Evening star., 1913-02-05

augural parade today announced that the
National Guard of the District OF Co
lumbia had indicated its intention to par
ticipate in the parade, and had been as
signed to a position at the head of the
line OF the second grand division, which
division is made up exclusively OF or
ganizations of organized militia, naval
reserves and cadets from military schools
and colleges
The District National Guard will be
represented In the line by nearly 1.3CO
men. made up as follows: 1st Infantry
dncluding bandsD. 500 men: ID Infantry
Battalion. 225 men: Signal Corps, ~ men,
and the Field Hospital Corps. 80 men.
Chief Marshal Of Third Division.
Gen. James f. Stuart Of Chicago. a vet
eran Of the civil war and OF the Spanish
war. today was appointed chief marshal
OF the third grand division OF the In
augural parade. That division is made
up of organizations representing the
Grand Army OF the Republic. the Union
Veteran Union. the Spanish War Vet
Grams and various patriotic orders.
Gen. Stuart is a native of Scotland and
enlisted as private i'm Company r. 2ist
Wisconsin Volunteers I'm August lS6o
He rose by merit to the grade OF cap
tain. In which capacity he served as aid
to Gen. II. c. Hobart comma nding one
of the brigades of the l4th Army Corps
until the general muster out in this city
in the summer of 1856. Subsequently he
became actively identified with the Ma
tional Guard Of the State of Illinois, ano
became a brigadier general in that or
sanization. retiring in 1906 He enlisted
for service In the war with Spain, and
served at Havana. where he afterward
organized the postal service for the Gu
ban republic. He is now a post Office in
spector. with headquarters at Chicago.
Cowboys and Indians.
The wild west is 10 have its share in
the inaugural parade, according to an
nouncement made today. An Indian
band and 100 cowboys are coming to
Washington in special train as the
representatives Of the democratic CEN
trail committee of Maricopa county.
Ariz.. with headquarters in Phoenix
They have informed the inaugural COM
mittee that they Will bring their own
brides and other riding equipment sc
that they can present realistic picture
OF early frontier days when they appear
on pennsylvania avenue as part OF
the escort to President Wilson. This di-
vision of the parade will be headed by
an Indian band composed Of students at
tending the Indian school at Phoenix.
Robert n. Harper, grand marshal of
the civic division Of the parade. is pre-
pairing to send out final call to civic
organizations TO participate in the cere-
monies March 4. Several political clubs
and other societies have had the matter
OF acceptance under considerati ton for
some time and it is hoped that the list
of organizations which are to take part
I'm the parade can be completed within a
week or ten days.
Maryland Militia Quarters.
The public comfort committee Of which
NJ. l. Weller is chairman, has arranged
housing accommodations for all troops
Of state militia that have definitely an
nounced that they will participate in the
ceremonies. 1t was stated today that
the members of the 9TH Maryland In
fantry will be quartered in the Washing
ton courthouse. Members Of the 1st and
4th regiments Of the Maryland militia
will be provided with accommodations IL
sleeping cars to be stationed i'm the Bal
timore and Ohio freight yards.
Four hundred men. composing the Isl
Infantry and Battery b. 1st Field Artil
lery, Minnesota National Guard, will par
ticipate in the parade, according to in
formation received at inaugural head
quarters today The Minnesota militia
Erie ID. Luce and Capt. George E. Leach
A big representation of Pennsylvania
militiamen in the parade is assured. Ii
line will be Company A. Engineer Bat
talon: OF Scranton: LIST Infantry of Phila'
delphia. 4th Infantry, to which will bt
added Company X. 6th Infantry. OF York
and Company l. 18th Infantry OF castor
and the 10th Infantry.
Ten thousand maps of Washington have
been printed by the public comfort com
mi u-i1l no frit tod in,
augural visitors.
Gov. Wilson's Aid Visits Capitol.
Col. Thomas II. Birch. Gov Woodrow
Wilson's personal aid. is i'm Washington
today going over the program which the
President-to-be is expected to follow al
the time Of his Inauguration. Col. Birch
had a talk with Chairman William Cor.
coran Eustis of the Washington commit
tee and with the chairmen Of several OF
the subcommittee. including Arthur
Peter of the reviewing stands committee
and Waddy B. Wood Of the street decora-
tons committee.
Col. Birch let it be known that it wa.
Gov. Wilson's wish to have explained t1
him just what part he was expected tC
take in the ceremonies attending his in
auguration. and what was expected OF
made a special trip to this city to &c
into the matter with the local committee
He said that Gov. Wilson had sent no
suggestions by him to arrangements
for the inaugural, but merely wished to
be informed beforehand of the arrange
ments made for him here.
/ Col. Birch also talked with members OF
the joint congressional committee regard
ing the arrangements for the ceremony at
the Capitol. He expects to return TO New
Jersey tomorrow morning.
Gov. Wilson's aid has his home In Bur-
lington, N. j. He has been prominent in
politics and was a delegate to the Balti-
more convention which nominated Gov.
Wilson for the presidency.
w. j. Bryan on Reception Committee
Secretary W. W. Wick of the inaugural
committee today received letter from
William Jennings Bryan. mailed at MI
ami, Fla, stating that he would serve on
the reception committee, of which DR..
Thomas Nelson Page is chairman. and
that he looked forward with pleasure to
being in Washington at the time OF the
Inauguration.
At a meeting of the inauguration COM
mittee scheduled for tomorrow morning
at IL o'clock in the New Willard Hotel
the protest against awarding any con-
tracts for work and materials to firms
outside of Washington. submitted to
Chairman Eustis by the Washington Re-
tail Merchants Association. will be con-
sidered, il is expected. The protest is
aimed it is said. particularly against the
action of the committee on illumination.
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