Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

at MOUNT OnVeC cemetery. near the
grave of James Hoban, designer Of the
White House.
famous proclamation. when commander
| in-chief of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, designating May 80 as Memo
rial day, was signally honored at the
United States Soldiers Home National
Cemetery, which the hero Is buried.
Members of the Associated Survivors
| Of the 9Th Corps, Army Of the Po-
tomac. under DR.. Charles v. Petteys.
president, conducted a business meet
ing at Battle Ground National Gene
terry. Memorial services followed at
3:15.
Congressional, Holy Rood, Oak Hill,
Glenwood. Prospect Hill and st. Mary's
Cemeteries also we're the scenes of ex-
ercises. Meanwhile many organiza-
tions throughout the city either were
conducting services during the morning
or will do so this afternoon.
Visit Barry Monument.
Exercises at the Commodore Barry
Monument in Franklin Square were
arranged at 3 o'clock under auspices
of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient
order of Hibernians. Following these
| exercises the group viii proceed to the
Nuns Monument, Rhode Island avenue
and Connecticut avenue, where similar
exercises will be held at o'clock.
Patrick J. Haltigan of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians will be master Of
! ceremonies at both exercises and
wreatfs will be placed upon the two
monuments. Representative John W..
Mccormack of Massachusetts, and for
mer Representative O'Connell Of Rhode
Island will be the speakers at each
event.
Mrs. Ellen Ryan jolly will place
wreath on the Nuns Monument as will
| also Miss Agnes C. Regain, national
secretary of the National Catholic
Council of Women, and Mrs. Mary
Koran of Pittsburgh. national president
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Hibernians.
Aboard the u. S. S. Gramus, which
left the Navy Yard at 1890 O'Clock,
members of the Admiral Robert E..
Peary Ship, No. AIT, Veterans of For
eign Wars, scattered peoples upon the
waters of the Potomac as the vessel
steamed down the river. T. v. Temple
ton. captain Of Peary Ship, was master
of ceremonies.
Grant Is Speaker.
The crypt Of the Shrine of the I'M
maculate Conception at Catholic Uni
versity was the scene of an impressive
mass attended by hundreds of wor-
shippers. Very Rev. Thomas j. Shahan
was the celebrant. Two separate serv-
ices were conducted during the day by
the Washington Chapter, American In
stitute of Architects. The first was held
in Arlington National Cemetery, at
which Lieut.. Col u. s. Grant. Sd, was
the speaker, and honored Maj. L Enfant,
planner of Washington. The other was
conducted at Congressional Cemetery as
a tribute to DR.. William Thornton,
architect of the Capitol, and George
Hadfeld designer of the District Court
house and Judiciary Square.
At Georgetown University School of
Law the seniors of the two departments
assembled in the law library before
bronze memorial erected to the memory
of 81 Georgetown men who lost their
lives during the World War. The prin-
| cipal speakers were Rev. Thomas B.
| Chetwood. S. j., regent of the school.
on behalf of the faculty, and Maj. Basil
Duke Edwards, an honor graduate OF
West Point, WHO spoke for the Army.
Donald Andrew Rock, president of
senior from each class, William
Francis Graham and Robert Granville
Burke, spoke for their classmates.
Francis Joseph Ludes. secretary of the
morning class. read the roll of the dead
as bugler sounded TAPS"
A committee of students who are Of
ficers in the Reserve Corps of the Army
|! acted as a guard of honor They were
Lieut.. J. Herbert Walsh, Lieut. Duford
A. Lynch. r.: Lieut.. William A. Yale
SAX, Lieut.. Julian T. Cromelin. Mem
bers of the law faculty, including Dean
George E. Hamilton and Assistant Dean
Hugh j. Fegan. attended with the stu
| dent body.
| Next Sunday other memorial services
/ ava -. he hall l. -,
| brew Congregation Cemetery at II
! o'clock, Vincent B. Costello Post of the
American Legion will conduct exercises
, in honor of all Jewish veterans of the
District who sacrificed their lives in
| former wars. The speaker on this oc-
casion will be Rear Admiral Reginald
F. Nicholson, retired. and the Mourn
ers' Prayer or Kaddish will be said by
! Rabbi William Rosenblum. A squad
| OF Marines will fire salute in honor
! Of the dead.
The South will have its day, too, next
Sunday. At 3 o'clock in the Confed-
| crate section Of Arlington, where are
| buried many men in gray picked up
from the battleields around Washing
ton, services will be held jointly hon
oring them and Jefferson Davis, the
President of the Confederate States, in
recognition of his birthday anniversary.
| Gen. w. L. Wilkerson, brigade COM
mander of the United Confederate
| Veterans for the District. will intro
duce Senator ]. Thomas Helm of Ala
! bama as the orator. Music will be
| furnished by the Marine Band and
! flowers will be placed on each South
ern grave. From the Confederate sec
ton, the veterans and Daughters of
| the Confederacy will proceed to the
grave Of Gen. Joe Wheeler and the
| Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where
| floral wreaths will be placed. The
exercises in the Confederate sec
ton will be under auspices of Camp
III, assisted by the Southern Me-
! mortal Association, Daughters and
Children Of the Confederacy.