The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-29
SHORE RESORTS IN FULL SWING

Cemeteries Wide Variety Of Enter
tlnneat Offered Holiday Crowds
The usual program has been planned
for Memorial day this year. and to those
to whom the day Is nothing more than
brief period of rest and recreation will
find even a wider variety Of entertain
ment offered for their consideration than
in previous years
The programs arranged for the days
observance by tho several Grand Army
posts do not vary materially from those
OF past years.
At $50 o'clock the exercises at the
monument Will take place as follows:
Drge. Reeves American band prayer.
Rev. Thomas F. Norris, department chap
lain national salute by Battery A, Light
artillery. r. X. /. NJ. decoration of the
monument and Burnside statue; taps,
Bowen r. Church.
The decoration of the Burnside statue
is in charge OF Rodman post.
After the exercises are concluded the
parade will start. the line moving In the
following order:
Department commander.
Department officers and STAFF.
Past department commanders.
Officers OF the United States army and
navy.
Division commander Of the Rhode Island
Sons OF Veterans and staff.
Reeves American hand.
Troop r. First Battalion cavalry. r. r..
I. NJ. dismounted, Capt. Richards
Hospital corps, b. n. l. NJ, Capt. Mer-
chant
Prescott post. No. I. q. A. r., Com
msnder Frederick a. Read.
Clarke's band,
Company G. First regiment. r. r. 7. NJ,
Capt. Harden.
Slocum post. No. TO- Commander Chris
topher r. Little.
Gen. 4. r. Burnside camp. No. s. s. Of
V, Capt. G. T.. V. Kenyon. 4.
Pawtucket band.
First Separate company. p. II 7 NJ,
" Cant Blunt.
Ives post, No. IL. capt stephen j. West.
hiberniap band
Company ID. First regiment. Il. r. 7. NJ,
Capt. Harrington.
Arnold post. No. I, Commander Frank
lin b. Ham
Rhode Island Company band.
First Machine Gun Battery, capt BiNhy
George II. Browne post, No. ., Com
mander Albert \. Slccum
Rodman post No. u, in csrrtage. Com
mander Clay Maccauley'
Carriages with disabled comrades.
United Spanish War Veterans
Department Commander George A. For
sythe and staff
Band.
Company H. Second Regiment r. r.
NJ captain Kane.
Allyn X. Capron Camp. No I, Walter
y Harrington, commander
Light Battery 4 Volunteer association,
James w Mckay. commander
Charles V. Gridlcy Naval Camp. Gardi-
uer &. Sims. commander.
Battery A. Light Artillery. T. Il. |. NJ
Flower Wagons.
The route of march will be RS fol-
lows ts4FrHfft-str
Broad Weybosset and Exchange streets
to Exchange place, where the parade will
he dismissed. the department commander
reviewing tho line at Franklin street as
IL passes mp Westminster. Ives, Arnold
and Browne posts will leave the column
at the corner OF Broad ana summer
streets. and proceed direct 20 the ccmc-
teries. The several posts will go to tho
following cemeteries: Prescott post,
North Burial ground and Catholic come
terry; Slocum and Rodman posts. Swan
Point cemetery; Ives post, Grace Church
cemetery; Arnold post Locust Grove and
Pocasset cemeteries. George III. Browne
post. Oakland cemetery.
At Rocky Point there Will be special
shore dinner served nm tho dining hall
from noon on. and throughout the after
noon a concert will 500 given by Reeves
| full American band.
Crescent Park offers long list of at
fractions including tho Norins in a spec
tacular diving act. Hillmau, tho balloon
st. who viii make q parachute drop. the
skating rink. tho sto'plcchaso and many
other novelties
\ new resort will opeu NJ tomorrow
I'm Boydeus Ray View on South Broad
way. East Providence. easily reached 10y
I the Riverside cars
There will b. matinee excursion 10
Soaconnet Point tomorrow afternoon. tho
( steamer Queen city leaving tho dock ou
| South Water street at go and leaving
/ Seaconnct on tho return trip a. E.
/ At Rhodes-on- the Pawtuxct dancing. OF
/ course. will he the special attraction
! Special Decoration day hops being held
/ from ? to and from TO u p. m. canoe
\ ing is also an attraction at this popular
/ resort.
/ The Brown University nine will play n
/ game with the Exeter team al 800 to-
\ morrow afternoon.
! srhe theatres will undoubtedly do a
/ largo business tomorrow. Thorc VIII be
| matlnee and evening pcrfOrmances ~ tho
/ Imperial. Keith's. Empire and Wostmin.
stcr and Viola Allen appears az the Opera
I House IN The evening in "The Winters
| Tale"
Nachtsmcn will lind things movine
with some of the livelincss of the open.
| ing season. The Rhode Island Yacht
| club house viii be the rendezvous foi
many. tho Edgewood club house will bs
| opened FOR the season. with a dsnce IN