The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
DECORATION DAY
PLANS COMPLETED
Various Grand Army Posts Is
sue Notices InStructing
Members to Meet.
PROGRAM AT FORT DOUGLAS
CREATIONS AND PATRIOTIC
SONGS WILL BE GIVEN.

Members of Maxwell, Mexican and
Oliver o. Howard posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic will assemble
in Phillips Congregational church,
Fifth South and Seventh East streets.
at II this morning and participate IN
memorial services, the principal fea-
ture of which will be a sermon on the
soldier dead, to be delivered by Rev.
P. a. Simpkin. The choir win sing
1.-THE Battle Hymn of the Republic"
by Julia Ward Howe. who celebrated
her ninety-first birthday anniversary
Friday The service also will be at
tended by the Daughters Of Veterans
in a body.
The Memorial day executive COM
mittee consists of Captain Reuben
Oehler, commander of Maxwell post,
chairman; Charles o. Farnsworth,
secretary; W. P. Roe, Commander
Theodore c. Waltenspiel of Mexican
post, Rev. Walter c. Veazie, Mrs. Luz
Gle E. Norton, president of Maxwell
Relief corps, and Mrs. Robert L. Pat
terson, president of Mexican Relief
corps
This committee has issued the fol-
lowing notice:
The Memorial day committee
urgently invites every one to attend
and participate in the exercises at Mt.
Olivet cemetery at II a. m, Monday,
May 80. 1t is especially desirable
that as many of the children of Salt
Lake as possible be present, TO Guilt
vate that spirit of patriotism that has
been in the past, and may be again,
of such vital Importance to the coun-
try"
This evening Rev. F. B. Short will
preach a memorial sermon in the
First Methodist church, to which the
G. A. z. members, the Women's Relief
corps, United Spanish War Veterans,
Sons of Veterans and the Daughters
of Veterans have been invited
At City Cemetery.
The Sons and Daughters of Vet
Grams and. auxiliary circles will meet
at the I. o. 0. F. hall, in Postoffice
place, at 3 this afternoon, and Will
go to the City cemetery, where the
graves of veterans viii be decorated.
The G. a R. veterans and the Relief
corps will meet at the / o. o. f. nall,
in POStOffice place, at 1880 tomorrow
morning. Accompanied by Held
and montgomery bands and the High
sch DOL firing squad, they will march TO
First South and State streets. They
Will go to Mt. Olivet cemetery, where
services will be held over the graves
of departed comrades. The senior
vice department commander will be
the presiding officer, and the follow
ing is the program arranged:
Selection, America" by the audi
ence and band; Grafton. Rev F. B.
Short: vocal selection, Miss Stella An
-
memorial exercises, department Off
GERS; selection by the band; memorial
exercises. Woman's Relief corps; sa-
lutte. High school firing squad; taps.
The sons and daughters and auxil-
iary circles viii meet at the / o. o. F.
hall on POstOffice place at 1880 tomor-
row morning. Escorted by All Hal
lows band and firing squad, they will
20 to Fort Douglas, where they will
be met by the post band and the Span
ish-American war veterans and taken
TO the Fort Douglas cemetery, where
the graves of the departed soldiers
viii be decorated and appropriate ex-
ercises held.
Howard Posts Notice.
The following notice has been is
sued by the Oliver o. Howard post:
Members of the Oliver o. Howard
post. the Sons and Daughters of Vet
Grams and the Reynolds circle, @. n.
r., will assemble promptly at the G..
a. r. hall, Postoffice place, TO take
the car at 1880 a. m, May 80, to pro-
coed to Fort Douglas, to there deco
rate the graves of the heroes who lie
IN the cemetery at the fort. You are
urged to be prompt as the car will
not wait for you, but will leave al
1880 a. m for the fort"
The members of the Musicians Fed
Grafton local will meet either at HelG's
or Montgomery's headquarters at 9:31
sharp tomorrow morning, and go To
the Odd Fellows hall. where they
will accompany the veterans to the
street cars, which will be boarded al
Main and First South street for Mt
Olivet.
The orator Of the day at Fort Doug
las viii be Chaplain Harry L. Bur
CESS Frederick WOOdman, comman-
der of William Fitzgerald camp No. 8,
United Spanish War Veterans, will be
in charge of the exercises at the fort
The members of William FItzgeral III
camp will assemble at machine gun
platoon quarters at s o'clock a. m.
Monday. to receive Reynolds circle.
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re
public. The Fifteenth United States
infantry band viii head the parade
20 the post cemetery, where the graves
viii be adorned with flags and flowers