The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-28
PLANS COMPLETE
 FOR MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
Captain Anderson to Command Escort
 of Police
Commander Frank M. Wilder oi Elias Howe Post to De-
 liver Address

Plans for the observance of Memor- ial Day in Bridgeport may now be said to be practically complete. The grand marshal of the parade today made. public his general orders, No. ?, and the program for the exercises a t Seaside park has been announced.
 The day will start off with a. base ball game at Newf1eld park Bridgeport and New Haven being the attraction for the holiday. The parade of the G. A. R. and associated organizations will of course be the big feature of the afternoon. There will be special steamboat excursions to Port Jeffer- son and New York and the thea tres will all have good bills. Ballard's cir GUS will be showing in town so taken al1-ina1l there will be plenty of ways for the people of Bridgeport to divert themselves Memorial Day.
 The day being a legal holiday, no stores, banks, or public buildings will be open, and holiday hours will prevail at the poStoffice.
 Grand Marsha Neff's general orders for the formation of the big parade are as follows:
 Headquarters Grand Marshal, Me- moria1 Day parade,
 Bridgeport, Conn. May 27th, 1913 General Orders No ?.
 The details of the parade are as follows:
 1. The Grand Marshal will estatfish his headquartens on Broad street north of Fairfield avenue, Friday, May s0th, at p. m. His Aides will report to him there not later than 1:30 p. m.
 ?. The First Division will form on Fairfield avenue, west of Broad street
 The Third Division will form on Cannon street. east of Broad street. the right resting on Broad street.
 The Fourth Division will form on John street. west of Broad street. the right resting on Broad street. This State street and Courtland street.
 Fifth Division will form on Bank street, east Of Broad street, right rest ing on Broad street ] ! 3. All Organizations will be in posi- ton ready to march at 1:45 p. m- Di- vision Mars1aals will report to the Grand Marshal as soon their re- spective commands are in position. The column will move promptly Tt o'clock down Broad street to State street to Park avenue to Seaside Park, through the Park, via the Seawau boulevard to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Before entering the Park the column will halt to allow the first half of Second Division to get in po- sition to review the parade from the east side of Park avenue, south Of Linden avenue After the review the first half of the Second Division will take up the march in the rear of the procession to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
 4. At the conclusion of the exercises at the Monument the First and Sec ond Divisions will move out of the circle and form on the Seawa11 Boule- yard facing the Flag Staff The First Division in, the rear of the Second, and participate in the ceremonies of sound- ing the Retreat. The column will move in the original order to Broad street, passing City Hall, where it. wdll be rer viewed by His Honor, Mayor Clifford B. Wilson, the Board of Aldermen, and various city boards, thence to Fairfield avenue, where the parade will be dis missed The Grand Marshal. Chief Of Staff and .Aides-de-camps will review the column at Bank street.
 By order of
 JOHN H. NEFF,
 Grand Marshal. Official: