The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-29
Deeds Of Bravery of Soldiers
of 81 Will be Recalled as
Comrades March to
Pay Tribute.
UNKNOWN HEROES, TOO
The Boys Who Lie in IN
marked Graves Will Not be
Forgotten and Flowers
Decorate Monument.

Homage to its soldier dead, and
honor to the nations heroes will be
paid by Keokuk tomorrow, on Mem
oria1 day All arrangements have
been completed, the program has
been outlined and all that remains
to make the day success will be
good weather. The annual exercises
will be held at National cemetery, If
the weather permits. Should the day
be rainy, the exercises will be held
in the Grand opera house, Messrs.
Baker and Dodge having offered their
house for the event.
The veterans Of the civil war will
form in procession on Main street
and accompanied by the Spanish war
veterans, the local military company
and boy scouts, will march to- the
cemetery where the exercises will be
held. The old flags will once more
be unfurled, and the strains of pat
riotic music will bring back memor-
les which will quicken the pulse and
hasten the step OF the fast thinning
line Of blue.
Lieutenant T. H. r. Rollins, mar
shall of the day, and Lieutenant Emil
F. Remand, aide, will martial their
columns at Sixth and Main streets
shortly after l o'clock The columns
will move at 1880 o'clock sharp.
The Order Of Parade.
The order Of parade will be the fol-
lowing:
Platoon of police.
Band.
Company L.
Belknap Post, G.. A. r.
Terrence Post, G. A. r.
George v. Jenkins camp %, U. s.
W. v.
Boy scouts.
Carriages.
In carriage No. will ride Mayor
Ed. S. Lotion, state Senator ]. R.
Frailey Of Fort Madison, the orator
of the day, the Rev. e. Leroy Steffey,
chaplain, and Ernest l.. McCoid,
president of the day.
In carriage No. 2 will ride Com
missioners Fred Hlpert, Jr., T. J.
Hickey, Miss Nina Valerie Hodge and
Marshall N. Fulton.
Carriage No. 8 will contain Mrs.
Busch and Mrs. S. H. Johnston.
Exercises at the Cemetery.
The exercises at the National GEM
etery will take place as soon as the
columns arrive There will be the
decoration Of the monument to the
unknown dead This will be follow
ed by the decoration of the graves.
The exercises around the grand,
stand at the cemetery will be opened
with selection by the Community
band, ]. C. Hedrick leader. There
will be chorus Of 225. school chill
dren to sing the various songs. The
children will meet inside the ceme-
terry gate, near the car line, and will
- ~ hn of
cemetery. The chorus will be under
the direction of p C. Hayden. super
visor of music of the public schools.
FraiIey to Speak.
The exercises will continue in this
order:
Call to order by the president. E.
L. McCoid.
Invocation by Rev. E. Leroy stef-
fey.
Song by children, Star spansled
Banner. 4
General Logan's Order No. II. read
by Miss Nina Valerie Hodge.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
Speech by Marshall Fulton.
Song by children, The Song OF
Iowa
Address, Joseph R. Frailey.
Song by children, America.
Benediction, Rev. E. LeRoy Storey.
Firing salute, Company l..
Taps.
Procession reforms and returns to
the city.
Hayden Adds Verse.
The Song of Iowa, which will be
sung by the chorus will be very ap-
propriate to the day, and OF unusual
interest due to the fact that Profes-
sor Hayden has composed fourth
verse to the song, which deals Win
Memorial day. In the three preceo-