Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-02-28
THE INA UG IRA TON.

More than forty thousand men will escort
President Woodrow Wilson from the Capt.
tol to the White House after he takes the
oath of office on the 4th of March. This
army of regular soldiers, State militia and
civilians will march up Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. following the carriages which will
bear the President and Vice-President.
In the inaugural procession will be 5000
regulars. $1,000 militiamen. 1000 Civil
War veterans and 10000 members of civic
organizations 1t is possible that the num-
Der may be swelled by the time Inaugural
ton day arrives, as the estimate is based
upon reports which have already been
made to the inaugural authorities.
Distinction Of sending the largest civic
body to participate in the parade will 60
TO the Democratic State Central Committee
of Baltimore, instead of Tammany Hall, it
has been announced.
II had been expected that the Tammany
braves in point of numbers would eclipse
any other civic organization that is COM
ing to Washington for the inaugural cere-
monies, but Col Robert N. Harper, chair
man of the civic committee, has been in
formed that the Democratic State Central
Committee, Of Baltimore. will be there with
1000 members, headed by Mayor Preston.
In the militia division. according to the
tentative plans announced by the War
Department, the District of Columbia will
have 1887 men. commanded by Brig. Gen.
George H. Harries; Delaware. 425 men,
commanded by Gov. C. r. Miller and Brig
Gen. |. P. Wickersham; Pennsylvania
2.46l men, Gov. j. X. Tener and Gen. L.
J. Stewart; New Jersey. 2,495 men. Brig
Gen. W. F, Sadler, Jr.; Massachusetts,
3,668 men, Brig Com. Col E. Leroy Sweet
ser; Virginia, ISIS men. Gov. William H.
Mann and Brig Gen. Sale; New York.
2,106 men, Gov. VIM. Sulzer; Alabama
$50 men, Gov E. 0'Neal and Brig. Gen. J.
b. Scully Minnesota, 500 men, Col. Earle
d. Luce Maryland, 2,375 men; Michi-
gan. $50 men Maine, 4S men; North
Carolina, 500 men, and Georgia, 500 men.
A special invitation to attend the inau-
guration ceremonies has been sent by the
inaugural committee to the rs Indians
now in New York attending the laying of
a cornerstone for an Indian monument in
New York harbor. II the red men accept
they will be provided with mounts and
given special place in the procession
They include representatives Of the Sioux,
Crow. Chippewa, Cheyenne, Flatheads,
Groeventres, Arickares and Mandans.
Demands from photographers for space
on the camera stand have resulted in the
extension Of the structure. Provision is
now made for at least so cameras. These
will be trained upon the square centre
platform rising few feet above the out
side edge Of the immense S,000-seat stand
which stretches back in a gentle rise to
the doors Of the Capitol.
Confederate soldiers have decided not to
march in the inaugural parade. Persons
in authority have written that il was i'm
possible to get a good-sized company of
the men in gray, and that consequently
the plans for that section of the parade
would have to be abandoned
The G. A. r. veterans, however. will
send delegation, which will be headed
by the United States Marine Band, of
Washington.
Theodore Roosevelt. the only living ex-
President, will be invited to attend the
inauguration ceremonies. The program of
events at the Capitol includes Mr.. Roose-
welt as one Of the honored guests. No
word has come to show whether Mr.. Roose-
welt is planning to attend.
Washington will not be shut off from
the rest Of the world Inauguration day,
even though the weather man dishes out
blizzard weather similar to last March 4th.
Telephone and telegraph service this year
cannot be blocked as in the Taft Inaugural
tion, when for hours the only means Of
with the outside world was
by means Of the wireless, and that not en-
tirely satisfactory.
Additional long distance lines have been