The Washington times., 1923-05-25
s PLANS
TODECORATE
GRAVES
Exercises Will Last Five Days
Under Orders Issued by De-
partment Commander.

Five days will be devoted by the
twenty-six posts composing the Dis.
trict department of the American
Legion to decoration of local ceme-
teries where rest their brothers who
lost their lives in the world war,
and to the holding of memorial
services.
The program will start tomorrow
and conclude the afternoon. of
Memorial Days In many instances
the services will be held Jointly
with representatives of other vcter-
ans organizations.
Department Commander John
Lewis Smith announced today that
wreaths destined for the various
cemeteries, including Arlington, will
be on display at noon tomorrow. He
issued detailed orders as to designa.
ton of posts to certain cemeteries
as follows:
Oak Hill cemetery, 2:30 tomorrow,
George E. Kil1een post, jointly with
the G. A. r. and Spanish War
Veterans.
Placing of flags and peoples on
the Sixteenth street markers, Z a. m.
Sunday, George e. Killeen auxiliary
GlenMood cemetery, 10 o'clock
| Sunday, Kenneth H. Nash post.
Fort Lincoln cemetery 10 o'clock
Sunday, Edward Douglas White
| post members will form at 1923 New
York avenue at 900 o'clock.
Prospect Hill cemetery, 10 o'clock
Sunday, Tank Corps post.
Services at Sixteenth and Upshltr
streets, II o'clock Sunday, legion
members marching from Sixteenth
street and Park road in uniform IL
| possible.
Mt. Olivet cemetery, 8 o'clock
Sunday, Vincent B. Costello post.
Rock Creek cemetery, same hour,
| George Washington post.
| Congressional cemetery, same
| hour, Stuart Walcott post.
Potomac Park Services.
Special service at Haines' Point,
Potomac Park, 4:30 o'clock, Robley
D. Evans post, composed of Navy
veterans. Flowers will be cast on
the water and speakers will include
Admiral Robert K. Coontz, U. s. NJ.
chief of operations, and other of.
ficials.
Other Sunday afternoon services
will be held at ST. Mary's Gene
terry Hiram F. Cash Post; Har-
mony Post, James Reese Europe
Post and other organizations; Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Sergeant Jasper Post:
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Tank Corps
POST. st. Elizabeth Cemetery,
Augustus R Gardner Post. Hebrew
Cemetery, $50 p. M. Monday, Vim.
| cent B. Costello Post and other
veterans organizations. Bureau of
Engraving and Printing rotunda
| services, 2 p. m. Tuesday, Bureau
Post
Arlington National Cemetery, IL
o'clock Wednesday At S a. m.,
Troop IS, of Boy Scouts, with mem.
bers of the legion and legion aux
| iliary will assemble before the Dis
/ trict building.
Review Before Harding.
! AT $50 all legionnaires, uniformed
if possible, will assemble with G. A.
s. R. and oth0r veteran organizations
representatives, pass in review be-
| fore President Harding at the White
| House and entrain for Arlington.
| At 2 o'clock the Legion will hold
| final memorial exercises in the world
war section of Arlington
Tickets admitting Legion members
| to the amphitheater will be distrib-
! uted on the train and members Of
| the auxiliary will receive them at
| the cemetery.
! AT $50 a. m. Memorial Day,
| Henry c. Spengler Post will hold
services with other veteran organi-
cations at Soldiers Home Cemetery.
AT 3 p. M, Lincoln Post, and others,
will conduct ceremonies at Battle
| Ground Cemetery