Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-31
jIv1C ORDERS TO PARTICIPATE
Letter Carriers and Lodges Join Sol
diers in Doing Honor to Dead.
FOR UNKNOWN GRAVES
DR.. W. M. Davidson Will Deliver
0rstion at Auditorium.
SPANISH VETERANS JOIN IN
Camp Lee Forby No. VIII Give
RituRIistic Burial service of order
as Part Of Afternoon Program
Following Parade.


Following Parade.
The general Decoration day services will
be held today( beginning at ] 80 this after
noon with the parade following which the
ritualistic exercises will be carried out at
the Auditorium under the auspices of the
Grand Army OF the Republic, with Post
Commander John A. Dempster OF Grant
post as master of ceremonies. The grafton
will be delivered by DIR. w. NJ. Davidson.
superintendent OF the Omaha public schools.
The parade will form at 1870 p m. Mon
day Capitol avenue, the right resting
on Sixteenth street The National guards
high school cadets. mall carriers and other
semi-mllitary organizations will form on
the south side of Capitol avenue west of
Sixteenth street and the veterans of the
civil war and Spanish-American war will
form on the north side OF Capitol avenue.
Carriages with the chairman of the gen
eral committee and speaker of the day
and invited guests will form on Capitol
avenue west of Seventeenth street, facing
Seventeenth street The Woman's Relief
corps Ladies' OF the Grand Army and
Henry w Lawton auxiliary will form on
Fifteenth street opposite the Auditorium
The parade will move promptly at p. m.
order of Parade.
The line of march will be south on Six
teenth street from Capitol avenue to How
ard street and east on Howard street TO
the Auditorium
Platoon OF Police.
Marshal of the Day. G. NJ. Harpster.
Sixteenth United States Infantry Band.
FIRST DIVISION.
Under command of Captain Charles w.
Allen.
Nebraska National Guard, Lieutenant Will
liam E: Rehr. commanding
High s. School Cadet Battalion Lieutenant
Letter Carriers and Civic Organizations.
SECOND DIVISION.
Under command of Lieutenant A. e.
Thompson, u. s. w. ".
Grand Army of the Republic.
United Spanish War Veterans.
Carriages containing chairman of general
| committee speaker of the day, chap
lain, military and civil guests
Brigadier General Charles Morton, COM
mandng Department of the Missouri
and Department staff
| The auxiliary organizations will join with
the Grand Army veterans at the Audi
torium and will march with them into the
Auditorium, where special space has been
reserved for them.
The general exercises will begin with the
dismissal Of the parade and will be carried
out on the platform in accord with the FOL.
lowing program:
AT the Unknown Grave"
Dirge-Sixteenth United States infantry
band
Reading of Orders-Adjutant
Reading Roll of the Years Dead-Com-
rade Edwards,
Salute of the Dead
Memorial Song-YounR Mems Christian
Association Glee club; Lee G. Kratz, di-
rector
Welcome to Friends
. Song-Miss Carrie Rhyn.
| LincOlns Address at Gettysburg-Rev T.
j. Mackay.
Music-Sixteenth United States infantry
band.
Song-The Lord is My Light (Marsh),
Miss Amanda Tebbens.
Ritual service-Grsnd Army of the
Comrade f. A. Parmelee commander.
Comrade Thomas Hull, officer OF the day.
Comrsde A. LoGkner, senior vice
ComTade A. n. Yost, Junior vice
Comrade j. Edwards, adjutant
Comrade Rev. ]. II. Brooks. chaplain.
Taps-Bugler Sixteenth United States in
Memorial song-schoo children.
Ritual Seryice-Woman's Relief corps.
Mrs. ]. c. Reed, president.
Mrs. ]. H. Schlelh senior vice
| Mrs. NJ. J. Matthews Junior vice.
Mrs. ]. 4. Beatty. secretary,
Mrs. c. Stevens. chaplain.
Mrs f. Hall, conductor
Mrs r. j. Shields, assistant conductor.
Mrs Orianna Koche, guard.
Mrs Lucy Winegard. assistant guard.
Mrs Palmer, color bearer No. l.
Mrs. Jeffcoat, color bearer No. 2.
Mrs c. Lochner, color bearer No. ..
Mrs j. Foley, color bearer No. T.
Duet-"Dear Motherland." arranged by
Miss Daisy Higgins, Miss Edna NJ Brun-
ing, Mr.. Alfred r, Thompson, Miss
Amanda Tebbens accompanist.
Ritual service-U. s W. ", H. r.
Havens, commander; Perry Miller, officer
OF the day; j. G. Loos, Adjutant; Herbert
c. Walsh chaplain
| Taps-Corporal d. A, Porter.
Song-"Forget All Thy Sorrows" by
Harrison Millard Miss Rose Hortense
Allen
Speaker of the Day-Prof. W. NJ. David
America-By school children, Miss Fanny
Arnold, directress; Miss Nancy Cunning
Music~sixteenth United States Infantry
band.
Benedicton-very Rev. Dean George 4.
Beecher.
spanish Veterans Join In.
Camp Lee Forby No. l. United Spanish
, War, Veterans instead OF holding separate
Memorial day exercises, as It did last year.
is cooperating with the posts OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic
At go p. m. on Monday. the members or
the camp and all unaffiliated Spanish war
veterans accepting the cordial invitation 10
Join in the exercises win the camp, will
meet at Sixteenth and Capitol avenue to
participate In the parade. At the Auditor
ium, the camp will participate in the pro-
gram by giving the regular rituattstic bur-
ial service Of the order.
Following is a list OF the veteran dead.
who have answered the last, long roll call
since May 80. 1905:
! GEORGE A. CUSTER POST, No. T.
n Comrade James Pickard, Eleventh Kan.
6 sas cavalry. Died. March 49, 1893
u. s. GRANT POST No. l1o.
Comrade Dr. w. NJ. Christie. Seventy
fifth Illinois infantry. Died. Nav %, 1898
y Comrsde William Coborn Fourteenth
3 Iowa infantry. Died, July =. Nl9Os
A Comrade Henry Lock ilSth Illinois in
| fsntFy. Died September Is. 1908.
Comrade George w Clutter, Fourth lows
= cavalry. Died December 3. 1905
COmrsde Robert E. Patrick. Ninety-sev
Il enth Illinois infantry. Died Decemoer 30
~Comrsde Daniel srssvss. ssvsnV-sixtt