Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-04
INAUGURATION
Today Will Surpass All
Previous Efforts.
Washington Makes Big Plans
to Honor Roosevelt.
Decorations Are the Most Elaborate
on Record.

ration OF President Roosevelt, Thou
sands of persons from almost every
state i'll the union are pouring into
washington and the streets and hotels
are crowded with strangers. All the
maze of plans, worked out in detail by
q small army of committees, among
whom the work was divided, are COM
plete. the city is in holiday attire and
all that is now needed is the propitious
weather that has proved so often the
uncertain factor in the Inauguration
scheme. The time cards for the inaug-
ural events are. closely as can be
Schedul al. as follows
10 A. M.-Tresident leaves the White
House for the Capitol with his personal
escort.
1880 to /. noon-The President re-
mans i'm his room adjoining the Senate
| chamber and passes on measures
passed n the last hour and awaiting
his action.
y noon-The President takes seat in
| he Senate chamber in front of the
Vice Presidents desk.
12.15-The President pro TEN. of the
Senate administers the oath To Mr.
Fairbanks as Vice President.
l-.,O--NeW senators sworn in.
1-President Roosevelt takes the oath
on stand at the east front of the Capt.
tol.
1.15-President Roosevelt reads his
inau"u ral address.
1.-0 to 1.30-Fresident Roosevelt con-
cludes his inaugural address and starts
for White House and the parade, in
which approximately 10000 men, accord
ing to the committees estimate. will
he in line. begins to march. Parade
halls 1T head of Pennsylvania avenue
| to allow the President to take luncheon
and reach the reviewing stand.
THE President at luncheon.
2.f5-The President enters the re-
viewing stand and begins Il review of
the parade.
5.30--The parade ends.
30 The inaugural ball committees
assemble. Fireworks begin
S.-The pension building opened for
Inaugural ball.
S.43-The fireworks conclude.
. The grand march at the ball.
l. midnight-Ball ends.
Monday niSht-Grand inaugural con-
cert.
Everywhere decorations abound.
Pennsylvania avenue along which
the thousands of troops and civic Or
ganiZa1icns will march. Saturday. is Il
solid mass Of color. hung from roofs
and windows, while white and blue
cover the reviewing stands on both
sides of the avenue.
Thousands Of flags are flying and
most of the business establishments
have decorated their buildings Tor Inc
occasion.
The great feature of the grand pa
geant is at the plaza formed by Penn
Sy!vania avenue. between the White
House grounds. the treasury building
ana the state. war and navy buildings
on the south side and Lafayette park
and the two blocks of buildings flank
Jig Il on the north side. There the
whole space is virtually enclosed by
handsomely equipped reviewing stands
and the plaza is transformed into Il
court Of history" This court extends
for four blocks. hanI:ed on either side
by artistic hish Cornthian columns
and great bamboo poles with arrow
points that point far above the roofs
of the stands These columns and poles
were brought from the Worlds fair at
ST. Louis.
In the center of the south side of the
plaza. directly north of the White
House. is the Presidents reviewing
stand with accommodations for 1900
people invited to witness the spectacle
with the President. Directly opposite
it is another stand on which the grand
marshal and members of the lsepub-
iic;ln National committee will review
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tiers of seats 600 people can sit. In all
concentrated on these stands overlook
ing this area. perhaps $1,000 people viii
be gathered. All the stands have been
made to blend in one scheme OF design
with figured balustrades and harmo-
NOUS arrangements Of the Stars and
Stripes.
Throughout the line of march re-
viewing stands have been built on
nearly every block on both sides and
every window in every building along
the route will be packed with specta-
tors Every available officer and prf-
waite of the regular police force. will be
Oh duty and $50 special policemen have
been employed.
Many detectives and police officers
have been brought here from outside
cities to aid in the maintenance of or
der and in the detection of crooks. The
roping off of the avenue has already
been arranged for and at half past
| eight O'Clock. Saturday. a continuous
line of rope and wire will have been
stretched from end to end of the line
of march and an army of policemen
will be patrolling within the lines to
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