The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-23
WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
Grand Army of the Republic
will Hold Exercises Next
Thursday.
WILL DECORATE GRAVES
PARADE UNoUESTioNABLY AN
IMPRESSIVE PAGEANT.

Preliminary arrangements for the OBJ
servance of Memorial day next Thurs
day were made last evening by the
general committee of the Grand Army
of the Republic at its meeting in the
1. o. o. F. hall. r. G. Sleater, adju-
tant and quartermaster general of the
department of Utah, was chosen as
marshal of the day; H. II. Kinsman,
commander of the Sons of Veterans,
named are o. F. Davis of the G. a. r.,
Lieutenant John Toohey and A. n. Jar
Wis of the High school cadets, and Jo-
seph j. Meyers of the Sons OF Veter-
ans. Other aides from the different or
ganizations taking part in the parade
will be chosen later.
The parade will begin forming at 8
O'Clock and the march will be begun
at $3.50. 1t will be led by S75 men from
the troops at Fort Douglas. In addi-
ton to the G. A. r., the other organi-
cations which have accepted invitations
to participate in the parade are the
High school cadets, the All Hallows
cadets, the Sons of Veterans, the Span
ish-American war veterans and the
Indian war veterans. Their position in
the parade has not yet been arranged.
Exercises at Orpheum.
Following the parade the organiza-
tons will assemble at the Orpheum
theatre. where the annual memorial
services will be held. Parson P. \.
Simpkin of the Phillips Congregational
church has been chosen as orator of the
day. Other speakers from the differ
ent patriotic organizations will make
brief addresses. Horace Ensign wifi
sing THE Brave Sentinel" and Mrs. c.
G. Plummer THE Flag Without a
Stain" Mrs. Nellie Bowring Rodrigue
will render q cornet solo.
Seats on the stage will be provided
for the members of the executive COM
mittee of the @. A. r, the present and
past department commanders of the G..
4. r., the presidents of the Women S
Relief corps and Ladies of the G.. A. r..
PAST and present, the marshal of the
day aud his aides.
To Visit Cemeteries.
Immediately after the services at the
Orpheum, detachments of the parade
will visit the Fort Douglas, Mount Oil
vet and City cemeteries and decorate
the graves of the departed veterans.
This year the G. A. r. has planned an
innovation in the observance of
Memorial day, and for the first time the
school children will be asked to assist
in the decorating of the graves of the
old soldiers. Through the principals OF
| the schools and the members of the G.
A. r. who will speak at the various
schools next Friday. the pupils will be
asked to contribute ported plants for
the decoration of the graves, and at the
| cemeteries on Memorial day these
/ flowers will be planted on the graves
! of the dead soldiers.
| Hereafter the children will be asked
! each spring to plant flowers and nour-
/ ish them for this purpose. The object
/ in this custom which the G. A. r. hopes
| to establish is to make Memorial day
mean more to the children than it has
ever meant before, and to make it es-
! sentially a day for the children to dc
honor to the memory of those who pre-
served the Union.
Requested to Participate.
! Owners of automobiles are requested
] by the G.. a. r. to tender the use OF
their machines. equipped with COM
| petent chauffeurs for the conveyance
of infirm veterans who are unable Il
march, yet who would be 10th to lose
the opportunity of honoring their dead
| comrades. Those who care to place
their automobiles at the disposal of the
old soldiers are requested to leave WORD