The San Francisco call., 1910-05-30
VETERANS ARRANGE
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Grand Army VIII Parade to
Mountain View Cemetery
TO Decorate Graves

OAKLAND May 29.-The memory
and the graves Of the nations dead
who have found. their final resting
places in the cemeteries Of Alameda
county viii be kept green tomorrow by
hosts who viii join in the observance
: Of Decoration day.
:. Under the auspices Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic Captain W. r.
Thomas, commander of Appomattox
post No. 90. who has been appointed
master Of ceremonies by his comrades,
viii direct the following exercises:
Grand parade Of civil war veterans,
members of the -Women's Relief Corps,
Ladies Of the G. A. r.. Sons of Veterans,
Daughters of Veterans and ladies' flag
line. 10 assemble at Lincoln hall, 407
Thirteenth street at 10 o'clock in the
morning.
The line Of march of the parade Will
be along Thirteenth street TO Broadway,
thence TO Eleventh, to Washington, TO
Fourteenth, to Broadway. thence by
cars to Mountain View cemetery, re-
forming at the cemetery gates, where
the United Spanish War Veterans and
companies of the national guard will
act as escort.
SERVICES At MOUNTAIN VIEW
In Mountain View cemetery the order
Of services viii be:
Introductory remarks, Captain W R. Thomas,
Uf6cer of the day
Newark
Music. Salvation Army band
The Veteran and His Grandson" poem by
Captain Jack Crawford, read by g. W. trick,
county superintendent Of schools
Strewng OF flowers by ladies' auxiliary and
song children Of the public schools
Beading of Lincoln's GettEsburg address. j.
W. McClymonds. city superintendent Of schools.
Frrefn
Flowers" AppomartoE veteran gee club.
Address. Hon. Fl. A. Melvin
- Firing salute by United Spanish War Veterans
:. end national guard.
= Benediction.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
The United Spanish War Veterans
shave planned an earlier celebration,
-timed so that it viii not conflict with
the Grand Army a joint committee
appointed by the camps OF Alameda
: county has issued a command TO all
members Of the order TO assemble at
the corner of FOrtieth street and Pied
mont avenue at O'Clock. whence they
will parade to Mountain View ceme-
tterv. The parade formation viii be:
Tho Eagles drum corps of Alameda viii head
fhc column. followed by Major N. W. Simpson
and staff. and companies 4. c + and G Of the
Fiiib inianlff- n =. g. acting as escort To the
veterans Major +. .. Russell viii command
the larter hattai ION. which viii consist of Lis
cum camp or Oakland- Bartlett camp Of Ala
meds. McCourt camp Of Berkeley and Stotsen-
burg camp 81 Richmond The women's auxil-
1sgles and guests VIII follow in carriages.
p. In the cemetery the services viii con-
sist Of raising the stars and stripes.
singing The Star Spangled Banner" by
school children, invocation by Rev.
William H. Scott OF Alameda. music by
the Ia gles' drum corps. oration by W.
p H I. Hvnes. anthem. america" by the
school children, and the strewing of the
graves with flowers. salute by Compa-
MES A. c, n and @, benediction by Rev.
:. William H. Scott and taps" by the
:bugIers.
ESCORT FOR GRAND ARMY
- AT the conclusion Of their exercises
the Spanish War Veterans and their
3 auxiliaries viii march back to the
gates of the cemetery and join the
Grand Army parade a an escort TO the
senior veterans.
The committe in charge of the Span
ssh War Veterans observance consists
Of;
DR.. Z. T. virary. c. L. Hand. ]. p Ferle.
]. Louder Bartlett camp C. y leach. chair
man; A. p. Hanson. secretary, McCourt camp:
Stotsenburg camp; Mesdames Lulu A. HANSON
Nettie Bush, Jennie Perkins Of Susan L. Mills
auxiliary
AT ST. MARY's CEMETERY
From Mountain View cemetery the
Grand Army Of the Republic and Span
escorted
the League of the Cross Cadets under
the direction Of Aid de Camp Thomas
Deasy, to St. Mary's cemetery. on the
adjoining hill, where the following
p program viii be carried out:
Grafton By W J. Hennesy-
Music by school children.
Reading Of Lincoln's Gettysburg address Com
fsde j. A. C0lQuhoun, commander Of Lyon Post
strewing Of flowers on the graves by ladies
and chEdreu.
Address.
Music.
Firing salute. United Spanish War Veterans.
Taps bugle-
Benediction.
At the close of the services in the
cemeteries the Women of the Relief
Corps and the Grand Army of the Re
public viii serve luncheon 10 the vet
~erans-
SERVICES AT MELROSE
At o'clock in the afternoon Lyon
post No. s, G. A R. will hold its annual
services at the post plot in Evergreen
cemetery, Melrose. The program fol-
lows:
Star Spangled Banner" AIelrose grammar
school bano, Prof. ID. Williams. principal leader;
Introductory remarks. Past Post Commander vii.
Wentworth. A. E church Meirose: Abraham
". d. past post commander; music, The Red.
White and Blue Melrose school band; The
county superintendent Of schools; address, Prof.
d. Williams principals strewiEg flowers on ta4e
graves by the public school childreh; taps bene-
dictiOn by Rev Mr. Duncan
POLICE TO DECORATE GRAVES
According to custom the members of
the Oakland police department will
march in details to the various ceme-
teries where their dead colleagues are
buried and decorate their graves with
flowers and evergreens. The flowers
viii be distributed under the direction
OF Inspector ]. F. Lynch. The graves
10 be decorated are those of:
Commissioner J. E. McEroy. Detective Thomas
BOWney. Policemen Harry Summers James Fen
ION, George Brown, Louis Sflveria William
-Cashin. Dan Surren and Timothy Lomping al
st Mary9s cemetery; Chief Peter Pumyea. De-
fective Albert ShOrey Policemen II Neidernan.
Edward HOdgkins. James II. Smith George
Carlton, George Merkel- el-White Alamo Ayres
William Moore and John Barnet at the Mountain
View cemetery. and First Captain of Police John
RsDlett and Thomas COoney at the Oakland ere
matory
SOCIETIES To ATTEND
Members of many of the local Catho-
lie societies win join in the ceremoni IS