The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-03-03
The Inauguration.
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN TO TAKE FART is III
PARADE-TIE BALL FTt

TWENTY THOUSAND MEN TO TAKE FART iN THE
PARADE-THE EALL, ETC.
A Washington despatch says The interest IN
the coming inauguration ceremonies grow apace
Inc preparations are rapidly advancing The
hotels now receive hundreds OF applications every
day for rooms in excess of their accommodation
tor inauguration week All the available private
quarters are being rapidly engaged There is some
fault lndlng with the general order issued by Gen
sherman relative to the grand military display. but
II does not am0lnt to anything. The committee
SAID Gen. Sherman, have all been consulted
We can't march 10000 men from this end of the
avenue to the capitol in the two hours which the
inaugural ceremonies at the capitol usually con
sumo. Therefore it was concluded to make the
procession after the inaugural address, that
President Garfield could review it on his return
Every subdivision will march the whole length of
pennsylvania avenue, as high up as Seventeenth
street exactly the same distance that was marched
by the troops IN the grand review in May 1868
All arrangements for witnessing the procession
have been made by the committee along the ave
hue, and no arrangements have been made for
viewing 1t from side streets. The first division
which escorts Gen. Garfield to the capitol, must
not exceed 1000 men, because that is the largest
NUMBER that can be grouped IN the space lmmedi
ately east of the capitol without crowding out the
citizens who will be here to hear the inaugural
address That division 1.-THE frst) will be composed
OF representative men of all classes There will be
regulars, the navy, volunteers and civilians in H.
Inc Inauguration ball IS going to be magnf-
cent thing over $1,000 worth of tickets were sold
in one day. The hall in which the inaugural ball
is to be held, the main floor Of the National Mu
scum building, is admirably adapted to that pur
pose There is contained in it 80 300 square feet
OF floor space. All of this is available for ball pur
poses Allowing for the space that will be taken
up by the purely reception part of the evening and
by the decorations and commentators there will
remain plenty of room for every holder of the 5000
tickets, should that number be sold, to indulge in
the dance with pleasure and without the discom-
fort and bad words muttered under breath, which
90 hand IN hand with overcrowded room and
eternal humping together of whirling couples
Those who do not want to dance can comfortably
look on, if they want to, but will also have the |
pleasant alternative of walking around without in
terfering in the least with the dancers.
The floor is divided into IL halls These freely |
communicate with each other by wide and lofty
archways. In these there will be the dancing and
promenading 1t is long walk to traverse them |
all The centre of the building is octagona on the
floor This is called ''urder the dome The |
gentlemen, coming from their room, will Join the
ladies from theirs without any trouble They
will greet the President and Mrs Garfield, and
then pass on to the other pleasures of the evening
The building is so roomy and the hall convenient
that there cannot even be jam in the vicinity of
the President The address of every person buy
ing tickets is taken and no disreputable person |
will be admitted, nor will any speculation in the
tickets be allowed