Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
CHEERING THRONG
TOGREET WILSON
Greatest Crowd in History Ex-
pected to Attend Inaugural
! .tion March a.
PRECEDENT TO GOVERN
FORMAL CEREMONIES
Thoroughgoing Jeffersonian Simple
ity Will Not Be Possible.
PARADE IS GREAT FEATURE
President to Review Marchers From
Court of Honor-Night Illumi-
nations to Be Beautiful.
Public to Be Cared For.

Tuesday March 4, on the way to the
! Capitol to take the oath of office as Pres
| dent and Vice President of the United
States the greatest crowd that ever well
coined an incoming President and Vice
President will shout itself hoarse.
| A mass of humanity will line both sides
OF the broad avenue to honor the first
democratic President and Vice President
that the capital has seen in sixteen years
The street decorations will be brilliant
and if the weather be kind the day will
be one to live long in the memory of the
thousands who witness the Inaugural ton.
Simple as Possible.
| At the earnest request of the President
elect the committee in'charge of the cere
monies attending the Inauguration have
arranged to have the entire celebration
as simple as possible and at the same
time as impressive and dignified as the
! Inauguration of q President of the great
republic demands.
But ''Jeffersonian simplicity" as the
phrase is construed in the public mind, is
! impossible in the present day, the inaug-
ural committee has explained. when it is
remembered that between 10000 and 100
600 visitors will flock to Washington to
| witness the inaugural celebration.
| The inaugural committee has used every
means in its power to make the cele5Ta-
ton one that will live in the minds of
| all who witness it for Years to come. In
point of brilliance Of decoration. in the
matter of the inaugural parade. in the ar
engagements for the Illumination of the
city and display of fireworks the night
Of March it is believed that the W ilson
and Marshall Inauguration will surpasS
all others.
Leaves Home March 8.
| Woodrow Wilson. the man of the
hour. and his family VIII leave Prince
ton the morning of March 5 on his mo-
mentous journey to Washington. A spe-
! cial escort of 1000 Princeton students
will accompany the President-elect. They
| have chartered two special trains, and a
car in one Of the trains will be turned
over to Mr.. Wilson and his party. At
President-elect will be welcomed by a
subcommittee of the reception COM
mittee of which DIR. Thomas Mel
son Page, the famous author, Is chair
man, and by the special joint congress
sional committee in charge of the inau-
gural ceremonies. He will be taken to
| the Shoreham Hotel. where he Is to be
the guest of his cousin, John E. Wilson
Of Franklin, Pa, for the night OF
March s.
! The Princeton Alumni Association of
Washington will give a big reception and
smoker In honor of the President-elect
that night at the New Willard Hotel. to
which the $500 Princeton graduates now
| living in this country have been invited.
Undergrads Not Invited.
! Owing TO the lack Of spare the under
graduates Of the New Jersey university
have not been included in the invitation.
This reception recalls that given by the
Yale Alumni Association of Washington
In honor Of President Taft four years
ago the night before he took the oath Of
! Office. For two hours more the
! President-e elect will be Princeton man,
nothing more. surrounded by many OF
his own classmates, a large number "a
whom have signifed their intention OF at
tending the reception
The part which the President elect and
| the Vice President-elect are 10 take in
! the ceremonies inauguration day has been
| carefully prescribed according to eth
quettc and the presidents established for
years. AT 1890 O'Clock Tuesday morning
| members of the congressional committee
| ham Hotel to escort him to the White
House. A similar party will wait upon
| Mr.. Marshall, who also will be stopping
at the Shorellam Hotel. In fact, Mr..
| Marshall expects to make his home at the
| hotel during the months following his in
| auguration. and has already engaged
| quarters there.
Taft Will Greet Them.
! The incoming President and Vice Presi-
| dent viii be greeted by President Taft
and in a few minutes will begin the trip
| to the Capitol. The President-clect will
have as special guard of honor the Es-
| sex County Troop of Newark, n. j., and
| the Vice PreSident-elect will have a SINH
I Tor
! Horse Troop from Indiana. This is the
| first time in the history of inaugural
ceremonies that guard of honor has
! escorted a Vice President to and from
the Capitol. President Taft, the Presi-
! dent-e,ect and two members of the con-
| gressional committee on arrangements
will occupy the first carriage. and. as
there is no Vice President the Vice Pres
| ident-elect will have three members of
the committee in his carriage.
Neither Mrs. Wilson nor Mrs. Marshall
| will have any part in the parade either
| to or from the Capitol for the inaugural
ceremonies. A special military aid viii
be designated to go to the Shoreham
| Hotel and escort Mrs. Wilson and her
three daughters to the Capitol. and a
similar attention will be accorded Mrs.
. Marshall. After the ceremonies are over
| the ladies will be escorted Immediately to
the White House, where they will join
the new President and Vice President.
Will Exchange Seats.
! Going 10 the Capitol, President Taft will
| sit on the right-hand side of the car
riage, and on the return trip the seat
p, of honor will be given the new President
and Mr.. Taft will have the seat on the
left side.
| Once arrived at the Senate wing of the
f, Capitol. the President and President
| elect VIII go Immediately TO the Presi-
dents room and the Vice President-elect
| to the Vice Presidents room.
! Presently the committee on arrange
ments will wait upon the President and
| the President-elect and escort them to the
| Senate chamber, where they will be
| given seats reserved for them in front
of the Vice Presidents desk The COM
mittee will also escort the Vice Presi-
dent-elect to the Senate chamber. The
members of the House and of the Su-
preme Court will be in the Senate cham
| Der. too.
| A few minutes before the adjournment
OF the present Senate the President pro
tempore OF the Senate will administer to
the Vice President-elect the oath of Office
| When this impressive ceremony has been
completed the chaplain Of the Senate
| will offer a prayer Then the new Vice
President will deliver his inaugural ad-
dress, and administer the oath of office
to the senators-elect.
Wilson's 0ath-Taking.
This ends the ceremonies within the