Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
PREPARING FOR MARCH 4.
ARRANGEMENTS UNDER WAY
All Washington Looking Eagerly
Forward to the Day of Inau
guratiOn

Washington, Feb. 15.-The ar
engagements 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 attractiveness
the ceremonies, the decorations
and the festivities incident to in
a%uguration week will be more Law
ish than those OF former years.
In the decorations of the ball
room finer results are expected
than ever before. All spectacular
effects will be avoided and a more
artistic and harmonious arrange
ment of flowers, lights and bunt-
ing will be secured. About $13,-
900 will be spent by the inaugural
committee in decorating the main
ball room and the private rooms
set apart for the use of the Presi-
dental and Vice Presidential par
ties. The great height of the
court of the Pension building,
where the ball will be held, will
be overcome by bunting festooned
from the centre of each of the
three divisions of the court to the
top of the second gallery The
bare walls everywhere and all of
smaller pillars will be convered
with bunting as a background for
the flowers and greens which will
be the prominent features of the
decorations The bunting and
thousands of tiny electric fairy
lamps will be used principally to
bring out in greater relief the ios
raj designs.
The President and Vice Presi-
dent with their families, will att
tend the ball and will be in charge
of a reception committee, of
which Major General Nelson A.
Miles is chairman. The cost of
tickets to the ball has been fixed
at SIS for each person and 81 ex-
ira if supper is desired. In an
swer to many inquiries received at
headquarters, it may be stated
hat nc invitations to the ball are
necessary to secure tickets, and
none L issued except to foreign
visitors. Tickets + now on sale
and may be had by anyone at the
price named. The promenade con-
cert will consist of six selections
and the dance programme contain
twenty-three numbers. The ball
will be held on Thursday night,
and in addition a series of five in
augural grand concerts will be
given in the ball room on the fol-
lowing Friday and Saturday. The
ball decorations will remain IN
place.
The parade will be organized
in two grand divisions, one civic
and the other military. General
Greenvllle NJ. Dodge will be
chief marshal of the first grand
division, to be composed of mil
itary organizations. He will have
as his chief Of staff General
Huldekoper, of New York, and
Colonel Joseph P. Sanger. U. S.
A, adjutant general. This mill
tary grand division will be sub
divided into three separate di :
visions. The first division VIII
be organized into two brigades,
the first Of which will comprise
United States troops as we'll as
the naval battalions, This frs
brigade will be commanded by
Major General Merritt. U. S. A.
The second brigade will be com
posed of the National Guard Of
the District of Columbia. 1,500
strong, and the Washington
High School Cadets. 400 strong,
all under the command of Gem
eral Cecil Clay, Of the District of
Columbia National Guard. The
second division Of the military
grand division will be composed
of the National Guard of the
v rious States, headed respect
lively by the Governor and staff
of each State and arranged in
order from front to rear in tha
order in which the States en-
tered the Union. The third di>
vision of the military grand di-
vision will be composed or all
veteran organizations, including
the Grand Army of the Republic,
the Loyal Legion, the Medal of
Honor Legion, the Union Vete-
ran Union, the Union Veteran
Legion, the Regular Army and
Navy Union. etc. This third di-
vision will be commanded by
Gen~ralO o. o. Howard. U. S. A,
with General S. S. Burdette,
Past Commander in-Chief of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, as
his chief of staff.
The civic grand division will
be commanded by B. III. Warner,
of the .city of Washington as
chief marshal, and will be made
up of civic clubs of all descrips
tions. Prominent in this grand
division will be the Republican
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