Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03

as second vice chairman. Edmund 3
Wolfe is secretary.
One Of the important inaugural COM
mittees is that which is concerned with
Richard Sylvester, superintendent of
Washington's police force, heads this
committee. His assistants are Clifford X.
Bergman, first vice chairman; Charles
c. Coombs. second vice chairman, and
Edwin b. Hesse, secretary.
For the protection of the people Mai
Sylvester is given s33GO0 by Congress to
employ extra detectives. plain clothes
men and sleuths. In addition, 300 Wash
ington business men donate their services
in as such and perform the duties of reg
ular policemen during Inauguration week
DR.. Percy Hickling heads subcommittee
on hospitals and ambulances. At Union
station. along the line of march and in
places where there will be the greatest
congestion provision has been made for
efficient hospital service.
Duties of Reception Committee.
Thomas Nelson Page heads a committee
which finds its principal work to perform
during the last few hours preceding the
beginning Of the inaugural ceremonies
This is the reception committee. De'ega-
tons Of citizens. appointed by Mr.. Page
and his advisers. have been Entrusted
with the duty of officially extending
Washington's welcome to President VIII
son and Vice President Marshall upon
their arrival at Union station. as well as
greeting the governors of the various
states upon their reaching the city Tneo.
dore W. Noyes is first vice chairman or
the committee on reception and II. Pres
colt Galley secretary.
The chairman of the intercollegiate
committee which has arranged for a large
participation Of college men in the
parade. is Joseph r, T ~ ,Se w,, Mr
and Marshall College Mems League OF
New York: the secretary of the commit
tee. Frank B. Fox, is secretary of the
local Princeton Alumni Association. The
committee has arranged to have thou
sands of college men in line, this section
of the parade to be led by a large delega-
ton of students from Princeton Uni
versity.
interest in Washington may be easily
found by the inaugural visitors COM
mittee on historic sites. Of which the
chairman is William p. Van Wickle. has
been busily engaged in marking out these
locations. The committee has issued
booklet which shows the result Of its
labors The work of the committee this
year was given over to four subcommlt-
tees which were headed by Marcus Ben
jamin, Frederick Dowan. Henry W.
Sampson and John c. Proctor.
Ira r. Bennett has been in charge o.
the printing of the official program. The
program contains thirty-two pages and
gives the line Of march and orders issued
by the War Department governing the
parade. F. E. Chaplin as first vice chair
man and W. S. Penfeld as secretary are
the other officers of the committee on
printing.
Work of Other subcommittee.
Other subcommittee appointed are
those on transportation. George P.
James. chairman; Medals and badges
Richard n. Brooke, chairman; railroad
terminal facilities, a. NJ. Keppel, chair
man; legislation, George E. Hamilton.
chairman and press, Earl Goodwin, chair
man.
Mr. Hamilton, for a time, held the cen
ter Of the stage while the bill to make
the pension Office building available for
the inaugural function was before Con-
gress.
The transportation committee put in
some hours comforting with the officials
of the railway lines entering Washing
ton concerning reduced rates. Railroad
fares for the inaugural period were low
cred by all the lines. A. J. Poston is
first vice chairman of the committee on
W. II. Callahan. second
vice chairman. and Wilbur keblinger.
secretary.
The medals and badges which are dis
tributed among the members of the
Richard n. Brooke A gold medal is given
the President, Vice President and chair
man of the general committee. Silver
medals are presented to the chairman OF
each subcon mittee. while the members
Of the sub-bodies are given bronze