The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-05
Enormous Crowd Throngs the Capital
ioas sections. the parade was aaw-

rfoas sections. che parade was faw.
less.
Nevertheless, the lack of spontan-
eous cheering at times, the solemn
apathy of the dense crowds in the
grandstands was unusuai Sometimes
about the only commotion to he noted
m ene's particular neighborhood. was
the buzz OF comments as everybody
commented aloud to his seat mates
about how Quiet everybody else was
taking the spectacle. And there were
enough wendreus things TO look upon
ana 70 listen to streaming past for
almost Tour hours and a. half, a.
arouse one would fancy, any crowd
IN enthusiasm, but they didn't.
Enters Reviewing Stand.
PRESIDENT Wilson entered the res
viewing stand at 3:88 o'clock, and
ne stood watching the parade ks by
until 1910 Mt night. Those ss.nts have
been much with Mrs, Wilson during
recent years know that affairs ct This
kina IS q rule seem To- bore I4ffn, ri
least he has been known To look berea
after half an hour of watGfins n Pre-.
cession. Today however, be Seemed
TO enjoy every line of ths big spec
tacie,. and when the last of the rear
guard had passed the president, oil.
though admitting to being very tired,
said he had had n VERY good afternoon
of 1t indeed, Mrs. Wilson had given
up the strain shout ten minutes
earlier. and had gone across the lawn
to her new white home completely
tired out.
From the time General Weed, ths
grand marshal, and Lieutenant Col
onel Henry Il. Allen, United States
army, chief of staff, rode by ut 3.fg
O'Clock until ten minutes to q o'clock,
the president and the thousands about
nini saw regular army cavalrymsn.
HELD and coast artillery engineers,
signal corps, and infantry and sailors
80 ny until darkness and o'clock
raced along together. Marines were
to have been In the line. too, but TO-
day the marines that had expected TO
march. either were gathering for pos
sibie business OF an arduous sort In
Gulf ports, or headed that way, and
30 there were none TO parade.
Electric Lights Blaze.
The darkness dimmed little of the
glory OF the service section that be-
gan to come from the gloom q minute
or two before o'clock, with Hon.
Robert N. Harper, marshal. and Alvin
@. Belt, chief of staff In the lead. In
fact. the sudden blaze Of electric
lights that greeted the head OF the
first brigade OF the Fourth grand d.
vision, which was the leading brigade
or the many in the parade. given over
TO civic organizations adde a novel
glory to the proceedings
National guardsmen from almost all
the Eastern States had ffled past at
the end of the division Just preceding
the service bodies, and there we're
more troops OF independent militia
bodies even In the civic divisions Po-
ltical marching clubs from the East
and Middle West came tn still more,
thousands upon thousands back OF the
militia and military school regiments
There was one band OF braves, half
a dozen faithful who have journeyed
all the way in from California 10 he
III lire.
Governors i'm Line.
Governors of States. either AT the
head of their militia, or leading their
political marching clubs, were next
door TO becoming commonplace And
along toward the final part were col
lege boys from most Of the big East
ern colleges And there wer thou
sands Of them. too.
The crowds had begun 10 malt away
with thoughts Of belated dinner by
the time the eoiiegers came into sight
But the president and vice president
hung on TO the bitter end, and then
President Wilson went across the dark
lawn into his new home.