The Washington herald., 1908-05-24

arrangements tOr Memorial lay SerN-
ices under the auspices Of the Department
of the Potomac. Grand Army OF the Re
public. have been completed and every
grave bearing a soldier Of the civil war in
the District and vicinity will be visited
and tribute paid to his memory.
Soldiers and citizens have Joined hands
and have gone 20 work to make Memorial
Day Of 1908 the greatest Memorial Day In
the history Of the District.
Gray-haired veterans and their wives.
sons and daughters of veterans. and the
young veterans of the Spanish-American
war will unite to honor the memory of
those who gave up their lives in battle or
died from the effects Of the four-year
struggle.
Names of the Cemeteries.
The cities Of the dead TO be visited by
the several organizations are Arlington.
Oak Hill. Glenwood. st. Elizabeth's. Rock
Creek. Harmony, Soldiers Home Holy
Rood, Prospect Hin. Battle Ground, Con-
gressional. Mount Olivet, st. Mary's. and
isolated graves.
The more elaborate exercises will be
held at Arlington. The Department G. A.
r. will participate in this, but a post OF
the G.. A. R., band. and patriotic socie-
ties, will visit all the other cemeteries
and hold exercises.
In addition TO the Department c. A. R..
several Of the other military organizations
will go 20 Arlington. The parade will form
at $3.50 o'clock on Memorial Day on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue right
resting in Fifteenth street northwest The
column viii be. formed i'm piatOons OF
eight az half distance and will move al
10 o'clock sharp over the following route:
Fifteenth street TO Pennsylvania avenue
to Lafayette square. to street to
Twelfth street. 20 Pennsylvania. TO the
south end Of Aqueduct bridge. The vet
Grams will go from this point 20 Airing
ton by street cars.
officer of the Day.
The parade will be In charge Of John
Finn, officer Of the day; @. C. Rausch.
and Charles a. Sidman. officers Of the
guard. The line will be formed as fol
lows: Detachment Of police Brigade
Band Of the National Guard. D. c.;
Fourth Battalion. National Guard d. c.:
United States Marine Band. Old Guard,
department commander. department off,
GERS, and official stan. past department
commanders, members Of the stan Of the
commander-in-chief, John A. RawIins
Post Kit Carson Post. Lincoln Post.
George q. Meade Post, L. s. Grant Post
James a Garfield Post. Burnside Post.
Potomac Post. Phil Sheridan Post. La
fayette Post. Frederick Douglas Post
Charles Sumner Post. Drum Corps oi
the United States Marine Band. United
Spanish War Veterans. department Off.
GERS, department commanders. past de.
partment commanders, and five camns
the regular Army and Navy Union. ma.
tiOnal officers, Gen. William F. berry
Garrison. Admiral David D. Porter Gar
rison, and Col. Theodore Roosevelt Gar.
rison.
At Arlington d national salute nj
twenty-one guns will be fired at noon
The procession will split up into COM
mittees at the cemetery. Some will hold
exercises at the tomb Of the unknown
dead. while others will decorate the
marked graves.
The General Exercises
There viii be general exercises in the
amphitheater consisting ot patriotic
songs, musical selections. and speeches
President Lincolns address at Gettvs-
burg viii be read.
The same exercises will be carried out
at the other burial grounds, and will be
In charge of the following G. A. r. posts.
Farra6ut, John A. Logan, George II.
Thomas. Henry Wilson. and George Y.
Norris These posts will be assisted by
patriotic societies. Special committees OF
decoration have been appointed