The Washington herald., 1913-03-05
WEEKS Of HARD
WORK PRECEDE
INAUGURATION
Business Men Of Capital Give
Much Time to Com
mittee Work.
BREATHE EASIER NOW
Small Army Prepares Plans for the
Big Celebration and Attend \
ant Events.
BREATHE EASIER NOW


will breathe a deep sigh OF. relief
These men will be the members Of tn
inaugural committee. The passing O
the parade will be the symbol Of har'
task accomplished, a gigantic under
taking successfully finished.
The parade and the attendant cere
monies will represent months of hare
work; work that has meant late hour.
and time lost from business. but th'
committee this morning is not thinking
of these long hours but of the success.
that is now assured. The preparations
have gone on from start to finish with
hardly a hitch and the ceremonies OF
to-day promise to be the finest and
most complete that Washington has
ever witnessed.
Give Services Free.
In order to accomplish this several
hundred men had to be enlisted in the
service of the country. gratuItous serv-
fce that has returned not a cent.
At the head of this small army of
workers is William Corcoran Eustis,
chairman of the general inaugural COM
mittee. Mr.. Eustis was appointed De-
cember 20. after Washington had been
kept on the qui vive for days. On the
same day Walter W. Wick. of New Jer-
sey was chosen secretary and E. E.
Jordan first vice chairman
William V. Cox and H. Rozier Du-
1any were named treasurer and second
vice chairman. respectively, December
23, and at the same time most of the
committee heads of the various COM
mittees that were to serve under Mr..
EUstis were selected. OF these COM
mittees there We're twenty-t five and
their work covered everything from
the raising of the funds to finance the
gigantic undertaking to transporting
the crowds to and from Washington.
The selections of Mr.. EustIs have
been pronounced particularly happy.
Each of the men he picked for a special
duty has proved himself adapted to the
task
Mr. Wick. secretary of the commit
tee. came to Washington from the Of
fee of the Democratic National Com
Tittee, where he was assistant secre-
tary. and he was in charge of the pre-
convention headquarters of Woodrow
Wilson.
Finance Committee Important.
One Of the most important commit
tees under Mr.. Eustis was the commit
tee on finance. Corcoran Thorn was
picked to head this. Under Mr.. Thorn
the subscriptions We're made more
quickly and easily than ever before,
and. although the committee. because
of the delay in the selection of the
g
started fully three weeks late, the nee
essary subscriptions were in long be-
for The usual time.
The issuance of calls for subscrip-
iions and the receipt of the money was
handled entirely through the commit
tee. and Mr.. Thorn, but after that the
money became properly the funds of
the inaugural committee and as such
went into the charge of Mr.. Cox. treas
Irer of the committee
The amount that was collected this
Ibis year was slightly larger than that
of four years ago. This year $50, 900
was subscribed compared to $50, zoe
in 1909. The men who worked with Mr.
Thorn as officers of the committee on
finance are W. W. Spaid. vice chairman:
John E. Bates. second vice chairman,
and a. B. Leet, secretary.
Audit Committee Active
One of the committees that has been |
closely in touch with the work of TAX |
ing care of the money of the people |
who have donated funds for the inau- |
gural Is the committee on audits, head |
ed by Capt. James +. Oyster. To this |
committee every bill and contract for !
work in connection with the inaugu-
ration has finally made its way. The |
committee has had to do n large !
amount of hard work that is little
ter committeeman have never enjoyed
the limelight have some of the 9TH
ers but the members have had to be
constantly on duty.
Each bill coming from merchant or
contractor had first to be certified by
the chairman of the committee under
which the work was done and then by
Chairman Eustis. From the hands of
the general chairman it. went to the
committee on audits. where it was
closely scrutinized and finally if found
in every detail. o. KID The
large bulk of the work of this commit
tee is yet to come. however. After the
parade is over and all of the other
have sunk back for a
rest, Capt. Oyster and his
helpers will have to burn the midnight
oil going over all of the books and rec
ords of the whole general inaugural
ii
The officers Of this committee, which
consist Of about twenty-five. are Can't
James F. Oyster. chairman: Granville '
Hunt, vice chairman. and Maj. Boyd :
Taylor, secretary
The first task that confronted Mr.. I
Eustfs when he found the cloak of the {
general chairman on his shoulders was 1
o choose the men who would best be
able to secure the subscription of the {
necessary money to carry the inaugu-
alton ceremonies off successfully and
hen to pick out men to whom the task {
II marshalling the enormous inaugural {
parade could be intrusted.
Gen. Wood Works Hard. '
Mr.. Them has proven himself at the
irst task. and Maj. Gen. Wood. as
grand marshal of the parade and chair '
nan Of the committee on military or !
and Col. Ropert N. Har- t
yer, chairman of the committee on 8
iyic organizations and marshal of that s
ection, have shown themselves no less [
ancient. 1t is largely to their efforts
hat the success of the ceremonies to- n
lay will be due. e
On the committee with Gen. Wood O
re Col. Edwin st. John Greble, Col H. O
: Allen. Col Harry c. Hodges, jr.. and .
lieut.. John C. H. Lee, who has acted d
s secretary. Through the efforts Of n
hese men between $4,000 and 1000 a
oldiers will march this afternoon. r
here will be about 5000 of the regu- t
ar United States army and navy and v
Q, 900 men drawn from the State troops e
4 number of States. 4
The civic section will turn out about O
:, 900 strong this afternoon. This has p
aeant almost three months Of constant I
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