The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-03-01
The Inauguration.

On Tuesday next, the 4th inst, Presi-
dent Grant will be inaugurated for the
second term. The Washington correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Press gives the
following account of the preparation for
the occasion:
1.-THE arrangements for the Inauguration
ceremonies are fully matured and will be
carried out upon scale far exceeding any
display heretofore attempted in the history
of the Republic. There will be about fifty
different military and civic organizations
in the procession, each preceded by band
of music, which will form parade only
equalled at the time Grant and Sherman's
armies were reviewed here at the close of
the war in 1865. The Inauguration ball
building is the largest ever erected, being
800 by $50 feet, and it's complete appoint
ments for comfort and convenience are
unsurpassed. The West Point and naval
cadets will attend the ball in force, as we'll
as number of the officers and members Of
the other military organizations.
The President, Vice President, Cabinet
Ministers, Senators, Representatives. for
eign ministers, and distinguished civilians
from all parts of the Union, will be in at
tendance. On March 9Th the President,
Secretary of War, and Secretary of the
Navy will review the West Point and nav
al cadets. A portion of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. will be assigned for their parade and
man9uvres.
As numerous volunteer organizations
will be in attendance, it is probable that
several of the broad avenues will be occu-
pied by them in their competitive drill
This will afford an opportunity to compare
West Point school with the volunteer sys
tenn.
Thousands of persons in distant cities
have engaged quarters at hotels and board
lighthouses for the week, and. large sums
have been paid for front rooms on Pennsyl-
vania avenue from which to see the process
sion. Tickets for the ball are selling
rapidly.
The building which is now in process of
construction for the ball is immense. On
the ground it's dimensions are about $50
by $50 feet. The main building is arched,
the arches springing from the ground and
running up probably so feet, said to be the
largest ever sprung in this country. When
the decorations are completed and the g.
500 gas jets are lighted, the spectacle will
be one of wonderful brilliancy. The COM
mittee have determined to spare no expense
to make the Inauguration of 1873 one Of
the most memorable the country has known
The expenses are all betrayed by subscriP-
ton. The building, completed, will proba-
bly, cost $4,000. 1t will accommodate
ten thousand people. All its appointments
will be all that could be desired. The ball
room floor is 800 feet long by 100 feet wide,
without an obstruction in all its length
and breadth. There is raised platform
at one end Of the room for the President
and invited guests. The Annapolis and
West Point bands two of the finest in the
country furnish the music for the occasion.
The dining-hall is on one side of the main
structure, 800 feet long, with access from
the main floor at various points along its
whole length On the other side of the
structure is hall the whole length, with
hat and cloak-rooms opening into it, divid-
ed into small sections, so as to afford the
very best facilities for ticketing all wrap
pings. At the south front OF the building
are large dressing-rooms for ladies and
gentlemen, a room for invited guests, an
other for the President, and another for
the ladies of his party, smoking rooms,
&c.