The Lake County times., 1907-05-25
Memorial Day in Indian
apolis will be Unique in
City's History.
PRESIDENT TO attend
Parade in Which Government Troops,
State Militia and G. A. r.
Figure, Feature.
Especial to Lake County TImesl.


indianapolis, Ind, May 25.-Memorial
day in indianapolis this year will he
unique in that not only the regular
memorial exercises will be carried out
by the G. A. r. and allied organiza-
tions, but on this day will be unveiled
the monument erected to the memory
of General Lawton, the famous Indi-
ana soldier who was killed in action
In the Philippine Islands. The regular
memorial day exercises will be carried
out in the morning, and the Lawton
exercises will be held in the after
noon, at the Lawton monument, erected
In the southwest corner of the court
house grounds.
OF course President Roosevelt. who
Is to give the Memorial-Lawton speech,
at the unveiling in the afternoon will
be the big feature of the day, though
the fact that Mrs Lawton and her
three daughters will be here, and that
the vice president will give a state
luncheon at his house. are not to be
disregarded.
The Presidents Arrival.
President Roosevelt is scheduled to
arrive in the city at II o'clock Thurs
-ay morning. He is to be taken di-
rectly from the station to the home OF
the vice president, passing on his way
thousands Of children that are to as
semble at different points to greet him
He will have no escort up to the house
other than the five carriages contain
ing the members of the reception COM
mittee.
After this luncheon is over at the
vice presidents house, the president is
scheduled TO start down town. Prompt
ly at 2 o'clock he is expected to come
from the house and receive the salute
from the members Of the Indiana ma
tional guard and the regular army who
have assembled there to form an es-
cort to the place of speaking.
The big military parade will star
from here. Leading this parade will
be a battalion from the Fourth in.
fantry, Fort Thomas, Ky; one from
the Seventy infantry. Fort Wayne
Mich. the band from the Seventh in
fantry and a battery OF field artillery
from Fort Sheridan.
Following the regular army in tn,
parade will be thirteen companies o
the Indiana national guard. nine from
outside of Indianapolis and four from
indianapolis. and Battery A of this cit.
in addition. The Indianapolis com
panies are those comprising the frs
battalion of the Second infantry
comprising Companies A. c. d and K
The nine companies outside of Indi
annapolis include Company B. Craw
fordsville Company L. Franklin; Com
pany L. Lebanon; Company NJ. Green
field; Company I, Kokomo, all of tn,
Second infantry; Company A of tn
Third infantry. from Marion, and tn
band of this regiment from Peru; ant
Companies B. D and K from the Firs
regiment. from Terre Haute. Spence
and Martinsville, respectively.
c. a. R. Falls in Line.
Following the troops will come tn
president, vice president, members o
the Lawton family, members of tn
different committees, etc, in carriages
and when the parade gets past Meri
dian and Ohio street corners, the G
\. r. part will fall in. This include
the 9. a. r., the Spanish h-Ameriean wa
veterans and other organizations of
civic or semi military nature An,
when the head of the column comes [,
a stop, near the place of the unveiling
the president, followed by the C. A. r
end of the parade will so before tn
regulars and the guardsmen up to tn
monument itself, about which ther
will be seats for the old soldiers
At 3 o'clock the exercises are sched
uled to begin. the Rev. u. r. Lucas o
this city giving the invocation. Fol
lowing this, Governor Hanly as chair
man Of the Lawton Monument commits
sion will make short address. jaime
Whitcomb Riley will then read IA
poem. THE Home Voyage" written b
him. when the body Of General Law
ton was being brought from the Phi
ippines to this country.
President Roosevelt will then giS
his address. after having been intro
duced by Governor Hanly. Last wi
come the unveiling of the statue, /
one Of the daughters of General Law
ton After the ceremonies the guards
men and the regulars will escort Il
president to his private car at Il
Union station, and he Will leave Il
Lansing, Mich. stopping a few mil
utes at Anderson and Fort Wayne.