The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
public Celebration VIII be Held To-
morrow When Gen. Byron c.
Ward Speaks at the
Exercises.
CHURCH SERVICE TODAY
Members Of G, A. r. Posts, Ladies o:
G. A. r. and Relief Corps and
Boy Scouts to Attend
Services.

Memorial day win be observed in
sKeokuk today in an informal manner
The public observance OF the day will
be held tomorrow, when General BY
ron c. Ward, department command
Ter OF Iowa win be here to deliver an
address at the exercises which will be
held at the National cemetery
(. This morning the G. A R. posts,
ladies OF the G. A. R., Women's Re
, lief Corps. and boy scouts from ke =
| kuk and Hamilton will attend serV-
ices at the First Baptist church the
Rev. F. B. McAllister has prepared
| a special patriotic service on this oc-
casion.
Tomorrow afternoon the public OBJ
servance of the day will be held. The
exercises Will be held in the National
cemetery II the weather permits in
case of rain or Indictment weather, the
services will be held in the Grand
opera house. use of which has been
rendered by the Baker-Dodge Thea.er
company.
Parade Starts at 1880.
The parade is to start from Sixth
and Main streets at 100 sharp. The
marshal OF the day viii be Captain
L. A. Berryhill. who will have for his
aiu, H. w. Rohker The following will
be the order Of the parade:
Platoon of police.
Citizens band.
Company L, Iowa National Guard.
Members Belknap Post.
Members Terrence Post.
Boy Scouts.
Carriages containing speaker of day,
president of day and chaplain. wem-
en- Of Relief Corps, city officials and
others
The line of march will be out the
usual route to the cemetery and
thence to the National cemetery
where the exercises will be held.
Exercises at Cemetery.
At the cemetery the following pro-
gram will be observed.
Decoration of the monument to the
unknown dead.
Decoration of graves in the Nation
al cemetery by the school children
At the speakers stand where the
audience will gather. following the
impressive ceremonies of decorating
the graves, this program has been
planned:
music by tnS OAHU.
Call to order by Captain A. II.
Evans, president of the day.
Invocation by the Rev. F. B. Nc
Allister of the First Baptist church.
Song by school children-Star Span
gled Banner.
Reading of general orders of de-
partment COMMANDERS. H. Johnston.
Reading Of Lincoln's Gettysburg adj
dress-Miss Frances Russey.
Song by school children-Red,
White and Blue.
Address-General Byron c. Ward.
commander.
Song by school children-America
Benediction.
Firing Of salute.
Taps.
Committees From Schools.
The following committees from the
schools to look after the decorating
of graves in Oakland cemetery have
been appointed:
High school-Reuben Pearson, Carl
Elgin, Ross Schaefer. Damon Mon
dort, James Fallon and Maynard
Woolley.
George Washington school-Gene-
We've Bell Jennie Borke, Leona Phil
Iips. Bertram Ullrich, Beverley Diclsin-
son. John Bryant.
Garfield school-Raymond Robert
son. Thelma Redmon, Edward Koch,
Purl Poland Keith Chambers, Bur
leigh Stafford, Albert Leindecker-
Wells school-Clara Bauer, Jose
phine Cochenour. Hattie Land How
ard Barnes, Robert Hillyer, George
Rulon.
Lincoln school--Alta Ewing, Marion
Wharton. Edna Johnson. Flossie
Telles, Frank Johnson, Chester Wells,
Horace Powers. Francis Billings.
Carey school-Leland Grout, Victor
Ioufek. Herbert Stafford, Alta Vim
cent, Alberta Grout, Thelma Dean.
Terrence schooI-Geneva Msthes,
Pearl Starr, Edna Pierson, Burrei
Neal, Reuben Sorenson, Merl Stroh.
m eier.
Gen. Ward Comes Tonight
General Byron C. Ward. department
Of the department OF
Iowa, Grand Army OF the Republic,
who will speak tomorrow, was nrst
lieutenant in the Second Vermont IN
fautrv of the Second brigade. second
division. sixth corps OF the army OF
rho Potomac. He will arrive in keo-
kuk tonight
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