Evening star., 1920-05-30

Geographic Society: by Judge Stanton
J. Peelle of the Loyal Legion; by Rear
Admiral William F. FuHam. U. S. N. OF
the Naval Institute, and by Judge Sid
ney NJ. Ballou of the Navy League.
The program will begin with the play
ing of a patriotic air by the United
States Marine Band. Rear Admiral
George w Baird, u. S. N. retired. will
make an announcement of the purpose
of the exercises. The Rt- Rev. Alfred
Harding. D. D., Bishop of Washington.
| will pronounce the invocation. following
which the unveiling will take place.
The benediction will be pronounced by
the Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton Smith.
Memorial ut st. Patrick's.
Members of the American Legion. their
relatives and friends will attend a
memorial mass to be solemnized at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning at st. Pat
| rick's Church. under auspices Of Vincent
b. Costello Post
Chaplain lgnatius Fealy of Fort
Myer will be the celebrant of the
mass. with Chaplain Daily. from Wal
| ter Reed Hospital. and Chaplain Duny'
| from Washington barracks, as deacon
and subdeacon. Chaplain Francis r.
| Hurney of Baltimore will deliver the
sermon. Joseph B. Fitzgerald. mem
| ber of Costello Post, will be master OF
| ceremonies, and. a number of men,
bers of the post will serve as acolytes
| Members of the post will assemble
| in Carroll Hall on G street at 9:30
| and march into the church. After
Post will meet with G.. A. r. veter-
ans. in front of Grand Army Hall. or
Pennsylvania avenue, and go with them
| to Arlington cemetery. where me-
mortal exercises are to be held IN
| Then at 2 o'clock Costello Post
will attend the dedication of trees
near 18th street and Alaska avenue,
as monuments to the 507 District men
who died in the military service dur
placed on the trees bearing the names
of those who made the supreme sacri-
| flee.
! Public buildings and statues OF
! heroes were decorated with flags to-
| dayN There is to be but one delivery
of mail by carriers from the city
post Office tomorrow.
| Senator Selden P. Spencer of Mis-
| souri,, spoke at exercises held at the
government printing office at noon
| feature of the meeting. BENJAMIN A
| Lineback was chairman of the en-
l. tertainment committee. Milo Hastings
and Gordon Cameron sang.
Memorial Day Proclamation.
James A Drain, commander Of the
District of Columbia Department. the
American Eegion. issued the follow
ing Memorial day proclamation last
night:
Death is of little consequence to
the man correctly oriented toward
God and mankind No one ever need
feel sorrow for the man who passed
out of this world in the performance
of duty. Sorrow. and our sympathy
are for those left behind, lonely. There
is no duty more high or death OF
greater glory than that of the SOL
dier. We are apt to think of death
as something to be dreaded. Most
soldiers have lived down that dread,
if they ever had it. The words most
used by soldiers hurt, or sick and dy-
ing, are 1T is all right
1--WE do well to honor our soldier
dead on this Memorial day. 1t is. nat
ural that we of the American Legion
should think first of our comrades of
the last war, but our thoughts do not
stop there. We honor on this sad but
proud day all those who served in
other wars.
I'VE men of the American Legion
honor ourselves when we do homage
to our comrades who have passed.
Their purpose and ours in the war were