New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
C. A. R. MEN READY
CART PARADE At 9 4. M.
BTuc and Gray Unite an Decorating
Soldiers GraUes.

clsar skies and genial sunshine, tempered by
ssb breeze. made it easy for the old veterans
--.5s-s1 and Confederate. who went yesterday to
s.oo-s-e the graves Of their old comrades and hold
-,o-fal exercises in the open air. One big parade
&C held in Brooklyn yesterday, and there will be
another this morning
Memorial exercises in honor of the Confederate
s.a5 in which Federal veterans Joined, held
:, Mount Hope Cemetery: John A Dix Post deco
,ed the graves OF the soldier dead in all the
-ses about New York few survivors OF the last
-oo5e7 feel who with Farragut decorated his
s,s1ue in Madison Square. Memorial sermons were
reached in nearly all the churches. and in
here were special services attended by Grand Army
of the Republic and Confederate veterans in the
sse-unon and evening.
TIE Grand Army parade in Manhattan will start
- Q o'clock Il will form in West End
me below I'D street and then proceed through
"a street Riverside Drive far 92d street
where 1t viii he dismissed. The reviewing stand
viii he AT the Soldiers and Sailors Monument az
rsssi where Mayor Mcclellan will review the
rsrsde. With him will be General Henry NJ
Nerius commander in chief of the Grand Army OF
-be Republic. General William H Daniels. Major
general Julius II. Stahl. Major General Arson G.
sJc,rool. General John T. Jockman, General Allan
{ Blackwell. Colone, John ]. McCook. Herbert Par
sons and several Supreme Court justices
Showers by tonight is the forecast sent out by
she weather bureau, and unless this prognostica-
,on proves incorrect the usual services in honor OF
,he soldiers and sailors who gave their lives for
their country and the regular parades OF the Grand
army Of the Republic and other patriotic organiza
lions may be carried out without being dampened
tr q downpour OF rain 1t will be cloudy all day.
but the rain viii hold of until night. says the
weather man.
From its parade in Brooklyn the Grand Army has
haired all such organizations -boys' brigades'
s-d civic bodies The parade will form at Bedford
avenue and South Sth street 1890 The route is
from Bedford 70 Eastern Parkway. TO the
Plaza. After passing through the Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Arch the parade viii go by the
reviewing stand, III which Governor Hughes and
his stan will be. The Governor will also be the
guest al 4 luncheon at the Hanover Club
Memorial exercises were held yesterday after
noon by the various garrisons about New York
un6er the auspices OF the Army and Navy Union.
There was . large parade the National Gene
tegy, Cypress Hills. Brooklyn, Borough President
oIsr reviewing the n1archers at the the
cemetery. Besides the veterans of the Army and
Nsry Union and Spanish War veterans companies
frcn TIE navy the marine corps and the regular
army in line
Hugh Gordon Miller, Of a Confederate SOL
6ier and native Of Virginia, the orator Of the
day. He spoke OF war time Incidents and the re
su1ts which have from Cementing the two
parts OF the country. The route Of the parade was
from Bushwick and Gates avenues. 10 Jamaica ave-
70 Ridgewood avenue. to Essex street, 10 ia
rusics avenue. 10 the cemetery.
A few naval veterans who fought under Farragut
when he blockading the west Gulf ports placed
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Madison Square yesterday morning The COM
rasnder the Veterans Of Farra CUTS Fleet placed
rhs wreath the pedestal. and then delivered an
address on the career Of the admiral who com
rnanded the last wooden feet. The veterans will
70 10 Hoodlawn this morning to decorate the grave
Of their old commander, they do every year
Il was 2 rather SAD Sunday for John A. Dix Post,
for Of its active membership OF Ito. ten men
died last year. making ten more graves over which
70 sound taps Commander Dewey was in charge
Of the detai Of the post sent TO Greenwood Gene
ie-y. and : Y. G. Willis in charge Of the men who
went to Woodlawn- In the evening the post IN
uniform attended the Fourth Presbyterian Church,
where the Rev Dr. Edgar Whitaker Work preached
20 them on The Man with Country
The aaz thai is said TO have flown from the
masthead of the revenue cutter Mcclellan in the
civil War vas drsped about the pulpit The vet
e-ans sang with the church choir Julia Ward
Howes Battle Hymn Of the Republic J. Wesley
Han viii nc the orator for the post to-day at
Trinity Cemetery, Hugh Gordon Miller being IN
sble 10 attend
About fR-o thousand persons attended the services
tle Father Edward McGlynn Monument Asso-
cation ~ his grave in Calvary Cemetery a large
flag was planted At the head Of the grave, and an
Grafton delivered bv john De Witt Warner. a hag
Erom Shields CoTcorau Post was also placed on the
sTave
About thirty members OF George Washington
Post 03. .. A. r., among them being Major J.
IsnEdon Ward. L :. 4 Cyetired), the commander
Of post: Colonel A ". Clark. Major Tailor and
Colonel Brick. attended the services st the Old
T1rst Presbyterian Church in the evening The
Rev. Dr. Howard DIf1eld, in his memorial sermon
SAID that Memorial Day was the American All
Souls Day. 1t brings 10 our recollectons, salo
he ALI that vast crowd OF witnesses who testified
70 the greatness Of our nations destiny and who
gave their lives that odr flag might be free from
stain