Evening star., 1924-05-25
COOLIDGE 10 HONOR
CONFEDERATE DEAD
Speaks at Annual Memorial Exer-
cises at Arlington This
Afternoon.
LAYING POPPIEs ON GRAVES
Legion to Remember Comrades in
Observance Today.

The nations heroic dead are being
remembered today, preliminary to the
annual Memorial Day exercises Fri
day, which will center at Arlington
National cemetery when President
Coolidge will speak
The President is TO address the
confederate veterans in their annual
exercises at Arlington this afternoon
at o'clock. Representative Wilson
of Mississippi also is to speak.
Lay Poppies on Graves.
Today various posts Of the Ameri
can Legion are placing poppies on the
graves of comrades who slecp in the
cemeteries in the District OF CO..
lumbia.
The George r. killecn Unit .ni
place poppies along 18th street: tn.
Kenneth II. Nash Post will decorate
wood Cemetery; the Edward Doug
lass White Post, in Fort Lincoln Gem
ctery; the Tank Corps Post. in Pros
pect Hill Cemetery; the James T..
cemeteries; the James Reese Europe
Post, in Harmony Cemetery. the
Sergt. Jasper Post, in Cedar HilI
Cemetery: the Augustus +. Gardiner
'
Stuart Walcott Post. at Congressional
Cemetery; the George Washington
Post. in Rock Greek Cemetery. The
Vincent B. Costello and Kenneth
Lewis posts, in Mount OliVet Cenr-
terry.
Services mt Key Bridge.
Memorial services for aviators who
died in the war will be held on th"
Francis Scott Key Bridge this after
North. Women's Relief Corps, viii
conduct the ceremony. Services for
sailors and marines will follow, ana
will be conducted by Mrs. Mary Van
Ness Fauth. Children will assist III
the service by strewing flowers upon
the Potomac.
The I. S. Grant Circle. No. 1. and
the Abraham Lincoln Circle, No. ,.
and the Ladies of the u. A r. will
hold their annual memorial services
in the rotunda of the Capitol this
afternoon a 2:30 o'clock. An appro-
pirate musical program Will be one
of the features. Representative Rain-
bone will make the principal address
Lemuel Warner will read Lincoln
Gettysburg address.
Tributes by Catholics.
Comrades of the American Legion
will march from 18th street and Park
road, at $50 o'clock this morning, l"
1eth street ana an G@Iorhd9 awerue IT,
The Vincent Il. Costello Post. Tn"
Gonzaga College Band and cadets.
and the Catholic Boy Scouts will head
the procession. The services will BE-
in charge of Chaplain Francis ]. Hur-
ney. The celebrant Will be Mgr. c. +.
Thomas of St. Patrick's Church. An
address will be made by Rev. Igna
thus Smith of the Dominican College.
Mass hymns will be sung by the
Catholic Daughters of America Glee
Club, and music will be furnished hy
the Gonzaga Band.
Replace Memorial Trees.
Yesterday afternoon the member,
of the Forty Homes and Eight Che
vauX, an auxiliary of the American
ington men who died in the world
war, replacing along 10th street the
memorial tree markers destroyed dur
ing the winter. This ceremony began
at o'clock.
At o'clock Vincent Costello Post
of the American Legion erected a
Flanders field cross on the lawn Of
the District building, where all are
invited to place floral tributes.
The Irish-American Union at ?
o'clock this afternoon will decorate
the graves of Irish patriots in Mount
Olivet cemetery.
Plans are being completed for the
annual services in the Arlington
amphitheater on Memorial day, Fri
| day, when the President speaks.
Army and Navy Union Aids.
The Presidents own Garrison. NJ.
| 104 Army and Navy Union, II. S. A..
has accepted assignment from the
general committee of the Department
| of the Potomac, G. A. r., in general
| charge of the observance of Memorial
| day, to participate in the ceremonies
at the decoration of the CRATES OF
| veterans in the cemetery of IN"
| United States Soldiers Home.
| Aside from this, the garrison will
| send a special deputation TO the
| United States Battleship Maine Mast,
| in Arlin gton, where wreath bearing
the insignia of the union will be
placed on the mast in memory of
| those who went down with the ship
| in Havana harhor in 1898.
| There were three complete E8rr1-
sons of the union in organization
| aboard the Maine when she was sunk.
All are buried in Arlington near the
/ Maine mast.
The Army and Navy Union was an
active factor as a military organiza-
| tion long before the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, and is, by that reason. the
next ranking organization to the
G. A. r. in priority of organization.
The Memorial day ceremonies Al
the United States Soldiers Home viii
be held in Stanley Memorial Hall. be-
| ginning promptly at $50 am. Com
mander Arthur j. Hogan is in charge.
Those who will participate include
| Gen. Bliss. L. 5. A, retired. the COM
mander; Maj. West. I. ). A, retired.
executive officer; members of Astpr
and Harden camps, United States
War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign
! Wars, American Legion and about
| zoo members of the newly formed
Veterans of the Indian Wars OF the
United States, Post No. l. Soldiers,
Home, District of Columbia, many OF
whom are members of the garrison,
| and others.
TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN.