National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-07
HAT BOXES AND MUSIC,
Subjects Considered by fhe Hall Commit
tee Saturday Evening.

Zee saturday Evening.
A large and interesting meeting of the
inaugural committee on hall and promenade re-
ception was held last Saturday evening, Mr..
Adolph CluSs in the chair and Mr.. E. B. Hay Sec
rotary.
Major Lockwood announced that one hundred
pieces would furnish the dancing music and fifty
the promenade music and that it would be sup
piled by the Germania Orchestra, of Philadelphia.
The chair made announcement regarding the
hat boxes which led to some discussion, but upon
which no definite action was taken.
Mr. Stratton moved that the names of the mem
bers of the hall and promenade reception commit
tee in addition to those of the executive commit
tee be placed on the cards of invitation and that
the executive committee be requested to furnish to
each member of the hall and promenade reception
committee ten cards of invitation for distribution
as they might choose.
After awarm discussion, the motion prevailed by
q vote of22 to IA.
Mr. Conger made supplemental motion that
every member of the committee desiring these
tickets be directed to apply to the executive COM
mitee for them, but after short discussion it was
withdrawn.
Mr.. Perry suggested that the committee had
hardly placed themselves in dignifed position
by the recent motion adopted, and suggested that
some member who voted with the majority move
to a reconsideration. Mr.. Rock made the motion,
which was carried, and subsequently, on motion,
of Mr. Conger, the whole matter was laid upon the
table.
The committees ON public comfort and employ
ment and tickets were consolidated, and after an
interchange of views as to the management and
regulation of the cloak rooms the committee ad-
journed
INAUGURATION NOTES.
The Palmer Guards, of Cleveland, Ohio, 100
strong, will be the guests of Company A, Washing
ton Cadets The Cadets armory will be their head
quarters while in the city. Captain Fleetwood, of
the Cadet Corps, has appointed the following nom
commissioned officers: William Marshal, first SER
geant; James A. Perry, second; L. NJ. Langy,
third; William W. Thompson, fourth William A
Clark, fifth James A. Ford, first corporal John
R. Contee, second William Fl. Ingram, third
Thomas D. Strother fourth ]. II. Saunders, fifth
Marshall Smith, sixth s. G. Woodng seventh
Edgar Williams ninth. The Cadets will be pre-
scented with handsome silk flag on the 18th in
slant at Bethel Hail. The flag was voted for and
won by them at the Shiloh fair
General Negley, president of the Union League
of America, has called meeting of the national
committee for Washington on the ID of March,
and the League will participate in the Inaugural
ton ceremonies.
The contracts for the various arches having been
given out, the work was commenced Saturday
A large force will be put to work at the National
Museum building o-day to lay the flooring.
The Garfield and Arthur Glee Club seventy five
in number, of Columbus, Ohio, have engaged
quarters at the st. James Hotel during inauguration
week.
Company A, Fifth Infantry, National Guard of
California has by competitive drill won the right
to represent the State of California at the inaugu-
ration.
Colonel P n. Guthrie, Captain Norman NJ Smith,
and Captain H. A. Mcknight, of the Eighteenth
Pennsylvania National Guards, are in the city stop
ping at the Riggs House, making arrangements for
the accommodation of their regiment, and have
secured quarters at Marinis Hall The
officers headquarters will be at Mrs
Merwin's, on E. street, directly opposite
the hall, and the band and drum corps of
sixty two pieces will be quartered at Abner's
General r. C. Dunn, of the Adiutant- Generals
Office, went as private in Company of this regi-
ment and served with them through the Mexican
war Colonel Wildersheim, of the First Pennsyl-
vania Regiment, is also at the Riggs House, and
has secured accommodations for his regiment at
the Washington Market House.