Evening star., 1909-02-11
Grand Marshal Reports to
Inauguration Chairman.
SHOWING BY THE STATES
Nearly Two-Thirds of Reviewing
Stand Tickets Sold.
READY TO HANDLE CROWDS
Arrangements to Shelter National
Guard Detachments From Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania.

one OF tile most important reports mada
to the inauguration committee at its meet
ing today in the New Willard Hotel was
that handed TO Chairman Edward j. Stell-
wagon by Gen. Johnston. representing
Gen. j. Franklin Bell, grand marshal OF
the inaugural parade. The report gave
the following as the probable military
strength Of some Of the states in the pa.
geant March 4:
Massachusetts, between 100 and > 100
National Guardsmen, the governor and his
stan; Pennsylvania. about 100 National
Guardsmen. the governor and staff; New
York. the eth Regiment will be I'm line,
wearing its distinctive uniform: Maryland
a brigade Of The National Guard: Virginia,
probably a regiment of state troops
Gen. Johnston also gave a statement as
TO the approximate number Of men In
the military division of the parade. This
showed: Militia, 1900; regular troops (tha
Cuban army Of pacification). 300 United
states seamen. e.5OO: marines one regi-
ment; the cadets from the Naval Academy
at Annapolis. probably the cadets from
the West Point Military Academy.
Corcoran Thorn. secretary Of the gen.
erai committee, received a report that the
pail tickets can be procured at Riggs Ma
tional Bank.
Chairman Larner of the committee OF
reviewing stands reported that on and
after February 10 tickets for the review
ing stands can be purchased at the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat COM
pany's office, in the Colorado building.
He also said that 1000 of the 6.4OO Tick
cts have already been purchased
Plans to Handle Crowds.
Maj. Richard Sylvester chairman of the
committee OH public order. reported that
his arrangements for handling the inau-
completed.
usual. will be well represented by it's
citizen soldiers in the inaugural parade.
Gen. Johnston has been advised by Adjt
Gen. Bingham of Massachusetts that he
has organized the State National Guard
into provisional brigade to take part in
the inaugural parade.
1t Will include representatives from
the 5th Infantry I'd Infantry. Coast Ar
ttllery Corps. Troop D. LIST Cavalry. and
the ambulance companies Of the Hos
pital Corps. The troops will be quar-
tered while here at a place not yet SEE
lected and not in railroads cars, as has
been suggested.
Adit Gen. Stewart OF Pennsylvania re.
ports that the state will be represented
by a provisional brigade composed Of
3 regiments, 172 officers and 2,3le men,
under the command Of Brig. Cen. c. b
Dougherty. Each regiment will be &C.
Sd provisional regiments have secured
quarters at 4e2-464 Louisiana ayenues
Nine companies of the I'd provisional
regiment will be quartered In cars or5
the Baltimore and Ohio sidings on New
York avenue. and three companies oA
that regiment in Eagle Hall, 9Th ana =
streets.
Confederate Veterans in Line.
The movement inaugurated by NJ. II
al n1,oir oe <I~
public comfort. to have division Of Cone
federate veterans in the inaugural parade
is taking shape. In addition to the camps
from Georgia it is expected there will be-
several delegations of the former fight.
ing men in gray from Virginia and other
southern states. Col. William II. Stewart
of Portsmouth. Va, who commanded a.
Confederate regiment of Mahone's diyi-
sion at the battle Of the crater before
Petersburg, has written to Col. Joseph V.
Bidgood of Richmond, Va, adjutant gem
eral of the Grand Camp of United Con-
federate Veterans of Virginia. inclosing
request that camps from the Old Do
ninion take part in the pageant March T.
A feature of the parade will be the Worces-
ter Continentals of Worcester. Mass.
in continental uniform. The organiza-
ton consists of four companies, eighteen
officers and eighty enlisted men. with Col
William A. Lytle in command. 1t will
be accompanied by a drum corps OF twen-
ty-one men. The headquarters of the
Continentals will be in ithe Hotel Belve-
dere.
p. j. Moran of New York Is in WASH
ington to arrange for quarters and horses
for the 1st Company. Signal Corps. Ma
tional Guard of New York. He has made
terms with Edward Barker of 312 c street,
where the New York signalmen have
made their headquarters for the last three