The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-15
AUGURATION WILL EXCEED
ALL OTHERS
WITH CONCERTS AND BALL.
FUNDS FOR THE MAGNIFICENT
DISPLAY WILL BE EASILY
RAISED.
PARADE WILL BE A MONSTER
Military. and Civic Bodies From
Nearly Every State VIII
Participate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The ar
rangementS for the Inauguration Of
President-elect Mckinley two weeks
from next Thursday are rapidly nearing
completion, and the indications are that
in point of brilliancy and attra ctiveness
the ceremonies, the decorations and the
festivities incident to inauguration
week will be more lavish than those of
former years. In the decorations of
the ball room finer results are expect
ed than ever before. All spectacular
effects will be avoided, and a more
artistic and 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 the
presidential and vice presidential par
ties.
The great height Of the court Of the
pension building will be overcome by
bunting festooned from the center to
each of the three divisions of the
court, at the top Of the second gallery.
The bare walls everywhere and all
Of the smaller pillars will be covered
with bunting as a background for the
flowers and greens. The bunting and
thousands of tiny electric fairy lamps
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 a reception COM
mittee Of which Maj. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles is the chairman. The cost
Of tickets to the ball has been fixed
at SIS for each person and 81 extra if
supper is desired.
In ansyer to many inquiries received,
it may be stated that no invitations
to the ball are necessary to secure
tickets and none are issued except to
foreign ministers. Tickets are now on
sale, and may be had by any one at
the price named.
The promenade concert will consist
Of six selections, and the dance pro-
gramme contain twenty-three numbers.
The ball will be held on Thursday
night, and, in addition, a series of five
inaugural grand concerts will be given
in the ball room on the following Fri
day and Saturday. The ball decora-
tons will remain in place. The first
concert will be given at 1890 o'clock
Friday morning in honor Of the United
States army, represented by Gen. Miles
and staff. At this concert the Repub-
lican Glee club, Of Columbus, O., will
sing number of patriotic airs.
At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon a con-
cert will be given in honor of the Unit
ed States navy, represented by Rear
Admirals Walker and Ramsey, and at
night the concert will be given in hon
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ed by the governors Of the states and
their staffs. The concert Saturday aft
ernOon will be in honor Of congress,
represented by the president of the SEN
ate and the 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 by
a chorus Of 500 voices. Admission to
each concert will be so cents
MONSTER OF A PARADE.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Pennsylvania national guard finds it
impossible to attend the Inauguration,
the probabilities are that the parade
will be very large Gen Horace Porter
Of New York, with the members of his
staff is busy with the details Of ar
ranging the divisions. He will act as
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chief of staff, A. Noel Brakeman, New
York; Col. H. c. Corbin, United States
army, as adjutant general, and Capt
John a. Johnston, U. S. A, as chief
Of aides, with Capt. Edward NJ. Horton,
of the D. G. N. G., special aide and mil
itary secretary.
The parade will be organized in two
grand divisions, one civic and the 9TH
er military. Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge
will be chief marshal of the first grand
division, to be composed Of military
organizations. He will have as his chief
Of staff Gen. HuidekOper, of New York.
and Col. Joseph P. Sanger, U. S. A
This grand division will be subdivided
into three separate divisions. The first
will be organized into two brigades, the
first comprising United States troops
as Well as the naval battalions, and
will be commanded by Maj. Gen Yves
ley Merritt, u. S. A. The second will
be composed Of the national guard Of
the District Of Columbia, 1900 strong.
and the Washington high school cadets,
400 strong, all under the command of
Gen. Cecil Clay, D. c. N. G. The second
division Of the grand division will be
composed of the national guard Of the
various states headed, respectively by
the governor and staff and arranged in
order from front to rear in the order
In which the states entered the Union.
Inc CnlTu DIVISION or the military grand
division will be composed of all vet
eran organizations, including the G. A
R., the Loyal Legion, the Medal of
Honor Legion. the Union Veterans
union, the Union Veteran league, the
Regular Army and Navy union, etc,
all commanded by Gen. o. o. Howard.
U. S. A, Gen. S. S. Burdett, past COM
nanderin-chief G. A. r., as chief Of
staff.
The civic grand division will be com
manded by B. H. Warner, of the city
Of Washington, as chief marshal, and
will be made UP Of civic clubs Of all
descriptions, prominent among which
will be the Republican National league.
with d. D. WOOdmansee, of Cincinnati.
it's president as marshal. 1t is esti.
mated that there will be from 40, 900 to
$4,000 in the parade, and in order to
move so vast an army in the space of
time allowed, they will be so formed
that they can be marched past given
point at the rate of 1900 an hour.
Conspicuous among the civic Organiza-
tons will be the delegation Of about
200 students from the Indian school at
Carlisle, Pa. Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio,
will command a military division.
The United States regular troops Of
the military grand division will be
composed of one battalion Of engineers
from Willetts Point, n. Y; two regi-
ments of infantry, the Seventeenth,
from Columbus barracks, and the Ninth,
from Sacketts HarbOr o.; enc regiment
of cavalry, four troops from Fort Mey-