Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
No Preparation Made to Al
tend Inaugural.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
MR.. OWEN IN ST. LOUIS PRoCUR.
ING WORKS OF ART.
Various Chairmen Are Busy With Theiy
Plans-Use of Pension Of
fee Seems Assured.

Word reached Washington today that
Troop a, Ohio National Guard which acted
! as the personal escort to President McKin-
| ley at both of his inaugurations probably
| Will not come to Washington for the in
| auguration of President Roosevelt The
| why's" and the "wherefores" are not made
| public, but 1t is understood that this crack
| troop had expected to be allowed to act as
| the personal escort TO President Roosevelt
| and that. being denied this, it's members
! have lost all interest in the display. A dis
| patch emanated from Columbus last week
! to the effect that the Ohio battalion of
| engineers and Troop A would be here to
| represent the Buckeye state at the in
augural. 1t now develops that this was the
| understanding at Columbus, but nor in
| Cleveland, which city is the home of Troop
A
| No preparations have been or are being
! made by the members of the troop to come.
although they would be welcomed in WASH
| ington by both the military authorities and
| the general public. The matter is somewhat
| complicated, General Critchfield. in COM
| mand of the guard. takes 1t for granted
| Troop A will attend. while Captain Scho-
| field In command of the troop. says he has
| made no request for a place in the in
4 augural parade. and neither has he received
any orders from the state authorities 10
| proceed to Washington.
Statement by Capt. Scsofeld.
He is quoted as saying; we acted
as the person.l escort of President
Mckinley both times. and we realize
that we set a high standard of per-
| fection then. If we go we would not want
| to make a less effective appearance than we
did before, nor would the people of Cieve-
| land want US to do So If anything we
ought to make little advance and make a
| better showing. We realize that ii means a
| whole lot of work To do this and much
trouble. 1t is big task to get the horses
alone into shape. We have at present only
| about twenty horses. and to get eighty more
coal black steeds together and train them
means work every night for long time.
Then. of course, there are other details. 1t
is entirely possible that shall go, but it
| is not definitely settled upon
Ohio Battalion of Engineers.
| On the other hand arrangements have
| been practically completed for the attend
| ance of the Ohio Battalion of Engineers at
the inauguration. The members will reach
| here early on the morning of March 4, leav-
ing for their homes the next day.
Much interest is being displayed at in
augural headquarters over the probabl
participation in the parade of a number of
military organizations representing the
southern states. Gen. Wilson received word
today from Lieut.. c. B. Ballard, in COM
mand of Company Is, Birmingham Rifles.
Birmingham, Ala, requesting place in the
| line, as his company desires to attend the
ceremonies as the representative of the
| Sd Regiment, Alabama National Guard.
! The application referred to Gen. Har-
ries, as chairman of the committee on mill
tary, and in all probability it will be favor
ably acted upon.
An application was also received from
| the commanding officer of Company FL, Sd
Regiment, Indiana National Guard.
| questing a place in the line. This also was
referred to Gen. HarrieS.
Plans of the Committees.
The chairmen of the various committees
were rather hard to find today. many or
them remaining out of the city for the
| holidays. Mr.. Warmers office was closed
all day. MIR. Foster OF the music com
mittee is developing his plans slowly, and
| hopes to have ready one of the largest
and best drilled choruses ever organized
| in this country. II is intended that the
| President and the Vice President shall be
| greeted with song as they approach the
Capitol and also in the evening when they
| enter the ball room at the pension Office,
provided, of course, the pension office IS
! to be used for the purposes Of the bali.
Mr.. Fred Owen, chairman of the COM
| mittee on street decoration. is absent In
| st. Louis arranging for the shipment of
| about 100000 worth of plaster works OF
art, which have been donated TO the city
and the inaugural committee by the Off
| cials of the recent louisiana purchase eX-
| position. He is expected back in few
| days, when he will make a full report To
| the inaugural committee. probably at Its
next meeting. TO be held January ..
Mr. John b. Larner, chairman of the COM
| mittee on parks and reviewing stands. has
| appointed a subcommittee on architecture,
| headed by Mr.. Glenn Brown. who prepared
| the plans for the court of honor" which
attracted so much attention and commen-
| dation four years ago. Mr.. Brown is de-
| veloping new schemes for seating the vast
| throngs which are sure 10 be here to see the
do. hut =ct-f tod in 10 G.lT IN
| ago, an effort will be made to keep the
| parking clear from 18th TO 18th streets
| along Pennsylvania avenue. Consequently
| there can be no review in front of the
| White House. Mr.. Larner declares. how
| ever, that he will provide a greater number
| of seats this time. and that the public viii
| be better taken care of than at tie previous
inauguration.
Kept Busy With Correspondence.
| General Wilson and Secretary Hitchcock
were today at headquarters. keeping up
| with the mass Of correspondence and detail
| work which devolyes upon them. Mr..
Hitchcock worked all day yesterday with
| corps of stenographers. and General Wilson
dropped in the Office for short while. The
inaugural committee this year Is away
| ahead of the committee of four years ago.
notwithstanding the fact that the use OF
| the pension building has not formally been
| assured the members. 1t Is significant, how
ever to note that there is no more mis-
| SlOnarN WOrK among ltit illti3bsiS VI 1oH-
| gress who were said 10 be opposed to grant
| ing the pension Office for the purposes OF
| the ball. Apparently the leaders in the in
| augural committee know thing or Two,
| and from their actions it is evident that the
question is not worrying them in the least.
| This Is in violent contrast to the activity
1 of ten days ago, when every prominent
member of the committee who could spare
| the time could be found in one or another
1 of the corridors of the Capitol. explaining
| in an animated fashion to an opposing con-
gressman the reasons why the pension
building should be used.
| Another thing is significant. Last Satur-
| day afternoon the chairmen of the several
committees having TO do with the inaugural
| ball, the decorations. floor arrangements
| etc. met aud proceeded to the pension
| office and made an inspection upon which TO
| base the plans for the work of their re-
| spective committees. Now these chairmen
| are proceeding with their plans, displaying
no doubt in the world but that the pension
building will be proffered In due time.
Causes No Loss Of Time.
with this spirit manifest. the action o.