Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
GUARDSMEN IN LINE
Twenty Thousand to March on
Inauguration Day.
NEW JERSEYS BIG DIVISION
Entire Militia Force Expected to
Participate in Parade.
PLANS OF THE COMMITTEES
Washington Planning for Ample
Decorations and for the Com
fort of Visitors.


| fort of Visitors.
! That fully 2OOGO national suardsmen
| viii be in line March when the in
! augural parade moves down Pennsyl-
| varIia avenue from the Capitol was the
| estimate made last night by members of
the inaugural committee. New Jersey, it
! has been said, Will send her entire Ma
! tional Guard and will in consequence
! have more men in line than any other
state PENNSYLVANIA will probably send
the second largest body of men, about
! 2,No: Massachusetts will be close third
in the number of militiamen and Vir-
ginia and Maryland will each send from
$50 to 2OCO men.
Thirteen governors of states and the
members of their staffs will ride in the
parade, according TO the latest advices.
The chief executives of three other states
have the matter under advisement and
may also join the procession Those who
have definitely announced that they will
be Ill the parade are the governors OF
Delaware. Illinois, Louisiana, Massachu-
setts Maryland. Mississippi. Missouri,
Nebraska. New York. North Carolina,
Pennsylvania. Rhode Island and Virginia.
The state executives who are still con-
sidering the matter, and who may come
here, are those of Alabama, Arkansas
and New Mexico.
In addition to the LIST and I'd Infantry
of the Georgia militia. that state will he
represented by the 18th Infantry of At
lanta, nu- -iber.ng abOu. 80 men and COM
manded by Col E. f. Pomeroy. The LIST
and ID Infantry Will be composed OF 4'U
men each, that Georgia will have
1.3GO men in line.
Assignment of Places.
Under the direction of Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood. L. s. A. chief of staff, who is
chairman of the committee on military
organizations, maps are now being pre-
pared in the War Department designat ating
the places where the various companies
of soldiers, sailors and citizens who are
to participate in the parade will be as
signed PRIOR to the formation of the
parade. The mammoth escort after pass
ing In review before the President, VIII
proceed along Pennsylvania avenue to
Washington Circle, where II Will disoand
The various companies, sections and di-
visions of the parade Will return 10 the
central part of the city by streets running
parallel to Pennsylvania avenue, both
north and south.
tunity to demonstrate the value of their
training inauguration day. Between five
and six hundred scouts will aid in taking
care OF those who require medical assist
ance, either among the marchers or
among the spectators. Their special duty
will be to wigwag for the ambulances.
in addition eight large Boy Scouts VIII
act as litter carriers with each ambu-
lance.
Telephones at Disposal.
Another aid to the hospital corps in
summoning aid Will be twenty-five tele-
phones. located along the parade route
These will be connected by private tele-
phone wires with the police headquarters,
where the main first aid station will be
located. There also will be a fully equip
ped emergency hospital to care for the
inebriates.
AT several points there will he other
emergency hospitals in charge of physi-
clans and trained nurses. One of these
Will be located near the large stand on
Pennsylvania avenue i'm front OF the
White House and opposite the President $
reviewing stand. Another will be located
near Union station. to care for passen-
gers who may become ill on trains
The sale of the seats on the Lafayette
Square reviewing sand has been postpOn-
ed until Tuesday. The sale was to have
opened tomorrow morning. The inau-
gural committee has direct control of
these seats. and they Will be put on sale
| Tuesday from an office In the Bond bu Id
ing, 1ith street and New York avenue.
Color Scheme of Decorations.
The street decorations committee has
announced that the general color scheme
| for decorations Will be green and white.
Many evergreen trees will be used, and
il is said the trees needed for the pur
pose OIL Pennsylvania avenue west OF
10Th street for inaugural week will be
cut along the Potomac and will be
brought to this city by vessel if plans
are carried out Representatives of the
contractors for supplying the trees have
been securing the river counties of Mary
land and Virginia for them, and have
found what they want in Charles county,
Md, near Liverpool point They We're on
the river front Friday endeavoring to ar
range for vessels to br ng them up but
it is said they were unsuccessful. They
were told where vessels were lad up. and
IL is probable that transportation facili-
ties will be secured from the owners OF
these vessels. According to report 400
trees varying in height from ten to forty
feet are wanted for the decorative scheme.
and they can be obta! med on the Potomac
without much difficulty. 1t is under
stood the cutting of the trees will be start
ed this week.
] Comfort of Colored Visitors.
/ \ subcommittee of the committee on
public comfort. to look after the colored
visitors to Washington at inauguration,
, held it's first meeting Friday night VI. 1.
Weller, chairman of the committee on
| public comfort, and Capt. -anes F. Oys-
ter each addressed the subcommittee. 1t
| is expected that a greater number of COL
| ored visitors will attend this Inauguration
! than in former years.
The members of the subcommittee axe:
A. III. Underwood chairman: l.. c. Moore
| first vice chairman: Il. w Thompson
second vice chairman; G.. III. Murray
secretary: A. j. Albert, o. NJ Atwood
F, A. p Brent, Arthur Brooks, j. T. Bundy
H. c. Burlls. l. \. Boyd. X. c. Byars, T.
| J. Brown. e. l.. Barnes. W. H. Clifford
A. b Cosey. j. w. Cromwell, = H. Dav-
fdson w III. Davis, w. B. Evans w r.
| Ferguson Daniel Freeman. A. S. Gray
w H. Grimshaw. r. X HOrner, w. A.
Hamilton. \. J. Harris. T. L. Jones r.
W. johnson, j. A. johnson, F. E. Just,
F. NJ King. ]. Lawson. +. NJ Murray,
W. p Morton. d. u. Moore z. p Moore j.
T. c. Newsom, ]. G. Napier j. l.. Neill,
/ f. Peyton. III. V. Plummer. j. W. Piles,
W. c. Payne. o. Randolph. L. N Ross.
T J.. Robinson. G. Z. Smith, A W.
Scott. W. J. Singleton. p. J. Smith. III. c.
Tyson W. V. Tunnel, G. c. Wilkinson