The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-02-14
READY FOR THE
INAUGURATION
.
Arrangement for Ceremonies and
the Parade Are Practical
Iy Completed
SEVERAL NOTABLE DEPARTURES
Vice President Will Receive More
Attention Than Ever
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM

Ut iRlLS Ur IHC TNUuNAW
washington, ~. C.. Feb. 1.-THE ar
rangements for the inauguration GER
emonies and parade, involving II tre-
mendous amount of detail work, are
practically completed. although two
weeks and four days will have To pass
before President elect Woodrow VIII
son ana Vice President ELECT Thomas
r Marshall will be introduced into
their respective offices ana will tak0
their oaths of office. The grandstands
at the white house and at several
points along Pennsylvania avenue are
completed and so is the staging for
the inauguration ceremonies at the
capitol. the stanchions for the steel
cables with which Pennsylvania aVen-
Le will be roped off ON the day of the
parade are in place and the thousands
of electric lights To be used for the
inaugural Illumination have been
strung and placed in their proper po-
si,lons. Every detail of the Inaugural
tion ceremony and of the parade fol-
lcwing It has been carefully planned
and every precaution has been takeu
10 prevent the occurrence Of any awk-
ward hitch
Many Notable Features.
The coming Inauguration will be re-
markable in several respects. In the
first place the southern states will
have stronger representation in the
parade than for a great many years;
another new departure will be the AR
rangement by which the vice presi-
dent viii receive more attention than
ever before, military escort being
provided for him to accompany him
to the capitol and back to the white
house: another. equally new precedent
will he established by the omission of
the inaugural ball which i'm former
years used To- constitute the most bril-
liant feature of the inauguration pro-
gram.
In accordance with the plans ar
ranged by the committee in charge of
The inauguration ceremonies Presi-
dent Taft, President elect Wilson and
Vice President elect Marshall on the
morning of March 4, will be escorted
from the white house to the capitol
with military honors. The procession
will be headed by Gen. Wood as grand
marshal and his staff followed by In"
Essex troop of New Jersey forming
the special escort of Governor Will
SON. then will come the carriage con-
tanning President Taft and Gov Will
son, next the troop of Culver cadets
forming the escort of Gov. Marshall,
who will occupy the second carriage
which will be followed by the entire
grand veteran division, composed of
members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, the Union Veteran Legion
and the Spanish War veterans.
Marshall Takes Oath First.
The president the president elect
and the vice president elect will en-
ter the Senate wing of the capitol by
The bronze door. The president ana
The president-elect will be escorted To
The Presidents room where they shall
remain until escorted To the Senate
chamber, to be present at the inaugu-
ration OF the vice president elect, To
Whom the oath of office is To he ad-
mnisterod by the president-pro-tcm-
pore of the Senate Immediately be-
lore the adjournment of that body
haNlng taken his oath. the vice presi-
dent viii call the Senate to order and
"'llVer his inaugural address.
The organization of the Senate hav-
hg been completed, a procession will
De formed by the officers of the Sem
ale and the House of Representatives.
'he Justices of the Supreme Court, tho
committee on arrangements, the presi-
u'nt and the president elect. the menu
hrs of the diplomatic corps In ac-
''fdance with their rank. the vice.
president, members and eX-members
=" The Senate and House of Represen-
''uVes. heads of executive depart
m'nts, governors Of states and terri
'ories' the admiral of the navy and
my and his aides and such officers OF
'he army and navy who have re-
'eiVed the thanks of Congress. The
P'ocession viii move through the ro-
'unoa To the platform over the main
Portlco' where the inauguration cer-
'mony will take place.
$4,000 in the Parade.
Hiter all are assembled, the chief
Justice of the supreme court will ad-
minister the oath of office to the pres
e'"''elect who will then deliver his
,''usural address. This will conclude
ceremonies at the capitol and the
''S'uent and the vice president. ac-
,panied vn, by their military escorts,
return to the white house. where
''eE VIII occupy seats upon the re-