Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01

Col. Thomas s. Hopkins OF the 1naugu-
ration committee, to whom has been as
signed matters relating to the veteran
grand division which will escort the Pres
iden-elect from the White House to the
Capitol the morning of March 4. issued a
statement today. He says 1.-The division
will be composed of local organizations of
the Grand Army, Union Veteran Legion,
Spanish War Veterans and Army and
Navy Union. The Maryland department
Of the Grand Army has requested that
they be assigned position in the division
for several hundred veterans and band
Of forty pieces"
In this connection Col Hopkins today
received general orders No. 2, from Maj.
Gen. o. o. Howard. U.S.A., marshal of
the veteran grand division, through Col.
Arthur Hendricks. chief of staff, and
Judge H. B. Moulton, adjutant general.
Appointed to staff.
The order announces the following APP
pointments on Gen. How ards staff, which,
will ride in line at the head of the
columns Of veterans:
Lieut.. Col. James w. Howard. chief aid +;
Col. Myron NJ. Parker. Maj. w. w. Ed
ridge anu Capt. AS. Perham, assistant ad-
jutant generals; aids. Maj. Gen. Theodore
s. Peck, Gems: s. w. Burdett, j. Edwin
Browne. Richard Bowerman, David l..
Staunton. Charles w. Newton. Coils.
Charles N. Lyman. Israel w. Stone and
I. G.. kimball. Lieut.. Col. lebanon Cuyler.
Majs. Edward r. Campbell. Frank A.
o. Howard, Franklin Phillips. Frederick
Chamberlin, Bernard T. Jenney, ]. Walter
Mitchell, w. III. Norton. Washington Page,
Osborn H. Oldroyd, F. D. Millet, 8. H.
Woodrow.
Announcement is also made that Chief
of-Stan Arthur Hendricks, in this city.
will receive communications concerning
the parade Of the veteran division.
Out-of-Town Aids.
the committee on civic organizations and
marshal of the civic division, announces
the appointment. Of the following out-of-
town mounted aids: Louis j. Behan, chi
cagO; Homer 8. Williams of Youngsto wn,
Ohio. and W. H. Mcbride Of Batavia.
n. Y.
The proposed participation in the inaug-
uration parade of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association of Baltimore,
following the invitation of District Com
missioner Mcfarland, has brought to the
attention OF members of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce the desirability of
having as a feature of the pageant a
Taft prosperity division 1t is said
steps will be taken to have commercial
bodies from all parts of the United States
participate In the proposed division.
Grand Marshal's Circular.
With view to facilitating the organi-
ration of the inaugural parade and to
insure the comfort of organizations in
tending to participate, Gen. Bell, U.S.A.,
grand marshal of the parade. has,
through Gen. Johnston, his chief Of staff,
issued circular letter OF information for
the benefit of such organizations and 9TH
ers interested in making the affair a
success
Order for State Troops.
The state troops will be formed in the
following order:
81, Delaware; 2. Pennsylvania; 8, New
Jersey; 4, Georgia; 5. Connecticut; e.,
Massachusetts,; T.. Maryland; s. South
Carolina; .. New Hampshire: 10, Virginia
II, New York: IL. North Carolina; Is,
Rhode Island: IA, Vermont: Is, Kentucky;
16, Tennessee; II, Ohio; Is, Louisiana
10, Indiana; 30, Mississippi; 81. Illinois
%, Alabama: %. Maine; "a, Missouri; 25,
Arkansas: &c. Michigan: "a. Florida: %.
Texas; %. Iowa: 20, Wisconsin; 81, Cali
fornia: 81. Minnesota 33. Oregon: "a,
Kansas; 35. West Virginia; SO. Nevada
81. Nebraska: 3S, Colorado; 80. North
AZ, Washington; 43. Idaho; A, Wyoming
10. Utah; 46. Oklahoma.
The work of erecting the reviewing
stands in the vicinity of the White House
was entered upon today, the necessary
permits having been issued this forenoon.
These stands are being built directly un-
der the supervision of the committee on
reviewing stands.
Percy S. Foster, chairman of the music
committee, has called another rehearsal
of the chorus for Friday evening. The
chorus now numbers 700 voices. A meet
ing Of the music committee will be held
tOnOrrOU afternoon