Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-26
BRYAN TO SPEAK
TO WAR VETERANS
Exercises Are to Be Held on Thurs
day Afternoon at the Audi.
torium.
OLD SOLDIERS WILL PARADE
Miniature Battieship win he
Launched During the Afternoon
at the Foot OF Douglas street
By Navy Veterans.

Hon. william Jennings Bryan will be
the principal speaker at the local Me-
mortal day exercises which will be held
at the Auditorium Thursday afternoon.
His topic has not yet been announced
but II win be some patriotic subject, ap-
propriAte for the occasion. Bryan will
arrive Thursday forenoon and while here
win bo at the Paxton hotel. He viii
leave the same evening for Lincoln.
Prior 10 the exercises at the Auditorium
a parade will be held In which all able
bodied civil, and spanish war veterans Of
Omaha. together with local military
organizations, will march. The parade
win form on the Fight side Of cspitol
avenue promptly at 2:so o'clock, and from
there the line OF march win be south or
Is. s.xteenth 10 Douglas street, cas-, on Doug
las to Fifteenth. and thence south or
Fifteenth street TO the Auditorium. In
addition to the war veterans there will
bo DELEGATIONS OF naval veterans, national
guards. mall carriers and the Omaha
High school cadet regiment A platoon
OF police will march 1t the head OF the
parade.
r. G. Howell Of Lee Forby camp. No. 1.
viii act as marshall. and his two aides
will DO A. N. Yost. George Crook post
No. s62, ana Charles L. Thomas, George
A. Custer post No. 7,
Carriages containing chairmen Of gen
eral committees and speakers Of the day
will drive from Capitol avenue. west OF
Sixteenth street. The woman's Relief
Corps. the Ladies' Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic. and the Henry Lawton
auxiliary will form a statutory line on
Howard street. facing Fifteenth street.
Program at Auditorium.
Following will be the program OF the
Auditorium exercises:
w. II. Russell. chairman. Grant Post
No. 10.
Oyerture-0reen's band
Song America. by the Young Mems
Christian association quartet.
Reading roll OF the years dead by
Mayor r. 8. Wilcox.
Taps-UnIted States bugler.
Dirse--GreeE's band.
"LIneoin's address at Gettysburg" by
Rev. Milton B. Williams.
Song by Young Mems Christian asso-
ciation quartet
Address by Hon. william Jennings
Bryan.
Music by Green's band.
Song by Young Mems Christian asso-
citation quartet
After the completion OF the exercises
at the Auditorium a miniature battleship
will be launched In the Missouri river
at the foot of the Douglas street bridge.
This service will be conducted by the
Navy club OF Omaha. assisted by the
womens Relief Corps. The battleship
which viii be used win be carried in the
parade. y
Decoration Of soldiers and sailors
graves vii be held at 10 O'Clock Memorial
day morning according to the following
schedule:
Grand Army OF the Republic and
women's Relief corps at all cemeteries
where exercises are necessary
George A. Custer post No. and wom-
ems Relief corps No s. at Prospect Hill
and Mount Hope cemeteries.
L s Grant post No. 10 and women's
Relief corps No. lO4. at Forest Lawn and
Jewish cemeteries
George Crook post No. 81 and wom-
ems Relief corps No 3 at Holy sepul-
cher. West Lawn and Bohemian eeme-
teries
Camp LeeForbes No. / and Henry Law
ton auxiliary No. l. viii hold Decoration
services at Fort Crook and at West Lawn
this afternoon.