Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-13
PARADE PLAN READY
Col. Alien Says 1t Is Practically
Complete.
DETAILS ARE REPORTED
Rear Guard Of Mounted Men to Pre-
vent Struggling.
RECENT ADDITIONS TO MARCH
Estimated That 10000 Will March
in Civic Division-Stand Tickets
Awarded President-Elect.
RECENT ADDITIONS TO MARCH

The inaugural parade is practically
planned for completely. At it's meeting
! this morning the inaugural committee
heard reports from Col. Henry Allen.
| United States cavalry, aid to the grand
marshal of the parade that the military
| portion of the pageant is shaping itself
| SO that the parade is complete on paper,
! and from Robert n. Harper, chairman
| of the civic committee that 90 600 men
have applied for places, have been as
| signed them and that so far as the civic
! committee is concerned the parade could
| start today.
| Col. Allen told the committee that a
| rear guard Of mounted United States
engineers would close up the parade:
] prevent struggling and see to IL that
! the long line Of men lacks nothing in
| military precision at the tail end Of the
procession. He also announced that Gen.
James Stuart, marshal of the first di-
| vision. would have about 5000 regulars
| in line.
Recent additions to the parade. as an
nounced by Col. Allen. are the Gov
ernor Of Delaware and his staff, ac-
companied by one regiment of National
Guard troops; three companies of coast
artillery from Michigan. the Whining
ton On. c. Light Infantry. 1st Infantry
OF Maryland. the Boston Fusileers AS
socfation and the cadets of. the Vir-
gina MlllldTy
Seats for Press Gallery Members.
A discussion during the meeting as
to request for seats made by
members of the press gallery at the
Capitol was settled by granting them
large number of seats free of charge.
Odd Features Presented.
Odd features of the day and the parade
bob up from every committee. 1t was
learned today that eighty eight civil war
veterans of Columbus, Ohio, averaging
seventy-five years of age. had applied for
a marching place and had received it. w.
w. Wick, secretary of the committee
heard from friends today that the state
of Arkansas was getting ready to turn
itself inside out in honor OF Chairman
McCombs of the national democratic COM
mittee native SON. Arkansas, accord
ing to Mr.. Vick'S information, will send a
thousand men on a train to be labeled
THE McComb Special The train will
have every one of any democratic activ-
ity in the state from Gov. Robinson down
The w. C. T. U. will fight alcohol with
coffee while the parade is on. Notwith-
standing the fact that the organization
lost its fight to close saloons March 4, the
women of the organization have arranged
along the line of march, from which hot
coffee will be dispensed to the marchers
This, the women argue, will be much
more of a solace than diving into sa-
loon to get drink whenever the parade
stops.
The inaugural committee has allotted
the President-elect 80 tickets for the
stand at the Capitol and go for the re-
viewing stand.
Official orders informing the high school
cadets that they were expected to par
ticipate in the inaugural parade were is
perintendent Of public schools in the Dis
trfct, today.
Dinner to Midshipmen.
The midshipmen from Annapolis, who
are coming here to take part in the in
augural parade, will be entertained at
dinner by Edward B. Mclean, following
the parade. at Mr.. McLean's residence
Massachusetts, avenue and 21st street
The custom of entertaining the midship-
men when they came here for Inaugural
ton parades was started by Mrs. John
r. Mclean, mother Of Edward B. Nc
Lean, who died last summer.
The state of Ohio is outdoing all pre-
viOus inaugural records, as the latest
is that the entire legislature will adjourn
for several days In order to take part in
the ceremonies March 4, and also that
eighty-five civil war veterans of Column
bus, averaging seventy-five years, will
form a part of the civic section. This
portion of the parade alone will aggre-
gate 10000 men. according to a partial
list submitted today by Col. Robert n.
Harper, chairman Of the civic committee
OF the inauguration, to Col. Henry T.