The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-24
SHIFTING. BURDEN
TO THEIR SONS
VETERANS RELINQUIsH CONTROL
OF MEMORIAL DAY PLANS.
Sons of Veterans Take Up the Work
Their Fathers Have Carried So Long
Booming the Membership Of the
Younger Order Meets With Wonder
full Success Plans of Future.

For the first time since the observ-
ance of Memorial Day began, Min
neapolis members of the G.. A. r. are
turning over most Of the arrangements
to other hands. The Sons of Veterans
Of Minneapolis, who have always aided
the old soldiers on this occasion, will
this year, on invitation Of the various
of the aged veterans the detailed work
and the responsibility of arranging a
program and seeing that it is carried
out.
It has heretofore been the custom
for the days observances to be in
charge of a committee consisting of
two from the G.. A. R., two from the
from the Union Veterans union, two
from the Spanish American war vet
Grams, and two from each Of the three
camps Of Sons Of Veterans. This year
the three camps of Sons Of Veterans
are united in one. This combined camp
expected, accordingly, an invitation to
appoint two committee members, but
was first honored by being assigned the
old number, six.
Idea Pleased Sons. ..
After the committee was organized
| and at q meeting at the city hall, one
of the G. A. r. post commanders, in a
brief speech to the committee, said that
he and his comrades were getting old
too old for the burden Of the prepare:
lions for Memorial Day, and suggested
that six more members of the camp OF
Sons of Veterans be appointed. This
IDEA was Immediately taken up. And
so today. the Memorial day committee
has twelve Sons of Veterans in its
membership, with but eight delegates
from all other patriotic organizations.
The Sons accepting the responsibility
with full appreciation Of the honor,
have accordingly started a campaign
to increase their membership from less
than two hun dred now in good standing
to 1000. 1t is estimated there are over
five thousand citizens of Minneapolis
eligible to membership. A committee
fires conducted at each of the G.. A. r
posts.
At these, Arthur L.. Jones Of the
Sons recruiting committee, has pre-
sided. After each meeting application
blanks have been distributed among
the veterans with request that they
ask their sons to fill them out and ap
ply for membership in the Sons Of Vet
Grams: AS result, the Sons member
ship is increasing.
Will Visit Schools.
Next Friday will be the annual Wis
itation of the city schools by commit
tees from G.. A. R. posts. Here, too
the Sons Of Veterans are coming to tn
front to aid the old soldiers. By re
quest Of the G. A. R. posts, there will
be a representative speaker from tn
Sons Of Veterans who will visit each o.
the schools with the old veterans.
They will aid the old soldiers in in
| structinp the youth in the schools al
to Memorial Day and its fitting Oh
servance. The Sons Of Veterans hav'
already arranged for a Memorial Da,
service in Plymouth congregational
church.
/ It is the desire of many of the oil
soldiers that in days to come, whe1
they are no longer able to conduct tn
program of observance of Memoria
Pay, the en- entlre responsibility be sh o.
year that organization is making it
first step in this direction.