The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-22
MORTON EXERCISES
Wayne County Will Be Well
Represented Despite Lack
Of Reduced Rates.
PARADE SPECIAL FEATURE.
UNWILLING OF THE MONUMENT
TO THE WAR GOVERNOR OF IN
DIANA WILL TAKE PLACE AT
INDIANAPOLIS ON TUESDAY.

At meeting held by a few Wayne
county veterans Sunday. it was an
nounced that no rates or a special car
could be secured over the traction
line so that the veterans from Wayne
could attend the unwilling of the Nor
ton Statue Tuesday This action on
probably will keep a number of old sol
diers from attending the ceremony,
but it is expected that there will bi a
Richmond delegation of at least TWEEN
ty-five. A delegation of fifteen or
twenty from other parts of the county
is expected. The veterans must pay
81 for the round trip from Richmond
to indianapolis. Those attending the
ceremony leave on the 6:10 a. m. car,
the 7:30 limited or the $50 local
The local delegation, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Wayne county is the
birthplace of the great war governor,
will not have the post of honor in the
parade Tuesday. This post of honor
goes to the Morton post of Terre
Haute. The Wayne county delegation
Oliver Perry Morton. grandson of
Governor Morton, 8 years of age. viii
pull the string that will unveiI the
monument An imposing military
pageant in the form of a monster pa
rade, will precede the unwilling exer-
cises. In the evening a big campfire
will be held at Tomlinson hall at which
addresses will be made by Vice Presi
dent Charles w. Fairbanks, r. b.
Brown, commander-in-chief of the ma
tional organization of the G. A. r. and
several other notable speakers.
The Morton monument commission
has received word from posts in thir-
ty-eight counties of the state that they
will send large delegations About
200 seats will be provided on the
state house lawn, north of the monu-
ment for the accommodation of many |
veterans who march in the parade
The parade itself will be one of the |
features of the day. Bands of music !
will be furnished by infantry regi-
ments in the Indiana National guard. |
now In camp at Fort Harrison The |
parade will be formed on the west
side Of Meridian street, right resting
I'll
promptly at 1 p. m.
Morton Post in Line.
Morton Post, No. 1. G. A. r.. of Ter
le Haute, will have about 300 members
in line. This post was the first or
ganized in the state of Indiana and
was named after Governor Morton A
regiment Of infantry, consisting of one
battalion from each of the three regi-
ments of the Indiana National guard.
now in camp at Fort Harrison. each
battalion to consist of four companies.
each of thirty-two men and three COM
missioned officers, together with the
first, second third regiment bands will
participate In the parade and act as es-
cort to Governor Hanly. The expense
of building the monument was met by
an appropriation of about $50. 900
made by the legislature of 1905. 1t
was designed and built by Rudolph
Schwartz, of Indianapolis The ped
estal was erected in February and the
ballustrade was placed in position sew
eral weeks later. A letter received
from Joseph O'Neil, adjutant general
of the national organization of the
Army of the Republic. announces that
he will attend the unwilling exercises
with X. B. Brown, of GAINESVILLE, o.,
ommander-in-chief of the national or
Letters of regret have ]
been received from about thirty-five
governors of the country over who had ]
been invited to attend the ceremonies I
but will be unable to come because of ]
business that requires their attention. {