New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
ANNUAL MEMORIAL
OF WAR VETERANS
MILITARY AND CIVIC PARADE
AND MUSICAL PROGRAM AT
CEMETERY.
WORKS AND MOSEL TO DELIVER
APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES TO
VETERANS.

Insurance Commissioner S. D. Works,
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor, has been secured by
the G. A. R. committee having in charge
the arrangements for the observance of
Memorial day. The speaking and pro-
gram will take place at the City cemetery,
except in case of rain when the services
will take place in the Armory. AS
German speaker Prof. Hugo Mosel,
one OF the instructors of D. M. L. College
has been secured by the committee.
Commissioner Polchow offered his serv-
ices at recent meeting of the Post and
he will give reading, entitled "The Per-
feet Tribute in which is included Lin
coins famous Gettysburg speech.
Several selections by the Second Regi-
ment band will be rendered, as well as
appropriate songs by soloists and choirs.
The children of the public and the
parochial schools have been invited to
participate in the parade which will form
on Center and State streets at 10 o'clock
a. M, the route of march being the same
as in former years, south on State to
Second South street, east to Minnesota,
thence north to either Third or Fourth
North street, then swinging into Broad
way and further on into State street to
the cemetery.
Although no orders have been issued
as yet, the local military companies are
preparing to muster their full strength
on that day, as it is about the only
chance they get during the year to make
a showing. Burgs' Battery turned out
for special drill last Sunday afternoon
preparatory to the Memorial day parade,
the four pieces OF artillery making quite
an addition to the military part of the
parade. The Second Regiment band
will, of course, head the procession.
While most of the members of Hecker
Post are still active, members of the
organization throughout the country
are urging that the arrangements for
the observance of Memorial day be
taken off their shoulders and delegated
to some public or semi-public body.
Officers of the Department of Minnesota
have made move with this object in
view, by asking the Governor to make
an appeal to the people when issuing his
annual proclamation. Their letter to-
tho GOvornor follows.
flowing to the rapid decreases in our
membership and the inability of many by
reason Of age and disabilities incident
thereto we find it very difficult to proper
ly and adequately carry out our annual
custom of visiting the schools of the
state in advance of Memorial day.
eve believe that the time has arrived
when some assistance must be secured
if this work is to be kept up and main
tanned and we also believe that in view
of the great events transpiring both in
Europe and in this country and the in
tense interest manifested by our citizens
that the time is most opportune in which
to seek the aid and participation of some
of our patriotic citizens in a work so
fraught with the security, permanence
and integrity of our common country.
by reason of this situation we request
that at the time of the issuance of the
usual Memorial day proclamation, you
include therein statement of these
conditions with recommendation that
the state and municipal authorities and
the people generally give active assist
ance in this work to the end that every
school in the state may be visited on
Friday before Memorial day by one or
more citizens and the practice so COM
menced may become established for all
time in this great commonwealth"
Governor Burnquist has written the
Department that he would accede to-
their request.