Evening star., 1923-05-29
HARDING TO SPEAK
/. Upon HEROIC DEAD
Shrine Visitors in Thousands
Expected at Arlington
! Service Tomorrow.

President Harding will head the
list of orators who tomorrow will ex-
press the sentiment of the nation re-
garding its war dead at various points
in and about Washington, which will
mark the close of a four-day memo
rial observance by the Grand Army
of the Republic, the American Le-
gion and many other patriotic organ
izations.
When a bugler of the Marine Band
e blows assembly at 1880 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon in Arlington ma
1ional cemetery one of the greatest
assemblages ever in the grounds VIII
have gathered, 1t is believed. owing
to the thousands of visitors in Wash
ington for the Shrine convention.
The program for tomorrow's serv-
fees at Arlington includes: Calling to
order, John w. Reid. department COM
1nander, G. A. r.; presentation OF the
colors; invocation. the Rev. James
Shera Montgomery; reading OF Gen.
Logans order establishing Memorial
day by Osborn H. Oldroyd, assistant
adjutant general: ritual address.
Watson b. Miller. national vice com
mander. American Legion; Grafton,
President Harding; GRAFTON, James
A. r.; benediction. the Rev. r. Z. Nc
Bride, department chaplain.
Marine Band to Play.
Throughout the program the Marine
Band will play and accompany the
following singers: Gertrude Lyons.
Columbian Quartet and Miss Lyons;
Esther Melick, Rella Winn Erisman
and Everett R. Naftzger.
other services tomorrow are to be
held at the National cemetery, =. 3.
Soldiers Home, beginning at s:3o
o'clock, addresses to be made by
Chaplain George F. Rixey, Y. s. N.
and Capt. John Murphy. chief OF stan,
Department of the District. United
Spanish War Veterans.
Battle Ground National cemetery.
at 3:15 o'clock, address by Washing
ton Gardner, United States commits
will include the Commissioners of the
District and prominent Army officers,
both active and retired.
Other Cemetery Services.
Congressional cemetery, 10 O'Clock,
address by the Rev H. d. Mitchell,
pastor Metropolitan NJ. E. Church,
Holy Rood cemetery. at $3.50 o'clock
Oak Hill cemetery, at IL am; Glen
wood, Prospect Hill and st. Mary's
cemeteries. am: Harmony ceme-
terry, 11:45 am; Northeast cemetery
and WoodIawn cemetery.
Assistant Secretary of War Dwight
Davis and DR.. Kate Waller Barrett.
national president. American Legion
Auxiliary, are to make addresses at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
world war section of Arlington. The
graves will be decorated under the
direction of a committee headed by
Watson B. Miller.
Flag Raising Mt Station.
The Sons of Veterans. Gushing
Camp, No. 80, will hold fiag-raising
exercises in front of the Union sta
tion at 1880 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Rev. c. r. Stauffer. pastor of
the Ninth Street Christian Church,
will speak.
Traffic to Arlington will be via NJ
street northwest, across the Key
bridge, through Rosslyn. along the
Fort Myer road to the fort entrance
of the cemetery and in the cemetery
along Meigs avenue to the Lee Man
direction, thence along Sheridan ave-
nue., Grant avenue to Farragut ave-
nue., along the latter avenue to the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier and
the Memorial Amphitheater in a
clockwtse direction to Mcpherson
avenue, thence south to Grant ave-
nue., thence to Porter avenue, with
exit at the Treasury gate. At the
Treasury gate traffic will be routed
north along the Alexandria road to
Rosslyn entering the main thorough
fare at the approach to Key bridge.