Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
POMP AT CEREMONY
Elaborate Service for Conse-
Grafton of New Bishop.
PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND
Composition of Three Sections Of
Great Procession.
DUTIES OF COMMITTEEMAN
Doors to Be Thrown Open to Public
After 1O:45 o'Clock-Tickets
Required Before That Time.
PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND
DUTIES OF Committeeman

| Details for the conservation service to
| be held in Trinity Church next Monday
morning at II o'clock, at which Bishop
elect Harding will ascend to the position
! of bishop of the diocese of Washington.
are nearly completed.
| At a meeting of the Washington Cler-
icus, the association of the Episcopal
clergymen of Washington. held yesterday
afternoon in st. Johns parish hall, every
one of the numerous items of the cere-
| monial was discussed.
| The service will be the first Of the kind
held in Washington since January 8, 1885,
| when Bishop Paret of Maryland was con-
secrated. The service will be distinctly
unusual. The great interest taken is evil
dent from the demand for tickets.
Doors to Be Thrown Open.
Admission to Trinity Church will be
church door without a ticket before 1O:45
o'clock Monday morning. After that
tickets will gain the bearers no preference,
as the doors will then be thrown open to
the public.
The ticket rule applies to the congrega
ton and those who will take part In the
service. President Roosevelt, who has
DccH dlOtlcu d pew Ill Tic IioHl INV, VIII
have to have a ticket.
DR.. Bratenahl of Mount st. Adams is
the chairman of the committee of ar
rangements. Chairmen of the subcommit
tees are as follows: Rev. e. S. Dunlap,
invitations and tickets; Rev r. P. Will
liams, Trinity Church, and ushers; Rev.
]. II. w. Black, hospitality; Rev. DR.. c.
E. Smith. press and publicity; Rev. DR..
William l.. De Vries, order of service;
Rev. G. F. Dudley, marshal
Hnlrnpa6 jC in CHARGE of the
choir. Mr.. c. I. Warner will look after
the students from the Virginia Seminary;
James H. Taylor and John L. Weaver will
have charge of the lay delegates to the
have charge of the Cathedral council
David r. Covell will have charge of the
lay readers.
Visiting clergy will be looked after by
Rev. c. s. Abbott. Rev. G. Freeland Peter
and Rev. W. NJ. Pierson. The faculty of
the Virginia Seminary will be in the
charge of Rev. ]. Henning Nelms. The
standing committee of the diocese of
Maryland will be in the charge of Rev.
J. w. Clark.
The clergymen of this diocese, includ-
ing all Washington clergymen. will be in
the charge of Rev E. NJ. Thompson Rev.
G. c. Graham and Rev. F. c. F. Shears.
The cathedral chapter will be under the
direction of Rev. William r. Bushby. The
standing committee of this diocese will be
in the charge of Rev. w. T. Snyder.
The five testimonialists will be in the
charge of Rev. c. E. Buck. The bishops
who will attend the service will look to
Rev. DR.. Roland C. Smith and Rev. F. b.
HoWden.
Composition of Procession.
The procession of bishops, priests, lay
readers and laymen will start to move up
the aisle of Trinity Church promptly at II
O'Clock Monday morning, and will be COM
posed of three sections.
The first section, entirely of laymen will
assemble in the main floor of the parish
hall. 1t will include the choir of st.
Paufs Church. which will lead the process
sion. The choir is under direction OF
Edgar Priest, who Monday will be at the
organ, and Rev. Charles III. Holmead, as
sistant rector of ST. Paul's.
Following the choir will be students
from the Virginia Theological Seminary,
lay delegates to the diocesan convention,
lay members of the cathedral council.
The second section will assemble in the
large Sunday school room of Trinity
Church, and will be under the direction of
Assistant Marshal Rev. w. ]. p. Thomas.
1t will be made up of the following bodies:
Lay readers of the diocese, vested, of
which there are about fifteen; visiting
clergy. of whom fifty have expressed the
intention of being present; faculty OF the
Virginia Seminary standing committee
of the diocese of Maryland, of which
Washington was at one time part:
eighty-seven diocesan or local clergy.
The third section will be preceded by
the mace bearer This is an English Gus
tom. The silver mace was presented to
the late Bishop Satterlee, and is used in
the ceremonial of the Cathedral Chapter
which will be at the head of the third
section.
Following the chapter will be: The
standing committee of the diocese; the
five testimonialists, who are Rev. r. p.
Williams, Rev. A. s. Johns, Rev. DIR. r.
II. Mckim, Rev DR.. Thomas j. Packard
Gen. John NJ Wilson. brigadier general
U.s.A::. retired; the crucifer; the attend
ing bishops; Bishop-elect Harding; two
attending presbyters, Rev. Walter A
Mitchell and Rev. J. B. Craighill; two
presenters. Bishop Leonard of Ohio and
Bishop Talbot of Central Pennsylvania;
the preacher, Bishop Woodcock of Ken
borough of New Jersey and Bishop
Whitehead of Pittsburg and Bishop Tut
hill of Missouri. the presiding bishop.
Guided to Place by Acolytes.
Between each of the different bodies
making up section there will be one or
more acolytes, whose duty will be to see
that each individual is seated properly.
The acolytes are under the direction OF
Rev. Jesse r. Bicknell
When the procession enters the main
body of the church the acolytes will direct
the three hundred and fifty men to their
proper seats, 1t is not to be expected
that any one but those directly concerned
in the conservation service will enter the
chancel, and the greater part of the pro-
cession will be seated in the front pews
of the church. Bishop Woodcock, the
preacher. will be given a seat in the
chancel near the pulpit
The consecrators and the two presbyters
will have places in the sanctuary. The
presiding bishop will be seated on the left
side of the chancel consecrator on
either side of him. Bishop-eIect Harding
will be seated facing the altar until after
the conservation service begins.
President Roosevelt's pew is at the head
of the center aisle. Bishop-elect Hard
ng's family and friends will occupy the
pew directly across the aisle from the