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Show DECOBATIOX DAT. The following was received lau ! evening from Colonel Pare : Salt Lake, May S, 1;73. To the Editor of the Eeratd: At a meeting held this dav, at the of-ice of-ice of general P. Z. Connor, of the o-tnm i::ee ccoen at Independence Ha.l on the evening of the j:h int-, to iu peri ii tend the enure axranzeinenLs of the order of celebration of "May Known as "Decor&Uon Day," the following fol-lowing appointments were made nrari-mouily nrari-mouily : Major John H. Howell, orator ora-tor of ihe day; 'aL b'-ein, to write ad deliver a poem; iiev. liorman Mc-Leod, Mc-Leod, chapifcin: general H.A Morrow, chief marshal: Dr. J. C. Taez-art, chair-main chair-main of commitlee on fiorai decorationf ; James P. Page, chairman of committee on military decorauons; general G. R. H ai well, on music; captAin T.H. Bate, on ncance. It was reeolved that tha chairmen of tce ieverai committeea be authorized to make up their committees from the Udies and gentlemen of this city, and elsewhere, to any number they may see hi. Tha committee then adjourned to meet at Independence Hali on the evening even-ing of the tf.th of Hay, when ail linal arrangements will be mada. By order of the Committee. James P. Page, Secretary. |