Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-04

Roosevelt. the latter Immediately
thereafter entering a carriage and
leaving for the Union station, where
he took the train for New York.
President Taft was then escorted
to his carriage and rode at the head
of the procession to the White House.
From his carriage he entered the re-
viewing stand and then reviewed the
long parade which had formed inn
mediately after the ceremonies in the
Senate.
Thousands In Parade.
immediately the center of interest
shifted from the capitol to the route.
of the parade and there was a .scrafn-
BILE OF treserosd 70 get advantageous
POSITIONS afvsi r~aich 20 ~ atcll. ;ll;,
notable military dispiayl shouts of Of
ficers giving command We're heard ON
all sides; soldiers falling into line
sent the multitude scattering in every
direction, and the clank of sabres and
rattle of musketry as the troops fell
into position added to the confusion
of sounds that told of another chap
ter in the story of the day.
So perfect were the arrangements
for the formation and the movement
of the troops that not an instant was
lost, and directly the president began
his drive to the White House the es-
cort took up its march and was fol
lowed by the long line of military and
civic organizations which had come
to Washington from all parts of the
country to contribute their share to
the glory of the occasion.
From the foot of Capitol Hill TO the
| White House at seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, there was a
succession of stands banked with hu-
manity, all eager II see the new presi-
dent and his dig parade. The majority
! of these people had been seated sever
| al hours before the ceremonies at the
| capitol began. Every stand bore its
| gay colors and along the entire route
every bit of available space was occu-
pied Every window in the long sue
cession Of buildings was crowded, and
the great masses of people who block
ed the streets stood patient through
| out the hours of the afternoon Watcn-
! ing the kaleidoscope picture Of
: marching bodies Every military Or
! ganiZation had its own band and
I there was music from the capitol 10
the end of the route. Gay "ragtime'
selections, stirring marches and patri-
Otic airs kept the crowd in continual
good humor, and the eye as well as
the ear was pleased in the splendid
appearance and harmony of every or
ganization in line The precision of
the military and the eXactness with
which they executed the prescribed
maneuvers, as they passed the re-
viewing stand of the president, were
In no manner affected by the import
ance of the occasion, state troops and
other organizations in many instances
manifested not a little nervousness as
each passed the center of the stand in
the little space in front of the White
House grounds; but these 0rganiZa
tions were on this account none the
less effective in their appearance and
each received the broad smile of
greeting
In the long line of marching organ
izations were strapping young cadets
and midshipmen fresh from the class
room and rifle range gray-haired
veterans who had fought the battles
Of history and whose silver hair and
bent shoulders told stories of victories
won and defeats encountered, and
many representations. civic and mill
tary of the young though mature
manhood of the country. Old and
young, soldier and civilian, played
their parts in this picturesque feature
OF the Inauguration, and to each or
ganization was accorded the favor, the
attention and. in numerous Instances
, the reverence Of a great people
Finest in History,
In many respects the Inauguration