Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-18
THESTATUE UNWILLING
Preparations for the Ceremo-
MES About Complete.
THREE LARGE STANDS
COLoRS WILL DESIGNATE LOCA-
TON OF THE GUESTS.
Band Concert at l 80 Will Precede the
Exercises-Outline of
the Proceedings.

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The details of the preparations for the I'M
yelling of the German emperor's gift of the
| statue of Frederick the Great at the War
| College ground tomorrow afternoon are
| about completed. The finishing touches of
! the decorations are all that remain to be
| done. For two weeks past the work has
been going forward actively, and it is the
belief of those in charge that the ceremony
! will be one of the most imposing ever seen
| in the District.
The ceremonies Will include an invocation
| by Bishop Satterlee, address by the Pres
| dent, remarks by Gen. Gillespie, Lieut.. Gen.
Won Lowenfeld, Baron Won Sternburg the
| German ambassador; Gen. Chaffee, the am
| baSsadOr to Germany, Charlmagne Tower;
! the benediction, by Rev. Paul A. Mcneil,
ard music by the Marine, the 4th Artillery
and the Engineer Corps bands The Baroness
Won Sternburg will unveil the statue
The Military Demonstration.
Maj. Gen. George L. Gillespie, assistant
| chief of staff, United States army, has been
| designa ed master of ceremonies. Except
Ing the escorts of honor, all troops partici-
| pating in the exercises will be commanded
| by Maj Edward Burr.
The troops that will participate will in
clude I'd Battalion of Engineers and Com
racks; Company B, Signal Corps from Fort
Myer; Troops A, and D, 7th Cavalry, and
| ID and 4th Batteries, Field Artillery, from
Fort Myer, Va; 18th and fifth Companies,
Coast Artillery, from Fort Washington;
l0od Company. Coast Artillery from Fort
Howard, Md; 2lst and 39th Companies,
Coast Artillery. from Fort McHenry. Md:
Fourth Band Artillery Corps, and 9Th, 18th,
4Ist and I'D Companies, Coast Artillery
from Fort Monroe. and Companies G and ii,
sth infantry, from Fort Jay. New York city
me marines IN the city and sailors from
the old slip Hartford, now lying at the
navy yard. will also be present
Arrangement of Seats.
Much of the hard work of preparation
has fallen to Capt. John Stephen Sewell
u 5. A, the engineer officer who has
charge of the construction work at Wash
lngton barracks. He had the aid of Mr.
Fred D. Owen. one Of the assistants to the
engineer office in charge of public buildings
ana grounds. to whom the architecture of
the stands and the manner of decoration
was left. While the actual work of con-
structlon and the estimates as to the ex-
tent OF the celebration were taken care of
by capt. Sewell. who had also to make the
otner arrangements for the affair. The re-
suit of the efforts of these two hard work
ers has evolved a comprehensive system Of
stands which have a seating capacity Of
$500, the largest stands ever erected in
the District for such purpose. The
stands have been put up three sides of
square or quadrangle, the troops to be
on duty for the ceremony being massed on
the fourth side. This square or court will
be filled with seats. In this ARRANGEMENT
a part of the present parade ground at
the barracks has been utilized. The cen
tral or Presidents stand is ON the south
side of the quadrangle and faces north It
has been erected on the steps of the ter
race of the War College building. imme-
dlately behind the statue of Frederick the
Great.
The general scheme Of seating the guests
was worked out on the lines of an amphi-
theater. The eastern stand is called the
| red stand, the Presidents stand, on the
south, is called the white stand and the
stand on the west Is called the blue stand.
The seats In the center are the main body
of the court and are called the gray seats
to represent the black of the German COL
ors. These colors are the only ones used
in the decorations. They are the national
colors of the two countries, the United
been exercised In the designing and cree
ton of these stands and the detailed work
of carrying out the designs of Mr. Owen
was entrusted to Mr.. Geo. w. Green, jr,
craftsman. and Mr.. Wimarth, assistant en-
gineer, with Capt Sewell.
To Avoid Blockades.
General Gillespie. master of ceremonies,
particularly requests the guests invited to
be present at the unwilling to be in their
seats by 2 o'clock. This in order to obviate
the blocking of the road by vehicles, as
Lieut.. Gen. Loewenfeld, the German
ambassador and the President will arrive
at 2:05, 2:15 and 2:25, respectively, each
with a cavalry escort and a train of car
riages, and 1t is desired to begin the cere-
monies promptly at 2:30.
A band concert has been announced for
1:30 1t being hoped that the guests may
arrive early and be Immediately seated. 1t
will be well. therefore, If they observe the
instructions their tickets and be guided
as far as possible by the sign boards
placed near the entrance to the stand, as
well those on the more northerly points
of the reservation.
All those holding white tickets to the
south stand should keep to the road along
the river, after passing the new quarters.
All those holding red. blue and gray tick
cts should take the road in front of the
old barracks building, on the east side of
the parade. after passing the new quarters.
lions is at the northeast corner of the
quadrangle or court.
A careful diagram has been prepared OF
the court and seats, and tickets printed In
the national colors issued accordingly.
Their distribution has been under the inn
mediate care of Col. Chas. S. BromWell.
detail of fifty officers of the United States
army has been arranged as reception
committee, who will seat the guests.
At the close of the exercises the public
will be admitted to the grounds In order
that they may view the decorations ana
examine the statue. If it should be pleas
ant tomorrow evening it is the intention OF
Capt. Sewell to have a large portion OF
the decorations remain over Sunday SO
that those who desire may view them on
that day.