Evening journal., 1914-05-21

soldiers in all the cemeteries in VIII
mington and vicinity The parade
will start at 23O o'clock, from Fourth
and French streets.
On next Sunday morning, the vet
Grams Will attend services in the Sec
ond Baptist Church and in the after
noon some of them. headed by Com
mander Forbes, with a firing squad of
the p. o. S. of A., will go to Lombardy
cemetery and fire a salute to the SOL
diers buried there.
The route of parade will be as fol-
lows: Form on French street, from
French street to Fourth, to Market
street, to Eleventh street, TO Della
ware avenue, to the Soldiers Monu-
ment. countermarch on Van Buren
street, to Ninth street, to Washington
street, to Seventh street, TO Market
street and dismiss.
The parade viii form as follows
First division on west side of
, French street, right resting on Fourth
street.
Second division for on west side of
French street, right resting on Fifth
street.
Third division form on east side of
French street, right resting on Fourth
street.
Fourth division form on east side
of French street, right resting on
Fifth street.
The starting time will be an
nounced by two taps of the bell in
City Hall tower. The following is the
| formation:
First division, escort of police,
Chief Marshal William Forbes, Chief
OF Stan J. p. Riley, Chief Aid o. +. L.
Gentieu, First Division Marshal Will
liam G. Baugh, Sr. Past Department
! Commanders: First Regiment Band
General Thomas A. Smyth Post No. 1,
G. A. r., in command of Commander
p. Horn; Brunswick Fife and Drum
Corps; Military Company of Apo
mattox Camp No. ?, S. ", in command
of Frank Gentieu and William Schell-
niger, as aid; Edward II. Green
Camp No. 3S. s. v, in command ol
Captain George Dickel and Lieutenant
]. Keebler: Admiral S. f. DUPONT
Post, No 2, G. A. r., in command o
Commander ]. w. Dunning: Ladies
Auxiliary of Appomattox Camp, No
2, S. v, on large float; Daughters o
Veterans in automobiles; automobile
of the veterans who can not walk
Second division, II. ID. Walker, mar
shal; headed by the Bethany Baptis
Band and e. Pierson as chief aid
This division will consist of the JI
A. u. NJ. Guards. in command O
| Captain w. W. butcher and Firs
| Lieutenant Ira d. McCarns as aid.
| Third division, W. b. Remley i
commando T. c. Warrington, aid
p. o. S. Of A.
Fourth division, Mayor Harriso
w. Howell and the members of CIT
Council, president and members {
= the Board of Education Street an
z Sewer Department, Board OF Polio
z Commissioners. Board of Water Con
z missioners and the Levy Court
q The Boy Scouts of the city will al,
= be in the parade but IL has not bee
Y decided what division they will marc
= in.
y Many of the old soldiers during Il
= past year have passed to the far b
y yond, and only a few (as one of d
soldiers remarked) remain to keep
= the celebration. Much dependence
q being placed on the Sons of Veteran
y the present generation who are G
q pected to carry on and perpetuate I
" observance of the day. At the met
" ings Of the various posts the atten
= ance is very small. but the occasio
y are gradually made joyous, as tho
= who are left do not in the least wa
= to give up their responsibilities
= their comrades who have pass
u away.