Arizona republican., 1913-02-21
ALL READY FOR
 INAUGURATION
Arrangements Are All Completed and Now Only Delay is That Occasioned by Waiting for Coming of Tuesday, March f

WASHINGTON, D. C. Reb. 2O.-i The arrangements for the inaugural ton ceremonies and parade. invoIv- | ing tremendous amount of detail | work are practically completed, al though pretty nearly two weeks have to pass before President elect Woodrow Wilson and Vice President elect Thomas R. Marshall will be in- troduc"d into their respective offices and will take their oaths of office The grandstandS at the White House and at several points along PennsyI- Vania avenue are completed and sa is the staging for the inauguration ceremonies at the capitol; the stanch- ions for the steel cables with which
 Pennsylvania 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 iIlumin-
 alton have been strung and placed in
 their proper positions. Every detail
 of the inauguration ceremony and of
 the parade following it has been
 carefully planned and every pnecau- tion has been taken to prevent the occurrence of any awkward hitch. The coming Inauguration will be remarkable in several respects IT. the first place the southern states will have a stronger representation in the parade than for great many years: another new departure will be the arrangement by which the vice [ president will receive more atten- | tiOn than ever before a military i escort being provided for him to ac- | I-;, IL to the White House: another. equally | new precedent will be established by 1 the omission of the inaugural ball which in former years used to con | stitute the most brilliant feature of | the inauguration program.
 1 In accordance with the plans ar ranged by the committee in charge of the inauguration ceremonies. Pres ident Taft President-elect Wilson and Vice President elect Marshall on | the morning of March i, will be 1 escorted from the White House to l the capitol with military hOnors The l procession will be headed by General | Wood as grand marshal and his staff | followed by the Essex troop of New | Jersey, forming the special escort of 1 Governor Wilson; then will come the 1 carriage containing President Taft | and Governor Wilson, next the troop l of Culver cadets forming the escor | of Governor Marshall, who will oc- 1 cupy the second carriage. which will 1 be followed by the entire grand vet ! eran division. composed of members | of the Grand Army of the Republic, | the Union Veteran Legion and the | Spanish War Veterans.
 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 | and the president -elect will be escort ed to the presidents room where they
 shall remain until escorted to the
 senate chamber, to be present at the inauguration of the vice president
 elect, to whom the oath of office is
 to be administered by the president pro- -tempore of the senate imme- diateIy before the adjournment of
 that body. Having taken his oath,
 the vice president will call the sen
 ate to order and deliver his inaugural
 address.
 The organization of the senate hav-
 ing been completed, procession will
 be formed by the officers of the
 senate and the house of representa-
 tives, the justices of the supreme
 court of the United States, the com mittee of arrangements, the presi- dent and the president elect the
 members of the diplomatic corps ir
 accordance with their rank, the vice
 president elect members and eX- 1 members of the senate and the house
 of representatives. heads of eNecu-
 tive departments, governors of states
 and territories, the admiral of the navy and his aides, the chief of staff of the army and his aides and sucf
 officers of the army and navy who
 have received the thanks of congress
 The procession will move through the
 rOtunda to the platform over tho
 main portico. where the inaugura- . tion ceremony will take place.
 After all are assembled the chic
 justice of the supreme court will ad
 minister the oath of office to th' a president elect who will then delive q his inaugural address. This will con \ clude the ceremonies at the capitO T and the president and the vice presi a dent. accompanied by their militar. s escorts, will return to the Whit 4 House. where they will occupy seat upon the reviewing stand to revieV 2 the inauguration parade.
 5 The parade, in which it is expect 5 ed more than thirty thousand per sons will take part, including regu 2 lars from Fort McPherson, Ga, q regiment of Coast Artillery, the corp of cadets from West Point, tn midshipmen from Annapolis, tW ' companies of bluejackets, militia or ganizations from various states. an civic organize tions from practical S every state in the union The parad g will be divided into eight divison x each commanded by an army office It will be formed in the streets nea the capitol and will march dow Pennsylvania avenue to the Whit House. where it will pass in reVieN before the president and vice pres H dent and the other distinguished oi ficials and dignitaries occupying tn