The Washington herald., 1922-05-28
SCOUT TROOPS PAY
TRIBUTE AT $4,000
ARLINGTON GRAVES
Patriotic Societies Hold
Services at Cemeteries
. Today.
VETERAN HONORED
Bronze Tablet Dedicated to
Private Jacobs, Marine
Killed in Action.
VETERAN HONORED

The youth of Washington yester-
lay paid tribute to the warrior
cad when 200 Boy Scouts, headed
y Scout Executive James Hall.
,pened the four-day observance of
demorial Day by placing American
lags on each of the $4,000 graves
{ Arlington National Cemetery.
The small army represented
very Scout troop in the city. The
york of placing flags on the graves
vas formerly done by veterans of
he G. A. r.. but was turned over
o the local Scouts four years ago.
Memorial services will be held to-
Iay by several patriotic organiza-
hHs at the various cemeteries.
Jnder the auspices OF William b.
Cushing Camp. No. 30. Sons of Vet
rams. services will be held at Holy
Rood Cemetery at $50 o'clock this
morning. Representative Horace
4. Towner will make the address.
While Past Comma ander Eugene f.
steven will preside.
Services at Mount Olivet.
services at Mount Olivet Gene
cry this afternoon at } o'clock will
70 under the auspices of Lincoln
ANN No. .. Sons of Veterans. Vic
tor l.. Garrigus. commander. as
listed by Ellen Spencer Mussey
-ent. No. l. Daughters of Veterans.
disS Katie Guiton. president, and
Ar1Ari~a n
.e-iun. william Il. Frankling, COM
nauder.
Representative Louis W. Fairfield.
4 Indiana. will deliver the address
4 the exercises.
Judge KimbaIl r. Parrish. OF
Wisconsin. will deliver the address
Al the memorial services at the
.hapeI in GIenwood Cemetery this
morning at 10 o'clock.
Exercises will be held at st
sIizabeth's Hospital this afternoon
It , o'clock. Representative Thom-
Is COnnaIly of Texas; Department
Commander Watson b. Miller, of the
american Legion. and DR.. William
\. White. superintendent of st.
EIizabeth's Hospital. will deliver
addresses.
Honor Navy Dead.
Memorial services for those who
lied at sea will be held under the
luspices of the Robley ID. Evans
POST American Legion. at the Ma
EaI Reserve pier. Water and c
streets southwest. this afternoon al
l o'clock Representative Lamar
letters will deliver the address
During the services airplanes from
he Naval Air Station will droI
lowers on the Potomac.
Services for siNty-seven employe.
If the Department of Agriculture
who lost their lives in the worlC
var will be held tonight a
Epiphany Chapel. 23O Twelfth
street southwest. at s o'clock. Rep
-eSentative Hamilton Fish, jr.. will
make the address.
Graves of the deceased member:
IF the Irish-American Union in Mt
Olivet Cemetery will be decorated
~ the union at 3 o'clock thi:
afternoon. John F. McCarron will
speak
Representative Henry T. Osborne
IF California. will deliver the ad
5reSs at the twentieth annual me
neriaI in honor Of the deceased
members of Columbia TypORraph
cal Union. No. 1O1. at Typo
graphical Temple this afternoon a
3 o'clock
Cushing Camp Services.
William Il. Cushing Camp, No. 30
sons of Veterans. L. s. A. helC
servi"cs yesterday at Oak Hill
cemetery Dr- James r. Mckee
medical surgeon of the Depart
ncnt of the Potomac. G. \. r.. de
ivered the address. while Comdr
Adelbert ~ Taylor. Of Gushing
amp presided.
\ bronze tablet in memory o
Private Charles \. r. Jacobs. {
Marine. who was killed while at.
:aOkin" machine gun nest was
5ernTated- Yesterday at exercise!
ae'd in the office of Maj. Gen. JOhr
\ Lejeune. Commandant of this
Marine Corps. Gen. Lejeune made
= speech Of dedication. Mrs. RO.
herta F. Jacobs mother of thu
Marine. and members of his fam.
Nv. we've present.
Private Jacobs was born in 1897
and enlisted shortly after the out.
break of the war. Before enlist.
.nG. he was employed in the Gov.