The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-28
FOR SOLDIER DEAD
Memorial Day Will Be Observed
in Topeka.
A Parade Of Veterans in the Al
ternoOn.
AUDITORIUM MEETING
Mai. Gen. ]. C..Caldwell Wilde
liver the Address.
MarshalPs Band to Play During
Service.

--.,.t-a will observe Memorial day on
,so,5av. The veterans are making pre-
,s-s.ions to make the event one long
TO be remembered.
There will be a parade at 1:15 p m
which will pass up Kansas avenue from
Eifth street and east on Ninth to
Quincy and then to the Auditorium
where the memorial service will be
The address viii be delivered by Ma
Tor General J. c. Caldwell VINO Is the
most distinguished civil war ofr1cer
VINO has not answered the last Toll call
NsrshalTs band will play and there VIII
bc singing and other music
Following is the program;
Flowers will be taken to the schools
so as to be ready for the wagons at :
a. m. tc be taken to Lincoln Post nan
end there prepared by the ladies' Tor
decorating the graves. The detail VIII
leave for the cemeteries and the river
promptly at 10 O'Clock
Al ! o'clock p. m. all organizations
Intending to take part n the paraoe
will assemble at their respective mead
Quarters and be prepared to move TO
Tlace Of formation at 1:1o O'Clock, upon
signal given BY the battery Of one gun
on the state house grounds
Formation of Parade.
The column VIII be formed in three
divisions.
First division. consisting of the
mayor. commissioners, city officers and
fire department. under command OF COL
George W. Veale and aides, forming on
East Seventh street, right resting on
Quincy street
Second division. consisting Of the
woodmen. Workmen- l o. O. F.,
Knights ard Ladies of Security, Knights
of Pythias- Industrial school cadets.
General Charles P. Drew and stan,
battery "A" field artillery, K. N G.,
United Spanish War Veterans, post
Office employees. carriers and clerks, In
charge OF Leroy Powell. superintendent
OF city delivery, assisted by R 2. Cald-
well. cashier. and Julius, J. Fritz. super
intendent of mail. forming on Quincy.
right resting on Sixth, under command
of NJ G. Watson and aides.
Third division. consisting of Old Abe
camp No. 16. Sons of Veterans and
Grand Army posts according to senior
ity. Nos 1, Il, $50, 321 and 4S5, form
ing or Quincy, right resting on Fifth
street: under command of Captain
William Peterson and aides.
The chief marshal announces the
following aides-de-camp- Col ]. NJ.
Miller, chief of staff; General J. W. F.
Hughes. Col H. c. Lindsay, Captain
D. o. Crane, Captain John c. Collins.
Captain H. W. McAfee. Captain s G..
Stewart, Captain W. S. Lindsay, Cap
tain ". c. Eberle. Captain F H Yes
per. Captain J. o. BrintnaH.
All division commanders and aides
de-camp are requested to report to the
chief marshal. mounted. at lis
o'clock sharp, corner of Sixth and
Quincy for assignment.
Sandstone gun, to form at the
various headquarters; two guns, march
to line of formation; three guns, COL
umn to move promptly in the follow
ing order:
Police.
MsrshalTs Military band.
Chief marshal and staff
First division, under command of
Col. George W. Veale and aides.
Second division. under command of
Captain NJ. T Watson and aides.
Third division. under command Of
Captain W. NJ. Peterson and aides.
All musical organizations viii re-
port to the chief marshal at Sixth and
Quincy streets at 1:15 O'Clock for as
stgnment.
Line OF March.
Column will move north on Quincy
10 Fifth, west on Fifth to Kansas ave-
nue., south on Kansas avenue TO Ninth,
east on Ninth to Quincy. north on
Quincy to the Auditorium, where the
parade will be dismissed.
By order of
A. NJ. FULLER
Attest: Chief Marshal.
J. NJ. MILLER, Chief of staff.
Program in Auditorium.
Capt c. y. Bacon. master of cere-
monies Assembly, by Lincoln Post
Drum corps; song. America, led by Mr.
NJ c. Holman; Invocation. by Rev.
Frank NJ. Lynch, pastor of First Meth
odist Episcopal church: solo. Miss
Grace Bacon, accompanist Miss Gladys
Dousherty; Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress, by Rev. C A Finch pastor First
Christian church: song Star Spangled
Banner. led by Miss Grace Bacon, au-
dlence joining in the chorus: Memorial
address, Major General John c. CaId-
well; taps. Mr.. ]. s. Mckee.
At Foster Cemetery.
Memorial services will be held at
the Foster cemetery three miles
south OF Topeka at 10 o'clock a. m.
Decoration day. Addresses will be
made by Rev. ]. Fireside and A. Stone.