The river press., 1913-03-12

IHony anu Tue new president having
the seat Of honor on their return to
the executive mansion.
Arrived at the senate wing of the
Capitol, the president and president
elect went to the presidents room
Vice President Elect Marshall repair.
ed to the vice Presidents chamber.
Short Delay Occurs.
Here there was a short delay owing
to some hitch in the proceedings, but
it was soon over. The committee on
arrangements waited on the president
and president elect and escorted them
to the senate chamber, where they
were given seats reserved for them in
front of the vice presidents desk.
The same committee aleo escorted
the vice president elect to the senate
chamber, where the members of the
house and of the supreme court were
already seated.
Then on the eve of the senate's ad-
journment the president pro tempore
administered the oath that made Gov.
ernor Thomas r. Marshall Of Indiana
vice president of the United States.
Immediately thereafter the senate ad-
journed.
Following the adjournment Vice
President Marshall delivered his inau-
gural address, after which he admin.
istered the oath of Office to the sena.
tors elect.
At the conclusion of these impress
sive ceremonies within the senate
chamber all those assembled there
formed 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, took place.
The Great Parade.
Next to the great event, so essential
to the rest of today's celebration, the
great military and civic pageant this
afternoon held the public's interest.
Considered purely from a spectacular
viewpoint, it was not only by far the
biggest feature of the Inauguration,
but In many respects surpassed any
thing that Washington has seen in a
long series of inaugural spectacles.
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 a 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
avenue arose another tumult that con-
tanned deeper note.
Swiftly the swelling voices rolled
nearer, reached the stand and passed
onward and then far down the avenue
there came into view the faded blue
uniforms of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
They were only a handful of the
host that tramped down the same ave-
nue. nearly fifty years ago in the grand
| review before President Lincoln, and
they did not step forward with the
snap and elasticity that they did in
the bright spring sunshine of 1865.
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 seemed sud
| denly to have become misty.
Soldiers and Sailors in Line.
According to Major General Leon
| ard Wood, u. S. A., chief of staff and
grand marshal of the parade, the reg
ular army section of it was 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 was composed of the regular
naval and military forces and was un-
der the direct 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 Annap-
oils, the best drilled corps in the
country, were also a feature 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
line in this division.
Other states that were represented
were Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Maine,
Minnesota and North Carolina