The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-28
Preparations Complete for OBJ
serVance of Memorial Day.
Parade VIII March Up Kansas
Avenue at 2 p. vi.
'OL. |. C. TRUE THE ORATOR
To Deliver Principal Address at
Auditorium.
Good Music Will Also Be q
Feature.

Elaborate preparations have. been
made for the fitting observance of
Memorial day, Thursday, by the vari-
ious G, A. r. posts and ladies' auxiliary
The morning will be devoted to the
gathering of flowers, and the placing
of them on the graves of the Civil
war heroes.
AT 2 o'clock a parade will march
from Kansas avenue and Fifth street
to Ninth street on the main thorough
fares of the city; then east on Ninth
street. north to the Auditorium on
Quincy street.
The veterans expect to line up 500
or 500 strong, but their years are
numbered" and the line of march will
| be shorter than usual, as some of
them are becoming too feeble to stand
a long tramp.
| G., and Battery A will participate in
the observance of the day. The lat
ter will be on duty all day. Sa1utes
and signals will be fired.
Captain A NJ. Fuller and J. NJ.
Miller will be the chief marshals of
the parade. and Henry w. McAfee
will have charge of the divisions.
The exercises at the auditorium are
scheduled to commence promptly at
$3.50 o'clock. Col. L. G. True of Kan
sas City, Kan, brother of Col. J. F.
True of this city, will deliver the
memorial address.
Colonel True enlisted at the first
call in 81 in the Thirty-eighth ILL
nois regiment. He was commissioned
as adjutant of the Sixty-second Illi-
nois regiment upon its organization.
He was promoted from time to time
on merit, and before he was % years
of age was a lieutenant-colonel. He
was mustered out i'll the fall of 1865.
In 1866, Colonel True came to Kan
sas, settling in Franklin county. When
the prohibitory law was enacted he
49,. Of hot 10
ty, and was one of the first to, en-
force the law. He has served as Judge
of the district court of Wyandotte
county.
Captain C. G. Titus will preside over
the meeting at the, Auditorium. The
opening prayer will be made by Rev.
]. K. Miller, commander of the To-
ka post of the G, A: r. Lincoln's
Gettysburg address will be read by
Chaplain J. w. Sfdwell.
There will be a chorus of high
school students and pupils from the
higher grades of the grammar schools
on hand to sing 1.-The Star .Spangled
Banner"
1t might be interesting to note that
the speaker Of the occasion will be
introduced by Secretary F. D. Coburn,
The children of the city schools will
take flowers to their respective
school buildings at 8 o'clock Thurs
in wagons to Lincoln post hall, where
the ladies of the auxiliary organiza-
tons will prepare them for the deco
ration of the graves.
Seventy-fve persons from the vari-
Gus G. A. R. posts and the ladies' aux
iliaries will be detailed to take the
flowers to the graves.
The complete program for the Au-
ditorium follows:
AT o'clock p. M, the chairman,
Comrade G. N. Bacon, will call the
meeting to order and introduce Com
rade C. H. Titus as master of cere-
monies
Song-"America," led by Mr.. M. C.
Holman, audience joining.
Invocation by Comrade Rev. J. K.
Miller, commander of Topeka post,
No. II.
Song-Mrs. Grace Bacon Burr.
Reading, General Logan's order No.
IL and President Lincoln's Gettys- i
burg address by Chaplain J. w. Sid
well.
Music-"Star Spangled Banner by
the school children, Professor D. III.
Seymour, organist.
Address by Comrade Colonel L. c.
True, introduced by Comrade F. d.
Coburn, late sergeant-major of Colonel
True's regiment.
Song by Mr.. Dana Parkhurst.
Benediction by Rev. John H. Fazel
of Old Abe camp No. 16, Sons of Vet
Grams.