Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-06


scheme for the formation of his civilian
bodies, and each man understood thor
oughly just where he was TO go and how
he to get there.
Military Grand Division.
The military grand division formed east
of the Capitol and the civic division north.
The grand marshal and his staff marched
TO the Capitol with the President from the
White House, as has been stated. and took
station directly In front of the great grand
stand on the east front, where the inaugural
ceremonies proper took place. The first
two brigades of the military division. in
Guiding the troops of the regular army.
the Philippine Scouts and Porto Rican
battalion, We're formed southeast OF the
Capitol. The first brigade. which included
the cadet organizations from West Point,
Annapolis and the revenue service training
school, formed along the broad drive to the
southeast of the House wing of the Capt.
tol building. The second brigade
brought into positions on New Jersey ave-
nue., c and ID streets the mounted troops
on d street and the foot troops on street.
In both instances the heads of each col
umn rested on New Jersey avenue. and the
rear of the column was at I'd street south
west.
The head of the column of foot troops
was placed directly in the rear of. and in
marching distance with the Revenue ca
diets, the last organization in the first
brigade. and the head of the column of
mounted troops was at the intersection Of
New Jersey avenue and G street. The
third column of the second brigade Of
United States forces, including the regf-
ment of marines and the naval brigade.
formed on b, LIST and + streets southeast,
the prolongation of the line taking the
form of the letter s, the head of the
column resting at New Jersey avenue and
B street and the line extending through
B to LIST street and down LIST to T. street,
the rear being midway between LIST and I'd
streets on e street The third brigade of
the first division, including the troops Of
the National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia, formed on list and b streets,
east and north, the head of the column
resting on 1st and B streets southeaN and
the rear on b street north between Della
ware avenue and LIST street east The
time for the formation of the first two
brigades, the regular troops. was set for
12:15 o'clock and it is needless to say the
regulars were in place at that time. Inc
District guardsmen were scheduled TO be
in place at 1870 o'clock, and they were
there at the time designated.
Second Military Division.
The second division of the military
grand division including the troops from
Delaware Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Georgia Connecticut, Massachusetts,
| Maryland. South Carolina, West Virginia
| and Virginia, was formed on b street
! south and 9th street east. The organiza-
| tions were placed in the order Of states
| named, Delaware heading the column. The
| troops from Delaware and Pennsylvania
| formed the first brigade of the second d.
vision the head of the column resting ac
| 1st and b streets southeast and the column
| extending down = street as far as 6th
| street east including also the troops from
| New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut ana
Massachusetts which formed the second
| brigade The third brigade rested on otH
| street and included troops from Maryland,
| south Carolina. West Virginia and Viz
| ginia the column extending from b street
| south to b street north, headed south.
| The third division of the military grand
| division was formed 9Th. 4th and 10
| streets east, respectively. The hrst DIT
| eade included the troops from New YORK.
North Carolina and Rhode Island, in the
order named, facing south, with the heaQ
| of the column at B street and the rear at
B street north. The second brigade was
on 4th street in a position corresponding
with the first, the line including troops
from Ohio Louisiana, Indiana, Maine ana
Florida in the order named. Inc POSITION
of the third brigade on I'd street, the cauet
brigade, correspondent with that Oh the
other two. 1t included the cadets from the
Carlisle Indian School and the university
and school cadets from Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania Georgia, Maryland. New York ana
West Virginia. with the cadet regiment or
the Washington high schools bringing up
the rear Space was reserved on "a street
east between B street south and b street
north for belated military organizations.
Civic Division.
The marshaling of the forces of the civic
division at the various points of rendez-
getting the military into line. Some SEM
blance of discipline was taken for granted
in the organizations in the first grand di-
vision, but Marshal Warner and his staG
could not depend on such aid in arrang-
ing his divisions and brigades. To this seq
ton of the parade therefore the commander
of the rear guard and his aids turned their
particular attention, and by dint of hard
riding and much explanation they managed
to give a very creditable account of them-
selves. Marshal Warner and his staff with
the citizens escort of 100 mounted men,
took station on New Jersey avenue, the
head of the column resting at Il street
north and the rear extending as far down
as E street. The time set for the as
Sembling of the staff and escort was
o'clock, but the marshal and his aids were
much in evidence long before that hour
The civic division strung out along
LIST, ID and Sd streets west, facing north,
the head of each column resting on street
or Pennsylvania avenue. The headquarters
of the first division We're established OH
Arthur place. the head of the column taxi
ing station at the intersection of b street.
The first brigade of the first division as
sembled at 2:10 o'clock the head of the
column being halted at list and b streets
northwest, the column extending north
along LIST street. The second brigade of
this division assembled in the of the
first brigade and the third brigade in the
rear of the second. The column of the dt-
vision extended from B street north 10 NJ
street north along 1st street
The second brigade assembled at go
O'Clock and the third brigade a 2:30. Head
quarters and staff of the second division
assembled at the intersection of Pennsyl-
Vania avenue and I'd street northwest at
2::50 o'clock. The brigades of the second
division strung out along ID street
and New Jersey avenue. The first brigade
formed al $40 o'clock, with the head of the
column al I'd and 3 streets northwest. The
column extended from I'd and b streets to
Z street. The second brigade fell into coll
umn at $50 o'clock, in the rear of the first
brigade. the head of the column I'd
street on the north side of E street. eXtend-
ing up to ! street. AT o'clock the third
brigade of the I'd division was in position,
the head of the column on I'd street north
of / street, and the column extending
through / street and around New Jersey
avenue to New York avenue. The marshal
and staff of the Sd division We're in line at
3 o'clock Sd street between Pennsyl-
vania avenue and B street. The head of the
column of the first brigade of this division
was in place at $40 o'clock at Sd and d
streets the commands extending along Sd
street TO Massachusetts avenue, the brf-
gades following in regular order. Orders
were issued and space was reserved for
the assembling Of belated civic bodies on