The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-29
entire CITY TO
HONOR DEAD OF
NATIONS WARS
Ceremony I'm Court House Square
in Morning and Cemetery
In Afternoon.


Citizens of Rock Island will cease
their Iabors tomorrow to observe
one of the most impressive holt
days in American history-to honor
The dead of the nations wars.
Practically all business will be
at a standstill the entire day.
Stores, banks, court house. city Ii
brary, city hall, freight houses and
the postoffice will be closed all
day. The postoffice. however, will
deliver special delivery mail and
perishable parcel post and collec-
tons will be made fran street mail
boxes in accordance with the regu-
Tar holiday schedule.
The earliest ceremony of the day
at 7:30 o'clock will be the placing
OF the markers on the soldiers
grave by a committee of the Rock
Island post, No. 200. American Le-
gion, headed by E. c. Eberhardt.
Ladies of the auxiliary Of the
American Legion will place a pot
of daisies on the grave of each
World war veteran and a flag will
be placed at the marker.
Anticipate Largest Observance.
This years observance is ex-
pected to be larger than any pre-
yious one in the history of the city.
The program will be opened by the
parade which will form at 3 O'Clock
at the court house square, Fifteenth
street and Second avenue. The line
of march will be east on Third ave-
nue. to Twentieth street; north on
Twentieth street to Second avenue !;
west on Second avenue to Seventh
street; counter marching on the
avenue back to Thirteenth street !;
south on Thirteenth street to Third
avenue and east on Third avenue
to Fifteenth street.
School children will give a flag
drill on Third avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
and the flag drill team of school
children and auxiliary members
will march to the river front at
Eighteenth street where services
will be held for unknown sailors
Stroehle's band will accompany this
section.
Ceremonies at the court house
square will begin at 1890 o'clock
with Harry F. Kelly, Ottawa
states attorney of La Sale coun-
ty, e. the main speaker. A num-
Der of musical numbers and read
ings will be given and a firing
squad composed of members of the
United Spanish war veterans, will
fire a salute to the dead. The
morning services will be concluded
at the monument.
Services in Cemetery.
The afternoon ceremony will
commence at 2:3o o'clock in Chip
piannock cemetery, with a bugle
call to the assembly Judge F. D
Let's, of the Scott county, Iowa. dis
trict court will be the principal
speaker at the cemetery. E. H
Hass, whose name was omitted
from the program, will give a read
ing, Division in the afternoon
Another salute to the dead will be
given by the Spanish war and
World war veterans. will also be
held in the cemetery.
Walter A. Rosenfield commander
Of Rock Island post, No. 200, Ameri
can Legion, will conduct the morn.
ing services and j. Nj. Beardsley
Civil war veteran and president oi
the executive committee, will pre-
side in the afternoon. Mr.. Rosen.
field will be master of ceremonie:
and W. l.. Franks will be marsha
Of the day.
The parade will consist of sever
divisions with all patriotic organi
cations of the city participating !
platoon of police and the fire de
partment will also be in the lin,
of march
The days program will be con
eluded in Chippiannock cemeter,
with taps, THE Last Bugle Call.
by George Stroehle. singing o
"America" and a selection by tn
Memorial day band
( The decoration of all soldiers
graves will precede the program il
the cemetery
Members of the general commit
tee today renewed plea for automo
biles for use of G.. A r. member
tomorrow. Autos to be, at dispose
of the veterans are to report at
O'Clock in the morning at the court
house.
h. of c. Ceremony.
Graves of As departed member.
of Allouez council. No. 653, Knight
OF Columbus in Calvary cemeter,
will be decorated tomorrow morn
ing with an aluminium marker anC
an American flag at a service
which will be held at $50 o'clock
Rev. Peter Zwart, chaplain o.
the council, will say prayers Al
each grave at $50 o'clock. Ser.
vices will be concluded in time tc
allow everyone to take part in the
public Memorial day exercises
Not only members of the council
but the public in general are in
vited to the service at the GENE.
terry.