The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-18
FOR THE INAUGURATION
BRILLIANT CEREMONIES, MORE
LAVISH THAN FORMERLY.
BnIl, Five Concerts and 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
tnan 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 more
harmonious arrangement of flowers,
lights and bunting will be secured. About
sl3. 900 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 or
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 a 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 Gen
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 1t 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
21 numbers. The ball will be held Thurs
day night and in addition series OF iive
inaugural grand concerts will be given
In the ball room on the following Friday
and Saturday. The ball decorations Will
remain in place. The first concert will be
given at 80 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 a number of patriotic airs
| AT Q o'clock on Friday afternoon 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 staffs
The concert Saturday afternoon will be
in honor of congress, represented by the
president Of the senate and speaker o1
the house. The last concert Saturday
night will be in honor Of the people OF the
United States and will consist of music
by the Twenty-second regiment band an'
a chorus of 500 voices. Admission to eaci
concert will be so cents .Notwithstand
ing the fact that the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard finds 1t impossible to atten'
the Inauguration, the probabilities ar
that the parade will be very large.
The Parade.
| General Horace Porter OF New fork
with the men of his staff, Is busy wit
the details of arranging divisions. Genera
Porter will act as grand marshal and wi
have as his chiefs of staff, Mr.. Blackma
of New York, Colonel Corbin of tn
United States of America, Adjutant an
CAPTAIN Johnston, U. 8. A. chief OF aide:
with Captain Horton of the d. c. N. c
special aide and military secretary.
The parade will be organized in tw
grand divisions-one civic and the othe
military. General Granville NJ. Dodg
win be chief marshal of the first grand d
} vision, to be composed of military organ
! izations. He will have as his chief c
, stafr General Hyde Cooper of New Yorl
and Colonel Joseph p. Singer, U. s. A
= adjutant general. This military grand Il
5 vision will be sub-divided into three sci
= arate divisions. The first division will l
. organized into two brigades, the fir
: comprising United States troops as we
e as the naval battalions. This first brigao
t will be commanded by Major Gener'
Wesley Merritt, U. s. A. The second br
G gade will be composed of the Nations
n Guard of the District of Columbia, IS
i strong, and the Washington high scho
a cadets, 400 strong, all under the commar
t of General Cecil Clay of the District (
n Columbia National Guard.
c The second division of the mili.ai
: grand division will be composed of II
n National Guards of various states. hea'
y ed respectively by the governor al
l. staff of each state, and arranged in orde
: from front to rear, In the order in whl,
e the states entered the Union. The thi
s division of the military grand dlvisi'
will be composed of all veteran organic
k tions, including the Grand Army of {
d Republic, the Loyal Legion, Union We
1t Grams Union the Union Veterans Legio
s. and Regular Army and Navy clubs. TT
} third division will be commanded by Ge
n eral o. o. Howard, General s. S. Bu
E. dette, past commander of the Gra
re Amy of the Republic. as the chief
e. staff.
ID The civic grand division will be ,o
nt manded by B. II. Warner of this city
ly chief marshal, and will be made up
We civic clubs of all descriptions. Promins
in this grand division Will be the RepI
lcan National League, of which d.
E. Woodmansee Of Cincinnati is preside
who win act as marshal.
n It is Estimated that there will be fr
600 to &c, 900 people in the parade, and
de order to move SO vast an army In
lst space of time allowed they will be
ed formed that they can be marched pas
nd given point at the rate of 1900 an no
Ter Conspicuous among the civic orgaui
tions will be the delegation of 200 stude
Ter from the Carlisle Indian school. Cover
lv Bushnell of Ohio will command a milit
division. The United States regular tro
,as of the military grand division will be CO
posed of one battalion of engineers II
Willetts Point N. Y, two regiments
infantry (the Seventeenth from Colum
Barracks and the Ninth from Sack
has Harbor). one regiment of cavalry,
70 ! troops from Fort Meyer and four Il
Fort Ethan Allen. Il batteries of he