Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-19
VETERANSPLAN
BIG GPARADE FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
Event Will Mean More Than
Since Early Sixties With
L. S. at War


Once again the veterans of '61
will form in line, straighten bent
shoulder, lift up their gray heads
proudly and swing down the streets
in slow march to pay their annual
memorial tribute to the comrades
who have died in years gone by.
Fewer and fewer become the
numbers in this company, smaller
and smaller the roll grows each
year, as death visits the ranks.
And those who remain-with tear
dimmed eyes each year faithfully
and devotedly go to the resting
place of the departed ones who
fought by their side in the great
War of the Rebellion.
Means More Than Ever
This year Memorial Day prob
ably means more than it ever did
since the days of '9S. With the
United States in the great world
war, another great Memorial Day
may be set--for the Boys in Blue
who fought in the early sixties will
soon be gone.
Only a handful remain compared
with the many thousands who
marched down pennsylvania avenue
in Washington in '65 and were
mustered out of service after four
years of fighting. Their greatest
wish and desire is that the genera
tions to come will never forget their
sacrifices and once again ask every
one to join them in paying homage
| to the ones who have already an
swered the last roll call
Planning Observance
Plans for this observance in Har-
risburg were started last night at u
meeting of large joint committee
in the rooms of Post 5S, Grand
| Army of the Republic.
Next Friday the veterans will visit
all the public schools and partici-
pate in the patriotic programs which
are being prepared.
The annual Sunday Memorial
services will be held Sunday morn
| ing in the Pine Street Presbyterian
Church, with the Rev. DR.. Lewis s:
! Nudge as speaker. The veterans of
Post So with visitors from other
posts will form at 10 o'clock in
front of the Post Hall, 26 North
| Third street, and march to the
church at Third and Pine streets.
In the afternoon ceremonies will
be held in the West Fairview Gene
terry at o'clock.
The annual parade to the ceme-
teries will be held on the afternoon
of May 80. The line will form in
two divisions at Front and Market
streets. Henry w. Newman will be
chief marshal and Francis II. Soy,
Sr., chief of staff Definite plans
will be completed within the next
few days. In the first division the
National Guardsmen, Spanish AM
erican War Veterans and Veterans
of Foreign Wars will be placed, and
Posts 5S, 116 and 520 in the Second
| Division
The route of the parade will prob
ably be east in Market street, to
Fourth street, over the Mulberry
street bridge; the first division turn
ing south to the Mt. Calvary Gene
terry, and the second division north
to the Harrisburg Cemetery. The
Rev. DIR. George Edward Halves of
Market Square Presbyterian Church
will speak at the ceremonies in the
Harrisburg Cemetery.
Flags will be placed on the
graves on Tuesday, May 20. George
Sellers. commander of Post 5S, and
chairman of the committee of ar
rangements, has issued a request to
all persons who know of graves of
soldiers that are not marked to COM
municate with him. On Wednesday
morning Post 5S members will visit
the East Harrisburg Cemetery and
Post 116 the PaXtang Cemetery.
Persons contributing flowers are
urged to bring them or have them
sent to the rooms of Post So early
on Wednesday morning, May 80.