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F. Buettner,
M. J. Caton,
E. H. Bourne,
L. Prentiss,
E. Decker,
J. H. Ryder, Henry Dreher,
G. E. Herrick,
J. L. Athey, Charles A. Dolan,
Charles Sheffield, L. A. Bailey,
James Caldwell,
Thomas Boutall,
J. W. Roof,
C. W. Bingham,
A. B. Foster, Ben. Killam,
Charles A. Willard,
S. H. Benedict,
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N. P. Mckean,
W. B. Neff,
M. Halle,
J. E. Benson,
G. E. Benedict,
F. H. Biermann,
M. S. Hogan,
John Brown,
Ira Reynolds,
R. T. Holden,
O. G. Kent.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
L. E. Holden, Chairman. Col. Arthur McAllister, Vice-Chairman. J. B. Savage, Vice-Chairman. C. H. Beardslee, Secretary. E. W. Moore, Treasurer.
James Parmelee,
Gen. James Barnett,
John Tod,
Kaufman Hays,
Wilson M. Day,
Myron T. Herrick.
M. A. Hanna,
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY.
General James Barnett, Chairman. Captain J. M. Carrington, Secretary.
General M. D. Leggett, Col. W. H. Hayward,
Colonel G. A. Garretson,
Captain M. B. Gary,
Colonel J. A. Smith,
Colonel J. J. Smith,
Colonel L. Smithnight,
Colonel James Pickands,
Colonel J. N. Frazee,
Colonel A. McAllister,
Capt. F. A. Kendall, U.S.A. Capt. J. H. Munson, U.S.A. COMMITTEE ON VETERAN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Sergeant James Hayr, Chairman. Captain George A. Mckay and Lieutenant Charles A. Willard, Secretaries.
General James Barnett, Colonel C. C. Dewstoe,
Captain J. B. Molyneaux, Dr. R. W. Walters, O. P. Latimer,
Major William J. Gleason, William Southwell, T. W. Brainard, A. L. Knauff, J. L. Smith,
A. T. Osborn,
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Wilbur Sloat, W. D. Pudney,
Colonel E. W. Force, General J. J. Elwell,
Captain Levi F. Bauder,
Captain E. H. Bohm,
General M. D. Leggett, R. Horton,
Captain Levi T. Scofield, Alexander Stewart.
First Ohio Infantry, W. C. Cowin and J. N. Frazee.
Seventh, Charles Preble and L. R. Davis.
Eighth, J. K. O'Reilly and R. O'Rourke.
Eleventh, J. P. Dawley. Twelfth, W. A. Ludhim.
Fourteenth, John Teel and Henry G. Bigelow.
Fifteenthı, Major A. M. Burns.
Nineteenth, H. W. Kitchen.
Twenty-third, Ed. A. Abbott and Ben. Killanlı.
Twenty-seventh, Chas. Smith and Matthew Madigan. Twenty-ninth, Wilbur Sloat and J. H. Se Cheverell.
Thirty-second, Herman Meyer and Rev. Dr. John Mitchell.
Thirty-fourth, John Miller.
Thirty-sixth, Dr. John Dickenson.
Thirty-seventh, Joseph Kaestle and George Jansen. Thirty-eighth, C. D. Harrington and M. Ostermeyer. Forty-first, James McMahon and W. J. Morgan. Forty-second, B. F. Phinney and E. D. Sawyer. Forty-third, Major Howe and Thomas Pankhurst. Fifty-first, David Fish and Dr. Charles Gentsch. Fifty-fourth, J. D. Willis and J. P. McCarty. Fifty-eighth, A. J. Symes and William Schwardt. Sixtieth, W. J. Farrand and R. D. Mahoney. Sixty-fifth, E. G. Powell. Sixty-seventh, George L. Childs and Quincy Miller. Seventy-sixth, Daniel S. Fisher. Seventy-eighth, J. A. McIntosh.
Seventy-ninth, William McKinnan. Eighty-fifth, William H. Gaylord. Eighty-seventh, Peter Keary.
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Ninety-first, C. L. Richmond.
One Hundred and Third, General "Jack " Casement. One Hundred and Fifth, O. P. Latimer.
One Hundred and Seventh, Joseph Rothgery and A. G. Stollman.
One Hundred and Fifteenth, D. G. Nesbitt and John B. Lang.
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth, Colonel James Pickands and J. M. Bowman.
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth, Thomas Fay and Morris Griffin.
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth, W. H. Warner.
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth, C. H. Tuttle.
One Hundred and Fiftieth, Major J. D. Paliner and William Nevins.
One Hundred and Seventy-seventh, Hon. V. A. Tay- lor and Thomas Gilbert.
One Hundred and Eighty-second, W. A. Heinsohn.
One Hundred and Eighty-eighth, J. C. Palmer.
Second Ohio Cavalry, Henry Gordon and W. R. Austin.
Third, Frank Reiley and Fred Hoffman.
Sixth, A. W. Fenton and L. Bonesteel.
Ninth, J. F. Oviatt and C. C. Shanklin. Tenth, Henry Koehler and Thomas H. Farrell. Twelfth, J. F. Herrick and B. C. Carpenter.
First Ohio Light Artillery, William H. Hayward.
Battery A, W. F. Goodspeed.
Battery B, N. A. Baldwin and William T. Quilliams. Battery C, T. S. Knight.
Battery D, C. Linehan and Charles H. Stearns. Battery E, De Witt Eldred.
Battery G, Joseph Speddy and John Crable.
Battery I, Hugh Buckley and Morris Porter. Ninth Independent Battery, M. A. Lander. Fifteenth, Daniel Hogan.
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Nineteenth, J. C. Shields.
Twentieth, William Neracher and Henry Hoehn.
Mexican War Veterans, Hon. O. J. Hodge. Union Veterans' Union, William T. Clark. Loyal Legion, Captain F. A. Kendall. Navy, B. A. Woodard and James Dwyer.
COMMITTEE ON GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
G. C. Barnes, Chairman. Jolın C. Roland, Secretary.
J. C. Shields,
C. D. Harrington,
J. S. Hobbs,
R. S. Goss,
M. A. Lander,
E. L. Patterson,
Chas. W. Sanborn,
E. M. Hessler,
W. H. Hayward, E. W. Force,
S. E. Gordon, J. F. Herrick,
J. B. Swartwood, D. A. Kimball,
O. P. Latimer,
J. C. Walton,
W. C. Cowin,
E. S. Libbey,
C. E. Griswold,
O. L. Neff.
SONS OF VETERANS' COMMITTEE.
Captain Henry Frazee, Chairman.
H. C. Mason,
F. O. Tuttle,
C. H. A. Palmer, H. C. Lund,
R. S. Smith.
COMMITTEE ON CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Colonel C. C. Dewstoe, Chairman.
Colonel John O. Winship, Secretary.
Colonel John W. Gibbons, Colonel Robert Kegg, H. P. McIntosh, Colonel George A. Myers,
Colonel T. W. Minshall, C. J. Manix. Colonel C. L. Alderson,
MAJOR - GENERAL EMERSON OPDYCKE.
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COMMITTEE ON MUSIC. Professor C. F. Olney, Chairman.
Professor Alfred Arthur, Professor J. T. Wamelink, Professor N. Coe Stewart, A. D. Coe. Professor Emil Ring,
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND THE PRESS. Hon. John C. Covert, Chairman.
E. W. Osborn,
L. E. Holden, J. E. Mueller, Carl Claussen,
George A. Robertson, H. A. Griffin.
MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS. Hon. Luther Allen, Chairman.
SUB-COMMITTEE ON MERCHANTS.
George K. Ross, Chairman.
George W. Williams, Vice-Chairman. Harry R. Edwards, Secretary.
L. A. Bailey, Lucien B. Hall,
Webb C. Ball,
George W. Kinney,
W. H. Beaumont,
George T. McIntoshı,
H. B. Burrows,
James Moriarty,
George H. Chandler,
F. P. Root,
J. D. Connolly,
George P. Welch,
George Deming,
Howard W. White,
Henry Dreher,
Otto Seidel,
J. S. Dickle, John Meckes,
W. F. Dutton,
D. E. McLean,
R. H. Fetterman, J. P. Brogan. C. L. F. Wieber.
W. H. Garlock,
SUB-COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURERS. W. J. Morgan, Chairman. X. X. Crum, Vice-Chairman. F. F. Prentiss, Secretary. Charles F. Adams, W. A. Babcock, Harry W. Avery, H. J. Boggis,
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Sylvanus Bourne,
Z. M. Hubbell,
R. F. Burdick,
H. W. King,
W. P. Champney,
G. C. Kuhlman,
L. M. Coe,
C. E. Lowman,
Hon. D. A. Dangler,
George W. Lewis,
C. A. Davidson,
Charles Bausch,
Herman Frasch,
C. W. Scofield,
William Greif.
Sol. Sloss,
S. B. Harrison,
C. S. Van Wagoner,
Webb C. Hayes,
Robert Wallace.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Hon. H. Q. Sargent, Chairman.
Martin House,
WV. D. Buss,
C. F. Olney,
William Backus, Jr.,
N. Coe Stewart,
Joseph Krug,
E. F. Moulton,
G. L. Hechler,
S. S. Ford,
Dr. C. F. Dutton,
William Downie, Miss Ellen G. Reveley,
M. R. Daykin,
Miss Harriet L. Keeler,
E. L. Harris, Miss Lemira W. Hughes,
Theodore H. Johnston,
Miss Jennie D. Pullen,
Thomas Boutall,
Mrs. Elroy M. Avery.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. Hon. William J. Akers, Chairman.
B. W. Jackson,
Charles L. Kimball,
H. F. Roesser, Charles Fuller.
COMMITTEE ON DECORATION.
Colonel Louis N. Weber, Chairman. Colonel Conrad Mizer, Secretary.
WV. I. Thompson, F. C. Bate,
Frank Aborn, E. P. Fenton,
Will. V. W. Wamelink,
Henry J. Wamelink,
C. W. Wason, IV. H. Beaumont,
David Chiarlesworth, A. T. Anderson.
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COMMITTEE ON CARRIAGES. Hon. J. V. McGorray, Chairman. Hon. Charles P. Salen, Secretary. LOYAL WOMEN'S AID SOCIETY COMMITTEE. Mrs. Lena Springsteen, Chairman.
Mesdames Alice W. Fuller, L. W. Bailey, Lois M. Knanff,
E. Knight,
Mary Gressmuck,
E. R. Walker,
Mary Clifford,
T. W. Brainard,
Sarah Mitten,
M. B. Gary,
Carrie McReynolds,
W. H. Hayward,
Catherine McQuiston,
R. C. White,
Mary Seymour,
P. H. Kaiser,
Lenora Cunningham,
E. L. Patterson,
Mary E. Myers,
IV. R. Austin,
Thankful Prestage,
H. W. Osborn,
Lois Craft,
L. Smithnight,
Clarissa Hubbard,
Thomas Rodgers,
Rose Mayo,
Mattie Barrett,
Jerusha C. Bicknell,
Winnie B. Rogers,
Amelia Amnes,
Dora Brush,
Emma Smith,
Emma Seymour,
Elizabeth Smith,
Alice Slack,
John Dickenson,
Nettie Freeman,
E. M. Hessler,
Eva Loomis,
Miriam Gillis,
G. C. Barnes,
Lucy Killam,
Mary Erwin, Mary Werner,
Nettie Molyneaux, Elizabeth Dunn,
H. Barnes,
Gertrude Cary,
Kate K. Dorner,
C. J. Sullivan,
Willard Abbott,
M. J. Fisk, Eunice Brown,
Ellen R. Caulkins,
Martha Wherry, A. E. Brockett,
James McMahon,
Nellie Willard, Florence H. White,
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IV. R. Creighton,
J. G. W. Cowles,
C. C. Dewstoe,
L. S. Fish,
W. J. Gleason,
J. M. Gasser,
James Barnett,
Byron Pope,
Martha L. Hayr,
Hannah Shepherd,
Levi F. Bauder,
Sarah A. Lane,
Levi T. Scofield,
Florence Armstrong,
M. D. Leggett,
Ida Williams,
J. O. Winship,
M. J. Sloat,
J. W. Gibbons,
Sue Shengle,
N. Coe Stewart,
W. F. Walworth,
D. H. Kimberley,
Mary F. Claflin,
L. W. Day,
C. F. Olney,
Louise M. Roland,
E. L. Harris,
G. E. Frazer,
A. C. Hver,
Susie Worcester,
G. Peterson.
J. C. Covert,
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Mrs. Elroy M. Avery, Chairman.
Mrs. B. D. Babcock,
Mrs. M. D. Williams,
Mrs. A. T. Perry,
Mrs. T. D. Crocker,
Mrs. Homer W. Osborn, Mrs. Cyrus Merrill.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COMMITTEE.
Hon. Elroy M. Avery, Chairman.
L. E. Holden, James H. Hoyt,
General James Barnett, R. C. Parsons,
Professor C. F. Olney, N. P. Bowler,
J. M. Richardson, Pres. Charles F. Thwing,
H. H. Ward, President Cady Staley,
H. A. Kelley,
E. H. Baker.
NAVAL DISPLAY COMMITTEE. Commodore Percy W. Rice, Chairman.
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SALUTES AND FIREWORKS. Colonel A. T. Van Tassel, Chairman. Capt. J. F. McCanley, Secretary. A. A. Dittrich, George G. Mulhern,
A. B. Honecker,
Daniel R. Hanna,
Charles P. Salen,
L. Smithnight,
J. S. Dickle,
Jacob Waldeck,
Albert Johnson,
Ralph Williams,
Ed. Benliam.
E. S. Wright,
H. H. Burgess,
E. W. Bowers.
C. A. Selden,
COMMITTEE ON THE EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION. Hon. A. J. Williams, Chairman. H. C. Hawkins, Secretary.
Hon. R. C. Parsons,
H. M. Addison,
Geo. F. Marshall,
Solon Burgess,
R. T. Lyon,
Darius Adams,
Bolivar Butts,
Judge Frank H. Kelly.
Wilson S. Dodge,
MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE. C. A. Davidson, Chairman.
Director J. H. Farley, Director M. J. Herbert,
Director H. H. Hyman,
Dan. O. Caswell,
Dan P. Reynolds, Esq.,
Supt. Henry Hoehn,
H. H. Burgess,
John Wilhelm,
Chief James Dickinson, P. J. McKenney,
B. W. Jackson,
W. I. Thompson,
R. E. McKisson, Esq.,
F. Hesoun, Jr.,
Director W. J. McKinnie, J. V. McGorray. Director W. A. Madison,
COMMITTEE ON POLICE. Hon. M. J. Herbert, Chairman. Supt. Henry Hoehn, Captain Michael English, Captain James McMahon, Captain E. K. Hutchinson, Captain M. F. Madigan, Captain A. S. Gates.
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The committees thus fully organized proceeded with their work with a vim and vigor that was bound to be successful.
The question of Orator of the Day was raised. It was. thought advisable to select one as early as possible. General J. J. Elwell moved that ex-Governor Josepli B. Foraker be the Orator. It was so decided unani- inously.
As President of the Monument Commission, it was Major Gleason's privilege and honor to preside at the dedication, if he so wished. In order, however, that National significance might be given that great event, he named Governor William Mckinley as President of the Day. His voluntary act was enthusiastically re- ceived.
At the meeting held May 12, this action was taken :
"Hon A. J. Williams submitted the following state- ment and resolutions which, on motion of General J. J. Elwell, were unanimously adopted :
"First to challenge the attention of the visitor as he enters the imposing Monument erected to the memory of Cuyahoga's volun- teers in the late War is the bronze representation of a group of women. 'Who are they ? ' he inquires. The auswer comes : 'They are the noble patriotic ladies who were most prominent in woman's great work in contributing to the cheer and comfort of the heroes whose names adorn these walls.' Of that group but three survive, and as they who know them look upon that picture they at once exclaim : 'There is Mrs. Josiah A. Harris, now the venerable and honored Vice President of the Early Settlers' Association ; and there is Mrs. Peter Thatcher, both living in Cleveland ; and there is Miss Ellen F. Terry, now Mrs. C. F. Johnson, at present a resi- dent of Hartford, Conn.'
" How fitting and proper it is that these only living members of that group should be accorded deserved prominence at the dedica- tion of the Monument ; therefore it is
" Resolved, That Mrs. J. A. Harris, Mrs. Peter Thatcher, and Mrs. C. F. Johnson be most cordially requested to be present at the cere- monies of the dedication, and that the Committee on Reception be instructed to provide them with proper accommodations.
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" Resolved, That the Committee on Invitations be instructed to forward a copy of the foregoing to each of the persons named."
A letter which was addressed to L. H. Williams, Department Commander, and the delegates to the Twenty-eighth Annual Encampment of the Department of Ohio, Grand Army of the Republic, requested their presence at the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument. The committee approved the letter and ordered that it be forwarded to the Encampment.
Mr. Luther Allen, President of the Chamber of Com- merce, made an announcement which was received by the committee with regret. Mr. Allen was appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Merchants and Manufacturers, and he said that on account of his numerous business engagements it would be impossible for him to give the subject the attention which it would require, and for this reason he desired to tender his resignation. Major Gleason said he hoped Mr. Allen would reconsider his determination, as he was eminently fitted for the head of the committee for which he had been chosen. He said the merchants and manufactur- ers' division could be made a great feature of the parade. Mr. Allen said he fully appreciated the im- portance of the subject, and finally said he would remain as chairman of the committee for another week at least, and in the meantime would appoint the remaining members.
Of the meeting held May 19th, the Leader said :
" There is no longer any doubt that the Fourth of July celebration in connection with the dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument will be the grand- est of the kind ever witnessed in Cleveland. Almost all the committees are actively at work, and they are assured of success. A meeting of the General Commit- tee in charge of the demonstration met in the rooms of the Board of Control, yesterday, and there was quite a large attendance.
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"Mr. Luther Allen, Chairman of the Committee on Merchants and Manufacturers, made an encouraging report. He said that he had been somewhat handi- capped in his work for the reason that many of the men whom he wanted to see and interest in the work were out of the city. He said that his idea was to divide his committee into two subcommittees, one to be known as the Merchants' Committee, and the other the Manufacturers' Committee. The field he said was too large for one committee, and much better results could be obtained by the division. He intended to appoint a chairman and a vice chairman for each committee. Mr. Allen said that he had already secured the consent of one gentleman to act as the Chairman of the Subcom- mittee on Merchants, and a gentleman who had been selected as the Chairman on Manufacturers had prom- ised to give his decision on Monday. He said that he would be able to announce his committees, and make a full report to the meeting of the General Committee on next Saturday afternoon. The General Committee was much encouraged by Mr. Allen's report.
" Professor Ohney suggested, and the other members of the committee agreed with him, that a pleasant feature of the day would be to have the chorus which will sing on Memorial Day render patriotic airs during the time of the dedication of the Monument. The feasibility of building a platform in the Public Square for this pur- pose was discussed. It was the general opinion that the children should have some part in the exercises of the day on account of the lesson of patriotism which it will teach.
"Captain James Hayr, the Chairman of the Commit- tee on Old Soldiers who are not attached to any Soldiers' organization, announced that he was meeting with much better success than he hoped for. He said that he was in correspondence with Comrades in many
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States, and he hoped to have every unattached Soldier now living whose name is in the Soldiers' Monument in the parade. He has already heard from fifty-seven regimental associations, and every one of them will be headed by their battle flag. The custodian of the flag room in the State Capitol at Columbus will bring all the old battle flags to the city for the occasion, and will be responsible for their safe return. This report was received with much favor, as the carrying of the blood- stained battle flags will be a prominent feature of tlie parade."
Considerable headway had been made by the several committees previous to the meeting held June 2d, of which the Leader spoke :
" The General Committee having charge of the ar- rangements for the Fourth of July demonstration was well represented at the meeting held in the rooms of the Board of Control, in the City Hall, yesterday after- 10011. The meeting was the most business-like and interesting of any yet held by the committee. The program is well under way, and if the people of Cleveland are as generous as they have been in times past on occasions of the kind, the demonstration on the Fourth will be the grandest ever witnessed in the State. When the meeting had been called to order, and the routine business transacted, reports from the various subcommittees were called for. The first to respond was General J. J. Elwell, of the Committee on Invita- tions. He said that the committee had held a meeting with a full attendance before the General Committee had convened. It was resolved that the chairman of the committee should invite the following distinguished persons to attend the celebration: President Grover Cleveland and Cabinet, Vice President Adlai E. Stev- enson, Major General Jolin M. Schofield, General O. O. Howard, General Nelson A. Miles, General Nathan A.
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Kimball, General Dan E. Sickles, General Lew Wallace, ex-President Harrison, Hon. James E. Campbell, Gen- eral A. V. Rice, General W. H. Gibson, Major E. M. Hayes, General Aquilla Wiley, Hon. A. B. Kennedy, Hon. E. P. Scammon, Hon. J. D. Cox, Hon. J. C. Cowan, the Garfield family, Speaker Charles E. Crisp, Hon. Franklin J. Dickman, Hon. A. G. Riddle, Hon. S. O. Griswold, Hon. John Sherman, Hon. Calvin P. Brice, Hon. Allen G. Thurman, Hon. George E. Hoadley, General Thomas Ewing, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Colonel John A. Cockerell, General I. H. Sherwood, Colonel William Perry Fogg, Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, General Russell A. Alger, General W. H. Powell, the Judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio, the surviving members of the Northern Ohio Sanitary Commission, and the members of the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives.
" Major W. J. Gleason reported for the Committee on Program. He said that his committee had mapped out a partial program, but many details remained to be completed. He said that the committee would be able to present a magnificent program.
"The military part of the program was answered for by General James Barnett. He said that he had assurances that all the military companies in the city and county would be in line in the procession.
"The next committee to report was the Committee 011 Grand Army of the Republic, for which Captain G. C. Barnes responded. He said that a letter had been pre- pared, and it would be sent to all the Grand Army posts in Cuyahoga and adjoining counties, requesting them to participate in the parade. Captain Barnes said that if satisfactory railway rates could be obtained he was sure that there would be a large attendance of Grand Army men from outside the city.
"For the Sons of Veterans, Captain Henry Frazee
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said that he had sent letters of invitation to all the camps in the county, and he was satisfied that there would be a large attendance.
" Colonel C. C. Dewstoe responded for the Civic Societies. He said that his committee was making good progress. He said that he had a list of all the uniformed societies in the city, and they were all anx- ious to turn out and make a creditable division of the parade. The committee was given power to invite all the civic societies in the city to participate in the parade.
"Mr. W. J. Akers reported that the Committee on1 Transportation had met with the various passenger agents of the city, and they had agreed to recommend to the traffic association that tickets be sold from all points in Ohio, and also from Detroit and Buffalo, at one fare for the round trip, and that tickets be good from July 2 to July 7, inclusive.
"A report from the Committee on Music was made by Professor Charles F. Olney. He stated that it would be difficult to determine what the Committee on Music would do until it was known whether a platform would be erected, and how large it would be. 'If a platform is erected,' he said, 'which will hold 4,000 people, we can have a large chorus of school children, which would be a pleasing feature. If we know definitely about the platform, we can proceed understandingly.'
"'I hope that enough interest will be aroused to erect a platform,' said Mr. W. J. Akers. 'We should get the school children out and instill patriotism into them. This is a celebration in which they should participate, and I want to hear them sing. '
"'We want the children,' said General Elwell. ‘It will be an object lesson for the rising generation, even if it is not for us old fellows. I want this committee to tell Professor Olney to go ahead and prepare for a chorus of school children.'
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" Major Gleason offered a resolution, which was adopted, providing that Professor Olney should call on Director Sargent and request him to co-operate in the movement to secure a chorus of school children to sing during the dedication of the Monument.
"Captain James Hayr reported for the Committee on Unattached Soldiers. He said that he already had as- surances that sixty-two commands would be in line with their old battle flags. He expected to have fully one hundred different commands represented in the parade. He would also have a number of Marines in his division, and it was possible that they would have a float representing the Monitor.
"Mr. L. N. Weber reported for the Committee on Decorations. He said that his committee had held several meetings and had discussed various plans for decorating the down town portions of the city. 'We would like,' he said, 'to build an elaborate arch, and to decorate the Public Square profusely with flags, bunting, and mnottoes. Evening decorations have also been discussed by the committee. It has been sug- gested that we have Chinese lanterns hung about the Square, and that red, white and blue electric lights be suspended from the wires over the streets.'
"Mr. McGorray suggested that the committees had progressed very satisfactorily, and that the time had arrived when the Grand Marshal of the day should be chosen. Professor Olney moved that the selection of the Marshal be left to General Barnett, General Elwell, and Major Gleason, and Mr. McGorray favored that mode of procedure. Major Gleason offered as an amendment that General James Barnett be unanimously chosen as the Grand Marshal of the day. General Barnett attempted to utter a protest, but his voice was drowned in the applause which followed Major Gleason's amendment. Colonel Dewstoe said that he had rode
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with General Barnett when he had said that it was positively his last appearance and he wanted to do so again. General Barnett was then declared the Marshal of the day, but he said that he would have to positively decline.
"Major Gleason then eulogized the General. He said that he had commanded the largest parades ever held in Cleveland and that he wanted to see him in the front again. 'General Barnett led the first troops from Ohio into the enemy's country,' said Captain Hayr, 'and he ought to lead us in our final triumph-the dedication of our Monument.'
"'I regret,' said General Barnett, 'that I was the marshal of the parades at the funerals of two Presidents in this city. I was in charge of the parade when Gar- field was buried, and later had the honor to be Chief Marshal on the occasion of the dedication of Garfield's Memorial, and I expected and desired that it would be the last one which I should ever head. I am now at the time of life when the younger men should take charge. I understand your kindness, and appreciate the honor, but you must excuse ine.'
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