Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba is Kess f Ftp files monday mantis decoration Day in Winnipeg w in ipod regiments drawn up in hollow Square at the Barracks previous to the Parade to St. John an _ afternoon. While in this formation a. Brief service was conducted by or. C. W. Gordon the above picture shows the procession on South main Street on the Way to the cemetery run into tens of thousands. From the i i Ange ments in regard to traffic Regula to Nan Entrance of Osborne Barracks to j Tion were better devised and. Carried St. John s cemetery the route was out than on any previous occasion in lined four deep with spectators on ills recollection. Deputy chief new ton had charge of All police arrange Olio both sides of the line of March. So eager were some to catch a glimpse of Tho procession that they climbed on the Miteel structures of the Union Trust and confederation life build Ings pm main Street. Others secured j positions of Vantage on Telephone and Telegraph poles. Tovery window on main Street ail Broadway had its quota of interested onlookers. At the Barracks the. Wives and children of a unto and nearer my god to Tan service closed with god save the in which the join cd in procession starts. Leaving fort Osborne Barracks or or. Cemetery. Lord Stra i Conas horse Royal canadians under he command of . Macdonell. Headed the procession which passed tinder the archway of the Barracks on to Osic Rne Street Ami Proceeclc-0 East i Broadway marching to the music of the bands. The Parade continued1 Nonh on main Street As far As the Hall of Industry at the Corner of i water Street where a halt was made i ii veterans brigade. 400 Strong was Irain up at this Point and my in at Mic rear of the procession. The Rotim followed to St. John s cd meter was by Way of main Street and Church Avenue. The return March was made along main Street and Portage Avenue Kennedy Street to fort Osborne Barracks. At the. Corner of Portage Avenue and main Street on the return Louincy the veterans brigade cell Outi marched to the Hall of Industry. Harass Hittie. A crimean Veteran of ssh a. Anil the oldest Man on Parade Parade finest Parade in Winnipeg s history. Parade was in every Way the finest to have Ever had in said Lieut. Colonel Bill Man last everything went off beautifully. The marching was particularly Good and i took special note of the tact that the two new regi ments were in much better form than they were last year. I thought the crowd far exceeded that o. Last decoration Dai merits in connection with the Parade. Colonel Steele and staff arrive. Under the impression that the troops and veterans would March Down St. John s Avenue to the Cathedral Ceme Tery a. Dense crowd collected on the Corner of this Street arid along its length. When it was seen that the approach to the burial ground was to be made by Way of Church Street the crowd made a. Rush in that direction. Several minutes before this colonel Steele and his staff arrived on the scene in an automobile and after a Short consultation gave orders i or the. Troops to form up on the vacant pro Perty adjoining St. John s school. From hero they were dismissed and proceeded in twos and threes to the cemetery. The veterans led by Hon. Hugh John Macc Oriald and chief Justice Howell filed into the cemetery by the i Cathedral Gateway and Laid j wreathes and Floral tributes according i to custom on the Graves of the Foll res and men of the 90th rifles who fell at the Battles of Batoche and i Kish Creek. The veterans entered the cemetery in two divisions each 300 Strong. The first division consisting of the army and Navy veterans association was formed into sections. The first under Captain Carruthers was yesterday was presented with old officers and men of Force sat out on the in this Way a Bird s troops drawn up in hollow Square on the Parade _ thousands of spectators viewed the from automobiles drawn up the curb. From the Union up of fenian raid veterans. The second were veterans of the Northwest Field Force led by Joseph m. Tees president of the army and Navy association. The South african against of h of be is t to Pritchard Avenue Winni Peg s main thoroughfare yesterday afternoon presented the appearance vast motor show. Every Type machine was pressed into service Tor the occasion. As the procession proceeded northward Many of the Auto mobiles which had been standing loj lilies waiting for the March past. By the members of the brigade j Depol order of Parade. Came Ito squadrons of lord i horse in their is and wearing their new ets with red and White them marched Tho various army medical Wuh the Public school cadets at Irh h in their knee breeches and a n came the kitties led s Garltic drum major Ami the Lille a. Known As the soon marched behind the camerons. The military the Pei in Anent roofs obtaining Eye View of the the form of round veterans association members who made up the third Section were divided into two companies under Cap Tain John d. Allan and Captain Lyttie. These three associations were recently organized into a join association under the name of his majesty s army and Navy veterans. c. A. Millican had charge of the army and Navy association Parade. The second main division of the veterans was com posed of members of the veterans brigade under Thomas s grenadiers. Units came the r. K St Ramc a a p the rear. The various i veterans m the thousands View Parade. Of the people who see the Parade would driven rapidly Down Side streets. Scott. Their owners taking up new positions the Isth army service corps March further along the line of March. In the decoration Day Parade yes no disorder. There was no disorder which gathered among to View the the Ter Day for the first time. This corps was organized recently with head quarters in St. James. Major Corelli few Yards. Hugh John Macdonald. President of the army and Navy veterans association stated to the free press that on bewail of the veterans he desired to thank the Mem Bers of the police Force for the Elfi client manner in which the crowd handled arid for the perfect maintained. He said order that the a from the human system when tells the of a exhaustion Ney trouble. Such examinations Are and is Only a Small part of the Sta of physicians and surgeons under it Joni or. R. V. Pierce giving the Best possible without Cost to those Jont t0 and make statement of a imitation of natures method of waste of tissue and impoverishment of Naod. Nervous Force is used when you of roots lie saluted Monument Pierce s Golden medical discovery the 5tomach Strong promotes the flow of digestive juices re makes assimilation perfect invigorates the liver and and enriches the blood. It is the great blood maker flesh builder nerve tonic. It makes men Strong in body Active in mind a Dement. Get what you ask for made in Canada electric lighted one Hundred inter exhibits of Canada s wonderful Industrial development at . Depot Winnipeg thursday May 23rd. From 9 . Till 11 . S unique travelling it will be a revel free illustrated lectures during visit. Admission to every car 202 the civic Monument in the City Hall Square which was erected to the memory of those who fell at Batocael and fish. Creek was decorated on saturday afternoon of me City Parks department with the assistance of members of the fire brigade. The entire face of the Monument was decked Wilh Evergreen while in the Centre was a Large White Floral design about eight feet in diameter. Tie entire space in front of the Monument was roped cordons of police on either Side kept the crowd Back so that the troops As they passed in sunday s Parade had an unobstructed View of the memorial. As unit after unit passed each Man in accordance with the invariable custom with a Salute paid tribute to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Battles of the Northwest rebellion. Remembered at Toronto. Toronto. May was the Twenty seventh anniversary of the Battle of Batoche in the Northwest rebellion and the members of the 10th Royal grenadiers chapter of the Imperial order of the daughters of the Empire decorated the Graves of the men of ;