The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-02-25

Washington. D.. c., Feb. 25.-One
week from today foul hundred thou
sand persons are expected to be in
his city TO witness the Inauguration
of Theodore Roosevelt as President
of the United States. This will be the
largest crowd that has ever witness
ed such an event. Tangible prepara
tons for the great event are now in
evident on every hand. The great
grand stand along the front of Lafay-
cite Park, facing the reviewing stand
of the President. is almost completed.
1t will seat 600O persons. The Presi-
dents stand, which will accommodate
1000 persons, is also virtually COM
pleted. Windows fronting on Penn
sylvania avenue are bringing humid
reds of dollars for a single day.
In the great procession which will
follow President Roosevelt FROM the
Capitol to the White Hous there
will be about $4,000 PERSONS Sew
en- thousand of these will be regular
United States troops, marines, mid
shipmen from Annapolis and cadets
from West Point. Fifteen thousand
militia will be in line. The other twel
We or fourteen thousand will consist
of political and civic organizations
There will be bands in plenty. a great
multitude of them. The south, it is
confidently stated will be better rep
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at any previous Inauguration of a
Republican President.
AS for the event itself it will follow
the lines of other inaugurations. The
Congressional committee on arrange-
ments. consisting of Senators Spoon
er, Aldrich and Bacon and Representa-
tives Crumpacker of Indiana and
Williams of Mississippi, will call at
the White House early, and with Pres
ident Roosevelt will leave that point
for the Capitol at 1920 o'clock in the
morning. Veterans of the Civil and
Spanish wars will act as escort on
this journey. The President will be
taken to the Presidents room in the
Senate wing of the Capitol, where he
will remain until the stage is set
$50 as speak-in the Senate Cham
Der. This must be done by 11:30
O'Clock. The stage dignitaries will in
clude House members and Judges of
former Speakers of the House. and
a multiplicity of others who have the
foor privilege for the day. The sup
RENE Court judges will take their
places at 1850 O'Clock, and immediate
ly afterwards the President will enter
the m and sit Immediately in
front of the desk of the President of
the Senate. President of the Senate
Frye will declare the Senate of the
Fifty-eighth Congress adjourned. will
swear in Vice-President Charles w.
Fairbanks and hand the gavel over &c
him. The Vice-President will make a
short inaugural address, after which
the procession will move to the front
of the Capitol. and there. on the
stand prepared. President Roosevelt
will TAX the oat of Office. admins
tered by Chief Justice Fuller of the
Supreme Court. The President will
give his inaugural address. He and the
Congressional committee wifi enter
carriages and head the procession
to the White House. About fifty OF
the Rough Riders and Squadron A.
of New York will act as personal es-
cort on this trip. The military will
come next, and civilians will fan in
behind. General Chaffee will be grand
marshal Of the parade.
II is expected that the President on
his return trip will reach the White
House at 2 o'clock. He and his COM
mittee, with possibly a friend or two
will lave hurried luncheon togeth-
er. and they will hurry out immediate
ly afterward to the reviewing stand.
where the President will review the
parade. General Chaffee, General Jno
NJ. Wilson. chairman of the local com
mittee; Cabinet officers, Governors
and their staffs. a few Senators and
Representatives and personal guests
of the President will occupy the re-
viewing stand. Only the guests OF the
President will be admitted.