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gagged In preparing the orders which will
govern the inaugural parade. has alrsad,
given considerable attention to the ar
| rangements and has decided MANY inter
esting problems in connection with tn.
organization. movement, and dismissal Of
the procession. No carriage other thar
that occupied by the President is to be il
the line of march. General Greene will
select none but military officers as mar
shals to command the divisions and bri-
gades in the military grand division. Gov.
errors of States who will march in the
parade, many of whom at the last inau-
guration were marshals of the divisions
on this occasion will be in command OF
troops from their respective States. Cen
eral Greene will review the parade at Me-
Pherson Square, K Street and Vermont
Avenue northwest.
The grand military division will consist
General Greene states, as four years ago
of three divisions. The first division will
troops and brigade of the District OF CO.
lumbia National Guard and the High
School Cadets. Gen. George II. Harries.
National Guard will be marshal of the
second brigade of the first division.
The second division will consist of the
National Guard of the various States.
Their assignment in line will be IN the
| order in which their respective States rat
filed the Constitution or were admitted
to statehood.
The third division will consist of the
veteran military organizations. General
Greene anticipates that about 1000 vet
Grams will be in line.
The first military division, with the
personal escort of the President, Troop 4
of Cleveland, Ohio, and detachment of
veterans of the Twenty third Ohio Volun-
teers, will escort the President to the
Capitol from the White House for the Of
fetal ceremonies of inauguration.
The escort to the Capitol will march
down Pennsylvania Avenue from the
White House to First Street, will exc
cute column left and march to B Street,
thence on Street. to First Street north
east, thence south on First Street to 3
Street southeast. thence west on Street
to New Jersey Avenue. and thence north
on the driveway leading along the east
front of the Capitol, where the escort will
be halted.
In the escort from the Capitol the first
division will march north along the east
front of the Capitol on the driveway to
b Street northeast, thence west on 3
Street to First Street northwest, thence
on First Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
and up Pennsylvania Avenue.
The third division, consisting of veteran
organizations. will march up Pennsylvania
Avenue to Eighteenth Street, where the
division will execute cofhmn left, march
ing to F Street, east on Street to Sew
enteenth Street, and skirting the end and
rear of the State, War, and Navy Build
ing, along Executive Avenue, entering the
White House grounds from the west. The
division Of veterans viii then march to
the front of the White House and take VI
a position in two columns, facing each
other, on both sides of the semi-circular
driveway in trent OF the Executive Man
sion. The line will begin at the west
gate on Pennsylvania Avenue, and will
stretch along the semi-circular driveway
as far toward the eastern end of the drive
way as the numbers of the veterans will
make necessary. Upon the conclusion of
the parade. the President will march in
review between the lines of old soldiers
to the White House.
The first and second divisions will be
marched to Twenty-second Street, and
Will then execute column right. and march
to X Street. thence east on X Street to
the point of dismissal. The civic grand
division will march to Twentieth and
Twenty-first Streets before turning north
to X Street and the opening in the column,
made by the turning out of the veterans
to the southwark, will be made up by the
shorter march for the civic grand division
at this point.
In assembling the various organizations
which viii form the parade, the first di-
vision OF the military grand division Will
form in the streets conveniently near the
White House The National Guard of the
various States. and the veterans will as
semble on the streets on the top of Capt.
tot Hill near the Capitol. The civic or
ganizations will form in the streets at
the bottom of the hill. convenient to the
line of march. Each organization will be
Instructed as TO the point of assembly The
organizations will fall into their proper
places, In the column OF parade, as the
head of the procession passes.
MAJ. Gen. John X. Brooke. U. s A,
IS 20 be the chief marshal OF the military
division of the inaugural parade, and Mai
Gen. William Ludlow, U. S. ", Brigadier
General of the United States Army, Will
be the marshal of the first division of the
military d.vsion. The appointments were
announced yesterday morning by the grand
marshal, who arrived in Washington Sun
day night. The selection of Maj. Gen.
Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A, brigadier gem
eral United States Army. retired, as mar
shall OF the third division, and OF Mai.
Gen. Daniel Z. Sckles, U. S. A, retired.
as marshal of the third division, and of B.
II. Warner as chief marshal of the civic di-
vision, announced some time since, were
confirmed by General Greene. General
Greene will remain in Washington until
after the Inauguration.
The appointment of General Sickles to
the veteran division is very pop
ular with the old soldiers. General Sickles
has taken hold of the duties of his posi-
tion with great ardor. At present he is
interested in the question of providing
quarters for those under his command |
who VIII attend the Inauguration. and he !
has. written to Chairman Edson of the In
augural Committee to learn what prOvi- |
sions can be made. All Government quar- |
tiers which can be placed at the disposal |
OF visiting organizations have already ,
been apportloned out to the various Ma |
tonal Guard forces which will be present |
on March 4. 1t is believed by General |!
Greene that about 2000 veterans will at
tend the Inauguration II suitable accom- |
modations can be found. Some adequate |
accommodations will be found. as all who |
are officially connected with the inaugural |
ceremonies are anxious TO secure proper |
representation of the old soldiers. The |
assistance of Congress may be asked to |
provide the proper means to quarter the |
veterans.
All arrangements for the accommoda-
ton of the 5000 soldiers who will repre-
sent Pennsylvania in the parade nave been
made. Gov William a. stone and his
staff of thirty-hve officers will be quar-
Tered at the Raleigh Hotel and Major
General Miller. Adjutant General of the
state with his STAFF have secured rooms