Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-02

| Unuef Id1f skies ana bright sunshine
the comrades of Seth Williams Post,
No. H. G. A. r., assisted by the
members of Henry G. Staples Camp,
No. 81, S. of ", carried out Monday
their annual ceremony of decorating
with beautiful flowers in the various
cemeteries about the city the graves of
those comrades who had gone before,
and with the holding of appropriate
ceremonies commemorative of the day.
| Everything was conducive to a sue
cessful obsel vance of the. day and the
program was carried out in it's every
detail and in the presence of large
numbers of people
The program for the day opened in
the early morning when detachments
| visited the different cemeteries of the
| city and placed flowers on the graves
| of comrades buried there. At O'Clock
| Chaplain Arthur l.. Brown visited the
| Bolton Hill cemetery decorating the
| graves there and at the same hour Il
detachment from Seth Williams Post
| together with a detail from Henry G.
Staples Camp, under command of S.
". G. Albert A. Nichols. visited the
| cemeteries in Ward 5 for the same pur
pose. At $50 another detachment from,
| the Post and the Camp under command
of Levi NJ Poor. officer of the day, dec
| Grated the soldiers graves in River
side cemetery.
| AT . O'Clock a detail from the two or
carnations under command of Chap
| lain O. ~ Blackington. visited the bu-
| rial lots on the East River road and at
$50 the final detachment under com
manh of the Post Commander j. w
| White visited Forest Grove, st Mary'S.
Mt Vernon and Mt. Pleasant cemcter-
| les On the return of the different de
| tachments rations were served them at
Grand Army hall under direction OF
Ouartermaster Lewis Selbing. The
comrades Of the Post were ably assist
ed in their duties of the day by the la
dies; of Seth Williams Relief Corps. of
which Mrs. O. n Blackington is presi-
dent, who had charge of the selection
and Drcraratjon of the floral tributes.
The exercises of the afternoon began
at 2.l5. with the formation of the pa
rado on Water street. with the right
resting near the Cony House. The DIFF
fcrcnt organizations were in place
promtly and at the appointed time. the
column moved in the following order:
Platoon of Police, Andrew l.. McFadden
| chief
Levi NJ. Poor. marshal of the day
| Lieut. Thomas NJ. J. Enright, assistant
| adjutant general nv
Col Clarence H. Cram. Lieut. Edgar w.
| Fletcher. aides
Henry Patten, Co. NJ bugler
Co. NJ. I'd Infantry Jas. f. Basley, Capt
| commanding
| King Co. Sd Regiment, L. X. Is T. jas
| A. Woodward, Capt, commandlns r.
Augusta Fire Department. joseph u
Kicker. chief engineer Comm ,Eo
Capt, commanding ".
Walter w. Poor Camp. Spanish War , Vet
Grams. Dana w. Loveioy, Commander
Henry G. Staples Camp, Sons OF Neaer-
ans. Frank Dow, Capt, connano,'ns
Seth Williams Post, No. -, q. a: H.
| James w. White, Post Coinmai'ner'
| commanding
Disabled Soldiers in Carriages
Seth Williams Relief Corps
| Ladies' of the 6. 4. r.
Orator and President of the DAY
| Ex-Governor Selden Common
lT. s. Officials Augusta city Government
| Clergy and Citizens.
Th.. route nf march led up Water
| stree: 20 Bridge street ana up thdI
street to state street, and down the
latter thoroughfarc to Monument PARK
where the column was massed ana
services held y memorial address
was delivered by Commander ). W,
White of Seth Williams POST, ana
, comradc NJ. O. Savage. as officer OF the
d,v nlaccd a beautiful floral wreath
,,nn, thc monument Prayer was otter
cd nv CHAPLAIN A. l.. Brown and the
EXERCISES closed with the benedlctl"n
: Nv Row. Brian c. Roberts, rector oil 81
Marks Episcopat church. The column
was thcn reformed and the parade re-
. sumcd down Grove street 10 Wa'ei
o street. where the column was dlS'hlsscu
: Th,. pararle was fine one ana 'ht
a 5ifro,cut organizations participating
. marched well and looked we'll ne"
:. feature cr the parade was the knights
r of King Arthur. and one which attract
ed much attention. The company wa
recently organized and appeare" u
khaki uniforms The military drlli u
: a feature ~ the organization ana tii'
: vourysters seem to have got ii dowi
c r,e as they marched like veterans
Il and their execution of the dliferen
eyolutiOnS was great .
nh. program for the day closed VIII
l. the exercises at City hall in the even
IS ING and al : 30. the hour for opening
!. the hall was well filled with people VII
had assembled for the purpose OF en-
H. loving the program. Mayor 1reo
II Johnson presided and the order OF eN
- errises WAS as follows:
> Na,eb-"salute to the stars and Stripes,
st MAJ Hui
" Augusta Cadet Band.
ne r,roc.t;on Rev. b. p. Hop
o. Patriotic Overture-"North and SOUTH
:. Lamp
,n Augusta Cadet Band.
40 Reading of Orders and Lincolns Gettys
burg Address. AdJutant McICaN !
Idyi-"Briar Rose. baiie
Augusta Cadet Band
f. or.t;on Hon Lewis A. Burleg
ar oan,erica Band and Audienc
y. Benediction. Kew bflah =. nope''
~ the speaker of the evening was Hol
h' Lewis ~ Burleigh, whose addres