The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-20
Many Civic Sccieties TO Take
Part in Parade Attending Tn.
yelling Of Lincoln Statue
U. S. TROOPS MAY BE HERE
Members of Grand Army Posts in Sur
rounding Cities Accept the Invita-
ton to Take Part in Cere-
monies of the Day

Nv SOAlLIlGGGG Ill CudISG VI IIC I'LL
yelling of the Llncoln Monument to
take place on May 81, which under the
orders of the commander of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, is to be cele-
brated as Memorial Day, has about
completed its work and it is certain
that the day VIII be the greatest cele-
bration of Memorial Day ever known
in Kenosha with the exception Of the
day of the dedication Of the Soldiers
monument. All the arrangements for
the program are now completed and
there will be no changes from the pro-
gram as announced several weeks ago.
The feature of the morning celebra-
ton will be the parade which is to
precede the unwilling of the monument.
Alderman G. f. Stemm is in charge of
the parade and he has been given as
surance that it will be the biggest
parade ever held in Kenosha. The
posts of the Grand Army from the sur
rounding cities have all accepted the
| invitation to take part in the parade
and it is expected that there will be
at least five hundred veterans of the
Civil war in llne. Posts in cities dis
liant from Kenosha have notified the
Ecommittee that while it will be impos-
ell ~ ho1 \ ba4
they will send delegates to take part
In the ceremonies of the day. 1t is
possible that there will be a company
OF United States troops ordered to Ke-
nosha from TT. Sheridan to take part
in the parade. Public spirited citi-
zens are planning to take up this mat
ter with Congressman H. A. Cooper
to have him make a request to the war
department to send regiment of
|cavalry to Kenosha for the event. The
war department recently ordered troops
to Racine to take part in the home
coming celebration to be held there
and it is thought that the government
officials would be willing to take the
same notice of the unwilling of the
splendid gift Of MIR. Calkins to the
lefty Of Kenosha.
Alderman Stemm has invited evegy
fraternal and benevolent Organization
to take part in the parade and the re-
|sponse to the invitation has been near
Ily una1lmous .sone. 1t is expected
that these bodies. will turn out more
than two Thousand men for the parade.
Several of the orgah.zat1ons have ar
ranged Sor special uniforms for the
parade.
The celebration in connection with
the unveiling Of the statue of Lincoln
will in no way interfere with the mem
bers of the Grand Army paying their
annual tribute to the memory of their
dead comrades as they have arranged
ito carry out the usual program of
decorating the graves in the GENE
teries about the city. There will, how
ever, be no. memorial day address ex-
cept the one given oy Judge Quarles at
the unwilling. ceremonies. There have
been many deaths among the members
sof the sGrand*Army i'll Kenosha county.
this year and many new graves will be
decorated with flowers in the GENE
teries about the city this year.
The plans fol. the decoration Of the
graves have not been fully completed,
but it is possible that this work will
be taken care Of on Sunday, May 3d.
Several of the churches OF the city
are planning to hold patriotic services
on that day in keeping with the order
recently issued by Department Com
mander Lang.