The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-05
GREAT PAGEANT
ONE Of SPLENDOR
Military Display Never Elk
ceeded at the Capital.
THOUSANDS ALONG
THE LINE OF MARCH
Started at 2:15 and Ended at
6 O'clock.

Washington, March 4.-Never has an
inaugural parade in Washington passed
off with as little friction and with the
general picturesque effect that accompa-
MED the great pageant that served as
President Mckinney and Vice President
Roosevelt's escort tn the White House
after they had taken the oath of once
una5r the SHADOW OF the capitol. The po-
lice arrangements throughout were eX-
ceptronaily elIectlve. The inaugural COM
mltlee had provided a barrier OF iron
pu,Ia anu VINE caDIe along Doth SIDES OF
reinsurance avenue from the Peace
monument 10 seventeenth street, ana
Succeeded in absolutely keeping GEAR the
me OF march Tor the nrsJ ume IN the
history OF inaugural dlspiays IN WashlnS-
ton
any point during the whole day, and the
trOOIs were ape TO march IN extended
formation, thereby add1nS 10 the beauty
ana display ana the speed with winch
the PROCESSION was enabled 10 pass
The start was mace rom the Clpt t6d
about z:I5 o clock as1o the laSt Oh the
CIVIC organizations mad passed the re-
viewing stand at the Whlce House ut
tie btIore O'Clock. Considering the
weather conditions, the parade, IN point
OF numbers, cFosely approXlInated the OF
ficlaf forecast. The promputude with
winch il was handed by the grand mar
shall was decided ABOVE the average IOr
sucn an event The weather was not Ia
Vorable Tor the parade, SLOW drlzZle az
/ intervals, but fortunately, the weather
/ was mid, so no paradeIs suffered any
IN point or beauty. the military display
propaDly never has been exceeded IN
Washington The regular, contlIlgeht o.
! cavalry, Infantry and artillery were uni
formed though Tor the most eXactlng
( ofllc1al inspection and their dlsciplne was
| beyond criticism
March of Sea Soldiers.
The same could be said with equal en-
Pri irSsAs spIendid body OF Sea soldiers,
and The jaOkIes, with their rolhckinS tree-
and-easy step were eSPeela5y Wen coI,t re-
! gent was larger than ever has been seen
| in Washington parades. nj.
| The youthful cadet corps Of West Point
| and Annapolis, in the severe simplicity OF
| their uniforms, quick, snappy action ana
| machine-iike accuracy with which they
| performed every evolution, were a body
| quite apart and distinctive from all the
| ~ bars The band with the naval cadets
| created as much comment as perhaps the
! bast musical organization in the Wnole
! procession, rivaling even the famous Ma
| rine band of the Washington barracks;
| one of the unique features OF the mil
| ftary display was E battalion of the Porto
| Rican regiment recently organized in our
| island possession, ana recruiIeo ron
| among the native population. Iney were
! not TO be distinguished from the othel
! regular infantry TeSineHts SASSIpL ~
their swarthy compilations and evidences
/ in their marching OF an enthusiasm thal
won them courteous applause aiong the
| line of march. Their welcome was OF the
The civic division consisted of clubs
! from ali sections of the country, many
! of them unique in their uniforms and re-
! 0aliaS and displaying decided proficiency
! in maintai; ing their Formation and keep
/ ing up to = high standard set by tie
| military dr., 81. IN.
| Where were wo features in connection
| with the civH division this year thai
| struck the notice of those accustomed tc
/ inaugural parades. One was the turnout
/ of = NJ ki-c. d, paign-haNted Tou N rio
| er marching 0iubs from the several states
and the other was the appearance in the
| line OF cadet corps representing a large
| number of educational Institutions II
! washington and elsewhere.
| Soon after O'Clock the booming o.
cannon and the blare of bugles an
| nounced that the president was ready
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