Evening star., 1940-05-29
White House
Wreath 10 Be
Put on Tomb
Capital Will Join
Nation in OBSERVING
Memorial Day

6ACo1uCuV 1OOoCVClt . WIcdlii WILL
be placed at the Tomb Of the Un.
known Soldier tomorrow as WASH
ington joins the Nation in observing
Memorial Day.
The Presidents wreath will be
laid at the base Of the tomb by
Maj. Horace B. Smith, senior White
House aide, at II 80 am The Presi-
dent has made no plans to attend
the service, it was said at the White
House.
Following the laying of the Presi-
dents wreath these groups will pay
tribute at the tomb at intervals Of
a few minutes apart:
G.. A. r. Memorial Day Corp,
James G. Yaden; United Spanish
War Veterans, Thomas F. Donovan;
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, George
G. McLeish; American Legion, Will
liam T. Slattery; Disabled American
Veterans, DR.. w. c. Hess; Ladies Of
the G. A. r., Mrs. K. P. McElroy;
United Spanish War Auxiliary, Mrs.
Naomi Harrison; Veterans of For
eign Wars Auxiliary. Mrs. Eola
Wright; American Legion Auxiliary,
Mrs. Mary B. McMillin; Disabled
American Veterans Auxiliary, Mrs.
Frances Sparkman.
Haywood N. Saunders will offciate
at the wreath-laying ceremonies and
will arrange for other pariotic, civic
and fraternal units to participate
in the exercises at the Tomb.
Concert by Marine Band.
The Memorial Day services in the
national amphitheater at Arlington
National Cemetery will be preceded
by music by the American Legion
Boys Drum Corps and the Drum and
Bugle Corps. The United States
Marine Band will give a concert
from 1890 until the assembly at
1880 pm.
Federal Security Administrator
Paul v. McNutt will deliver the Me-
mortal Day Grafton and Joseph Ben
tonelli Of the Metropolitan Opera
Co. will be the soloist, singing Good
Will to Men, There is no Death"
and THE Star Spangled Banner"
Others participating in the exer-
cises will be Mr.. Yaden, president of
the G. A. r. Memorial Day Corp,
who will preside; the Rev. Will
liam H. La Roche, department chap
lain Of the U. S. w. w., who will
deliver the invocation; Mr.. McLeish,
who will read Gen. Logan's order
establishing Memorial Day; Harlan
Wood, past department commander,
American Legion, who will recite
Iincoln's Gettysburg Address, and
DR.. Hess, reading excerpts from the
Declaration of Independence.
Taps" will be sounded by Win
fred Kemp of the Marine Band and
the Rev. E. Snyder, department
chaplain, V. F. w., will offer the
benediction.
Parade Starts at 9:45 AM.
Earlier in the day, the annual
Memorial Day parade will take place
on Constitution avenue, with the
marchers starting from Ninth streer
and the avenue at GAS am. They
will pass the reviewing stand mid
way between Fifteenth and Seven
teenth streets and disband at Eight
eeth street.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox is grand
marshal of the parade, which will
comprise three divisions and repre-
sent the three branches of the
service, as well as scores of patriotic
groups.
Among the numerous other Me-
mortal Day events will be the exer-
cises at Battle Ground National
Cemetery at 3:15 pm, sponsored
Jointly by the G. A. r. and the
Brightwood Citizens Association.
Senator King of Utah will be the
principal speaker at the exercises
which honor the soldiers killed in
action July II and IL, 1864, in front
of Fort Stevens.
Children to Decorate Graves.
Children from the neighborhood
public schools will decorate the
graves in a circle about the Flagstaff
IN the center of the cemetery while
the United States Marine Band
plays.
Opening with a concert by the
band. the exercises will continue
with the raising of the flag and the
salute to the colors, led by Maj. John
Deavy. r. j. F. McElroy will read
the order setting aside Memorial
Day and John Clagett Proctor will
Introduce Department Comdr. John
M. Kline, chairman of the commit
tee for the exercises and oldest G.
A. r. veteran in the District.
The Rev. F. Ernest Warren will
pronounce the invocation, Francesca
Della-Lana will be soloist. Mr.. Proc
tor will recite an original poem, Tai.
bot o. Pulizzi will deliver the Gettys-
burg Address, and THE Star Span
gled Banner" will be recited by 1t.
Col. Francis s. Key-Smith.
Assisting in the services will be the
Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, Daugh-
tiers of Union Veterans of the Civil
War. Miss Jessie Lewis will place
q wreath in the name of the tent
and Miss Grace Hurd, national
treasurer, will place another wreath
IN behalf of the national president
OF the organization. A wreath pre-
sented by Mrs. Della L. OBrien,
past senior vice president of the
National Woman's Relief Corps, will
be placed at the base Of the flag
stan.