Evening star., 1937-05-16
ARLINGTON RITES
MAY 3OFEATURE
Many Organizations to Take
Part in Memorial Day
Exercises.

Services in Arlington National Gem
etery again will headline Observance
Of Memorial day in the National Cap
ttal area May 80.
Preliminary plans were announced
yesterday after a meeting of repre-
sentatives Of more than 100 veterans
organizations and their auNliaries
The President was invited to deliver
the main address, but it was learned
he planned to spend the Memorial day
holiday at his Hyde Park estate.
The Arlington services are to be
broadcast over Nationwide hook-up
Of all radio chain systems. Imme-
diately after the services in the am
phitheater, all the participating or
ganizations are to place Wreatts on
the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier.
Decision to abandon the traditional
Memorial day parade this year has
been announced by the Grand Army
of the Republic. The G. A. r., how
ever, will participate in all the other
customary Memorial day exercises, 1t
was announced.
50 Separate Services.
IN addition to the main services
at Arlington, more than SO separate
services are to be held by individual
organizations in various parts OF the
city within the next two weeks. The
first Of these will be held today when
members Of the George Dilboy Post,
American Legion, Of New York, will
make pilgrimage at 230 pm. to
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
and to the grave in Arlington Gene
terY of George Dilboy, Greek immi-
grant, who was killed in France in
a Mngle handed attack on a German
machine gun nest, which he put out
Of action.
During the week funds will be raised
by local veteran groups to be used In
the decoration of the graves Of all
soldier dead and to meet other ex-
penses Of the observance Of Memorial
DAY. John M. Kline. 90-year-old de-
partment commander Of the G. A. R.,
is General chairman Of the Committee
ON Arrangements.
The graves are to be decorated May
30. The United States flag will be
placed on each grave and in addition
flowers will be placed on the graves
in IArlington-poppies on the graves
OF the World War dead and carnations
on the graves of the Spanish War
dead.
Chairmen of committees or Or
eanizations in charge Of decorating
the graves in the various cemeteries
are: battle-ground Cemetery, Comdr.
Kline; Congressional, John Farmer;
Glenwood, Prospect Hill and st.
Mary's, William F. Dorsey: Harmony,
Woodlawn, Lincoln Memorial and
Payne, West Hamilton; Mount Zion
ana Union Baptist, James Reese Eur
ope Post American Legion; Holy
Rood and Oak Hill, Herman H.
Bredenkamp; Fort Lincoln, Stephen
P. McGroarty Post; Mount Olivet,
John T. Bond; Cedar Hill, George
Fox; st. Elizabeth's, Charles w. Nc
Caffrey; Rock Greek, Col. Harry
Coope: the five Hebrew cemeteries,
Costello Post, and Soldiers Home,
John Farmer.
= Flowers to Monuments.
Flowers also will be placed at local
monuments under direction Of the
following committee heads or groups
Sixteenth street memorial markers,
Mrs. Edna Boardman; Memorial to
Nurses Of the Civil War, Mrs. Mary
c. Bowen; Gross at the District
Building, William Franklin; Monu-
ment to the Unknown Dead of the
Civil War, Arlington, Mrs. Mary c.
Bowen: Men Of Foreign Armies, Miss
Mary A. Guidon, and at the mast Of
the battleship U. s. S. Maine, men,
berS Of the Admiral Dewey Camp.
U. s. w. v.
Flowers will be strewn on the Po-
tornac by Mrs. Mary c. Bowen and
Esther Erhardt in memory of the
naval dead
Senator Pepper OF Florida and De-
paftment Comdr. H. w. Lineburg
Of the District Department, Ameri.
can Legion. will be speakers at q
Memorial day service at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery at pm. May % in
honor Of Vincent B. Costello, first
en1ploye Of the District of Columbia
killed in action in the World War.
Charles Kohen, past commander OF
the post, is in charge OF the arrange