The Washington times., 1909-02-28
Advance Guard of Inaugural
Throng Now Overruns
the City,
BIGGER AND BETTER
THAN EVER BEFORE
Union Station Busiest Place in
Town-Battalion Of Men Look
Out for Public.

By thousands they are coming-frOm
North, East, South. and West With
UDturned faces and patriotic enthusiasm
sticking ont all over them, rubber
necking' along the decorated avenues
Of the city, the advance guard OF the
inauguration day crowd is here The
preparations made AT U.rJn Station and
other transportation terminals are to-
day receiving the first real test. The
hotels are filing rapidly MANY OF the
largest are already fun nd their wait
Ing lists are growing. No longer can
there be the slightest doubt that WASH
ingtOn VIII this year entertain the Iars-
est throuE Of any inaugural
It's going 10 be the biggest show
OF any OF them was tie conclusion
OF a veteran Of half a dozen inaugUra-
tion celebrations He had walked along
Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol
with many comments of satisfaction.
The strings Of incan ndescent lights
across the street was the first thing
that he spied.
Veterans Eyes Opened.
That's new he remarked Looks
like a big night next THURSDAY.
Reaching Fifteenth street and the
Avenue. he stood spelIbound-
That settles it, he CALCULATED. the
old eagle IS sure going 90 scream
The old fellows state of mind was
th7t Of tire average among the multi
Tude OF sightseeTS which took advantage
OF the pleasant Sunday TO inspect tire
results achieved by the army OF work
men who have been transforming the
National Capital into a carnival city
The foresight of lodging and reStaur-
ant keepers who have been cularEins
their accommodations Viii be- justified
more than ever tomorrow whom the
railroads cut rates for inauguration
The augmented force OF 1Z5 policemen,
under Chief kySer. az Union Station
went ~ dE'E today. Amang the peace
-5arotgfi Is ere men from different cities
along the railroad, who are familiar
with the faces of many of the pick
pockets and other crooks who would
be likely 20 drift toward Washington
such as DO VIII be quickly shipped back
% their starting points OF EiTeu the
alternative Of d SOI0uTn in the lock
up until the holiday crowds 0rUrn 10
their homes
Bay State Soldiers
With the arrival at the station J0m0r-
row Of the New England CoasC Artillery
of Massachusetts. Slo strong, the IudgN
of organizations viii begin This al
rival. the earliest scheduled, VII taks
place at noon, coming over the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad IN a spessI
train From that time until tlzs morn
ing Of March + there viii De u steaav
stream of organizations
There viii reach The city tomorrow
over the Baltimore and Ohio, bcsissz
the artillery, the second division of tie
Rhode Island Naval Battalion OF New
port. and the NOw-aud-Then Club OF
Salem, Mass.
The Pennsylvania railroad VII bring
tomorrow the Saratoga CLUB, 81 SaIa-
toga, y Y. and also large pasties f.s
extra PuIlmans from Chicago Cincfu-
natl. and Toledo
Arrangements for handling tho crowd
AZ 1he terminal have been perfected
T Three hundred porJers VIII euea=e IN
baggage smashing
Guarding the Public
From Union Station - Ivy CI-v M
VIII De posted at short dlstaI-cez rp
guard ali approaches To tLc railway
tracks. Station Master AZ. g. Ros.e--
F VIII direct force OF leo u-=. THE
number OF shifting engines in the v.r,is
I viii he doubled.
The Red Cross Hospital Corps vU
/ occupy It's room at the east eui OF Tire
coacourse H. the morning The u1I5--
su5Statiou. also at the east euT or ira
+ CouCOurse. viii De formally opened ar
/ the same time, aS viii Chairman Well