The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-04


Dewey and his aide, Major General
wood and his aide and officers of |
the army and navy who by name had |
received the thanks of Congress- held |
PAGES IN the lines which would go
through the long hall and out between
the great bronze doors
"A preliminary outburst of applause
at the opening Of the panels to admit |
the members of the press had mean
WINE grown to a roar of welcome
from the thousands upon the stage
outside, as the procession appeared
me tens Of thousands who stood be-
yond the edge of the amphitheatre
caught up the sound and as the portly
inquire OF the outgoing President was
distinguished in the doorway, and the
audience caught sight of the male
serious scholarly figure at his side the
pent-up enthusiasm of all the Demo-
cratic visitors broke loose in a, demon
stration that reverberated up against
the dome and rolled out over the hill.
growing louder and. louder as Taft
sd Wilson took up the stations as
signed them upon the speakers stand
SLOWLY the procession of distinguish
60 visitors from the Senate galleries
f1Ied in upon the stage The Presi-
| dent and his successor seated with
chief Justice White upon their right
and the official committee upon their
left surveyed the tossing sea of faces
and waving hats. handkerchiefs, ban
/
| and broke to the north, east, and south
The former Vice Presidents Supreme
Court, Vice President Marshall, mem
bers Of the Senate and former Sena-
| tors were placed at the right. Next
to them were the MEMBERSHIPS and
retiring members of the House, while
| at the left were stationed the foreign
diplomats, military and naval dfgni-
| taries, Cabinet members, governors
and other specially honored officials.
Chief Justice White rose. and facing
! the President-elect, who stood UP with
him, began to administer the oath of
| office. A hush fell upon the crowd as
| the right hand Of the new Chief Elk
| ecutive of the nation was raised to
attest his purpose to administer the
/ law and as his lips touched the Holy
| Book. it deepened as he turned to the
| people and in his inaugural address
gave them his pledge of loyal service.
| When the last word of the address
had been uttered, the members of the
/ Senate headed by their sergeant-at-
arms. secretary and new presiding Of
! hcer, returned in procession to their
chamber
President Wilson and Former Presi-
| dent Taft, escorted by the committee
on ARRANGEMENTS and fairly deafened
| by the cheers Of 100000 spectators
made their way to the carriages
! which were to be the center of in
terest in the inaugural parade. Bow
ing and lifting his hat to left and
right the President settled himself in
row lane, toward the avenue, and, the
inaugural parade was begun.
Carefully prescribed according to
ancient customs and etiquette were
the cerenaonies to-day preliminary to-
President Wilson and Vice President
Marshall
Two parades were the principal pub
lie features, the first from the White
House to the Capitol, and the main
display returning after the admins
wilson's Inaugural address
At 10 this morning the first parade
began forming at the Shorham Ho-
tel, by coincidence the temporary
home of both Wilson and Marshall
Wilson was the guest there last night
| Of his cousin, John E. Wilson, Of
Franklin, Pa, and Marshall has en-
gagged permanent quarters there.
Setting for the preliminary military
pageant at the hotel was in the Cap
itaPs miniature s'Wan Street, only
two blocks from the White House.
Thousands of spectators banked the
marrow streets, eager for the first
j glimpse Of the new executives today,
tasted. On all sides OF the hotel, SOL
diers, police. mounted and on foot,
kept talIt the lines.
Gen. Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff
| of the army and grand marshal of
] today's ceremonies, with his staff of
thirty officers arrived with a, cIatter
of hoofs and waving sashes and
p1umes at 10 o'clock Wood called
upon the new Executive in the 1atter's
apartments, and announced that all
was in readiness for the brief ride to
the White House.
/ Mrs Wilson and Mr. hal accOr7-
panied by the joint Congressional Com
mittee of the Senate and House, who
arrived before Grand Marshall WOOD.
/ stepped from the east portico of the
hotel to waiting carriages. Mr.. Wilson
| and two members of the CongresSion-
al committee occupied the first car
riage, an open barouche drawn by
four horses without riders.
| An escort of mounted police opened
| the march to the White House Grand
Marshall Wood and his staff, glitter
ing with gold lace and with clanking
| swords, followed.
The President-elect's own personal
escort was the crack Essex Troop
/ of cavalry, of Newark, N. J., compos-
/ ed of $50 crack horsemen of New
| Jerseys militia Their brilliant
| scarlet and buff uniforms and visored
/ hats with large plumes were set of
| by guidons on stats set on their stir
/ rups-a brilliant column of ka1eido-
| scopic color. Most of their horses
| were bays and roans- They formed
| before and behind and beside the Will
son carriage.
Vice President-eIect Marshall, with
/ three members OF the Congressional
| committee rode behind the Essex
Troop. He also had personal es-
/ cort-the Culver Black Horse Troop,
Indiana. Over 100 shining black
! steeds bore the Vice Presidential
| troops. in uniforms of gray. Today
/ was the first time in the history Of
| fnaugurals that private and military
/ escort was accorded the Vice Presl-
I dent
4 Sweeping into Pennsylvania Avenue
while crowds shouted themselves