Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-27
WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
GRAND ARMY POSTS COM
PLETE PROGRAM
ARRANGE DETAILS FOR MARCH
OF VETERANS
Principal Exercises Will Be Held at
Temple Auditorium-Women
to Be Prominent in
Ceremonies

All the arrangements for the proper
observance of Memorial day, May 30,
have been completed by the G. A. r.
posts of Los Angeles and the program
for the day has been announced. The
program differs little from the usual
Decoration day observances and the
Grand Army posts are anxious that
everything possible be done to make
the observance commensurate with the
real nature of the day.
1t is especially desired that all mill
tary organizations participate in the
exercises and help replete the rapidly
thinning ranks of the G. A. r. Thomas
p. Lyons, grand marshal of the day,
has completed the line of march
All the members of the Spanish
American veteran organizations are
urged to assemble at the armory, cor
ner Eighth and Spring streets, at $3.50
o'clock Memorial morning and march
to the Seventh California u. S. V.
monument, Fifth and Hill streets, for
Memorial exercises. The First battal-
ion, Seventh infantry, N. G. c., will
perform escort duty.
In the afternoon the members will
visit the cemeteries and decorate the
graves of comrades with flags and
floral tributes. Memorial night APP
propriate exercises will be held in the
First Baptist church.
Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock the
veterans will attend in a body the G.
A. R. exercises which will be held in
Temple auditorium.
To Form Parade
The parade will form under the di-
rection of Grand Marshal Thomas P,
Lyons of Kenesaw post No 106, who
has appointed the following comrades
as assistant marshalS: VIII Shock OF
Bartlett-Logan post; j. j. Earl OF
Stanton post; Charles r. Stevens of
Kenesaw post; Fred e. Munsey of Ro-
secrar1s camp, Sons of Veterans, and
Paul E. Heidensick of Roosevelt camp,
Veterans of the Spanish war.
The column will commence to form
at, 1870 at Central park. The several
posts of the Grand Army and the
Veterans of the Spanish war will form
within the. park. A platoon of police
under the Command of Lieut.. r. G.
Haupt, the Veteran drum and fife
corps, under the direction of Comrade
C. H. Hazeldine, the leader, and the
Sons of Veterans under the command
of Harry r. thinner, commander, will
form in the order named on the west
side of Hill street, north on Fifth and
near the northeast entrance OF the
park.
The department commander, Gen. w.
L. Daubenspeck, with his staff, will
form near the above mentioned en-
trance, but within the park, and be
the right of the line and follow the
Sons of Veterans, who will act as es-
cort to the Grand Army, Bartlett-Lo-
gan post will form directly in the rear
of department officers. Stanton post
will form in the southwest corner of
the park with their right resting at
the center of the park.
Kenesaw post will form at south
east corner of park, with right resting
also at center of park. The Veterans
of the Spanish war will form in the
northwest corner of park, with their
right resting at center of park
The women of the Relief Corps, wo-
men of the Grand Army circles and of
the Spanish War veterans will form
in open order ON Olive street in the
same order in the line as the bodies
with which they are connected occupy
in the marching column, with right of
line at south side of Fifth street.
The Daughters of Veterans will not
form on the street, as they have with
rare kindness periodically offered
their services as ushers to take the
several organizations to their desig-
mated places and to seat the general
public attending the services.
Parades to Start at 1:45
The column will move promptly at
1:45 D. m. The several bodies under
the orders of Marshal Lyons will fall
into place as directed by his assistant
marshals. The formation of the col
umn will be as follows Platoon of
police under command of Lieut.. X, 5.
Haupt; the Veterans Drum and Fife
corps under their leader, C. II. Hazel
dine; the Sons of Veterans acting as
escort to the Grand Army, under COM
mand of Harry r. thinner, comman-
der; the Veterans of the Spanish war
w, E. SeVerson, commander. The Wo-
men of Uncle Sans Relief Corps and
the women of the G.. A. r. circles will
form with the Relief Corps next to
Kenesaw corps, with the Women $
Auxiliary of the Spanish War on the
left of column of auXiiaries.
Headquarters of state departments of
Sons of Veterans of the Spanish War
will take position at head of their re-
spective columns. The column Will
march down Hill street to Sixth, up
Sixth to Olive, along Olive to Fifth, and
across Fifth to Auditorium. On arriV-
ing there the escort of Sons of Veter-
ans will open ranks and the Grand
Army and veterans of the Spanish War
will march through and into the audi
forum. AS the rear of the marching
column passes the right of the women's
auxiliaries, it will close ranks and
follow the column into the auditorium.
After the left of their line passes into
the auditorium the escorting Sons of
Veterans will close ranks and follow.
Seats are reserved for all of the or
CARNATIONS, and they will be looked
after by the Daughters of Veterans,
under instructions from Comrade j. w.
Van Horne in charge. The headquar-
ters of the state department of the
Woman's Relief corps, Mrs. Ella Van
Horne, president, will occupy the right
of the line of auxiliaries. The head
quarters of the Daughters of Veterans,
Mrs. Isabella Cross president, will fall
in line Immediately following the Re-
lief corps of Kenesaw post, and pre-
ceding the women's auxiliary of the
Spanish War veterans All visiting
members of the G.. A. r. and all old SOL
diers of the Civil War and visiting
members of relief corps and women of
the G. A. r. and of the Daughters of
Veterans and of the Spanish War are
cordially invited to form in line with
their respective organizations before
the column moves.
The bill introduced at the last legis-
lative session. which was an act to pre-