The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10
GUESTS OF Mr.. ROESSLE
The Inaugural Committee Enter.
tanned at a Banquet.
After the Menu Had Been Discussed
port ON the InaugurRtion Badges,
Which Was ApprOved-List of the
Military Bodies That VIII Parade.

The Inaugural Committee was enter
tained at a banquet held yesterday after
noon in the Arlington Hotel. rendered ty
Theophilus f. Roessle, first vice chairman
of the committee and proprietor of the
Arlington. The affair was well attended
a large percentage of the committee be-
ing present. While the occasion was en-
tirely social in chaTa eter. inaugural Affairs
were discussed informally. and the meet
ing of the committee which was to have
been held in the evening was abandoned
in consequence.
At the table Chairman Spear, of the
Committee on Badges and Medals. re-
quested permission to submit the recon-
mendations of his committee in reference
to the badges which are to be made for
the members of the inaugural Committee
and the various sub committees. The Ie-
port was received and approved.
The approval of the report of the Com
mittee on Badges and Medals carries with
it the award of the contract for making
about $500 badges to Simon N Meyer. CT
this city. The badges are to be made of
the very finest quality silk satin ribbon,
and Will be doubled in thickness to add to
the appearance and strengthen the sup
port to the side upon which the printing
will appear. Concealed pins will be used
to fasten the badges to the wearers coats.
Those present were Chairman John Joy
Edison. Theophilus E. Roessle, H. B. F.
Macferland, John W. Thompson. George
Truesdell. Charles J. Bell. James Rush
Marshal, James G. Berret. Gen Ellis |
Spear. Cen. II. V. Boynton. John B. Lar
ner, Henry E. Davis, Beriah Wilkins. |
Theodore W. Noyes, A. B. Browne NJ. NJ |
Parker. John b. Cotton. B. II. Warner. /
Clarence f. NoTment. John b. Wight Gen |
Nelson 4. Miles. Michael l. Weller Will
lam s Knox. w. V. Cox, A. A Wilson. A.
Thomas F. Walsh. S. w Woodward George |
E. Hamilton, Issdore Saks. Gen. George H.
HarrieS George Gibson, Gen. w W. Dud-
ley Major James E. Bell, S. H. Kauff-
mann. Cuno H. Randolph. W. H. Rapley.
Simon Wolf, John T. Devine and Major
Richard Sylvester
Lieut.. W. S. Oyerton, in charge of the
headquarters of the Grand Marshal an
nounced yesterday the appointment of
Major F. A. Grant, of Utah; Henry c. X
Mattison. of New York, and of j. c. |
OConnor, formerly Of the New York Leg
islature. as aides de-camp for the inaug-
uTal parade.
The acceptance of Major Grant has also
been filed with Lieutenant Overton. Major |
Grant will be in the city on the 18th in
slant and will remain until after the in
auguration. He is a veteran of the
Spanish-American war. having served in |
the artillery volunteers from the State of
Utah. He assisted in the capture of |
Manila, as captain of a battery of the
Utah artillery, and was at that time I'M
der General Greene, the Grand Marshal.
He subsequently, was promoted to major,
and took command of the two batteries
which represented the detail of artillery
from Utah. Major Grant was mustered
out of service upon the return of the |
Utah troops to their homes.
The Committee on Military Organiza-
lions has been notified that three COM
panies of the Fifth Regiment Infantry,
Illinois National Guard. will attend the in
Ruguretion. Company NJ of the Fifth In
fantry comes from Canton, ILL.,; Company
q Is from Peoria; eighty-five men in Com
pany are from Decatur. Company
will be accompanied by a band of twenty |
pieces Troop G, Of the First Regiment of
Cavalry. of Peoria, will also participate
in the parade.
Quarters for Company L, Second Regi-
ment, n. Y. n. G., from Saratoga Springs,
have been secured at Royal Hall. The
company will be under the command OF
Capt John X. Walbridge.
The participation of Pennsylvania in the
lHduBuFai pdTdue VIII De lar IN excess Oh
the representation of any other State on
that occasion. The National Guard OF the
State will have in line over 5000 men, and
in the civic division 10 organizations, ag-
gregating over a thousand persons. have
already signified their intention of march
ing down Pennsylvania Avenue on
March T.
The Pennsylvania troops will include
three battalions,, making fourteen regi-
ments. There will be ten companies in |
each regiment, two Of the companies COM
pletlng the force in each regiment being |
left at home. These two companies are
supposed to represent the men who will
not attend the Inauguration. and those
whose desire TO visit Washington on that
occasion will be permitted to fill in the
ranks OF the attending companies, wherever
its members desire TO remain at home
The 5000 troops will be quartered at the
state, War. and Navy building. at the
Washington Light Infantry Armory, at
Convention Hall, and at the old Armory.
The officers will use the rooms at Con-
vention Hall.
The civic organizations from Penn
sylyania that have communicated with
the Committees on Civic Organizations
and Public Comfort are numerous enough
to make perhaps the largest State repre-
sentation in the civic division of the pa
rade. The West Chester Pioneer Corps, of
West Chester. Pa, will attend 100 strong
accompanied by band. The Continental
'76 Club of Philadelphia has been quar-
tered at the Howard House. A delegation
will be on hand from the W. w Griest |
Club of Lancaster. One hundred and fifty
men viii represent the Americas Repub-
liean Club OF Pittsburg and the Harrison