Sounding assembly. o:45 am, Soldiers
Dream (Rapley), Soldiers Home Band;
closing with Nearer, My God to Thee, p
choir, band and assembly; calling assembly
to order, H. Buckingham, senior vice de-
partment commander; invocation, Rev. H.
Allen Griffith, chaplain, U. 8. Soldiers
Home; baritone solo and chorus, "The Vet
Grams Last Song" dedicated to Gen. John
A. Logan, Mr. Ed. Buckingham Fox and St.
Paurs Church choir; original poem, "Close
Up the Ranks DR.. Thomas Calver; So
prano solo, 1.-The Rest of the Brave" (Cal-
ver), Soldiers Home memorial hymn, Mrs.
Nellie B. Kelser; reading Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address. Mr.. Robert H. Wood; Sweet
Remembrance Zimmerman, Soldiers
Home Band; in memoriam. Miss Mary
Ford; male chorus. "Tenting Tonight on the
Old Camp Ground (tenor solo obligato. by
MI. " d1lCAAs JI.|s 81. ooA . S<huA Sss
choir; grafton, VIM. e. Andrews; Prayer
to the Virgin Dureau), Soldiers Home
Band; poem, Peace Be Unto Them" Nell
lie Robinson Stretton; closing prayer. Rev.
James M. Southgate, chaplain, Soldiers
Home; America" choir, assembly and
band; taps. Soldiers Home bugler.
The exercises at the cemetery Will close
at 11:3O am. Procession, headed by the
band and post will march to the Scott
building, and at high noon the ceremony
of raising and saluting the flag will take
place. The choir will sing and the band
play 1.-The Star Spangled Banner" and the
Soldiers Home Battery will fire a salute OF
twenty-one guns
officer of the day. Comrade William
Moore, Henry Wilson Post, No. II.
ST. Paups Catholic Church ehoir-Con-
ductor, Mr.. Lucius F. Randolph, jr.: organ
list. Mr. Harry Hall; Miss Lillian Atchison,
Miss Flora Bernheimer, Miss Lucie Grow,
Mrs. Edward B. Fox, Miss Eusebaa Fox,
Mrs. Nellie B. Kelser, Miss Elizabeth
Leckie, Miss Mary Mcmahon, Miss M
Louise Mungen, Miss Mary Semms, Miss
Irma Stern, Miss Gertrude Weyrick, Miss
Catherine whitcomb Mrs. Robert H Wood
Messrs John r. Brown, John Boyle, James
F. Crown, John Conwell. Joseph F. Dunn
Edward B. Fox, Daniel Hall. Andrew
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