The Washington herald., 1913-01-07
INAUGURAL BODY
EXPECT USE OF
PENSION OFFICE
Legislative Committee Drafts
Bill for Passage by Congress
Including Building Plan.
WANT PARKS FOR TROOPS
Authorization Of $4,000 to Be Asked
for Protection Of Life and Prop
erty During Celebration.

Tho Joint bill that will be put before
Congress asking that the government
grant permission for the use of the Pen
s,nn Office for the inaugural ball and for
certain other grants that are deemed
necessary for the proper reception OF
tho thronCs that will be in Washington
March is now ready and awaiting in
troductiou 1t is hoped that this bill
may he placed before the two branches
of Congress to-day, and the consensus OF
opinion in those bodies is that. while II
will be met with some resistance, II
eventually will come through with clean
skirts.
All Yesterday afternoon George f.
Hamilton, chairman of the inaugural
legislative committee. and the twenty
tive others who constitute the commit
tee. laborrd over the bill, whipping IT into
such shape that it may pass congress
with the least possible resistance Inc
result OF their labors was bill that -
substantially the same as was presented
to the House and Senate four years ago.
Its provisions are:
That permission for the use OF the Pen-
sion Office be granted. subject 10 such
restrictions as the Secretary of the In
terror may see fit to make.
Want Parks for Troops.
tnorizcd to grant permission 20 the in
augural committee for the use of some
Of the public reservations and parks in
IN, District. They are to be used for
IA. 0uarterinc, of troops and for other
purposes that d~mand a large area.
That the commissioners be authorized
to allow the committee to stretch wires
tur the illumination and decoration OF
tn, city during the inaugural cere-
Monies.
That S,2"Cn or 50 much thereof as Is
I,cs ssary to protect life and property
j. to b, appropriated. half from the
Treasury and half from the funds of the
district The Commissioners also are
authorized to make special regulations
tow ard this end.
That the. Secretaries Of War and of the
Navy 10. Authorized to loan the inaugural
committee certain flags for use in deco
rating the city and the public buildings
All Of these provisions are safeSuarded
with the final provision that the com
rntttce shall indemnify the government
tor any damage that the buildings or
materials may suffer during their use.
Indians in Parade.
AT meeting of the civic organizations
committee. last night, Chairman Robert
y. Harper was instructed TO take up with
chairman Eiustis and Maj. Gen. Wood
grand marshal. the matter of allowing
the members Of the North American In
dian League and of the Indian schools
at Oklahoma city and Carlisle. Pa, 10
march in the parade. The committee
also will try to arrange that the uni
formed ranks OF the various fraternaI
organizations shall march.
Mr. Harper was elected grand marshal
OF the civic part of the parade. II Is his
plau TO have the business men of the
District ride on horseback il possible.
He hopes to have at least "HD mounted.
1t also is hoped that all of the eNate
executives that C"me to Washington a'-
companied only by their stats may
march in the civic portion Of IL" parade.
The supper committee, of which o. II.
T. Johnson is chairman, was named yes
terday. as follows:
o. H. =. Johnston, chairman: George
W. VI hite William d. Hoover, James
NJ Green, II. RoZi"r Dulaney. Dr. J.
e. Boyd Christian D. Hemmirk. 4.
Harrison johnson, Elisha :. Theall. Will
lam r Bingham. Frederick +. ChapIn,
Franklin H. Ellis. Charles II. johnson,
Appleton z. Clark. ir.. L. {. wilkins
and charles r. Wilson.
No statement was forthcoming from
C,orcOran Thorn. chairman of the finance
committee. in the afternoon. 50 the sub
s.ription list officially stands at $ip.'"'.
Tho figure Of the morning. The sub
scriptions made public Yesterday were:
Joseph H. Bradley, s2J0: Lewis NJ.
Thavcr, $IoN: William NJ Hallam. 81:
J. J. Darlington. 800: +. Il, Mcclure,
SIGa: u I.oughran. Sl"0: Lorenzo :.
T}rnvu. SIGo: Charles .Nlhert McKenn"y.
s1on; James \ Sample. so; W. L. Ed
moustun. SfGu: Lee d Latimer. $lh:
Nathaniel Wilson. 800: George u. Horn
ing. $40 and w +. Bronizcr, $50