Arizona republican., 1921-05-30
WILL
 PAY HONOR II
 FALLEN HEROES
Memorial Day To Be Ob- served With Street Pa rade And Program Thomas R. Marshall Is Chief Speaker

Memorial Day will be observed fit tingly in Phoenix this morning with a parade of veterans organizations through the downtown section and an impressive and appropriate pro- gram at Library Park Thomas R. Marshall, former vice. president of the United States, will be the speaker of the day.
 While the public exercises of the day will include only the parade and program, followed by basket picnic and band concert at the park, thou sands of Phoenicians will celebrate the occasion with private parties and by enjoying holiday of rest and pleasure. The least pretentious but perhaps most impressive feature of the day will be the decoration of graves of fallen service men early this morning.
 The observance of Memorial Day will begin formally at 10 o'clock when the parade forms at the federal building on North First avenue Led by the Indian School band, it will proceed south on First avenue to Adams street, west on Adams to Tenth avenue. south on Tenth ave- nue to Jefferson street, and west on Jefferson to the bandstand in Library Park. The following veterans or ganizations will compose the various divisions of the parade:
 J. W. Owens post Grand Army of the Republic.
 womans Relief Corps, J. ". Owens post. C.. A. R.
 Robert F. Lee camp, United Con- federate Veterans
 Phoenix camp. United Spanish War Veterans.
 Mary Brodie Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans.
 Frank Luke. Jr.. post, American Legion.
 Woman's Auxiliary, Frank Luke. IT, post. American Legion.
 Maricopa Post No. 720, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 The Memorial Day program will begin immediately after the arrival of the parade at the park, probably about 10.30 o'clock. It will com mence with the singing of America. ]. by the audience, led by the Indian School band, followed by an invoca- : tion by Chaplain McDole of the G. A. R. Introductory remarks then will be made by Claude Decatur Jones, chairman of the day. and a brief address by Commander Murphy of the J. W Owens post, G. AR, will come next.
 will be the reading of the prize essay on What the men of the union army and navy did for our country ,. written by Ida Runnion, a pupil in the eighth grade Of the Wentworth school. The essay won the prize in the contest conducted by the Wo- mans Relief Corps.
 The reading of the prize essay will be followed by the reading of Lin coins Gettysburg address by Miss Ruth Winslow.
 Next will come sTenting Tonight. '' sung by the quartette of the Phoenix nigh school faculty, consisting of Miss Barkley, alto; Miss Coggins. soprano. MT. Robinson. bass and MT. Austin, tenor. The audience will join in the chorus of the famous old song. The singing will be under the direction of Prof. James R. Will son of the high school.
 The remainder of the program will be as follows:
 Remarks by George D. Cbristv. Spanish War Veterans.
 Remarks by Rolin ". Shaw of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
 Remarks by Gen. A. M. Tuthill. AHleTlcdn Legion.
 Address, Thomas R. Marshall, for mer vice president.
 Christ in Flanders Field, sung by Miss Bess Barkley.
 Star Spangled Banner sung bv the audience. leo. by the Indian School band
 During the singing of "Christ in Flanders Fieldy by Miss Barldey the women of the auxiliaries will place wreathes of peoples in honor of those who have died in the service of their country.
 Al the conclusion of the program most of the people at the mark will remain for the basket picnic and while this is going on the Indian School band will give a concert be- tween 12:30 and 1:30.