The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-29

of the yearly tribute paid the memory of the brave men who fought for the Union during the dreadful Civil War of 1861-65. Each year the ranks of the veterans grow thinner and this year less than so members of Elias Howe, Jr., Post. No. 3. G. A. R., will march.
 ! The parade to Seaside park and back is now beyond the physical en- durance of the majority of the old soldiers. Most of them ride now.
 It was proposed by some of the Sons of Veterans here that all should ride this year, but the veterans who feel able to walk would not hear to this and they declared that as long as there is corporaps guard in the post able to march, that guard will be walking in the line on Memorial Day.
 William M. Barnum, past com mander of Elias Howe post and adju- tant-g general of the Department of Connecticut, G. A. R., will be grand marshal His chief of staff will be Major Louis J. Herrmann, c. N. G. Reserves. The aides to the grand mar shal will be F.. l.. Wilder, Alexander Howell, Max Stein, George Lee, B. Earl Garlick, Edward Rogan and
 John HawIey. The headquarters of the grand marshal will be established at Fairfield avenue and Broad street at 1:30.
 The first division will form in Fair field avenue right resting on Broad street The second division will form in Cannon street right resting on
 Broad street The third division will form in Cannon street, rights resting on Broad street. The fourth division
 will form in John street, right resting 1 on Broad street.
 The parade will move promptly at o'clock down Broad street to State to Park avenue, to Seaside park to the Soldiers monument. The exercises there will begin with prayer by Rev. James ". Illusion, assistant pastor or St. Charles R. c. church. The Coast Artillery corps band will play a olrge and the school children will sing KeeIer's American hymn and 'The Star Spang1ed Banner Charles E. Moore, senior vice com mander of Howe post, will read Gen. John A. L.ogan'sg order establishing Memorial Day, and J. Henry Blake
 man junior vice commander will make the address of the day. Lineoln'sj Get tysburg address will be given by A. F. Fargo. The Coast Artillery corps band will play while the veterans de- posit flowers on the monument The exercises will close with the singing of t.America's by the school children and the benediction of Rev. J. w. Da- wis, patriotic instructor of the Grand Army.
 In accordance, with their usual cus- tom members of Franklin Bartlett camp, No. Il, Sons of veteraons, will place a laurel wreath at the feet of the bronze soldier on the monument. The members of Angeline Bartlett tent, Daughters of Veterans, will place la wreath on the sailor in memory of those lost or killed at sea during the war.
 The parade will then reform and march to the flag staff where the cere- mony of lowering the colors and firing the sunset gun will take place. Prior to this a detail from Lieut.. Nathaniel Bishop camp, Spanish War Veterans, will place a wreath on the Spanish cannon at the park. The salutes will be fired by a detail from the Coast Artillery corps.
 Returning from the park the line of
 march for the parade will be around the seawaH to the park drive leading to Broad street, up Broad street to State, where the line will be halted to permit the mayor and the city officials to reach the city hall park where they will review the parade from the stand there. The city officials party will be escorted to the stand by the Marine band of New Haven and will be es- corted to their place in line at the start of the parade by the whole city battalion. @
 The grand r11arshaI and his staff l will review the parade at John and
 Broad streets. The marchers will be
 dismissed after passing the grand
 marshal. The police detail of 150
 will be the largest ever seen in a
 Memorial Day parade.
 The parade will form as follows: Eleven pIatoons of policemen, of 12 men each.
 >~ The first or military divisionswill be
 led by Lieut.4Co1. Vincent M. King
 with Lieut.. William N. Potter, adju- ] tant. In the division will be Coast
 Artillery corps band. Second com
 pany, c. A. c. Capt. Louis J. Prague;
 Fourth company, Capt. Arthur c.
 Elias s. Hall; medical corps, Major
 Frederic J. Adams. Lieut.. George B. l Garlick; Marine Corps band, New Ha,-
 ven, Third division Naval reserves,
 Lieut.. A. J. Merritt, Lieut.. Alfred
 Chippendale; Second division, New
 ciation; Live Oak Uniform Rank, I Woodnrep of the World, Company F.
 No. 21. U. R. K. of P.
 Second division, Dr. Charles H. 1 Sprague, marshal and staff Foot | Guards band, New Haven; Franklin
 Bartlett camp, No. II, Sons of veter- ans, F.. L. Chapman comrnanding:
 Elias Howe post, No. 3. G. A. R.,
 Frank Miller, commanding; veterans \ in carriages; Rernin gton band, Rem 1 ington Guards, Lieut.. Nathaniel
 Bishop camp. Spanish War Veterans,
 Warren Dietz, commanding. F
 Third division. E. H. Morris, mar shall and staff; Clan Campbell Piper's
 band, Clan Campbell, o. S. c. Federal
 Drum corps. Miller commandery,
 No. 12, Loyal Legion, American Me 1 chanics degree team, Soko1 Polish
 cadets.
 Fourth division. pr. Samuel J.
 Scouts of America; United Boys Bri-
 gade of America staff. Major Will liam Bernhardt, Adjutant Watson,
 Col. Boyd and Assistant Quartermas- 1 ter James Bradshaw; Go. D, Capt. A. B. Gilbert, commanding, Co. B bat | terY Lieut.. SeItsam: Co L German