Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-15
PREPARED FOR
INAUGURATION
Arrangements for Ceremon.
les and Parade Involved
Great Amount Of Work
Every Detail Carefully Plan
and Every Precaution Has
Been Taken

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The ar.
engagements for the inauguration cerc-
monies and parade, involving a ire
mendous amount Of detail work, are
practically completed, although two
weeks and four days will have to pass
before President-elect Woodrow WEI
son and Vice P~residcnt-clect Thomas
Il. Marshall will be introduced into
their respective Offices and will take
their Oaths OF Office. The grandstands
at the White House and at several
points along Pennsylvania avenuc are
completed and 50 is the staging for
the inauguration ceremonies ut The
capitol; the %stanchions for the steel
cables with which Pennsylvania av-
cnuc will be rOped off on the day Of
the parade are IN place and the thous-
ands Of electric lights to be used for
the inaugural illumination have been
strung and placed in their proper po-
sitions. Every detail of the Inaugural
ton ceremony and of the parade fol-
lowing it has been carefully planned
and every precaution has been taken
to prevent the occurrence Of any awk-
ward hitch.
The coming inauguration will be re-
markable in several respects. In the
first place, the southern states will
have a stronye: representation IN the
parade than for a great many years;
another new departure will be the
arrangement by which the vice presi-
dent will receive more attention than
ever before, a military escort being
provided for him to accompany him to
the capitol and back to the White
house; another, equally new proceed.
ent will be established by the omis'
sion of the inauguration ball, which
in former years used to constitute the
most brilliant feature Of the Inaugural
ton programs.
In accordance with the plans ar
ranged by the committee in charge
! of the Inauguration ceremonies, Pres
ident Taft, President-elect Wilson and
Vice P~resident-elcct Marshall, on the
morning of March 4, will be escorted
from the White House to the capitol
with military honors. The process
sion will be headed by Gen. Wood as
grand marshal, and his staff, followed
by the Essex troop of New Jersey,
forming the special escort of Cover
nor Wilson, thea will come the car
riage containing President Taft and
Gov. Wilson, next the troop of Culver
cadets, forming the escort Of Gov
Marshall, who will occupy the second
carriage, which will be followed by
the entire grand veteran division,
composed of members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, the Union Vet
eran Legion and the Spanish Wa
Veterans. ....
The president, the president-elect
and the vice president-elect will enter
the senate wing Of the capitol by the
bronze door. The president and the
president.elect will be escorted to the
presidents room, where they shall
remain until escorted to the senate
chamber, to be present at the inaug'
uration Of the vice president-elect, to
whom the oath of office is to be adj
ministered by the president pro tenn
pore OF the senate Immediately before
tho adjournment of that body. Hav.
ing taken his oath, the vice president
will call tho senate to order and dc.
liver his inaugural address.
The organization Of the senate hav,
ing been completed, a procession will
be formed by the officers of the sen
ate and the house Of representatives,
the Justices OF the supreme court Of
I the United States, the committee OF
arrangements, the president and the
president. elect, the members Of the
diplomatic corps in accordance with
their ranks, the vice president, mem
beers and ex-members of the senate
and the house Of representatives,
heads Of executive departments, gov.
errors Of states and territories, the
admiral Of the navy and his aides
the chief of staff Of the army and his
aides and such officers Of the army
and navy who have received thu
thanks of congress. The procession
will move through the rotunda to the
platform over the main portico, where