New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-28
Thinner LINE OF BLUE
FOL MEMORIAL PARADE
AhdIt 200 Civil War Veterans
MIStered Out by Death in
Metropolis in Last Year.
SHORT WALK FOR G. A. R.
upeiling Monument to Old
httleship Maine One of the
aeatures-Taft Will Be Ora
tor-Sulzer Will Review.

,rl War died in New York City last
car The enrolled membership of the
.rand Army Of the Republic posts i'm the
,,,v at the end of 1911 was 2,4l7. At the
end of 1872 there were 2,243. One hundred
o,d seventy-four veterans died i'm tile
ss.al wear ended with December. That
,robably represents approximately the de-
.-sase in the ranks since last Memorial
nav For the most part those who will
march Or ride up Riverside Drive to the
soldiers and Sailors Monument next Fri
dsv morning will be veterans who en-
listed before they had reached manhood
The unyeiling of the National Maine
uonument at the entrance TO Central
park Eighth avenue and seth street, at 3
o'clock ir the afternoon, will cause the
assembling Of twelve battleships Of the
North Atlantic fleet a parade which will
,,e,ude four thousand men of the feet
viii pass up Fifth avenue from 42d street
20 the monument at Columbus Circle.
Navor Caynor will accept the monument
IN hehar Of the city after Miss Ruth Gay
nor tie Mayors youngest daughter,
nlaces.s wreath contributed by the city on
the shaft
Taft Will Be the Orator.
Ex.President William II. Taft will be
the speaker Of the day. Bishop Greer will
make The invocation and speeches will be
made bv Secretary Of War Garrison, Sec
retar, Of the Navy Daniels and Governor
sulze. a wreath contributed by the ma
tim Eir he placed on the shaft by Rear
Admiral c. D. Sgsbee Of the battleship
Maine. and the Rev John p. Chadwick,
chaplain.
The battleships which are TO mobilize
in the Hudson will be the Wyoming. the
Florida. the North Dakota. the Delaware.
the Virginia the New Hampshire, the
South Carolina, the Kansas. the Georgia,
the NV Jersey and the Rhode Island.
The parade Of the veterans will start al
I'd street and Riverside Drive at 9 o'clock.
Governor Sulzer will review the column
from a stand at the monument, Ssth street
and the Drive Major S. Ellis Briggs,
commanding the Old Guard. will act as
spr!al escort TO the reviewing stand.
yrieadier General George r. Dyer, COM
handing the 1st Brigade Of the national
r,ard, win march the 18th Regiment from
lexington avenue and 26th street 10 Madi-
s,n avenue and 35th street. where it will
pin the list Regiment at $50 o'clock in
the morning.
Mobilize in West seth Street.
Both regiments will then march up
Fifth avenue TO 59th street, picking up the
I2th Retiment at 6lst street on their way
TO West End avenue and 6sth street,
where the troops mobilize. This arrange
ment Hil give the brigade chance TO
show its colors in a way that has never
been provided before.
The memorial exercises will be held IN
the eveninr at o'clock in Carnegie Hall.
The Rev. Joseph Siverman, rabbi OF
Tenonle Enanu-El will make the invoca-
lion. General George B. Loud, chairman
NJ the committee. will introduce Thomas
W. Churchill. president of the Board OF
Education the presiding officer. A musi-
cal and literary programme has been ar
ranged Farragut Naval Post 5l6 will
20 10 Voodlawn Cemetery after the
morning parade to decorate the grave OF
Admiral Farragut.
The annual work horse parade, under
The susices of the New York Women ;
League for Animals, will be held i'm the
mornin. at $50 o'clock, starting at Wash
ington Square. The awarding OF the
prizes will take place at Fifth avenue
and o. street The long line Of wagons
with overs and potted plants VIII lenu
an attractive touch to the parade. Mrs.
lame speyer. president Of the league re-
eslve so many entries early in the month
that he had TO stop receiving them after
Msyl5
Water Picnic for Anti Sutraslsts.
radirp anti-suftragists will start their
user ricnic on the North River. at 20
s,aet early in the morning. The Starina'
sad 10 be the largest barge afioat, VIII
rake its way through the feet of river
ale Drive with the "antis" listening 10
rcbestra music and professional enter
ainers Their banners Will be thrown u
The breezes in a conservative manner 50
as 10 attract attention. Among inc
ants" who will take part in the proper
cabaret" will be Mrs. Arthur NJ Dodge
Mrs. Fritz Achelis, Mrs. W. a. Putnam
and Mrs Everett p. Wheeler.
Al lakewood Heights. staten lsiano' inc
Aeronautical Society will start its fourth
annual "Flvjng Carnival" lasting three
DAYS. Many thrilling. daredevil ana euu-
cational feats by some of the wei known
flyers Of the world have been adVert'se"