Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04


in the night, it was fully half hour
earlier than usual when breakfast was
served. Up to 10 o'clock the admiral Of
the navy was the only caller whom the
president saw and their conference was
quite brief. Several members Of the cab
met called later to look over bills that
had come from congress, and remained
until it was time to join the president
to go to the capitol.
1t was a few minutes after 10 o'clock
when troop A, Of Cleveland eighty men,
commanded by Captain Bunts, superbly
mounted, filed into the white house
grounds, through the east gate and took
up positions facing the front of the man.
slon Veterans of the civil war and the
first division Of the military grand divis-
ion which formed the escort under the
command of the grand marshal had
formed on the avenue facing the man.
sion.
The vicepresident eject was out early
on the steps of the Cowles residence
where he had spent the night, looking at
the weather and chatting with severai
friends from about the neighborhood, He
was hareheaded and wore in his button-
hoole Roosevelt" ation, one of u
new crimson variety that has recently
been named in his honor.
Mr.. Roosevelt early this morning was
the recipient Of an extremely handsome
Horad piece from Captain VIM. Flanna-
gan. late of his staff in New York. IT
was a basket of orchids. roses and car
naHons, each flower set in a separate tiny
silver trumpet full of water:
A lltte before 10 o'clock Senator
Spooner OF Wisconsin, member of the
JOINT committee arrived. Soon after
squadron A., of New York. brilliant III
their hungarian uniform of light blue
and yellow, clattered up at a trot and
swung into position squadron front, op-
poslte the CoWles residence A little
later. Representative Dalsell of PennsyI-
vania arrived and the party took to the
carriages waiting for them and moved Off
at sharp pace for the capitol.
Mrs Roosevelt and the six children
followed in separate carriages.
Going to the senate wing of the capitol
where from the gallery, they witnessed
the swearing in of the new vice presi-
dent.
1t was just 80 o'clock when the presi-
dent entered the white house carriage
which was drawn by four superbly
sroomed horses belonging to the execu-
tive stables. With him in the carriage
We're Senators Hanna. Representatives
McRae and Cannon. Secretary Cor
elyou and the members Of the cabinet
took their places in their own carriages
and with a trumpet blast the procession
started. The carriages left the east gate
and turned west up Pennsylvania avenue
to reach the rear of the escorting
cofumn and then counter marched,
passing the white house again
at 1850 o'clock. Grand Marshal
Greene and staff We're at the head of
the line. A body of picked policemen.
handsomely mounted, cleared the way
for the escorting column as it swept into
Pennsylvania avenue. A military band
from Governors island, New York, had
the honor of furnishing the music for
THE first detachment. The staff were
very numerous ard made splendid ap-
pearance in fail dress uniforms, repre-
senting every branch of the military
service.
After quite a. breach in the line came
the old veterans of the civil war, headed
by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, sitting on his
charger in ma gndticent style, notwith-
standing the absence of the leg he left
on the field of Gettysburg. Two bands
supplied stirring music for the veterans.
On the right of the line was the Union
Veterans, followed by the Union Vet
eran Legion, and they in turn by the
grizzly Old veterans of the Grand Army
Of the Republic.
This contingent was led by the famous
Rough Rider band, made up of the men
who formed part of Roosevelt's famous
command. The band itself was noto.
BILE feature of the parade. most of the
men being ofNgigantic stature and clad
i'm khaki.
There We're, according to calculations.
more than a thousand of the G.. A. r.
and kindred veterans organizations in
Mne. Some of them were uniformed
almost as in the days of the civil war;
others wore nothing military but i
slouch hat, and very many marched
along in their everyday raiment.
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