Evening star., 1909-05-27

mortal day. Committees having charge
of certain features of the observance are
holding frequent meetings. and the vet
Grams of that stirring period between 1881
and 1865 are fraternizinS under the in
fluence of the season of memories and
tears.
AS Memorial day falls on Sunday this
year, the main observance at Arlington
and other cities of the dead will be held
Monday. There will, however. be minor
Decoration day observances held at vari-
Gus points Sunday.
Ladies to Honor Grant.
The memorial season will really be en-
tered upon Saturday. when L. S. Grant
Circle. Ladies' of the g. A. r.. will hold
Its annual service in the rotunda of the
Capitol. This celebration will be in
charge of Col. J. Tyler Powell and will
be in memory Of Gen. L. S. Grant, for
whom the circle of patriotic women was
named.
The program will be opened at 10
o'clock Saturday forenoon. The oration
will be by Rev. Abram Simon, rabbi of
the Eighth Street Jewish Temple. The
assembly will be about the heroic statue
of Gen. Grant in the Capitol rotunda.
The order of exercises will include pa
triotic selections by some of the best
local talent
Floral Craft to Sail Monday.
One of the features of Memorial day,
it is expected, will be a flower boat in
memory of the American sailors and sol
diers whose mausoleum is the ocean.
The boat will be provided by the COM
bined auxiliaries of the Department of
the District of Columbia, United Spanish
War Veterans. On previous Memorial
days the G. A. r. alone has sent down
mental craft. This year there will be
two.
At recent meeting of the Spanish
War auxiliaries. called by Mrs. Ida NJ.
Galloway, senior vice president general
of the National Auxiliary, in Flynn's
Hall, arrangements were made to set
the flower boat adrift at IL o'clock a m.
next Sunday. 1t will be a miniature of
the battieship Maine, which was de-
stroyed In Havana harbor in 1898. The
boat, instead of carrying guns, will be
freighted with cargo of flowers. as
tribute to the memory of the men who
sleep beneath the waves. The flags of
the miniature Maine will be flown at
launched from the old arsenal wharf at
the foot of Az street. The Spanish War
Veterans, their auxiliaries and others will
witness the ceremony.
Artillery Will Fire Salute.
As the boat starts downstream bat
terry of artillery will fire salute. In
fantry will stand at rest. The address
will be by Chaplain Brown. U.S.A., who
served In the Rough Riders
Announcement is made that since the
death OF Gen. John A. Logan, in 1856,
the Illinois association has annually
placed a floral tribute on his grave at
the Soldiers Home Decoration day. This
year a wreath, made Of immortelles. with
flag entwined. will be the offering.
The committee in charge comprises Mrs.
Electa E. Smith, w. II. Richardson, l..
B. Strong, Capt. l.. M. Kelly and II. A.
Martin.
At battle-ground Cemetery.
The committee in charge of the memori-
al observance at battle-ground National
cemetery announces that it's plans are
complete. The program will be opened
at 2:15 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Capt. Newton NJ. Brooks. representing
the G. A. r., is acting as chairman: Louis
p. Shoemaker is vice chairman, in charge
of the exercises.
William Wallace Brown. assistant at
torney general. will deliver the grafton:
Edgar G. Snyder will deliver an address:
Speech at Gettysburg: Judge James H.
Blount of Georgia will read, "A Letter
From Mr.. Lincoln
Capt. Brooks will open the exercises
Mr.. Shoemaker will deliver an introduc
tory address.
The usual feature of these exercises
will consist of the decoration of the
graves by the school children of Bright
wood. Takoma, Petworth and Brightwood
Park. They will also sing patriotic songs.
W. Mckay Clayton will act as chair
man Of the executive and finance commit
tee George Francis Williams will be vice
chairman. The reception committee is in
charge of W. V. Cox, chairman, and Gen.
f. w. Whitaker. vice chairman. Benja-
min F. Leighton is chairman of the COM
mittee on invitations, and Justice Thomas
H. Anderson. vice chairman. Gen. {. +.
Humphreys is chairman of the commit
tee on military arrangements.
The floral committee is In charge of
Mrs. La Blonde Burdett, chairman. and
Mrs. Beverly Galloway, vice chairman.
Louis c. White is chairman of the COM
mittee on stands. and decorations. Mai
A. 8. Perham is secretary of the COM
mittee In charge of arrangements, and
William o. Ray is treasurer.
Ceremony at Mount Vernon.
At Mount Vernon will be held a cele-
bration as patriotic as unique. The exer-
cises will be on the lawn, under the
auspices of the Defendants of the Signers
OF the Declaration of Independence. be-
ginning at IL :4o o'clock Monday morning
The picturesque spot selected is near the
tomb of Washington
The program will be opened by an invo-
cation by the Rev. George w. Dame, s.
7. D., OF Baltimore chaplain of Decend-
ants of the Signers Representative j. O.
Tilson of Connecticut will preside, and
Senator Owen of Oklahoma will deliver
an Grafton on "Washington the Patriot
President Sherman and others will be
placed at the tomb of George and Martha
Washington.
The committee in charge includes Rob-
ert j. Walker, DR.. Arthur MattheWson
Braxton D. Gibson. Arthur Z. H. Mid
deton, Mrs. Amos G. Draper. Miss Salie
S. Beach, Mrs. +. A. Macomber and Mrs
Thomas d. Waters.
Frederick Douglass Post. No 81, G.
at pm. at Asbury NJ. f. Church, 11th
and X streets northwest.
Decoration Of Irish Graves.
Arrangements have been made for the
decoration of the graves of all Irish pa
triots buried in Mount Olivet cemetery
next Sunday afternoon by Irish societies.
commencing at o'clock. This CUSTOM
war, will be fittingly carried out this
year by the addition of a male chorus of
twenty voices from the choir of the Holy
Name hurch.
7 Brief exercises will be held at the graves
of Father Boyle, Devin Reilly and OF