Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
c. A. R. VETERANS
AGAIN HONORED

man Frank Deiner, chairman of the
narade committee, and other city Of
ficials and men prominent in G. A. r.
circles.
A feature of the parade was the
presence in line of five veterans of the
Mexican War, all of whom are close
to or over the ninety-year mark in
age.
These veterans rode in a carriage
near the head of the parade, and
seemed to enjoy 1t just as much as
1.-The boys of the Civil War" who
marched behind them
The four were Aaron McCloud, GIL
Warren street, who will be ninety
one years of age on June 8; Edwin
Collins, 95 Vesey street, who will be
ninety-one on June "a; Edward S.
Burton, $50 Sixth avenue, who will
reach ninety-one years on July Il;
Joseph Evans, 1874 Belleville avenue,
who will celebrate his eighty eighth
birthday on July T. and David Ed
wards, 6S8 Parker street, the young
ster" of the bunch He will not
reach his eighty seventh year until
this fall.
AS usual in the Grand Army pa
rades, grandsons, and, in some in
stances, great-grandsons, proudly
walked -
patiently and manfully tried to ac-
commodate their rapid and hurried
steps to the tagging ones of the vet
eran relative.
Not as many people witnessed the
parade as In former years, and this
was probably due to the reason that
the parade started promptly on time
nd had passed down Broad street be-
fore the usual crowd of onlookers
had arrived. The parade was
scheduled to start from Military Park
at o'clock, and on the minute Grand
Marshal Brown gave the word the
police scort started off and the parade
was on. The head of the parade
reached the reviewing stand at the
City Hall at 9:15 o'clock, and the last
of the playground floats passed there
a few minutes after 10 o'clock.
An impressive service took place at
non today when all the local church
bells were tolled for five minutes.
During that time every member of
the Grand Army, no matter where he
happened to be stood bareheaded at
attention while the bells tolled. For
that matter the veterans were not the
only ones who did homage to the de-
parted veterans. Thousands of citi-
zens, young and old, likewise uncov-
cred their heads and stood in silent
reverence.
The tolling of the church bells is an
innovation in Memorial Day celebra-
lions and Is the idea of former Con-
gresham Washington Gardner, of
Michigan, the national commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
The formation Of the parade will
be as follows
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detachments from headquarters and
various precincts to act as patrol;
Mayor Haussling and guests in car
| riages; Forman ]. Reynolds, depart
ment commander of the G.. A. r. OF
New Jersey, and James f. Connolly
past department commander; Alder
man Frank Diener, chairman, and
| William S. Lambert secretary of the
| joint committee, in carriages.
| First Division - Grand Marshal
Brown, Acknowledgement William G
Campbell and aides; four survivors
of the Mexican War in carriages as
special guests of honor; First Squad.
ron of Cavalry, Major William A
Bryant, commanding; First Infantry
N. G. N. j., Colonel John D. Fraser
commanding; Naval Reserves, Com
mander E. Mcclure Peters, com
manding.
Second Division-Assistant Marsha
Watson Ryno; Vincentz's band
Members of the G. A. r. as follows
Phil Sheridan Post No. 10, Hexame
Post No. "a, Phil Kearny Post No.
James A. Garfield Post No. 60, 1saa
A. Tucker Post, Lincoln Post No. II
Marcus L. Ward Post No. SS an
Marcus l.. Ward Post No. Is, Sons o
Veterans.
Third Divisional. c. Hopper, as
sistant marshal; Columbus band
Charles Gushing Post, Veterans o
Foreign Service; Mitchell Camp
Spanish War Veterans; Foreign Ser
vice Camp; Fitzhugh Lee Camp {
Orange; Sewell Camp of Elizabeth
American Veterans Of Foreign Sci
, vice and Veterans of Indian Wars.
Fourth Division-Osceola Curriel
assistant marshal. Krimke's band
; Uniform Rank, Junior Order Unite
: American Mechanics.
, Fifth Division-G. o. Lytell. as
} sistant marshall Suenderhaft's band
Polish Artillery, Knights of st. MAJ
> tin; Columbia Guards; Guards {
' Columbus; Nutley Battery, East o.
ange Cadets; Boy Scouts; Ivy HI
Cadets and Playground Cadets.
Sixth Division-Guests in carriage