The evening times., 1897-02-27

The work of the inaugural committees
has progressed so far that practical duties
are about to succeed the preliminaries. and
those who are expected TO provide for the
| reception, care and comfort of the thou
sands OF expected visitors are being rap
idly supplied with badges and final instruc-
| tions preparatory 90 the ushering in of the
momentous event.
| Two committees held meetings last night,
| practically the last before the Atm of March.
| These were the committee on public order.
| at the Glover Building, and the committee
| on decorations, at the Ames Building.
The first named was the most impur-
! tant. so far as the proceedings were con-
cerned. The entire committee. composed
of about 100 citizens. was inducted in q
body into the service of tine police depart
ment. They were formally sworn in by
Chief Clerk Richard Sylvester. of police
headquarters. and each received q police
badge. a commission as an additional pri-
vate and copy OF the special instruc-
tons To govern his conduct as such.
Each member OF this added force is ex-
pected TO report to the places assigned ON
the days designated, and as follows:
March 3. at the depoJs and hotels; Mach
4, on PENNSYLVANIA avenue, not later than
$50 a m, and on other days at such points
and at such hours as have been heretofore
printed.
Chairman Wight will have charge OF
the Avenue On Inauguration day from
Tenth street to Twenty-fourth street and
Vice Chairman George II. Harries from
Ton l. 81
Avenue will Ice wired, as usual. but this
will not incOmuIode those holding tickets
to the observation stands, members Of the
press or the executive committee.
The route OF the parade has teen divided
into sections, To which members Of the
special force have been assigned as fol-
lows:
Division No. 1-Seyenteenth to Fiftccn;h
streets, John Davidson, cha irman; A.
Thomas Bradley, william N. Hanney John
l.. Weaver. j. D. Rowe, II. NJ. Ellis,
Alexander Mccormick, F. w McReyap.ds
and A . NJ. German.
Division No. Fifteenth street and
New York avenue, to south side OF Penn |
sylvania avenue, T. Janney Brown, chair
man. l.. T. Seibold George W McElfrcSh, |
r. p Getchel, Francis Madeira, Taylor |
King ana Il. Welsh Ashford.
Division No. 3-FTom Fifteenth street TO |
Thirteenth street, E. ". W Griffin, Ch air. |
man: II. Randall Webb, E. c. Graham. Ar |
thur Copeland and Henry Johnson.
Divisoa No. 4-ThiTteenth ST. Get TO Tenth |
street, \ M. McLechlen, chair man; Harry !
Standiford, Charles q. Mortimer, Gilbert /
Hart and Fred Hohoff.
Division No. 5-From Tenth to Seventh !
st reefs, G. b. Coleman, chairman. a o. |
Eobendrier, william NJ. Deneale, w. A.
Johnson and w. f. Mclean.
Division No. 6-From Seventh street
to Four-and-a-half street-D Il Stuart,
chairman; L. +. GIidley, John J Burrows,
Groves and Richard Sylvester
Division No. From -Four and -a-half
street 10 FiISt street, George II Pyles,
chairman; II T. Moole, W. j. Byers and
Frank b. Walker.
Division No. S-East Capitol front, A.
L. ouPh, chairman; F. b. Smith, 7. NJ
sullivan. W. c. DuvalI and T. b. Pyle
Division No. 9-PeaCe Monument TO
Delaware avenue, Daniel Duncan, chair
man; W. n. Fisher, Leroy Cough, Harry
E. Hinman, James E. Hendley.
Division No 10-Scveuteenth street to
twenty ty-fourth street, II c. Bates, chair
man; Robert FaTnham, Reeve Lewis and
Il. A GIL.
For the ballroom-John b. Wight, Ed
yard Groves, Daniel Duncan, W V. Cox,
4. NJ. Higgins, II. Randall Webb, f. W. W.
Griffin, DR.. Frank Schultz, DR.. Francis
1ieber and W Clarence Duvall.
report was received from the sub
committee on hospitals and ambulances.
he report stated that the cooperation and
ssistance of the several hospitals and
spensary services of the District, as
zen as the police department, had been
iven the committee, and with the am
ulances of the army and navy, Of the
ospiuals and those of the police depart
lent there are fourteen at its disposal
the day of the parade these ambulanCes !
re to be stationed at points designated as
DTows: One at Seventeenth street aud |
pennsylvania avenue; one at Seventh and Z
reefs; three at the Capitol; one at b. &
). depot; one near Emergency Hospital, {
nd one at Twenty-fourth street and WASH
lgton Circle. The stations for those OF | |
le army and navy win be designated here I
tier. '
1t is arranged that the office of Sanitary 4
fficer Frank, at the police headqua rters '
laIi be the central oftlce, controlling by d
lephone all the ambulances, and a man I
i'll be stationed there to give attention to +
Ais. o
The central telephone office will trans u
it all calls for ambulances. It is under '
ood that Thirteenth street shall be kept I
ee from wagons at the intersection with s.
avenue, to enable the am p
llances to cross the avenue. u
A room has been provided for the COM