The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
PROGRAM lS.-AaRANcED
FOR DECORATION Day
Patriotic Societies Plan
Elaborate Observance of
Holiday.
TWO SPEAKERS NAMED
E. c. Mulroney and w. L.
Murphy to Deliver Appro-
pirate Addresses.
TWO SPEAKERS NAMED

The detailed program of the patriot
Ic societies Of Missoula for the OBJ
servance Of Memorial day was COM
pleted at joint meeting Of repre-
sentatives of the organizations and the
chamber OF commerce yesterday after
noon with the ladies' of the G. A. r.
In the Masonic temple. The transport
tation committee reported that the
MissOula Street Railway company
would offer for Decoration day only
five cent rates for the trip to the SUI
gar factory. This line comes within a
short distance of the cemetery.
The Memorial day program calls for
the assembling of the members of the
patriotic societies at the city hall at
3 o'clock. From there they will parade
to the Masonic temple where they will
take the cars to the cemetery. In
the line of march the United Spanish
War veterans will lead. followed by
the G. A. r., the Sons of Veterans.
the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies
OF the G. A. r. and the Ladies' Auxil-
larry of the United Spanish War Vet
Grams. The Boy Scouts will bring up
the rear. The cars will he boarded at
ga, and the services at the cemetery
will begin at 10 o'clock.
Muironey Orator Of Day.
The services there will start with
the ritnalistic ceremony of the G. A. r.
and the Woman's Relief Corps. The
chorus from the relief corps will then
sing, Jesus, Lover of My Soul" The
remembrance address will follow. T..
&. Muironey. himself a Spanish war
veteran. will be the orator of the day
After a salute from the firing squad
of the Spanish war veterans. the Won
ans Relief Corps chorus will sing
Nearer My God to Thee" The morn
ing service will conclude with dccora
ton of tha graves.
Ceremony for Sailors.
The crowd will leave the cemetery al
-. A half hour later a short ceremony
in honor of the absent sailors will III
observed on the Higgins avenue bridge
Flowers will be strcwn on the water.
in remembrance OF them.
The dinner which in previous year!
has been given by the auxiliaries ha.
been dropped from the program. The
committee thought that the dinner i'm
posed an unduly heavy burden on tn
women and kept them from enjoying t
best advantage the day.
Big Evening Program.
The afternoon program has beef
postponed until 1880. At that hou
a band concert will begin on the court
house lawn. After that chorus o
100 children from all the schools o
the city will sing. This part Of tn
program will be Under the direction 0
Miss Kate Palmer. who is In charg
of music in the public schools. Fol
lowing. Dan Heyfron will read Lin
coins Gettysburg address. The mai
address of the evening in honor of tn
departed soldiers and sailors. will b
delivered by w. l.. Murphy. The pro
gram closes with the Star Spangle
Banner" led by the school children
chorus.
Sunday Memorial Service.
Next Sunday memorial service wi
be held in the Christian church. Re
George II. Bassett will preach the SCI
mon.
The committee which drew up tn
program and which has general chare
of the local observance of Memoir;
day is composed of Mrs. G. 4. CraN
shaw. representing the Woman's re
lief Corps: Mrs Margaret Hutchinson
the Ladies of the G. A. r.: ]. s. Spa'
ling. G. A. r.: Mrs. e. s. Paxso
Ladies' Auxiliary of United SPANS
War Veterans: +. S. Paxson. Unite
Spanish War Veterans, and D. D. Ricl
ards, chamber of commerce.