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sive ceremonies within the senate
chamber all those assembled there
formed a procession, marching through
the rotunda of the capitol to the plat
form at the east end of the building,
where the big event of the day, the
actual swearing in of the president
elect, was to take place.
The Great Parade.
Next to this great event, 50 essen
tial to the rest of today's celebration,
the great military and civic pageant
this afternoon holds the public's in
terest. Considered purely from a spec
tacular viewpoint, it is not only by
far the biggest feature of the inaug-
uration, but in many respects sur
passes anything that Washington has
seen in long series of inaugural spec
tacles.
The decorations also are unique and
attractive in character. Pennsylvania
avenue from end to end of lne line of
march CLEANS with green and white,
the color scheme adopted by the city
officials.
The stand where the president is
now reviewing the parade, erected on
the White House grounds, follows out
the same general decorative idea,
though here the architect has chosen
to weave into the stands design the
characteristics of Mount Vernon, the
ancient home of the first president,
and of Monticello, the homestead of
the patron saint of Democracy, Thorn
as Jefferson.
The head of the first grand division
was almost abreast of the White
House when President Wilson first
showed himself in the glassed in Sec
tion of the reviewing stand that had
been reserved for him. His appear
ance was the signal for wave of ap-
plause that swept all before it, drown
ing the music of the bands, as it
rolled toward the capitol.
Soon after the cheering that greet
ed the presidents entrance to the re-
viewing stand died away far down the
tanned deeper note.
Swiftly the swelling voices rolled
nearer, reached the stand and passed
onward and then far down the ave-
nue. there came into view the faded
blue uniforms of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
There were many in the crowd who
stopped cheering as the veterans of
1865 passed by and turned away
their heads. Even the president, self
contained master of self as he has
shown himself to be, was visibly af-
fected. He was seen to swallow hard
several times, and once he turned
away to wipe his glasses, which sseen3-1
ed suddenly to have become misty.
According to Major General Leonard
Wood, u. S. A., chief of staff and
grand marshal of the parade, the reg
ular army section of it was a model
for other nations to copy. Certainly,
it was one of the most impressive fea-
lures of the whole spectacle, if re-
garded from the standpoint of military
efficiency and smartness.
The first grand division of the pa
rade, which included this section, was
composed of the regular naval and
military forces and was under the di-
rect command of Major General w. w.
Wotherspoon, U. S. A. In it marched
picked men of the army, navy and
marine corps.
The West Point cadets, in their
smart gray uniforms, and the middies
from the naval academy at Annapolis,
the best drilled corps in the country,
from whence will come our future gen.
erals and admirals, were also fea-
ture of this division.
Next in line came the militia divi-
sion, headed by the national guard of
the District of Columbia, Brigadier
General Albert D. Mills, U. S. A., COM
manding. Practically the entire ma
tional guard of New Jersey was in