Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-19
FOR THE INAUGURATION
BRILLIANT CEREMONIES, MORE
LAVISH THAN FORMERLY.
Ball, Five Concerts and a Procession
Which Is Expected to Include
Sixty Thousand.

are rapidly nearing completion and the
indications are that in point Of brilliancy
and attractiveness the ceremonies. the
decorations and the festivities incident to
inauguration week will be more lavish
than those of former years. In the dec
orations Of the ball room finer results are
expected tnan ever before All spectac-
ular effects will be avoided and a more
harmonious arrangement Of flowers,
lights and bunting will be secured. About
$4,000 will be spent by the inaugural
committee In decorating the main ball
room and the private rooms set apart for
the use of presidential and vice presi-
| Dental parties. The great height of the
court of the pension building, where the
ball will be held, will be overhung by
bunting, festooned from the center OF
each of the three divisions of the court
to the top of the second gallery. The
bare walls everywhere and all Of the
smaller pillars will be covered with bunt-
ing as background for the flowers and
greens which will be prominent features
Of the decorations. The bunting and
hundreds of tiny electric lights will be
used principally to bring out in greater
relief the floral designs. The president
and vice president with their families
will attend the ball and will be in charge
| of the reception committee, of which Cen
eral Miles Is chairman. The cost of
| tickets to the ball has been fixed at IS for
each person and 81 extra If supper is de-
sired. In answer to many inquiries re-
ceived at headquarters it may be stated
no invitations to the ball are necessary
| to secure tickets and none are issued ex-
| cept to foreign ambassadors. Tickets are
| now on sale and may be had by any one
| at the price named.
The promenade will consist of six Sc
| lections and the dance program contains
q numbers. The ball will be held Thurs
| day night and in addition a series of five
| inaugural grand concerts will be given
in the bali room on the following Friday
and Saturday. The ball decorations will
| remain in place. The first concert will be
| given at 1:30 Friday morning In honor of
| the United States army, represented by
| General Miles and staff. At the concert
| the Republican Glee Club of Columbus
| Ohio, will sing number of patriotic airs.
| At 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon q con-
cert will be given in honor of the United
| State navy, represented by Rear Admir-
ais Walker and Ramsey, and at night
the concert will be given in honor of the
states of the Union represented by the
governors of the states and their STATS.
The concert Saturday afternoon will be
in honor of congress, represented by the
president of the senate and speaker of
the house. The last concert Saturday
night will be in honor of the people of the
United States and will consist of music
| ~ I,on nd md
a chorus of 500 voices. Admission to each
concert will be so cents. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard finds 1t impossible to attend
the Inauguration, the probabilities are
that the parade will be very large.
| The Parade.
General Horace Porter of New York,
with the men Of his staff, is busy with
the details of arranging divisions. General
Porter will act as grand marshal and will
have as his chiefs of staff, Mr.. Blackman
of New York, Colonel Corbin of the
United States of America. Adjutant and
Captain Johnston, U. s. A.. chief of aides
with Captain Horton of the D. C. N. G.
special aide and military secretary.
The parade will be organized in two
grand divisions-one civic and the other
will be chief marshal of the first grand d.
vision, to be composed of military organ
izations. He will have as his chief OF
staff General Hyde Cooper of New York
and Colonel Joseph P. Singer, U. 8. A.
/, adjutant general. This military grand Ill
vision will be sub-divided into three sep,
, arate divisions. The first division will be
organized into two brigades. the first
comprising United States troops as wei
as the naval battalions. This first brigade
will be commanded by Major Genera
Wesley Merritt, u. 8. A. The second bri
gade will be composed of the Nationa
Guard of the District of Columbia t5O
strong, and the Washington high schoo
cadets, 400 strong, all under the commani
i of General Cecil Clay of the District Of
: Columbia National Guard.
The second division of the military
grand division will be composed of thu
} National Guards of various states, head
ed respectively by the governor anC
staff of each state, and arranged in order
from front to rear, in the order in whlcl
| the states entered the Union. The thirt
: division of the military grand division
will be composed of all veteran organiza
e lions, including the Grand Army of tn
I Republic, the Loyal Legion, Union Vet
A Grams Union, the Union Veterans Legion
a and Regular Army and Navy clubs Thi
r third division will be commanded by Gen
eral o. o. Howard, General s. s. Bur
p dette, past commander of the Gran
:, Army of the Republic, as the chief O
staff.
The civic grand division will be com
manded by b. H. Warner of this city a
chief marshal, and will be made up O
civic clubs of all descriptions. Prominen
D in this grand division will be the Repuh
g lican National League, of which D. L
Woodmansee OF Cincinnati is president
who will act as marshal.
1t is estimated that there will be froT
If 5000 to $1,000 people in the parade, and 1
e order to move SO vast an army In til
p" space of time allowed they will be s
70 formed that they can be marched past
lie given point at the rate of 1900 an houl
- | Conspicuous among the civic organiZs
IS tons will be the delegation of 200 student
from the Carlisle Indian school. Governo
Bushnell of Ohio will command a militar
= division. The United States regular trooT
n of the military grand division will be CON
posed of one battalion of engineers frol
lie Willetts Point. N. Y. two regiments