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BY iii ~ 0 az OAeoSo, 1oWa, may 81
W Headquarters of Memoria
,e sPost No. ZIG, Dept. of Iowa
* G. A. R., Cresco, Iowa.
ia General Order No. 1.
20 In obedience to General Orders De
le partment Headquarters, Des Moines
Iowa.
l. The members of Memorial Post
NO. ZIG G. A. R. and all soldiers will
!. assemble at Post Hall at 7:30 O'Clock
n a. M, Wednesday, May 80, 1906, to OBJ.
serve Memorial Day.
2. The committee to decorate graves
at New Oregon Cemetery will meet at
Court House Park, Tuesday, May 20,
;. 1905, at 8 o'clock a. m. Said commit
! tee is composed of Comrades N. S.
EDurgin, P. ]. McCullow, r. R. Rose.
All comrades are invited to assist at
the decoration.
: .. AT O'Clock a. m. Memorial Day,
May 80, 1906, the column will form in
front of Court House Park, and march
to the corner of High and Oak streets
where teams will be in waiting to con-
vey the Post and Corps to Oak Lawn
Cemetery where the usual cemetery ex-
ercises will take place.
1 The parade will form in the follow
Ing manner, viz:
The Cresco G. A. R. Drum Corps.
Memorial Post No. ZIG in post uniform
escorted by Capt. c. w. Reeds Com
pany-Co. E. 53rd Iowa National
| Guards.
Soldiers of all wars.
The w. r. C. No, 1874,
Floral Brigade in charge of w. R. C.
The Public and Parochial Schools.
Civic Societies.
Citizens.
| AFTERNOON EXERCISES
q. Memorial Post No. ZIG escorted by
Q. w. Reeds company, Co. E 53rd
Iowa National Guards and W. R. C. No.
l64, S. of ", Public and Parochial
Schools, Civic Societies, will meet at |
Post Hall at 80 p, m. and march to
Court House Park, where the usual |
exercises will be gone through with, |
viz: decorating Soldiers Monument by |
floral brigade.
From there the procession will march
to the M. f. church where the usual
Memorial Day exercises will begin.
Music by Cresco G. A. R. Drum Corps
Song by Quartette in charge Of w. J.
| Patterson
Prayer by Rev. c. w. Burgess
Song by Quartette in charge Of w. ].
Patterson
Grafton by Rev. Jesse Cole, Chaplain
Of Soldiers Home, Marshalltown,
Iowa, and dmember of the Eagle Regt.
9th Wisconsin Infantry
Song by Quartette in charge Of W.; ].
Patterson
henediction by Rev. John Gammons
s. General N. s. Durgin Past Departs
ment Senior Vice Commander, will act
as Marshal of the day, and he will be
obeyed and respected accordingly.
g. Post Color Sergeant S. w. Harris
is hereby detailed as color bearer and
will carry post colors.
z. Committee on vocal music, Com
rade N. S. Durgin.
8. Committee on martial music, Adj't
P. j. McCullow.
9. Committee on program, Alex
Mcintosh, R. R. Rose and C. H. Miller.
10. Committee on teams, Quarter
Master N. s. Durgin, Alex Mcintosh.
IL. Committee on place Of holding
Memorial Day exercises, Comrade N. S.
Durgin.
IL. Committee op decorating soldiers
graves at st. Joseph's Cemetery, Com
rodes Thos. Walsh and Thos. Cummins.
13. Business men of Cresco are re-
quested to close their places ofbusiness
between the hours Of and p. M,
May 80, 1906.
Ia. The attention of all our citizens
is respectfully called to the following
resolution adopted by the Nineteenth
Annual Encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Resolved that Memorial Day is the
choicest in the calendar Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, day Of sweet
remembrances dear to every loyal
heart, and any violations Of it's sacred
ness by making it day Of frivolity
and amusement such as characterize
the Fourth Of July should be treated as
an indignity to our comrades who died
that this country might live.
Is. Memorial Post No. ZIG and w. R.
G. No. 164 and all soldiers, escorted by
Capt. G. W. Reeds company, Co. E.
5ard Iowa National Guards, will meet
at Post Hall, Sunday, May 9th, 1906,
at 8 o'clock p. M, and march to the