Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-19
Plans for Inauguration Ap-
proved by President-EIeCt.
| NO CHANGES TO SUGGEST
Brilliant Illumination of Court of
Honor Part of Program.
SPECIAL FEATURES ARRANGED
Maryland National Guard to Be
Largely Represented in the
Parade-Escorts Provided.

President-eiect Woodrow Wilson,
| through his personal aid. Col. Thomas
! NJ. Birch. today sent word to the inau-
! gural committee that the plans for his
Inauguration met with his approval. Col.
Birch informed the committee that
neither Gov. Wilson nor himself mad any
changes to suggest.
| The porch in the court OF honor in
| which the President-eect is TO sit as
reviewing stand for the parade is TO be
brilliantly lighted with spotlights thrown
| from the north stand. it being designed
| to bring out the Presidents stand in bold
relief
, This illumination viii take place the
night of March ; as well the night OF
March 4. and if it should be very dark
day 1t Is possible that the committee on
| illumination. of which w. +. Guide is
chairman. will have the lights switched
on in the afternoon.
No lamps are to be used on the Preei-
dents stand. but the hedges of cedar
trees at each end are to be brilliantly IL
Illuminated with what electricians call
color boxes, located on the curb l:ne
behind the five-foot balustrade.
These "color boxes will contain arc
lamps Of large candlepower. with screens
In front Of them for the purpose of throw
ing by means of these screens, which will
be Of gelatine a dense blue and gold color
! on the hedge. in s'arp contrast with the
green foliage of the cedar hedge.
Concealed Lights in Foliage.
At the outside ends of the court Of
honor there will be Illumination from con-
cealed incandescent lamps placed in the
| foliage. One other artistic feature OF the
! scene for illum m:nating the court of honor
i will be the placing of myriads of small
lamps in the cedar hedge of the court il
| self, some leo or 1,5oo of which will he
! used.
! The cadets at the L. s. Military Acad-
envy Will be entertained at tea by Mr.
and Mrs. Edison Bradley at their resi-
dence on Connecticut avenue during their
brief sOjourn In this city on inauguration
day, and the midshipmen at the Naval
Academy will be similarly entertained ou
that occasion by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
s. Mclean at their residence on Masss-
chusetts avenue. These entertainments
will take place about . o'clock. after the
embryo generals and admirais have been
dismissed from the parade The students
of both military schools will arrive in this
| city on the morning OF March T. and viii
leave here in the early evening. FOR
several inauguratons prior to her death
! the Annapolis cadets at luncheon. or u
| tea at her home, with the exception Of
| last inauguration, when they were heid
up too long by the blizzard and could not
reach Washington i'm time to partake OF
ner hospitality.
Seats for Press Representatives.
The Senate yesterday afternoon unani-
| mously passed a resolution requiring the
| inaugural committee to set aside 30 seats
| i'm the Lafayette Square stand. opposite
the Presidents reviewing stand. for the
use OF newspaper men, who are 10 pur-
chase them, according to the resolution, at
prevailing prices. Chairman Eustis de
clared today that the seats are pIacticaii.
| all sold in the Lafayette Square sand
The resolution is expected to be passed
by the House without opposition but as
! most of the seats have already been solu.
| and the names and addresses of the per
SONS who have bought and paid for them
| have not been taken, there seems little
opportunity for the inaugural committee
| to carry out the mandate of Congress.
Mr. Eustis is of the opinion that the
courts will have to decide what the rights
| of he committee, of purchasers and or
would-be purcha serS are to the seats. IL
| is also pointed out Al inaugural head
qua rterS that there is hardly time for the
matter to be adjudicated i'm the couy.s ia
The few days remaining before the inau-
guration.
Place Cor Maryland Guardsnen.
/ Maryland troops arc making great prep
arations for their participation in the in
auguration. Word comes from Baltimore
that the 9Th Maryland Regiment Will
march in it's full dress gray UNIFORM. The
regiment is to have a place in the line
between the lst and 4th Maryland ReSi-
nents, both of which viii wear the resu-
lation blue.
| The 1st Naval Brigade of Maryland will
| parade as infantry and artillery. one pla-
toon dragging field guns. Troop y. IN
command of Joshua q. Harvey, ", VIII
| escort Gov. Goldsborough, who VIII ride
at the head of the state militia, accompa-
MED by Adjt Gen. Mackiin and other
+, members Of the general STAFF.
Oth.r comInands making up the Mary
land line will be the lst Company. Coast
Artillery. Car. < u. Austip co,n:nand-
ing: Field Hospital No. | aad the ist
Separate Company tcoiore'i. Cap. " IL
tam Z. spencer.
GOV Goldsborough and Gen Mac.t.in
Will ride horses from the Baltimore
police department.
1t ia not expected that the governor
and STAFF viii establish hsaduuarter,
I'm any of the Washington hotels. Tho
suggestion was made today that Iii.
governor and staff live aboard their
train, to be parked near Union station.
Brig Gen. Gather and his staff and
the officers and men of all the organi
cations, with the single exception of
the 5th Regiment. will live aboard
trains to ,e parked Ia the New York
avenue yard OF the Baltimore aud Ohio
railroad The 9TH viii camp in the coz
ridors of the old United States court
house.
The 9TH Regiment Veteran Corps, un-
der the command Of Maj. George ".
HYDE will march as an escort 10 the
atb and the Old Guard, under The com
mand of Maj. III. .. Bailey, viii escort
the 4th Regiment.