Evening star., 1913-03-02
CROWD BEcINN1nc
To ASSEMBLE BEFORE
EAST FRONT OF CAPITOL
To AWAIT INAUGURAL
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able window fronting on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue will he crowded with humanity,
be the weather cold or warm, wet or
dry.
Mrs. Taft will not attend the inaugural
ceremonies at the Capitol il has been
announced but will await the return of
President Taft at the White House. Nor
Will Mrs. Wilson and her daughters be
seen i'll the parade. either to or from
the Capitol. A special military aid has
been detailed to call at the Shoreham To
escort her and her daughters to the
Capitol. where they will witness the GER
emonieS and listen to the inaugural ad
dresses. y similar attention will be
given Mrs. Marshall. And when the
ceremonies are over the wives of the
President and Vice President will he es-
corted Immediately to the White House
by the military aids.
When the presidential party arrives at
the Capitol the President, President-elect
and the Vice President-elect will enter
the Senate wing of the building The
President and President-elect will so i'm
mediately TO the Presidents room, where
they viii remain until they are escorted
10 the Senate chamber. The Vice Presi-
dent-elect Will go to the Vice Presidents
room. Presently the President and
President-elect will be escorted to the
Senate chamber and given seats directly
in front of the Vice Presidents desk The
Vice President-eect will be escorted to
the Senate chamber by the committee on
arrangements. and the oath of office will
be administered to him by the president
pro tempore just before the adjournment
of the present Senate.
After prayer by the chaplain of the
Senate. Rev. L. G. b. Pierce. the Vice
President will deliver his inaugural ad-
dress Then he will administer the oath
of office 10 the SenatorS-elect.
This ends the ceremonies within the
Senate chamber, unless the 4th of March
should be another such day that four
Years ago. when. because of the blizzard.
IT was found necessary to administer the
oath of office to the President-elect and
to listen to his inaugural address within
the chamber
Most sought after are the tickets is
sued for admission to the Senate cham
Der for the ceremonies there. and they
are difficult to obtain. The members of
the House of Representatives come in a
body to the Senate chamber for the cere-
monies. as do the Chief Justice and the
associate justices of the Supreme Court
In the galleries will be found the men,
bcrs of the diplomatic corps in resplend-
ent costumes, members of the families Of
the senators and representatives and high
officials of the government. After the
ceremonies in the Senate chamber a pro-
cession. precise ard ordained by etiquette
in every detail. will be formed and will
march out of the chamber, through the
rotunda of the Capitol to the platform
ON the center portico of the Capitol, east
front. where the Presdent-elec is to be
sworn i'll and make his inaugural ad-
dress.
The procession will be headed by the
scrSeant-at-armS of the Senate and the
scrSeant-at-arms of the House of Rep
resentatives. Behind them will hc the
marshal Of the Supreme Court and tie
marshal Of the District of Columbia
Then viii come. in the following order.
the Chief Justice. associate justices and
clerk and reporter of the Supreme Court;
the congressional committee on arrange
mcnts: the President and the President
elect; the ambassadors to the United
states and the ministers plenipotentiary
to the United States: the Vice Presi-
dent. eN-Nice Presidents, the Vice Presi-
deht pro tempore and the secretary of the
Senate; the Senate of the United States