Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-30
SEVICES ON MEMORIAL DAY
Plans Laid for Proper Observance Are
Most Elaborate.
FLOWERS SPREAD ON GRAVES
Iunday 20 he Given over 90 Sermons
and Monday tOys See Parade ana
Formal Exercises Mt the
Auditorium.
MONDAY rtMemorial ,Das).

Ritual observance by Grand Army of the
Republic and Woman's Relief Corps, Of
decorating unknown graves at Prospect
Hill, Forest Lawn and the Jewish cerne-
terles at 10.a m -- t.. q
Ritual observance OF decorating graves
OF soldiers and unknown graves with
flowers at 10 q, m at Soldiers Circle,
Forest Lawn cemetery, by Garfield and
Gettysourg circles, Ladies of the Grand
Memorial day parade forms at o'clock
D. m. AZ Capitol avenue and Sixteenth
street. March to Auditorium. Platform
exercises begin at 3 p. M. Ex-senator w
V. Allen, principal speaker.
DECORATION OF the waters, at p. M, at
Douglas street bridge, by Garfield and
Gettysburg circles Ladies OF the Grand
Army. Lieutenant o. Il. Michaelis win
deliver principal address.
Dinner 20 veterans at $50 o'clock at
Baright hall, by Grant and Crook Wom-
ans Relief Corps and Lawton AUXILIARY
spanish American War Veterans.
The formal observance OF Memorial day
)egan Friday with the addresses of the
reterans of the civil and spansh-American
var veterans in tho various public schools.
Owing to the scarcity Of flowers, and the
difficulty OF preserving such as could be
secured over Sunday It was decided to per-
TORN the actual strewing Of flowers at the
)eVeral cemeteries Saturday morning on
the graves OF the dead veterans buried in
this vicinity.
'" oOiNiNS was performed at Forest
Lawn cemetery and the Jewish cemeterv
by Crook post and corps, Grand ARMY of
the Republic, and at Prospect Hill GENE
terry by Grant post and corps. Grand Army
Of the Republic T"a
Memorial Sunday services will begin with
The several posts and corps attending
divine services in a body IN the forenoon
Grant post and corps will attend service
atyAn Saints church. The members of the
post are asked to meet at the front of the
post hall, Nineteehth ana Farnarn strasta
ut 10 o'clock this morning to march to the
church IN a body, a,,.s-ts =. a,..-...
Custer post and corps win attend serv-
ices this morning at Lows Avenue Presby-
terrain church. The members. of the inost
and corps are asked to meet at Fortietb
Ind CumtpE Sstrsstsz tala soeloek to march
. from there to the church
Crook post and corps will attend divine
service at Hillside Congregational church
thlrueth and Ohio streets. and are asked
meet at 10 O'Clock this morning at
Thirtieth and Lake streets
CARRIED and Gettysburg scircles. ~Iadies.
OF the Grand Army. will attend divine
services at Hirst Memorial, church, Thirty
iourth ana Larimore streets. Meet at the
church at lois this norniyig.
g Spanish War Veterans.
This afternoon Camp Lee Forby camn
NO. l. spanish-American, war veterans ana
La"toh auxiliary will hold, memorial serv
ices at Fort Crook Cemetery in connection
win the Fort Crook garrison. Addresses
WIN DC ueuPered by Colonel Cornelius
Hardener OF the Sixteenth infantry. Com
tmander John G. Loos of Camp Lee FORTY
md others. ~
!, Al o'clock this afternoon the floral
>attleship viii peSfatafcbSda nfromn ~ e,
Douglas street brfdge ~ the Naval Reserve re-
(. 'orps' assisted by the SSwoman's Relief
prps. D" ~" A
memorial addresses will be delivered a,
NE Young Mems Christian assocation nv
Attorney William Baird at 4 u m ana ~
hev' f. l. Loveland at the First Metbo.
dist Episcopal church at 1920 this nornin,
Services ON Monday,
decoration day. Monday, May 40 vi,I.b o
observed IN the forenoon by tba s.,,ono,
Grand Army posts, women's Relief coraa
and Ladies' Of the Grand Army Of tha %
public In the ritualistic decoration ser,,ioss
peeuliar to these several orders The sna-
hal feature by the Women's Relief corns
VIII be the ritualistic ceremony Of decorot-
ing the unknown grave"
ing Laules OF tho Grand Army will carry
PUT the actual decoration of the graves a.
the soldiers Circle and the subsidiary cAr-
ehohy OF decorating IAN unknown grave T"
ue'y OF thirty young girls, dressed IN
'e' VIII assist In the ceremony, carry
ns out special flag and floral drill for
.his purpose. Aof
Parade In Afternoon,
80 ne afternoon exercises will consist of
nNu1
uui'orium' Inc parade will form at Pan
o"u"y on capitol avenue. the right rest |
ng ON Sixteenth street Naval rosor,,s
a'ionSi guard, nigh school cadets, mail |
carriers and other semi-mlIttary organ,-a
lions will form on the south,side Of Csn,
toi avenue west OF Sixteenth stree, ana a.
Nand Army of the Republic and snan,.S
VA veterans win form on the north ca.
Oh apitol avenue west OF Sixteenth stre.t
Carriages containing chairmen OF the ,a,
era committees and speakers OF the doy
'hd invited guests VIII form on canItol |
VENUE west OF Sixteenth street yactn,,
seventeenth street. The Women's pu1s
5orps' the Ladies of the Grand Army II me |
hepuollc and the Spanish-American W.
omens auxiliary societies viii form n, |
coward street facing Fifteenth straat |
The parade will move at D. m. sharp.
Line OF march win be from sixteentb |
ina Capitol avenue south, OF Douglas, east |
Fifteenth and south to the Auditorium
The order Of the parade viii be;
Platoon OF Police
kllJah Dunn, Marshal OF The has,
Jonathan Edwards, Chief Aide
sixteenth United States Infantry Eand
FIRST DIVISION iu'
Charles w, Allen, Assistant Marshoi
Naval Reserves
National Guards
SECOND DIVISION
Jonathan edwards, Assistant Marshal
High school Cadet Sand
High School Cadets
ASh carriers and Other Ssmi-Mitary
Srahd army Of The Republic and Other
THIRD DIVISION
Ferry Miller, Assistant Marshal
Band.
spanish War Veterans
Miscellaneous ORGANIZATIONS
p Carriages. .1
Program az Auditorium.
Exercises, in charge of chairman me-
nerial committee s, X. Spalding.
song, America, led by Young Mems |
Christian association quartet. Joined in by |
Prayer, Brother Edwin Hart jerks. d. ID. |
x,i Heading roll OF the years dead, comrade |
Dhse. sixteenth United states infantry |
band.
= "Lip coins Address at GetSsburg" Rev,
Song, Young Mems Christian associat,on |