The Washington times., 1922-05-29
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HARDING UNvE|L
LINCOLN SHRINE
Dedication Exercises Will Be
Feature of Memorial Day
Events Tomorrow.

Washington today is completing
preparations for the greatest tribute
ever given its martyred heroes OF
khaki. blue and gray. A Memorial
Day surprising fifty.three such
former occasions is I'm prospect to
morrow, the eyes OF the city turning
TO Arlington and TO the Lincoln Me
mortal.
Celebration OF Memorial DaV be
gan yesterday. with impressive serv-
ices at various cemeteries through
out the city, on the water front and
in Government bureaus which lost
employees in the world war. il was
obviously impossible to have all these
exercises tomorrow, with a nations
interest centering on the dedication
of the memorial TO Abraham Lincoln.
Bureau Services Today.
Memorial services in honor If En-.
craving and Printing men who died
in the war Will he held today at 4:30
O'Clock in the rotunda Of the bureau,
under the auspices OF the American
, Legion post Of that office.
Congressman John Philip Hin of
Maryland will be the orator of :hf
day. Director of the Bureau Louis
A. Hill and Post Commander Fran.
els f. Miller also will speak. Chap.
| lain Joseph $. Loughran will pro.
nounce the invocation. A solo will
be given by Miss Mildred Hoove .
Post BugIer Louis Green will sound
Taps"
Members Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic will make their annual
pilgrimage TO the graves of their
dead comrades at Arlington tomor-
IA hDt nianf fiFNNa
taking part In the Arlington exer.
cises will be the United Spanish War
Veterans Army and Navy Union,
American Legion. Veterans OF For.
eign Wars. Sons and Daughters of
Veterans. Ladies of the G. A. Il,
and the WOmans Relief Corps,
G.. A. II.
These units will assemble at .
! o'clock at G.. A. U. Hall. and will
march on Pennsylvania avenue.
south of the Treasury. north ON
west side OF Treasury to ~ street
east TO Thirteenth street. south to r
street northwest. where special
trains OF the WashinRton.N Virginia
Railway Company will take them 10
Arlington.
The order OF the procession will
be as follows:
Mounted police escort: Gen. John
l.. Glenn, chief marshal: Col John
McElroy and Henry A. johnson,
aides; the Old Guard. Capt. J. NJ
Pipes, commanding; the department
commander, department officers and
official staff; past department com.
manders: John A. Rawlings Post.
No. L. Kit Carson Post, No. 2: Lin
coin Post. No. 3: Phil Sheridan Post
No A.
fayette Post, No. 90: Boy Scout
Band United Spanish War Veterans
District department: Charles w. Nc
Caffrey. department commander:
Gen. Nelson a. Miles Camp. No. /.
Richard J. Hardin Camp. No. >. Col
James $. Petit Camp. NO. 3: Henry
w. Lawton Camp. No. I. Col. John
J. Astor Camp. No. =, Admiral
George w. Dewey Camp. No. :; Cen
NJ. Emmet Urell Camp, 80. .: Army
and Navy Union; Garr.r>>, No. 1O4:
Garrison No. q: American Legion:
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
Services Begin at Noon.
The services at the cemetery will
begin at noon, the exercises called
TO order by Department Commander
II. l.. Dean. The address OF the
-
Pitcher, Commander.in-ch chief of the
G. A. r. Invocation will be pro
nounCed by the Rev. James Snera
Montgomery and benediction by the
Rev. X. T.. Mcbride, department
chaplain. Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral Osborn II. Oldroyd will officiate
at the reading of orders, and n. V
Speelman, past commander in chief
nf
Comma nder-in chief Logan's order
establishing Memorial Day James
Mckee will recite Linclon's Gettys.
burg address, and General Grants
Memorial Day message will he read
by Watson B. Miller. Vocal selec.
tions will be given by Gertrude
Lyons. the Male Choir of Indian
apolis. Flora McGiI Keefer. the
Male Quartet OF Detroit, LemueI
Warner and Mrs. Violet Schippert
Klinge. The Marine Band. under
Second Leader Branson, will furnish
the music.
The dedication exercises at the
! Lincoln Memorial will call forth the
most prominent men and women in
the country tomorrow afternoon
Through use OF the Navy Depart
ment radio millions throughout the
country will hear the addresses of
the occasion,
II is estimated that 100 900 per
sons will be in the neighborhood Of
the memorial to witness the event
Congress and other high public
officials will occupy most of the
5000 seats on the platform erected
for the dav. The sneakers stand
and the platform are raised high
above another platform to permit
the throngs to see the speakers and
the dignitaries.
President Harding To Speak.
President Harding will make the
address of acceptance of the me-
mortal on the part of the people Of
the United States. following the
presentation by Chief Justice VIII
lam Howard Taft. chairman of the
Lincoln Memorial Commission. Dr
Robert r. Motion will speak and
Edwin Markham will read an orig
inal poem. composed especially for
the occasion. The Rev Wallace
Radcliffe will pronounce the invo.