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mittee on Hostess House Service.
| In approving the report. Secretary
Baker said: The recomme ndations
in this report are hereby approved.
with the reservation that the perma-
I nence OF the cemetery at Bony viii
be determined later when we have
accurate information as to the num-
her OF soldier-dead, associated with
British military operations. TO be re-
tained in Europe"
The tributes of flowers which to-
day are placed on the graves Of
/ our soldiers are the outward em-
blsm of deep and solemn emotion
which nils the entire nation" says
the Memorial Day statement from
! Secretary Baker.
Secretary Daniels declared In a
statement that the country that
forgets its defenders does not de-
serve citizenship courageous
enough TO place their. lives in jeop-
ardy TO defend it, ,
President Wilson will issue to-
morrow a Memorial Day prOclama-
tion, TO be followed throughout the
country by ceremonies.
ceremonies IN Europe.
Every American grave in Europe
will be decorated with an Ameri-
can flag and either bunch Of
flowers or a wreath. Hugh Wal
face, American Ambassador ~
., Paris. will speak at the ceremonies
at Suresnes. Ceremonies will also
be held at Romagne. Belleau Wood,
Thiaucort and Ploisy.
Z
Sixteenth street by the American
Legion in honor of their 507 Dis
! trict comrades who died in mill
tary service during the war, will
take, place this afternoon at ,
/ o'clock.
! Small metal tablets bearing the
names of those who made the su-
preme sacrifice will be placed on
The first tree will be dedicated by
the commanders of four veteran or
ganiZations OF Washington. De-
partment Commander John McEl-
roy. d. c. G. A. r.: Department
Commander Fred Beall. u. c. United
Confederate Veterans: Department
Commander r. II. Wood. d. c.
United Spanish War Veterans. and
Department Commander James A.
Drain, ID. c. American Legion. will
place the first plate on the tree.
each to drive one nail. the head to
be the button of his organization.
Those Participating.
Besides the veteran soldier organ
izations, other participants will be:
United States Marine Corps Rand,
Chaplain John Paul Taylor. the
Community Service Choir. and ad-
dresses by Louis Brownlow. District
Commissioner, and Benedict CrOwell.
Assistant Secretary of War. Chap
lain ]. ID. Frazier. L. S. ". will de-
liver benediction.
The line of march Of the Me
mortal Day parade Of veterans has
been changed. Col ~. II. OIdroyd.
Assistant Adjutsnt General Of the
G.. A. r., announced last night.
Starting from in front of the C. A.
r. building on Pennsylvania avenue.
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets northwest. at 10 a. m, to-
morrow. tho column will move west
to Executive avenue, thence north
to Pennsylvania avenue. where IL
will Countcrmarch to Pennsylvania
avenue and Fifteenth street. east
along Pennsylvania avenue TO Thir-
tecnth street. and south TO r street,
where the marchers will entrain for
Arlington. Thus the veterans will
cross railway tracks at but one
point. BY the route previously an
-nounced several tracks would he
encountered.
Automobiles Are Needed.
Col. oldroyd requests that auto
mobile owners who viii volunteer
Ial -
lvey speakers and veterans to Ar
Main 1909.
H. Vincent 3. Costello Post. of the
American Legion. will attend In a
body a memorial mass for the dead
of the post at st. Patrick's Church
Tomorrow morning at. 10 o'clock.
lChaplain Ignatius Fcaly. Of Fort
iMyer, will celebrate the mass. He
Twill be assisted by Chaplains DAILY
and Duffy. Of Walter Reed Hospi-
ltal and Washington Barracks. re-
lspectively.
The Rev, Francis Hurney. of Bal
ltimore. recently named to serve at
st. Patrick's Church. will make his
first public appearance there at the
lmass. He will preach a sermon on
THE Dead OF the War"
The main aisles OF the church
Twill be reserved for members OF the
lAmerican Legion. Joseph r. Fitz-
gerald will be master of cere-
monies.
Trinity Church Services.
/ An impressive commemoration OF
the dead will be held by the Amer
loan Legion at the Trinity Church,
4 Third and c streets northwest, at
s o'clock tonight. An address will
be made by Representative Albert
johnson. chairman of the Immigra-
tion Committee. on "Amerieaniza-
tion.r Remarks will be made by
the retiring commander. Col. z.
Lester Jones. and the new COM
mander, Lieut. Col. James A. Drain.
Formatien Of Parade.
Formation of the parade at 10
o'clock Monday at the @. A. n.
Building is as follows:
Mounted police escort Marine
Band. -comrsde s. q. Mawson. chief
marshal, and Adoiph j. Schippert.
Son OF. Veteran, aide; Old Guard, ].
NJ. Pipes, captain, commanding; de-
partment fcommknder. department
oficers and ofiicisl staf. past de-
psrtmeHt commanders. John A.
Rawlings Post No. /, Cyrus 3.
Lover. commander: Kit Carson