Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-28
HOLIDAY TRIBUTE
TO SOLDIER DEAD
Rock Island Business Houses
All to Be Closed Next
Monday.
PARADE, FLOWERS, ETC.
Military and Civic Organizations to
Participate in Obseryance-Un-
der Auspices of G. A. r.

In reverence to the memory of the
nations soldier dead, there will, as
usual, be a general suspension of bus
lness in Rock Island next Monday
The local observance will be under
the auspices of John Buford post 243,
6. A. r.
General Edward Kittilsen, marshal
of the day, announced this morning
the names of his aids who are to as
sist him in forming the annual Me-
mortal day parade Of the G. A. r.
next Monday. Those appointed are:
Colonel w. T. Channon, Walter A.
Rosenfield, Captain H. A. j. McDon-
aid, George w. McCaskrin, c. F.
Gazetteer, ]. G.. Junge, S. D. Cleland,
H. A Bowman, c. L. Beardsley, Otto
Huber, Robert R. Reynolds, Gus
Tegeler, John Carse, Harry Schrei-
ner, Harry H. Cleaveland, Will Tot
ten, E. ]. Mueller, Harry Hubbard,
Gabriel Mosenfelder, DR.. G. G.. Craig,
Jr., William ]. Sweeney, B. 1. Hayes,
George w. Flood, William H. McCon-
ochie, Alfred Bear, G.. G. Wenger,
James F. Murphy, S. R. Kenworthy,
DR.. Ralph Dart, Leonard Totten,
Harry WEIGH, J. w. WEIGH, Clyde
Marshall, Frank Fiebig. John Bloom
quist, S. r. Bowlby, T. B. Reidy,
John T. Stafford, E. H. Stafford, Sam
Ryerson, Harry NJ. McCaskrin, w. H.
Marshall, C. H. Thornhill, A. w.
Trevor.
Form at Court House.
Under the direction of General
Kittilsen, the parade will be formed
at the court house square at 8
o'clock in the morning. The exact
formation has not been made as yet,
but the line will include, besides the
members of Buford post, a platoon
of city police, most of the city Of
ficials. number of civic organiza-
tons, some in dress uniforms, the
military and naval organizations of
tho city, and hundreds of school chill
dreu. After the completion of the
parade, the naval organization will
go directly to the river and board
the ferryboat and perform the cere-
monies dedicated to the memories Of
the sailors who gave their lives for
the union.
The line of march will probably
be as follows: Commencing at the
court house square it will move east
to Twentieth street, thence north to
Second avenue, where 1t will turn
west again and continue down Sec
ond avenue to Fourteenth street. Be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets the marchers will come to a
halt and open ranks and the veterans
will pass between the two columns,
which will salute them as they go
by. With this phase of the days
observances completed, the usual
program of speeches will be carried
out at the west side of the court
house.
Program Mt Court House.
The program for the morning at
the court house will be as follows:
Bugle, assembly call - George
Stroehle.
Patriotic selection - Stroehle's
band.
Song, ''The Star spangled Ban
ner," or "Illinois"-By 1000 school
children under management of Direc-
tor e. L. Philbrook. School children
will march direct to the ferry where
they will conduct the memorial SER
vices ons the Mississippi river under
auspices OF W. R. G. and naval re-
serves.
Opening prayer-Rev. H. w.
Reed.
Song, 1.-The Gray and Blue"-Me-
mortal quartet.
Introduction - Professor H. B.
Hayden.
Oration-Hon. Judge Henry E.
Burgess.
Song. 1.-THE Red, White and Blue"
Quartet.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address-Miss Laura Anderson.
Song, pin My Grand Army Badge
on My Breast''-Quartet-
Services at the Monument.
Music-Stroehle's band and mar
tial band.
Grand Army service-Jotn Buford
post 243, G.. A. r.
Salute to the dead-Company A,
5th Illinois infantry.
Song, "America"-By the audi
ence.
Taps, last bugle caIl-George
Stroehle.
Benediction-Rev. H. G. First.
Music-Stroehle's band.
The soldiers monument at the
court house will be decorated with
flowers donated to Buford post for
that purpose. The committee in
charge desires to state that flowers
should be left at the court house to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock as
they can not be used if brought much
later than that. Any brought Mon
day will have to be delivered to the
committee at a very early hour as
the parade starts at $3.50 and the
decorations must be completed long
before that time.
At ChippiannOek Cemetery.
At Chippiannock cemetery the fol-
lowing program will be carried out
in the afternoon:
Assembly. bugle call =. George
Stroehle.
Patriotic selection Stroehle's |
band.