The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-31

q Afternoon parade of Junior |?
: Order United American Mechan- {
: ice with dedication of monument !
8 to past State Councillor Albert j. |!
: smith in Fairmount Cemetery. :
z Exercises in celebration OF Ter
= man Day. {
i ". Prout. Carl r. Seitz, julius Seltz
ir.. Or. r.. Fl. D~ieffenbaeh, Colonel Nj. l
Rarrett. Morris V. Van Nalen. ott'
Iedig John c. Eisele. John L. Pfeifef
A. Y. Eisele, William o. Kuebler. I, L
Erb c ". Heilman, F. c. Artopaeou
and r. W. Sharp.
They we're followed by the officers o
the First Regiment, mounted AN
Voss's Band. which led the rank am
file of the regiment.
MANNED Veterans In Carriages.
Hexamer Post No. "a was the frs
of the veteran organizations IN TN
line. under the command OF Loui'
Wyant. Following the marchers cam
the carriages filled with veterans Wn'
we're unable to go over the route OF
foot. Immediately behind them, In an
other carriage. were City Audito
George Fornan and City Treasurer Al
bert Guenther. The post flower wagon
filled with ported. plants that were
placed on the graves of the dead sol
diers later in the day, brought up tn
real of the section.
The Pride of Essex Band headed tn
l.. lfpn of tho Nj
Tucker Post No. IS, r. r. Murray, com
manding. Some of the old soldiers were
on foot. but most of them aValie.
themselves of the carriages provided
to lake them over the line OF marcn
The post flower wagon. followed by tns
Hexamer Post Band, followed.
Robert Riley. in command OF Phl
Kearny Post No. !, followed with tn
post flower wagon and the carriages o
disa bled soldiers. They were followet
bv Garfield Post No. 4. under command
of Thomas s. Nichols. This post. too
had its load of flowers for the GENE
teries.
Lincoln Posts Big Turnout.
The Marcus L. Ward Post Band, fol
lowed by the post flags and color-guard
preceded the post representation, under
the command of Charles E.. Weiss. Ther
came Lincoln Post, the largest OF the
veteran turnouts, led by James van
Horn. The Washington Fife and Drum
Corps, which followed them, led the
last of the veteran organizations, Phi
Sheridan Post No. 10.
In the next division of the process
sion, which was composed of other
-. - n l,oo ,o;yatinry mara the
members of Camp Mitchell. Spanish
American War veterans, led by the Ma
tional Band. and commanded by VIII
lam J. Bush. The Spanish War men
also had a wagon load of flowers fol-
The cemeteries. In the same division
we're the Society of the Philippines
under W. F. Campbell, American Vet
Grams Foreign Service, under Joseph
Smith, and the Marcus L. Ward Sons
OF Veterans.
Krimke's band, heading the Jr. o. u.
A. NJ. lodges. was next in line. Colonel
William Price was in command of the
uniformed ranks. The councils rep
resented were Anthony Wayne, Henry
Clay. Memorial, Daniel Webster, Colo
mel s. S. Buck, General j. A. Dix, Run
yon, Prospect, Central, Lawton, Airing
ton, General Putnam, Orange, w. w
Phelps. Robert Fulton, Fraternity,
Adams. General Custer, Diligent and
Equal Rights. The Woodmen Of the
World. commander Major McAlister,
followed.
Drag brass CannoB.
The first of the boys organizations
which were a feature in themselves
was the Hebrew orphan Asylum Cade
Corps, headed by their W band. Be
hind them was the Nutley Nava
Brigade, uniformed in regulation white
with leggings and cutlasses, knd drag
ging a brass cannon under the com
mand of Captain w. d. White. Thu
Ivy Hill Cadets. led by their drum
corps. came next, Albert Birn com
mandin. In the same section were tn,
l.. V. Aronson A. A, clad in baseball
uniforms and carrying bats: the Franl
II. Sommer A. c., also in baseball uni
form; the Midget 3. b. c. and the boy
Of the First City Playground. Th'
Guards of Columbia, led by Nichols 4
Suenderhaft's Band, was the last bod,
of men in line. The rear was brough
up by the aldermen and city officials II
carriages.
III the gathering around Military h
the order and system that prevailed
was unusual. The confusion usual,
presented on such occasions was alb
sent. and the veterans as well as tn
members of the younger societies tina
were due to march were In their az
signed places on the tick of the watch
During the wait that preceded tn
start, August Koellhoffer. of Lincoln
Post No. IL, who was one of the bug
lers with Clusters brigade, stood on tn
steps OF the American Insurance Com
pany Building, and played "TentinI
Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" II
was only IL years old when he went t
war. and is about the only one of tn
old buglers left in the state.
Following the parade the posts wer
assigned to the following cemeteries
where they will decorate the soldiers
graves:
Lincoln Post to Paramount Cemetery
Hexamer Post to Woodland Cemeter,
Marcus l.. Ward to Mi. Pleasant Gene
terry. /. M. Tucker Il Woodland an
Fairmount cemeteries, Kearny Post +
Paramount Cemetery. Garfield Post I
Fairmount Cemetery. Sheridan Post I