The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-04
10000 IN LINE IN
INAUGURAL PARADE TO-DAY
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lines Ne frightening into col
| umn
| Ma me last word OF swearing in
| the IL 4 president. the commands
, rana eat and We're echoed along the
! lines. ihcrf Has :, rattle of arms, II
clatter OF l.uois, and the great pa
! rade Ms in motion behind the car
! riages III President Wilson and Vice
| Presi,.eil MARSHALL Ard then witt.
the steady Tramp, tramp, tramp
OF marching feet, the stream OF color
wound down from Capitol Hill and
! breasted its way toward the White
! House, to which the presidential
part, had driven brlskly ahead to
take places for the review.
The chief officers and divisions of
the parade were as follows:
Grand Marshal Major General
Leonard Wood.
First Division, Regular Army,
Navy and Marine Corps Major
Gencrai ". W. Wotherspoon, COM
handing.
Second Division, State Militia
Brieadicr General albert l.. Mills
commanding.
Third Division. Veteran and Pa
triotic Organizations--General Jas
f Stuart, of Chicago, commanding.
Fourth Division. Civic Organiza-
tions Robert n. Harper, command
ing.
AS the procession took up the
march, the noted Essex troop of New
jersey swung in behind the carriage
in which President Wilson and for
mcr President Taft rode. Then came
Vice President Marshall's carriage
and behind that the Black Horse
troop OF culver Military academy
prancinG and bOwing TO the lively
mus, \ roar of welcome opened
NJ before this whole party as il
starrcI and swept along behind it.
Then came Ma jor General Wood
chinl of staff of the army, and grand
marshal Of the procession. headline
the military bodies, Handsomely
mounted and with the SNOWY uni
form OF his high rank. Then the
army contingent, headed by tn,
West Point cadets; long straish,
lines of gray lacing the avenue, each
line stepping as one man, heads up
chests high, plumcs atlutter, riff,
barrels glistening. An ovation greet
eG them.
Tramping close behind came tn,
First Battalion Of Army Engineers
the 18th I. $. infantry and ban,
from Fort Mcpherson, Ga, and /;
regiment of coast artillery fron
Fort MONROE The crack Seven
to'nfh. in full marching order.
solid column Of fill-dress servic,
blue, SWINGING easily to the livel,
music of their band. made "A splen
did appearance.
commanding no lers interest thar
tho West Point cadets came the mid
shipmcn from ANNAPOLIS. In thci
regulation short navy-blue Jacket,
and tan lcgoins. the young sailor.
were received with waves of cheers
But now the assembled thousand,
sent up new roar A REGIMENT q,
blue Jackets turns into the avenue
They tramp along hriskly, with the
rolling quickstcp of men who arc
not strangers to the sea. 4 squad.
ron Of the Fifteenth cavalry. bat
TALON of the Third field artillery and
a detachment of the signal corps
brought up the rear Of the division
of regulars.
Then marched the second division
made up of militia. Delaware's
troops led, headed by the governor
and his staff New Jersey -Presi-
dent Wilson own State sent its
entire militia establishment. includ
ing its battalion Of naval reserves.
In line came the State troops of
Pennsylvania. Massachusetts, Mary
land. GEORGIA. Connecticut, Nir sinia,
North Carolina. Rhode Island.
Maine. Michiaan, Ohio and Other
States. Militia representation from
the States was not so creat this year
% at previous inag"urals. hut there
was greater representation of reg
ular troops. lndiana-Nice Prosidep.
MarshalIs State--was totally unrep-
resented Many of the States how
ever. which did rot send troops he-
cause of the long distance 10 be
travelled were represented bv their
governors and stats in the fourth
Grand division
Cadets from the Carlisle Indian
school. in their uniforms OF cadet