OCR Text |
Show IflRIHL DkY ' PLMPLETEO !ity-wide Observance of Annual Holiday Is Arranged for. iLKS TO PARTICIPATE irand Army Veterans and Others to Decorate Comrades' Graves. Memorial Day Program. 6 a. in- Minute Kims at Fort Douglas. 9 a. ni. Members or G. A. R., W. R. C. ami Ladies of G. A. If. assemble at Klks' club. 3:30 a. in. All bodies drive to Cemeteries for regular exercises. Sneaking and firing squad at Fort JjjC,as' and Mount Olivet c.eme- C 2 noon Program for G. A. R. at the tabernacle, with organ program pro-gram during the seating by .1. J. Mi'Clelhin: praver by Rabid Samuel Sam-uel Baskin; "Star-Spangled Ban-pr, Ban-pr, '' by tabernacle choir; address hy General Henry Rollins; selection, bv double quartet; address by Mayor W. Mont Ferry; selections, Eg choir: oration, by Nephi L. Morris: Mor-ris: vocal solo. Miss Waitro Rogers; remarks by the Rev. P. A. Simpkin; l America, " by choir and congregation; congre-gation; benediction, by the Rev. J. E N. Williams. Xt 6 o'clock tomorow morning minute guns will usher in another Memorial day an the annual celebration of the one day ot'Ahe year dedicated to the dead of the fast waning; legions of the Grand Army of the Republic. The general assembly of GA. R. men, and the members of v omm's organizations connected with llifim. is scheduled for 9 a. m. and a half hoafr later these will go Lo the cemeteries. wJjpre appropriate exercises for the dead soldiers of the civil war will be engaged tmg - One of the marked features of the day w be a general assembly at the taber-!:;Ct3e taber-!:;Ct3e for sacred exercises dedicated to the ivJBijj; ;s well as the dead warriors of the ; i He between the north and the south. principal address will be delivered by Nephi L.. Morris. In all the offices of the day the Memorial dvfij i oinmittee is to be assisted by the members of the Elks' fraternity. The Kilcs lodge has made provisions for all neuejsvii-y eiuippj.ge to convey the pa-t-rjp bodies 10 the cemeteries and has p?i ny other ways entered into the ipifit '.'f the day in an effort to make the L;0gtam an assured success. Fifty auto-.moijih-s will be provided by the lodge, ItK-li Harry S. Joseph in charge. rhe Cemeteries. I it the cemeteries the flag committee, ndc-r direction of J. L.. Justice, will 1 place a small flag on the grave of every trteian laid away. During the decorating .ure monies there will be music by some of the most accomplished musicians of SaS Lake, directed by Mrs. Martha Price. i Mrs. Christie Goble, asisted by pupils of ! all the public schools, will strew flowers. Arrangements have been made for the services of the Twentieth Infantry band of Fori. Douglas, both at the cemeteries ana at the tabernacle. For this (Wednesday) afternoon members mem-bers of Reynolds and Gordon circles, ladles of the G. A. R. have arranged a decoration program for the riverside, woerc. at 3 o'clock, a ceremonial of a Tiiemorial nature to dead sailors and marines will be conducted with school chJjdren participating., Reynolds circle will honor the soldiers laid away at Fort Douglas and will be assisted in these rites by children of Wasatch school. Maxwell - , McKean and Oliver O. Howard posts, G. A. Ii., will hold a ceremony at Mt. Olivet cemetery. In this ceremony the veterans waj be assisted by the G. A. R. auxiliary, i lie Women's Relief corps of Oliver D. Howard and Maxwell -McKean posts. This rite will be for the unknown dead. School children will aid. strewing wild flowers pi aged by themselves from the hillsides. Arrangements have been made by the veterans of the Spanish-American war for a Loleh ration of Memorial day exercises fur their dead at City cemetery. Gordon nrcle. Ladies of the G. A. R,, will go to Murray for a similar service. At the Riverside. The complete program for the riverside ceremonies for sailor dead follows: Music by band as children take places near bridge. invocation Rev, J. H. N. Williams. Singing "Star Spangled Banner," Rlv-t Rlv-t "fide school children. iR'tiial of president and senior vice presl- t Ladies of the G. A. R. V selection Twentieth Lf. S. Infantry l<tess Superintendent of school. Dr. . E. ATSmith.' Singing "America," Edison school children. chil-dren. Si re wing of flowers Band playing. Ritual of junior vice president Ladies ot the G. v. R. fflosing prayer and benediction Rev. J. II. X. Williams. Taps. The prepared plans for this occasion 'oatemplate the participation of .1600 BcHboJ children, all of whom will carry national flags and flowers. according to an announcement issued Yesterday by Postmaster Noble Warrum Memorial day will be observed as a holi-daj holi-daj at the Salt Lake postoffice. All sections sec-tions of the department will be closed except the general delivery, which will be open from 9 a. m. to 10 a. m. for the bejfefit of transients. Deliveries on al) city and rural routes will be suspended tinging the day. Only perishable and spe- iay delivery matter will be delivered by carriers. Members of the Daughters of Ihc Mormon Mor-mon battalion will render a program at the. City cemetery at 10 o'clock tomorrow mdrning. The society will assemble at the enance to the cemetery at 10 a.' m. and win march to the graves of members of th Mormon battalion. The following I'i'ogram will be given, after which the graves will be' strewn with flowers: Address, I. B. Willie: song, John T. Smith and reading by member of the society. |