Evening star., 1924-05-22
WAR DEAD SERVICES
: TO START SATURDAY
Legion to Conduct Extensive Pro-
gram Under Auspices Of Grand
Army of Republic.
ENDS IN ARLINGTON MAY 80
President Will Review Memorial
Day Marchers.

President Will Review Memorial
Day Marchers.
Memorial exercises. under the di-
rection of the Grand Army of the
Republic. will be conducted by the
Depa rtment of the District OF Co
lumbia. the American Legion. COM
menctng Saturday. May "A. and ex-
tending over "a period of several days.
concluding with parade and eXer
ciSeS at Arlington national cemetery
Memorial day. The twenty-eig I
posts comprising the department will
have charge of the services in all of
the local cemeteries and will par
ticipate in the program at Arlington.
William +. Franklin. senior vice
commander of the American Legion,
is chairman Of the memorial COM
mittee.
Saturday afternoon at > o'clock the
Society of Forty Hommes ct Eight
ChevauX will meet at 10th and Tpshur
streets to replace all memorial tree
mar kerS which have been destroyed
in the last year and will place flags
and clean up the parking from Up
Shur street northward to Alaska ave-
nue. and then turn the markers over
TO the American Legion.
At > o'clock Saturday afternoon
Vincent Il. Costello Post will erect
a FLANDERS Field cross on the lawn
IN front OF the District building
Persons desiring to place flowers
ana other tributes at the foot of
The cross are invited to do so until
May 20.
George +: kileen Post Satur-
day Will take charge OF the graves
OF Veterans of all wars in HOLY Rood
and oak Hill cemeteries COS operating
with the veterans of other wars
Al . O'Clock Sunday morning George
r.. hllleen Auxiliary of the American
Legion will place poppies on the me-
| tribute TO the District heroes of the
world war
On sunday the following America n
Legion posts, with other veteran or
ganizations, will participate in me-
mortal exercises:
Kenneth ii. Nash Post at GIenwood
cemetery: Edward Douglas White
Post. at Fort Lincoln cemetery: Tank
Corps Post. at Prospect Hill GENE
terry: James +. Walker Post. at
Woodlawn and Payne cemeteries
James Reese Europe Post. al Har-
mony cemetery; Sergeant Jasper
! Post. at Cedar Hill: Augustus p
Gardner Post. at St. Elijah ceme-
| terry: Vincent 4. Costello and Ken
meth Lewis Posts. at Mount O.ivet
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Has Program Sunda.
SUNDAY. at = o'clock. George Wash
in2t"n Post Will conduct services at
Rock Creek cemetery with q special
program.
Stuart Waicott Post. on the same
day. viii hold special services in
First congregational Church to be fol-
lowed immediately with services AT
sressi"nal cemetery, with other vet
cran organizations
At $50 o'clock Sunday morning
members Of the American Legion will
meet at 18th street and Park road
and march from that point to 18th
street and Colorado avenue. where
mem"riai services will be held for
the Dist Sict dead. The marchers will
he headed by the Vincent B. Cos
tello field music and the Coma ga
st Johns College Cadets and the
Catholic Boy Scouts Of America
The services will be in charge of
chaplain Francis J Hurney. with
the following program: Ceiebrant.
Mousignor c. F. Thomas: acolyte.
natius Smith. O. Z. Dominican Col
lege: mass hymns by the Catholic
Daughters of America Glee Club
Musi" Will be furnished throughout
the mass by the Gonzaga Band. The
catholic BOY Scouts Of America will
act as uShers. The St. Johns College
cadets will act as guard of honor.
AT o'clock Sunday afternoon
t. :. \ Jacob Jones Post will leave
the 1th street wharf in "a naval boat
and east flowers on the waters of the
Potomac River tribute TO the
dead of the world war who died at
sea.
At : O'Clock Robley ID. Evans
Post will hold exercises on Hains
Point. Potomac Park. in honor of the
naval dead.
ON Wednesday, May IS. at > o'clock.
the Society of 40 Hommes ct Chew
aux will present to the American l-e-
gfon Il flag pole. at the Washington
Hebrew cemetery. to be followed i'm
mediataly with services a Aiabd ma
avenue southeast in the Memorial cir
cle George {. Cohen, representative
of the Jewish Welfare Board, has ar
ranged transportation for those de,
string to attend conveyances will
leave 401 llth street at o:30 O'Clock.
Rabbi j. + Loeb and Rabbi Abram
Simen will conduct the services ana
Vincent r. Costello Post will give
the military honors.
Decorations for Monumentx.
on the same day McGroarty-
O'Connen Post will obtain flags from
the Grand Army of the Republic and
decorate all monuments in the public
parks in the city.
thursday afternoon Bureau of En- :
craving and Printing POST viii noio
seryires in the rotunda of the bureau
OF engraving and printing and pay
tribute to former employees who PAID
The supreme sacrifice in the world
war.
At 40 o'clock Memorial day Troop
"a of the Boy Scouts of America will
meet with the American Legion AUX
iliarv at the 14th street entrance OF
the District building and obtain
wreaths and flowers and proceed to
Arlington national cemetery, to the
world war section.
At O'Clock Memorial day Ill mem
hers of the American Legion, in uni
form If possible. will meet in front
of the District building and march
with veterans of other wars in re-
view before President Coolidge. en-
route to the Fort Myer entrance of
Arlington national cemetery, where
tribute will be paid to the dead OF
the nation. The American Legion
will be headed by the Vincent 3.
costello Post field music and band.
Following the services at noon. in
the ampitheater. the American Legion
will assemble at the west gate of
Arlington cemetery and march to the
Flanders Field Cross in the overseas
section. Here former Chaplain H. Fl.
Of division