The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-05-15
G. AR. MAKES READY
FOR MEMORIAL DAY


Newton Clark is chairman, met here
Saturday and prepared the program for
Memorial Day exercises. George X.
Castner will be Grand Marshal OF the
day. The following is the entire pro-
ram:
$3.50 a m. ~ Decorating Graves in
Cemetery under direction Of w. r. G.
10 20 a. m.-Assembe near G. A. K.
hall on State street.
10 30 March to cemetery.
Order of March: Public schools,
Civic associations: A. f. a. a. NJ, !.
o. O. F.. Fire department and others
citizens; His Honor, the Mayor, coun-
ell and city officials; Ladies of the Re
lief Corks; Comrades Of Grand Army
Of Republic.
II a. m. Exercises at ldlewild Gem
etery under direction of schools.
2:30 p. mat Court House square:
Invocation by Rev. w. B. Yonng..
Solo "Star Spangled Banner -
Prof. Adrian j. Epping.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Il. B.
Gibson.
Quartet -"There viii be One Vacant
Chair, - Patriotic Quartet.
Patriotic Address Rev. j. G. Tate.
Hymn-"America" Congregation.
The several schools in the valley are
invited to participate with US If they
have no other arrangements, meet
with us in the village or at the ceme-
terry.
II is hoped some of our patriotic
owners of automobiles will recollect
those of our old comrades who are una
BILE to march, as well as the ladies OF
the w. r. C. Executive Committee.
The order of the Department of Ore
gon for the observation Of Memorial
Day is as follows: j
Memorial Day, the "DaY Of Days,
of the Grand Army of the Republic, its J
allied organizations and all patriotic
American citizens is near at hand, and |
the Department Commander directs
every Post in this Department to make
all necessary arrangements for the |
proper and reverent observance of Fri |
day, May 30, in loving remembrance of |
our dead comrades.
Let no soldiers grave be forgotten,
but as in the cemeteries of our large |
cites and towns, so in the quiet country
side graveyards let the fragrant How
ers of the springtime be strewn by
tender hands in memory of the loved
and lost.
Let the flag beloved by our comrades
be planted above their honored dust
and left there to wave. through storm
and sunshine as tokens of 'undying
love from comrades of the war. -
Many who were with us on last
Memorial Day have 'passed beyond
the veil" and to US is left the blessed
memory of their noble lives, and the
duty of covering their "low green
tents" with fairest flowers.
Let every comrade lay aside the care
and labor of every day life and give
the entire day to the sad and solemn
duties belonging to 1t.
"Let us come very close together on
this day, to us the dearest and sweetest
of the year, and as we march to the
cemeteries and feel the old time elbow
touch, perhaps a little more tremulous
than of yore, but always that Of a
comrade, may our hearts be so filled
by a sense of fraternity that only low.
ing thought can find place therein.
So shall we receive a baptism of bless
edness and a benedictlon OF peace ant
the world as we'll a lesson in loyalty tC
our country and our flag, beneath
whose folds every soldiers grave is an
altar Of patriotism.
The Posts are urged to seek the co
operation of all civic and military or
ganizations, of the public generally
and especially the active help of th,
children of the public schools in tn,
work of Memorial season.
Lincon's Gettysburg address will b.
read or recited as part Of the exercise
on Memorial Day.
1t is the earnest desire Of the DE
partment Commander that this Memor
ial Day, May 80, 1913, may be NOR
generally observed in the Department
of Oregon than ever before.
The Department Commander is sur
that the Posts will not neglect tn
very important duty of visiting tn
public schools on some convenient da
previous to the 30th inst, and repre-
sentative men should be detailed to ad
dress the children briefly on topic
suitable to the OCCASION.
Let every Post in the Department
arrange for Memorial services on Sur
day. May %, which has been designate
as Memorial Sunday. Invite all allie
organizations, the Spanish War Vetei
ans, the Oregon National Guard an
any other associations to accompany ii
comrades to some church, there to joi
in reverent worship of the Great Fatl
er of us all.
The beautiful custom of strewir
flowers upon the waters in memory
those comrades who sleep in O
Oceans" gray and melancholy waste.
should be observed wherever it is po
sible to do so.
il is expected that the comrades
the Grand Army of the Republic an
all loyal citizens will Join in the otIo
TO discourage the desecraton of Memo
ial Day by those who forget its solen
significance and who would make it
time of sports and amusement.
Business men are especially reques
ed to close their doors while the Men
orial services are being held and
join with the Grand Army in the GER
monies of the day.