The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
SPLENDID .CAVALCADE
TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Estimated That 10000 Persons Were in
the Line of March Following the
Inauguration Ceremonies.

Washington, March 4.--The army OF
Inauguration, 10000 strong, swinging
with measured tread TO the blare of a
brigade OF bands, marched in review this
afternoon from the capitol to the White
House, magnificent tribute of welcome
to the adm inistration of Woodrow Will
son.
with the last word of swearing in
the new president, the commands rang
out and were ecnoet along the lines
there was rattle of arms, clatter oil
hoofs, and the great parade was in mo-
ton behind the carriages Of President
Wilson and Vice-President Marshall.
And then with the steady tramp, tramp,
tramp" of marching feet, the stream of
color wound down from Capitol hill and
breasted It's way toward the White
House, to which the presidential party
had driven briskly ahead TO take places
for the review.
The chief officers and divisions OF the
parade were as follows:
Grand marshal-MajorG General Leon
ard Wood.
First division, regular army, navy and
marine corps-Majo r-General w. w.
Witherspoon, commanding.
Second division, state militia-Briga-
der General Albert l.. Mills, command
ing.
Third division, veteran and patriotic
Northumberland James L. Stuart
of Chicago commanding.
Four division, civic organizations
Robert n. Harper. commanding.
As the procession took up the march,
the hotel Essex troop of New Jersey
swung in behind the carriage in which
President Wilson and former President
Taft rode. Then came Vice-President
MarshalFs carriage and behind that the
Black Horse troop of Culver military
academy, prancing and bowling to the
lively music A roar of welcome opened
up before this whole party as it started
and swept along behind it.
Then came Msjor-General Wood, chief
of staff of the army and grand marshal
of the parade, heading the military
bodies, handsomely mounted and with
the snowy uniform of his high rank.
Then came the army contingent, headed
by the West Point cadets; long, straight
lines of gray lacing the avenue, each line
stepping as one man, heads up, chests
high, plumes afutter, rifle barrels glis-
tening.
Tramping close behind came the first
battalion of army engineers, the 18th
u. S. infantry and band from Fort Me-
Ca, and regiment OF coast
artillery from Fort Monroe The crack
Seventeenth, in full marching order, a
solid column of full-dress service blue,
swinging easily to the lively music Of
their band, made a splendid appearance. |
Commanding no less interest than the |
West Point cadets came the midship- |
men from Annapolis. In their regula-
ton short navy blue jackets and tan
with waves of cheers.
But now the Assem- BLEED thousands sent
up new roar. A regiment of blue
Jackets turns into the avenue. They |
tramp along briskly, with the rolling
luick- step of men who are not strangers |
10 the sea. A squadron of the Fifteenth
,avalry, battalion of the Third field
artillery and detachment of the signal
,orps brought up the rear of the diyi-
sion of regulars.
The Second Division.
Inen HlaTCIeu the sttOHQ
made up of militia Delaware's troops,
ed, headed by the governor and his staff.
New Jersey-President Wilson's own
tate--sent its entire militia establish
nent, including its battalion of naval
In line came the state troops
# Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, Mary
and, Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, Maine,
Michigan, Ohio and other states. Mil
tia representation from the states was
lot so great this year as at previous
but but there was greater
of regular troops. Indi-
ma, Vice President Marshalps state
vas totally unrepresented. Many of the
tates, however, which did not send
roops because of the long distance to
e travelled were represented by their
overno-s and stats in the fourth grand
ivision.
Cadets from the Carlisle Indian school,
n their uniforms of cadet blue, were a
ubject of remark in contrast with the