Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Parade PrecedeS Ceremonies
in 0pen-Air Amphitheater
at Arlington.
ADDRESSES BY DRAIN
AND R. C. JOHNSON LISTED
National Memorial Day Keynote
Will Be Sounded by Hoover
From Valley Forge.

Where thousands OF younger men In
blue gathered on historic Pennsylvania
avenue for former observances of Me-
mortal day, today only small de-
tachment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic mingled with the sturdier
veterans Of later wars in the annual
pilgrimage to Arlington National Gem
etery.
Dept. Comdr. Samuel G. Mawson
gathered about him on the south side
Of the Avenue between Seventh and
Ninth streets only a few Of the 1l9
Grand Army veterans remaining in
Washington who were physically able to
Withstand the rigors Of an all-day pro-
gram. Others of the diminishing num-
bers purposely stayed out of the pa
rade because of duties assigned them at
other cemeteries.
Headed by the United States Marine
Band, the small detachment Of Union
soldiers, augmented by veterans OF the
Spanish and Indian Wars and khaki
clad boys ana men of the World War,
marched up the Avenue to Fifteenth
street, rounded the Treasury and turned
south in Seventeenth. At Constitution
avenue the march ended and the ranks
dispersed to assemble again at i2:45
O'Clock for the official ceremonies Of
the day in the open-air amphitheater
at Arlington. Charles w. Mccartney
acted as chief marshal of the parade.
Drain and johnson to Speak.
The G. A. r. posts assigned to other
cemeteries, where memorial exercises
will be held during the Gay. were: Kit
Carson Post, No. g. Lincoln Post, No. 8;
Phil Sheridan Post, No. s: Burnside
Post, No. 8, and Charles Sumner Post.
No. 8. They are all that remain of
Washington, whose rolls once boosted
Of thousands of members.
At the National Cemetery. across the
Potomac, In Virginia, once the home OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee Of the Confederacy.
10000 American flags, placed by Boy
Scouts yesterday, waved over the graves
In Arlington. There, James A. Drain
former national commander OF the
American Legion, and Representative
Royal C. johnson Of South Dakota,
chairman Of the last House Vsterans'
Committee, are scheduled to deliver the
principal Memorial day addresses to the
assembled GQOuSanQS.
President Hoover is in Valley Forge
where he is to sound the national
Memorial day keynote, and Vice Presi-
dent Curtis IS the speaker at the an
nual Gettysburg exercises.
Another impressive service at the
Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier, at
Arlington, Is scheduled for today, when
Greco Americans will join In tribute
C Simopoulos, Minister of Greece. was
among the representatives of the Arer-
lean Hellenic Educational Progressive
Association who were to present a
bronze memorial tablet for the white
sepulchre.
Wilson Tomb Decorated.
AS President Hoover travelled toward
Valley Forge the White House sent a
military aide to the Washington
Cathedral early today. who placed a
wreath on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson
in Bethlehem Chapel. WreathS also
were placed on the tomb of Admiral
George Dewey in the same chapel, and
at services later Right Rev. James E.
Freeman. bishop of Washington, deliv-
cred Memorial day sermon
A delegation from the George Dewey
Camp of the Spanish-American War
Veterans placed the wreath on that
naval hero's tomb and also a wreath
upon the tomb Of his widow, who died
recently. Later other wreaths were
placed by the Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan
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