The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-26
ITO HONOR THE DEAD
PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.
Elaborate Arrangements for the An-
 nual Occasion in Montgomery of Sorrow fer Great Soldiers of the South.

Today Montgomery and all the Southland will pay annual tribute to the dead of the armies that in the bloody sixties fthe century agone. defended the stars and bars of the Confederate States of America.
 At beautiful Oakwood Cemetery the .members of the various patriotic and civic organizations of the Cradle of the Confederacy will pay tribute in speech and song to the men who de- tended their States and their land from the invader with their blood.
 The graves of the dead soldiers will be covered with the fresh flowers of the season while the records of these men will be called to mind in eloquent eulogy. fervent prayer. inspiring poe- try, and patriotic song.
 The schools of Montgomery will be closed in time for the children to par ticipate in the exercises at Oakwood, for which extensive preparations nave been made by the members of the La- dies Memorial Association.
 The Memorial Day parade will form at 3 o'clock at the usual rendezvous, corner Bibb and Moulton streets, and will move down Bibb street to Com merce street, up Commerce street to Dexter avenue and up Dexter avenue to Lawrence street, thence to the cemetery.
 l 1Ois W h. 1iSddit ndS btch dP- pointed marshal of the parade and in | the line of march will be Colonel Tis- dale and his mounted stan of veterans and sons of veterans, officers of the Ladies Memorial Association and oi
 the State and city. Camps Lomax ant Falker United Confederate Veter
 ans, Camp Holtzclaw United Soni | Confederate Veterans, the The Mont gomery True Blues, under Capt. E. F Baber, Jr., the Montgomery Greys un der Capt S. H. Roberts, the Mont gomery Field Artillery under Capt Sam Roswald. and the Governor Guard under command of Capt. tyle Goodwin.
 The parade will be headed by a plat toon of mounted police and the Mont gomery City Band.
 At the cemetery Lieutenant Govern
 or Cunningham will preside. The fol lowing participants In the program are announced:
 Chaplain-Rev. E. E. Cobbs.
 Recitationist-Miss Priscilla Good wyn.
 Orator of the Day-Hon. J. M. Car
 michael.
 | Alternate orator-Judge Terry Nj Richardson.
 The Montgomery City Band. the vet | eran ouartette led by Capt. B. M Washburn, and the Montgomery guar tette led by Lieutenant J. J. Pierce | will render music.
 | At the close of the services, salutes
 will be fired by the military over th'
 graves of the soldiers.
 | The chairman of the committees oi the Memorial Association are as fol lows: For the Gate-Miss Hines Hall
 For the Stand. Mrs. J. c. Lee; For the | Cemetery Monument, Mrs. A. Bethea For the Cemetery, Mrs. F. Duncan | For Placing Confederate Colors or Graves in Private Lots, Mrs. Ed Jones For the Capitol Monument, Mrs. Thorn l as G. Jones; For the Star which
 Marks the Spot where President Dav.: took the Inaugural Oath, Mrs. Hailes Janney; Committee on Flowers and | Wreaths, Mrs. J C. Lee; To Wait or | Schools. Mrs. John Watts; On Music
 Mai. B. NJ. Washburn; To Wait or Mayor and City Council, Mrs. B. l.,
 Floral offerings will be received al the residence of Mrs. J. C. Lee at thG | corner of Church and Lee streets.