The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-09
The INAUGURAL MEDALS
Three Thousand Being Struck at
the Philadelphia Mint.
Mr.. Mckinley VIII Receive n Golden
Souvenir of His Second Installation
Ms President-CcIOr and Designs of
The BADGES to lie Worn by the
Various Committees Selected.

OF the second inauguration OF William Nc
Kirley as President of the United States.
are being struck off from the die made
by the Philadelphia Mint. Three gold
medals are also being made from the same
die. one to be presented by the Inaugural
Committee to the President, a second will
be presented to the Vice President-eiect,
and the third will become the property of
the Chairman of the Inaugural Committee.
in accordance with the precedent estab-
lished by former inaugural committees.
me hrst sample tAe medal was ex-
hibited by Chairman spear at a meeting
OF ne Committee on Badges and Medals,
held yesterday, in the rooms oil the Inau-
Sural Committee the opYeIse presents
the profile of Mckinley in bas-reiief, be-
heath which the name OF the President
is given. The reverse is ornamented with
most careful presentation of the Capitol,
in which the details Of architecture have
been elaborated minute4y. The design is
enclrCled with the announcement that it is
commemorative of the inauguration of Nc
kInley as President and OF Roosevelt as
Vice President of the United States.
Chairman Spear announced 10 the COM
mittee that the first ms tailment OF a thou
sand medals would be received from the
manufacturers, Joseph K Davidson d. Co.,
of Philadelphia, by February 10. The COM
mIttee authorized the chairman to recon-
mend to the Inaugural Committee that the
medals he distributed among the members
Of the Inaugural Committee and of the
inaugural subcommittee. gratis, accord
ing TO the established custom, and the
committee be empowered to sell the resi-
due of medals ordered over the amount
required for this distribution to the pub
lie at 81 each. The chairman was also
authorized to ask for authority from the
Inaugural Committee to place an order
with the manufacturers for as many more
of the commemorative medals as market
could be found for.
In the matter of badges to be worn by
the members Of the various inaugural COM
mittees, it was decided to recommend to
the Inaugural Committee that the contract
to manufacture should be awarded TO a
local bidder The name of the successful
contractor and of the price TO be paid is
withheld by the committee, until the Inau-
gural Committee shall have approved the
recommendation. With the exception of
the Reception Committee the complete
number of the members of the various
committees is 2.024, for whom badges will
be required. The membership CT the Re
ception Committee which is the sole COM
mittee whose personnel has not yet been
announced, will Increase this number TO
about $500.
The size of the badges IS SKI inches
not including the tringing. Badges with
gold fringe will distinguish the members
of the inaugural Committee and of the
officers of the various subcommittee.
The badges to he worn by the other mem
bers OF the committees will have frayed
ribbon fringe. The ribbons will = e Goubl
thickness Cor each badge, and will be of
the very best quality silk-satin.
Those committees whose duties are
within doors. at the Pension Building Or
elsewhere, will wear light colored badges,
white for the Floor and Promenade Com
mittee, cid gold for the Reception Com
mittee. and of no necessarily distinctive
hue for the other committees. Commit
tees whose duties are out-of-doors " II
| have badges made of dark colored ribbon.
especially distinctive in the case of the
Committee on Public Comfort, for the
| benefit Of visitors.
Theephilus Roessle First Vice Chairman
of the inaugural Committee, and pIopIie-
tor of the Arlington Hotel. has tend red
a feast to the members Of the Inaugural
Committee. The dinner will be served
at the Arlington, beginning at 1 O'Clock
this afternoon. The occasion is entirely
social and no matters of inaugural bust
ness will be discussed. other than in
formally. The acceptances of the COM
naittee members TO the Invitation ex end
ed by Mr.. Roessle have been general.
The meeting OF the Inaugural Commit
tee will be held in the evening in the
parlors Of the Arlington Hotel, beginning
at o'clock.
General orders No. were issued from
the headquarters of the Grand Marshal
yesterday evening. under the sigma ure
of the chief of staff. A Noel Brakeman,
The order designates the badges which
will be worn by the marshals and their
aids in the parade, and the manner in
which they will be worn The Grand
Marshal will be distinguished with sasl
of red white. and blue, and his staff with
a sash of red. The Grand Marshsl's
aides de- camp Will wear sashes of white
Sashes of red and white will be worn
by the marshals OF grand divisions; sash
es of blue and red by marshals of diYi-
sions. and sashes of blue and white by
marshals of brigades. All aides-de- camp
excepting the aides of the Grand Mar hal
will wear sashes Of blue.
Lieut.. w. S. Overton, U. S. A, in charge
of the headquarters of the Grand Marshal
| announced the following appointments as
| aides-de-camp to the Grand Marshal
| Major Francis l.. V. Hoppin, LspenarC
| Stewart, p. Tecumseh Sherman, and Capt
/ J. Kensett ELEPHANT, all of New York
An acceptance of the position of aide-de-
/ camp has been received at headquarter!
| from Col. A. a. Wiley. Alabama Nationa
| Guard, of Montgomery. Ala.
Aaron Vanderbilt who was announced
as an ensign OF the New York naval bat
| talon, and as having accepted the posi-
| tion as an aidede-eamp to the Grand Mar
| shal, is a veteran of the civil war. Hi
| position at the present time is chief o
| ordnance, naval reserve, New York Ma
| tionaI Guard, on the staff of Comma ade
Miller He served with Admiral Porte
during the civil war as an ensign. and i
| now retired from active service.
Grand Marshal General Greene and hi
chief of staff, A. Noel Brakeman, will b
| in Washington on Sunday afternoon. Nj
! Brakeman will remain in the city unit
after the Inauguration, completing the al
| rangements for the parade 1t as early
moment as possible.
The Committee on Public Order has re
| ceived a communication from the Dewe
Infantry OF McKeesport. Pa. asking TO
information concerning accommodations
The letter is signed by Capt. J. b. Her
| shey. in command.
Companies and X, of the Third Infan
| try, Alabama National Guard have abou
determined to attend the inauguration an
| have written to Chairman Weller con
cerning quarters. The soldiers will prob
| aDty be accompanied by Ioi. L. ". olnith
| in command of the regiment and hi
| staff Two hundred cadets OF the Uni
yersity of West Virginia are also seekin
lQuarters for the Inauguration. The ca
diets will be in command OF Major Burns
instructor, while in attendance at the in
| auguration.
Colonel Richardson of the PeDnsylvanl
| National Guard, is again in the city to ar
range for the quartering OF the balanc
| Of the large contingent of Pennsylyani
troops which will attend the Inauguration