Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1904 — Memorial Day Observance. [ARTICLE]

Memorial Day Observance.

Memorial Day is always fittingly end reverently observed in "Rensselaer, whenever weather conditions will possibly permit, and this year was no exception to that good rule. In the forenoon the graves in Weston cemetery were decorated with wreaths and flags, by a detachment from the G. A R Post, by the'W, R. 0. and Ladies of the G. A. R. A detachment of the post was also sent but to Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town. The Post here also supplied flags for the soldier graves in the three cemeteries in Barkley Tp. The procession to the cemetery was lai ger than could naturally have been expected from the character of the weather, until about

one o’clock, when it improved considerably. It was composed of the following. Chief marshal and aids, on horseback. The Military band, playing a funeral march. Rensselaer Post No. 84, G. A. R. Milroy Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R Rensselaer Lodge No. 83 Knights of Pythias. Iroquois No. 143, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Company M. Third Regiment, Indiana National Guards, in full uniforms, and equipments. The exercises at the cemetery consisted of: Address of Welcome, by Capt. D. H. Yeoman, the Post Commander. Prayer by Rev. J. M- Elam. Reading Memorial Day Orders, by Geo. H. Maines, the post Adjutant. Oration by Hon. C. W. Hanley. All interspersed with musical selections. The Chief Marshal was Capt. R. W. Marshall and the Assistant Marshals were Capt J. M. Wasson, Capt J. A. Burnham, Wm M. Hoover, T. H. Robinson, S- C. Irwin. At the cemetery Company M., with the Military Band, also visited, decorated and fired a salute over the grave of their former comrade, Frank Giver.