Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-28
5000 TO PARADE
IN THIS CITY ON
MEMORIAL DAY
Special Grand Army Services
Will Be,Held in First Pres
bwerian Church.
MARCHERS TO START
FROM MILITARY PARK
SCHOOL, Children to Participate ia
Demonstration Exercises
Monday.

With more imposing ceremony than
ever before. Newark will observe Me-
mortal Day. The veteran contingent
Will be smaller than ever, faces that
were always prominent will be missed,
and there will be more graves to dec
crate, but the general observance of
the day will be greater, and 5000 per-
sons will be In line to do honor to the
memory of those who fought for the
integrity of the Union.
owing to the absence of the officers
OF the organization, the Essex Troop
Will not parade as body A band VIII
be supplied the police and they will
march.
More are coming In every little
while,' said Mr.. Blauvelt today, "and
there will have to be changes in the
fifth division. The additions are prin-
cipaliy cadets and school children. At
the Memorial Day exercises in tho
schools yesterday some of the school
children asked that they be allowed to
take part In the parade and provision
had to be made for these at the last
minute"
Today at the rear of the city Hall
wagons are being prepared to carry the
vast number of flowers for the graves.
and veterans are tenderiy arranging
the potted plants so as to have them
in readiness for Mondays ceremonies.
Dray loads of flowers are being deliv-
cred to the committee In charge of that
particular portion of the arrangements
and the pretentious preliminaries
promise magnificent display
Military Park starting Place.
The parade will start from Military
Park at a. m. after decorating the
monuments Of General Phil Kearny
and Monsignor Doane. who was chap
lain of the First New Jersey Brigade
during the Civil War. The line OF
march will be along Broad street. south
to Lincoln Park. around the park and
back to Military Park. 1t will be re-
viewed from stand In front of the
First Presbyterian Church by Mayor
Jacob Haussling. James F. Connolly,
department commander of the G. A. r..
with his staff and Marshal Almon N.
Kicker. of Post No II. The choice of a
marshal this year fell to Phil Kearny
Post No. 1, but David d. Keefe who
was chosen unanimously. felt unable to
carry out the duties and detailed the
position of honor to Mr.. Kicker.
In the afternoon the Ladies' Memo
rial Society will tender the twentieth
annual banquet to the veterans of Mar
Gus l.. Ward Post No. S8 at Memorial
Hall, SO Belleville avenue.
Memorial services will be held at the
First Presbyterian Church in the eve-
ming under the joint direction of COM
mittee of the Common Council and the
G. A. r.
The committee Is as follows: Chair
man OF joint committee. Alderman
George w. Taylor; secretary of joint
committee. Comrade William S. Lam
bert, Post No. IL; clerk of the Common
Council committee, Fred M. Summers;
chaplain, the Rev. William H. Stubble-
bine
Committee on evening services:
James f. Connolly, Post No. l; ]. r.
Mullikin. Post No H. A. w. Tench,
Post No. 4; G. Gildner. Post No. "a:
]. e. Wells, Post No. 65: J. M. Smith.
Post No. SS; Frank Brown, Post No.
no. Grand marshal, Almon N. Kicker.
Post No II.
Following is the program arranged
for the occasion.
Overture, Tampa" Won Der Heides
orchestra; Introductory remarks, AL
derman George w. Taylor; morning
bugle calls. with explanations and
anecdotes. Paul Kamerer; invocation.
the Rev William H. Stubblebine; Star
Spangled Banner" President Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address, Comrade William
H. Adams; "The Lost Chord" Won
Der Heide's Orchestral recitation.
Music on the Rappahannock." Paul
Kammerer; THE Flag They Loved So
Well" quartet-Mrs L. Carroll Beckel,
soprano: Mrs. NJ T. Corcoran, con-
tralto; Frank B. Sayer, tenor; G. H.
Simonds, baritone; grafton, by the Rev.
Isaac NJ. Foster, of Port Even, N. T.:
'The Silent Army" quartet; evening
bugle call, Paul Kamerer; original
poem by the Rev John Hamilton Tim
brell selection, 1.-THE Sunny South"
Won Der Heide's Orchestra; last call.
TAPS" Paul Kamerer; benediction, by
the Rev. Isaac NJ Foster. past national
chaplain G. A. r.; Coronation March,"
Won Der Heide's Orchestra.
One of the little features of the pa
rade will be Celon T. Williams, the 4
year-old son or Kay +. WlillanS,
of 1852 Belleville avenue. and grandson
Of Charles I. Williams, past commander
of James A. Garfield Post No. A. G.. A.
r. Arrayed in full G. A. r. uniform
the little fellow will take his place in
the parade along with his grandfather
in a carriage behind the Garfield Post
Master Williams has attended every
entertainment and every memorial
service of the post since he was
months old.
Many of the posts will attend divine
service at the city churches tomorrow.
At Irvington Memorial Day services
will be observed tomorrow night In ths
First Reformed Church. Irvingtoa
Council No 167, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. will
attend In a body. The Rev. Urial
McClinchie, the pastor, will deliver a
special patriotic sermon on "The Ideal