Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY
ON WEST SHORE
Grand Army Posts, Veterans
and Patriotic Orders to Pa
rade ON Sunday


West Fairview, May %. - Plans
for the observance of Memorial Day
here and at Enola on Sunday after
noon May 81, are about completed.
Ex-senator Franklin Martin resi-
dent of this place and a member or
Post 5S G.. A. r., Harrisburg, has
been elected chief marshal and Chas.
II. Honich, chief of staff.
Answers from organizations in
vited to participate in the parade and
exercises continue to come in and in
dications point to a larger number
of men in line than in any previous
year. The organizations in line will
be the G. A. r., Sons of Veterans,
Spanish-American War Veterans,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Reserves
of the Sons of Veterans and Patriotic
Order Sons of America, Uniformed
Rank Knights of Pythias, Uniformed
Rank Knights of Malta and Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
The committee has decided to add
citizens division and requests all
persons desiring to march to the
cemetery who are not members Of
organizations in line of parade to re-
port at the p lace of formation, car
rying American flags, and they will
be assigned place in the parade.
The Valley Railways Company will
run special cars from Market Square,
Harrisburg, to West Fairview and
Enola, beginning at 1880 o'clock to
accommodate the various organiza-
tions taking part.
Camp No. 713. Patriotic Order Sons
of America will meet at their hall
at 1880 o'clock so as to be at the
place of formation at o'clock.
The cOmmittaa raunaGtG nl citi-
zens to decorate their homes by dis
playing the American flag. The
parade will form at West Fairview
Square at 2 o'clock and move
promptly at 1925 O'Clock, in order
that the G. A. r. Veterans may reach
the Northern Central bridge at 2:35
where they will board a trolley car
which will convey them to the ceme-
terry at Enola. The aids are request
ed to report to the chief marshal at
the place of formation at o'clock.
The first division will form in West
Market street, right resting in Main
the second division in East Market
street, north side, right resting in
Main and the third, or citizens di-
vision in south side of Market, right
resting in River avenue. Promptly
at 1925 o'clock the parade will move
by way of the State Road to the
SNAiN'NiS CT IHliOlI III lHe lOltOWlIlS
formations:
Chief marshal--Frank c. Martini
| chief of staff. Charles Honich; aids,
Charles w. Burns, i. S. Hatfield,
Captain E. Laubenstein. Dale E. Fox,
A. 3. Hoke; Sons of Vterans' Drum
Corps; Company G., Sons of Veterans
Reserves, Lieutenant Robert Squires,
commanding; Camp 15, Sons of Vet
Grams, Posts So, 116, $40 and all vet
Grams of the Grand Army of the Re-
public; New Cumberland band;
Spanish American War Veterans;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; Uniform
ed Rank knights of Pythias, Captain
d. Il. Miller, commanding; Uniform
ed Rank knights of Malta.
Second Division - John J. Hem
mer, marshal; aid, Preston Bair;
West Fairview Boys Band; Company
b. Reserves of the p. o. S. of A.,
CAPTAIN w. II. Best, commanding; /;
Company L, Reserves of the P. o. S.
Of A.. Captain w. A. Tenney; Camp
8. P. o. S. of A., Harrisburg; Camp
16. P. o. S. of A., Harrisburg; Camp
405, p. o. s. of A, Lemoyne; Camp
SOC, p. o. S. of A., New Cumberland;
Camp $50, P. o. s. Of A, Enola;
Camp 713, p. o. S. of A., West Fair
view.
The third division will be COM
posed of citizens marching and in
automobiles.
AT the cemetery at Enola the fol-
lowing program will be rendered
Assembly; music by New Cumberland
band; prayer, the Rev. Matterness
pastor of the Reformed Church, of
Enola; grafton, the Rev. ]. C. Form
crook. pastor Church of God, Pen
brook; music. New Cumberland band;
prayer the Rev. Mr.. Farling, Post
SIS, G. A. r.: address, George Sellers
commander Post 116 G. A. r.; Gen
eral Logan's Order No. IL, George w
}Rhoads, Post 5S. G. A. r.; Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address. N. A. Walmer
Post So. G. A. r.; memorial exer.
cises. e. b. Hoffman, c. d. Glenr
and F. Fl. Hoy. Sr.; music, New
Cumberland band: saluting the dead
Company G. Sons of Veterans Re.
serves; benediction. the Rev. S. L