Evening star., 1901-02-21
WITH THE PRESIDENT
Senator Hanna Will Ride to Inaugural
Ceremonies.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE FINAL DETAILS
Assigning Places to Military and
Civic Organizations.
THE PENNSYLVANIA PLANS

| of President Mckinley. had a talk with
the President today about the program for
the ceremonies at the Capitol and the ride
from the White House.
| Senator Hanna said that as chairman OF
the joint committee he would ride in the
carriage with the President. There will be
a representative of the House in the car
rage also. but this representative has not
been selected.
| The President accompanied by the joint
committee will leave the White House for
the Capitol about IL o'clock. After the
| ceremonies at the Capitol the President Will
lunch with the members of the committee,
| with the new Vice President and with other
! prominent men. The lunch will be served
at the Capitol From the Capitol the Pres
| ident will go direct to his reviewing stand,
at the southwest corner of the court of
| honor.
The details Of the military and civic
| grand divisions of the inaugural parade OF
| March next are the important subjects
| now engrossing the attention of the COM
mittees and officials having to do with this
| prominent feature of the forthcoming cee
| bratiOn.
Gen. Francis Vinton Greene Of New York
| grand marshal of the parade has selected
all Of his commanding officers and together
| with Gen. \. Noel Brakeman, his chief of
staff is now engaged in assigning the regu-
| lar and state troops in the order in which
| they shall march in the great pageant
Captain Thorpe, United States army, is ar
| ranging the marching details of the civic
| division.
| The military grand division will be divided
| into three minor divisions, the first includ-
| ing the regular troops and the National
Guard of the District of Columbia, the sec
| ond being made up Of the National Guard
organizations of the several states. and the
third being given over to the veterans OF
| the civil war and the sons of veterans.
Mr.. r. H. Warner, grand marshal of the
| civic division. announced today that the
| civic organizations will also be divided
| into three divisions and seven brigades.
Gen. Richard +. Cochran of New York VIII
command the second civic division. The
command Of the first division has been ten
dered to Representative David II. Mercer
| of Nebraska and the third to Col. Lloyd
| Il. Huff of Greensburg, Pa.
Arrangements for Civic Division.
The more important arrangements for the
civic division have been decided upon. The
Americus Club Of Pittsburg, the personal
| escort of Marshal Warner, will head the
| division, being Immediately in the rear OF
| the veterans of the military division. Mr..
Warner will ride next in line, followed by
! his staff and aids Next will come the
mounted brigade of the citizens OF the Dis
| trict OF Columbia, under command Of Mr..
Edward II. Droop. The right of line in the
| civic division will be accorded the Lincoln
| Club of New York. of which Postmaster b.
Van CCtt is president. 1t is one Of the old
est republican organizations in the coun
! try and is declared to he worthy the honor
| bestowed by Marshal Warner The club
| will Immediately follow the citizens brig
| ade and will head the long line of political
organizations.
| The college men who will participate In
| the parade, together with the y. NJ. G. A.
cadets, will he formed into special bri-
| gade of the second civic division, the com
| mand of which has been rendered to Gem
| eral O. O. Howard. A son of General
r1 "A
| ment as aid the staff of Mr.. Warner.
Care Of the Soldiers.
Arrangements have been completed for
the care of the largest contingent of troops
ever brought to Washington in body
in times of peace-the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard. There will be 5000 guards
men from the keystone state in the line
of march, thus breaking the states own
record Governor William A. Stone, with
his entire staff, will head the column or
three brigades made up of fourteen regi-
ments The state has not appropriated any
money for the trip of the guardsmen. They
will be transported here by the Pennsyl-
vania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads
free and will be expected to hnd their ra-
tions In the city.
The first of the Pennsylvania regiments
will arrive late Saturday night, March 2
In accordance with the custom observed
in former years the troops or the various
inaugural parade in the order in which they
| ratified the Declaration of Independence,
or were admitted to the Union. Pennsyi-
yania is thus assured of a prominent po-
sition in the second military division. The
PENNSYLVANIA brigades will march In ac-
cordance with the seniority of their re-
spective commanders, the representation
proceeding in the following order:
Gov Stone and staff; Gen. Miller and
staff third brigade, commanded by Gen.
Goblin: second brigade, commanded by Gen.
Wiley; first brigade, Gen. Schall.
The three brigades will be Quartered in
Washington as follows:
First Rrigade-First Regiment Infantry.
Convention Hail. 5th and l. streets and
New York avenue northwest; I'd Regiment
Infantry. Convention Hall, 9TH and l.
streets and New York avenue northwest;
| Sd Regiment Infantry, corridor, patent Of
| flee building: 9Th Regiment Infantry, Con-
yention Hall, 9Th and l. streets and New
| York avenue northwest.
Second Brigade-Fif,h Regiment Infantry,
| Armory building, 9Th and l. streets and
| New York avenue northwest; 10th Regi-
| ment Infantry Armory building, 5th and
| l. streets and New York avenue northwest;
| 14th Regiment Infantry, Armory building,
! 9Th and l. streets and New YORK avenue
northwest; 10Th Regiment Infantry, Ar
mory building. 5th and l. streets ana rev
| York avenue northwest; 18th Regiment In
| fantry corridors State, War and Navy De-
partment building.
Third Brigade-Fourth Regiment Infan-
| try, corridors State. War and Navy De-
| partment building; sth Regiment Infantry,
| corridors State, War and Navy Department
building; 9th Regiment Infantry, corridors
State, War and Navy Department building;
10Th Regiment Infantry, corridors state.
War and Navy Department building; 18th
Regiment Infantry, corridors State, War
and Navy Department building.
From the Nearby Forts.
Bids for the transportation of United
States troops to Washington for the inau-
guration were opened yesterday III the Of
flee of the depot quartermaster in this city.
Col T. E. True. Two foot batteries of ar
tillery, about 200 men. will be brought from
Fort Washington and returned by the Ran
dali Potomac river line Fhe Porto Rfcan
troops. one battalion. who will be landed at
Newport News by the transport Rawiins,
will be brought to Washington by the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railroad. As they return
by way Of New York. they will be taken
from here to the latter city over the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad The Chesapeake
and Ohio was also awarded the contract of
transporting seven foot batteries of artillery
from Fort Monroe. Va. to this city ana re-