The Forrest City times., 1913-02-21
CAVALRY TROOP TO
EQUAL WILSON'S IN PARADE
OF INAUGURAL DAY.
BLACK HORSE FROM INDIANA
Elimination Of the Grand Eali Really
Bfessfn~-Pians Are Announced
for tho Elaborate illumination of
the Capital City.
Gy GEORGE CLINTON

Neutrality-suspicious. the first time in
the history of the ceremonies of in
augurating the chief executive OF the
United States, vice -president-elect
is to be escorted to the capitol by
cavalry troop forming a guard of hon
or in size and appearance the equal
or that which acts as mounted es-
cort to the presidertelect. Thomas
Riley Marshall, the next vice-presi-
dent OF this country, will be the pre-
cedent smasher his escort consisting
or black horse squadron from In
diana
Some of the members of the com
mlttee on inaugural ceremonies did
not take altogether kindly to the plans
! OF Mr.. Marshall's friends to make sec
ono place equal to first place. but
woodrow Wilson, hearing of the OPP
position, said his partner on the ticket
and In office should be allowed any
thlng and everything in honors that
| his friends saw fit and so it was that
the parade managers withdrew all OBJ
Jectlons to the appearance of the
Hoosler black horse squadron which
VIII do honor to Marshall of Indiana.
The vice-president-elect ordinarily
rides from the White House 10 the
capitol with the outgoing vice-presi-
dent or the president pro TEN of the
senate, as the case may be, in a car
rage following the one occupied by
the pres1dent-elect. but with sufficient
distance and enough people in be-
tween the two to make it known that
the escort Of honor Is for the chief
and not for the subordinate This
year. however, there will be two es-
corts OF honor and division Of the
acclaim OF the people along the route.
Inc melted chargers which will pre-
cede, flank and take up the rear of Mr..
Marshalls carriage are the property
OF private military school in the
Hoosier state and hey will be bestrid-
den by husky cadets trained, it is said.
along cavalry lines like unto those
followed at West Point.
Omission of Ball a Blessing.
The members of the committee of ar
rangements for the Wilson and Mar
| shall doings seem to have reconciled
/ themselves to the loss of the inaugural
ball and to the turning down of the
! grand public reception plan. They
| are busy now letting the country know
that the elimination of the inaugural
! ball is very much Of blessing. This
might appear to be simply matter
of putting a good face on a disappoint-
ment. but while the loss of the ball
( may be a disappointment to the mem
/ bers of the committee personally, they
are telling the truth when they say it
/ is a blessing
Perry Belmont, who is a member of
4 the inaugural committee, has said:
The figures which | have compiled
after digging out the statistics since
/ Harrisons Inauguration in 1889 con-
vnces me that an inaugural ball is a
vastly over-rated function. About -
600 persons attended the ball when
Harrison was inaugurated, and since
/ that time the attendance has de-
creased steadily, AT the Taft affair
a little more than 5000 people went
to the ball and of these only 500
bought supper tickets. The decrease
/ in attendance at the balls has gone
hand in hand with an increase in the
size of the crowds which have come
to Washington.
Parade a Cavalry Affair.
The evident intention is to make the
Wilson inaugural parade, to as great
an extent as possible, a cavalry af-
fair" The Essex troops of New
Jersey and the black squadron from
Indiana will have places of honor. but
they dwindle away to the proportions
of a cavalry corporals guard when
compared to the overfowing ranks of
the other mounted organizations
which will follow the leader from the
White House to capitol
There are to be 1000 mounted fox
hunters in the parade drawn from
| the various hunt clubs OF the coun-
try, all of which the proponents of
Democratic simplicity tell us in the
typewriting of the press agents are
exclusive organizations" Aristocracy,
therefore. on horseback and wearing
red coats and shining silk hats will
precede the boys of Tammany if il can.
and follow them If it must
The governors "colonels. or at any
rate the Democratic governors col
onels, are to have a chance to ride.
| The governors are coming and with
| them their staffs The word is that
several of the sta.es' chief magistrate
/ have ordered their sr6ordinates to
| pear in brand new uniforms 4,
the governors, they will ride, froo1,. ~
coated and silk-hatted.
The inaugural commtteAt r~or,,.es
that during the four days which c5yeT
20 reriod Of the y.isita,tor -,