The Washington herald., 1913-03-05

tiers have been sent to every State fl
the union inviting representation in tn,
parade, and these initial letters hav,
opened up a correspondence from hun
dreds of clubs, societies. and organiZa
tions of various kinds that has well
night filled the offices of Col Harper.
Work Is Heavy.
The work of organizing the civic sec.
tion of the parade was heavy aside
from the lengthy correspondence it ne.
cessitated. Several meetings of Col
Harper's general committee which
! numbered about $50 had to be called tC
settle questions of policy. One of these
was whether or not the organizations
coming into the parade should be
Obliged to dress uniformly. 1t was al
| first decided that this rule should be
| made and strict adherence insisted on.
There were some members OF the COM
mittee, however. who felt that as such
a rule would be an innovation. it would
serve to keep some out of the parade
which might come in If the regulations
We're no so stringent.
The question was fully thrashed out
in committee meeting, and it was de-
cided that il was for the good of the
whole parade that the rule cbould be
insisted on, and ii has beer.
There are about 200 members Of Col.
Harper's committee, and these men.
with the chairman in the lead, will
head the civic section Of the parade.
There will be large company Of
mounted men. and Mr.. Harper has
named a number Of his committeeman
and others to act as his aids. In addi-
ton to these each Senator has been
called on to delegate two men from his
State as aids. The force will be none
too large to marshal the 10000 or more
men who will make up the civic sec
ton.
SufTragfsts Practically Barred.
One of the question that vexed the
inaugural committee was as to wheth-
er there should be any feminine march
ers 1t was finally decided that the pa
rade should be made up entirely of
men. The suffragists applied to be al
lowed to take a place in the procession
in automobiles. but it was decided that
they might only take part on condition
that they march, and that they appear
with the other delegations garbed in
some uniform dress.
Mr.. Harper has carried on the bust
ness of the chairman of the committee
on a thorough business basis and briefs
and descriptions of every civic body
that will march have been preserved
and placed on file for the use Of the
chairman four years hence.
The men who have shared the work
of organizing the civic section as officers
of the committees are Alvin G. Belt. first
vice chairman: Thomas P. Morgan. sec
ond vice chairman. and Edmund S.
Wolfe, secretary.
Looks Out for Stands.
The supervision of the reviewing stands
was given into the hands of Arthur
Peter. Mr. Peter sold the rights for the
three Pennsylvania Avenue stands for
$4,000 whereas the concession for these
stands had never before brought more
than sl.7co.
Mr.. Peter conceived the idea that
money could be saved by putting the |
erection of the official stands and work |
Of decorating the streets in the hands |
Of one committee and the results have
proven the correctness of the idea wad- |
dy B. Wood. as chairman of the COM |
nittee on street decoration, has saved !
about 5000. Hitherto the work cost in |
round figures $2S,000. and this year il has |
totaled about 81 500. and it is the general |
verdict that the work has been more |
effective than ever before The commit
tee on stands has been about the only
one of the inaugural bodies that has
put money directly into the treasury.
The Lafayette Square stands took in
about $1,000. The highest price charged