Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY
PROGRAM TO
BE MARKED
BY PRAYER
AND FAST

0UO u0Vu
PROGRAM FOR THE DAY.
Union Memorial Day Services for all
churches, at the high school auditorium at
10 a. m.
Esrmation at Fort Brown, reading of
proclamation, Memorial Day address, at
l:30 p. m.
Memorial Day services for Grand Army
men, and decoration of graves, at City
Cemetery at p. m.
Memorial Day, an occasion this year,
to quote the language of President Viii
sons proclamation, ''fraught with sacred
ness" will be observed in Brownsville to-
morrow in manner fitting its >olemnity
and to degree unusual in this section of
the United States. Besides being the date
hong observed for decoration of the graves
of the soldiers who fought during the
Civil War, the president, upon request of
the National Congress. has called upon
the peope Ia observe the occas on in hu-
initiation and prayer.
wiping out of old sectional lines and feel
ings could be found than the preparations ,
being made in Brownsville and other
towns in the South and the Southwest for
the observance of Decoration Day and
perhaps no better expression of the senti- |
ment could. be found than that on the
cover of this months Red Cross Maga-'
zine. Here are shown three men, two old
and one young One of the old men wears
the butternut gray of the South, the other
the blue of the North, while the young
man wears the Khaki of the United States,
below is the inscription, "Blue p'us Gray
equals Khaki" \
Tomorrow marning at 10 O'Clock there
will be a memorial service held in the au
ditorium of the Brownsville high school
at which the presidents proclamation will
be sung and sermon vii be preached by
be sung and sermon vii be preased by
the Rev. BENJAMIN Dennis of the Episcopal
church.
The program for this event follows:
Song.
Prayer-Reverend t. " Herndon.
Song.
Reading of Proclamation-Rev A. Me-
Nair.
Song.
Sermon-Rev. Benjamin Dennis. :.
Song.
BeneGicton-Rev. $. X Hallam.
AT O'Clock tomorrow evening memo
rial services will he held at the grave of
III L.. ba
held under the direction of Captain Viii
ham Kelly. After the services at the grave
Of the late +. II. Goodrich the graves of
al former members of the A. NJ Barney
Post No. g. a. well as the graves of other
soldiers buried in the city cemetery, will
be decorated with flowers and flags.
Those who have flowers could find no
noobler work for them to do than in pay
ing tribute 10 these departed heroes and
such a contribution i solicited. Flowers
will be received Mt the Wise & Newman
store
Activ ties excepting those absolutely
necessary, VII be suspended during the
day and flags at Fort Browp and over the
federal building will he lowered to half
mast. AT .ou O'CLOCK IN me AFTERNOON
all soldiers In the Brownsville garrison
will be formed on the post parade ground
Following an invocation by Father ]. B.
Frigon. the presidents proclamation will
be read and an address viii be made by
w. s. West. The formation viii be con-
cluded with an invocation by DIR. s. X.
Ha lam. During the formation music will
be played by the Tn rteenih Cavalry Band.
The proclamation issued in response tol
a resolution by congress. follows:
BY the Pres dent of the United States.
"a Proclamation.
"Whereas, The congress of the United
States on the 2nd day of April last, passed
the follow ne resolution:
"sResolved, by the senate (the house
Of representative concurr.ng), That it
being duty peculiarly incumbent in a