Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-26
HOUSING INAUGURAL TROOPS
PROBLEM CONFRONTING PUBLIC
COMFORT COMMITTEE.
Suitable Quarters Said to Be Scarce.
Reviewing Stands Com
mittee Approved.

The problem of housing troops that will
come here to take part in the Inaugural
ton parade is confronting NJ. I. Weller
chairman of the committee on public
comfort.
Mr.. Weller said today that quarters for
troops and other bodies of men that will
come here March T. are more scarce now
than they were four years ago. He is
therefore doing some deep thinking in
an effort to solve the problem.
A number of halls and buildings that
were used at former inaugurations have
been put to commercial and other uses.
with the result that the demand for quar-
tiers now exceeds the supply.
Several bodies of soldiers have taken
time by the forelock and engaged places.
The noted 9th Massachusetts Regiment
engaged Convention Hall as far back as
July 5. The 18th Brooklyn Regiment has
secured the National Rifles Hall on G
street. and other bodies of the National
Guard have secured quarters here and
there.
Mr.. Weller is having his inspectors care
fully examine all rooms that are to be
listed at his headquarters for the use of
visitors. The inspection includes their
sanitary condition and capacities to pre-
vent overcrowding He has opened books
for the registration OF rooms and board
In the offices of the public comfort COM
mittee rooms 30 and 81. Merchants and
Mechanics Savings Bank building. 10th
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
I'm the number Of visitors to Wash
ington," Mr.. Weller said. March 4, 1909,
promises to surpass any previous inau-
guration."
Edward J. Stellwagen, chairman of
the inauguration committee, today APP
proved the names Of those who will
serve OH the committee on reviewing
stands. as follows: Chairman. John B.
Larner; first vice chairman; Arthur
Clephane architect. Appleton P. Clark.
tr.; secretary. John Joy Edison. tr.;
James Willoughby Anderson, Snowden
Ashford, Thomas Bradley. Joseph H.
Bradley. N. L. Burchell. Moncure Burke,
Henry E. Cooper, Herman j. Clark. Will
liam knowles Cooper. H. D. Champion.
Frank E. Cunningham. Samuel W. Curri-
den, Samuel B. Donnelly. VIM l.. Dun
lop. jr., J. Paul Earnest. Fred
f1ex HarneH Given HIss CORE r.
Philip T. Hall. Fred L. Harvey, Phelan
c. Hawn, NJ. D. Hazen John B. Hender-
son, jr., j. William Henry. Charles S.
Hiilyer. Howard l. Hodgkins. James H.
Hopkins. Nevil Monroe Hopkins, Freder-
ick Huidekoper, G. B. Hunt, Walter Still
son Hutchins. Huntington w Jackson.
Charles NJ. Jones, Eldridge E. Jordan,
Anton Karl. J. Wilmer Latimer, Arthur
Lee. Alex. B. Legare. Fulton Lewis. John
Lynch. jr.. Edwin J. Mckee. Albert P.
Madeira, Leroy Mark, Benz. Miller, J. r.
Miclle, Hilliard T. Owen. Brainard w.
Parker, James l.. Parsons. Chas.
B. Pearson, P. Lee Phillips, Ar
thur NJ. Poynton. Frederick B. Pyle,
Preston B. Ray. Mason N. Richardson.
Thaddeus F. Robbins. Miles H. Shand.
John B. Sleman. jr.. Frank W. Smith,
william C. Taylor. Capt. A. A. Thomas.
William r. Vance, William D. West,
ley and John r. Young.
Additions were made to inauguration
subcommittee today as follows:
Comfort at ball-A. G. Myer, Frank B.
German, c. p. 4ranfield, e. o. Wagon
horst, l.. F.. Tolnan, Lieut.. L. L. Dietrich.
Fireworks-Johnson r. Morgan, William
c. Long, George E. Gil!iland. DR.. T. E.
Lee Woodwork Clum.
Civic organizations = ]. w. Lyons,
Thomas NJ. Dent, J. A. McDuffy, Elijah
Brown.