The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-28
Inauguration Committee An
nounces that the Ceremo-
nies Will Be Most Elaborate
Ever Witnessed.
PARADE AND THE BALL
ARE TO BE FEATURES
Thousands Of Troops will be in
Parading Column and the
Fire Works Display to Be
Marvellous.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Plans for the
big parade March will practically be
closed at the last meeting of the in
Augural committee tomorrow. The re-
ports Of Gen. Bell and Maj. Thomas
y. Morgan are expected to show that
the pageant will be the greatest ever
witnessed here on similar occasion.
Next in general importance to the
parade will be the inaugural ball, to
be held the evening Of March In the
pension building. This will be the
grand social feature Of the Inaugural
tion. Always a pleasing and pic.
turesQue feature, 1t is proposed by
Edward ]. Stellwagen and his lieu
tenants to make the inaugural ball OF
1909. something more. It will be
national function.
A National Reception.
The reception features at the ball, in
charge Of the reception committee, will
bring the governors of twenty states IN
touch with the presidential and vice
presidential parties, the supreme court,
the diplomatic corps. members OF con-
gress and the representatives OF Wash
1ngton.
Every state and territory and the colo
MES will be represented on the flofior
committee, OF which Gist Blair Is chair
man. by one Of its representative citi-
Eens. MI. Blair has planned, through
this state representation, to bring the
entire Union, through the forty-six
states, into direct and active participa-
tion in the ball and promenade.
Milton E. Allies, chairman of the A.
nance committee. has caused tickets
for the ball to be placed on sale at the
local banks, the hotels and in drug
stores and other places, and the sales
are reported to be large.
Display Of Fireworks.
Cuno H. Rudolph reported for the
committee on fireworks that the dis
play will begin on the white house ell
1ipse at 7:3O o'clock the evening Of
March 4. The F1ambeau club from
Minneapolis will give an hours display
from OTTO 10 o'clock, following the gen.
eral program OF pyrotechnics.
In the interest OF safety to life and
limb Mr.. Rudolph expressed the hopes
that the approaches to the ellipse
Thursday night be cut on so no car
riages, automobiles. or other vehicles
can get into the white lot
r. N. Brooke. chairman Of the COM
mittee on medals and badges, reported
that the medals and badges will be
ready the first of the week. Chairman
Keppcl told Of the arrangements at the
Union railroad station for handling
the incoming crowds and preventing
congestion.
Al tho conclusion Of the final COM
mittee meeting Chairman Stellwagen
invited the members to attend the
Crosby Stuart Noyes memorial unveil-
Ing ceremonies In the District building,
and complimented them upon their
splendid work.
0eorolans Coming In Force.
The members Of the Inauguration
committee today expressed gratifica-
tion at the showing Georgia will make
IN the big parade March 4. From pres
ent indications the representation from
Georgia will be on q par with many of
the large northern and western states.
Gen. Bell. grand marshal OF the parade,
wAs today informed that another or
ganixAtion to take part in the inangll-
ration Is the Gilbert Light Infantry,
National Guard Of Georgia Of Elber-
ton.
Gen. Bell and his assistants, Gen.
Johnston and Maj. Sturgis. have prac-
tically completed the organization OF
the parade. with the exception Of few
minor details. The order of parade has
been sent to the printer and will be
made public next week. In its general
features the parade win be similar to
IT. predecessors Of 1905 and 1901, with
one important exception-in respect to
the route Of the procession. Hereto
1ore the column, after being reviewd by
the president in front Of the executive
mansion. has continued along Pennsyl-
vania avenue to Goth street to Vermont
avenue. where 1t was reviewed by the
grand marshal and dismissed at that
p0tnh
New Works. 7th Regiment.
Ono Of tho features Of the parade will
be the appearance OF the Seventh regi-
mont, National Guard OF New oYrk.
Tho Seventh VII act as the escort ~
Gov. Hughes. with the First Signal
Company. Word comes from New York
that the most elaborate plans ever per.
1ecfed for IN outing Of the reginent