The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-31
ENABLING ACT SURE TO PASS
SENATE If INDICATIONS ARE
TO BE CREDITED; LEAGUE FIRM
IMPRESSIVE, MILITARY
CEREMONIES FEATURE
Henry c. Stuart to Take Oath of Office Succeeding Governor
Mann at II O'clock Monday Morning
Stands Going Up.

iZations have been arranged In the
following order. Following the po-
lice, headed by Major Werner, will be
the grand marshal, Colonel r. r.
Leedy, of the Second Infantry, Fir~
ginia Volunteers, mounted. and. at
tended by his side, Lieutenant Colonel
Allen Potts.
Place of Honor tn Blues.
The Richmond Light Infantry
Blues battalion will lead. followed by
the Richmond Grays, a battalion COM
posed of the visiting companies, the
Richmond Howitzers, the Virginia
Military institute cadet corps, and the
Benedictine college cadet corps The
joint commissioners OF the general
assembly will follow the militia in
carriages. then the governor. gov
ernor- elect, lieutenant governor and
the governors staff. all in carriages.
and then the carriages for the other
State officials,
The parade will proceed west on
Grace street to Fifth street: through
Fifth to Franklin and westward on
Franklin to the Jefferson hotel, where
Governor Mann meet the incoming
governor, who will proceed with the
parade. General G.. G.. Vaughn. Jr.,
brigade commander Virginia volun-
teers. will act as aide to Mr.. Stuart.
while Adiutant General Sale will act
as aide to Governor Mann, during the
ceremony.
The parade will proceed. through
Ryland street to Grace street and
eastward to the Capitol square. The
soldiers will halt at the entrance to
the square and salute the chief execu-
tive and incoming governor as they
pass to the north door of the capitol.
Seats Are Arranged.
Meanwhile, the ceremonies in the
chamber of the house of delegates will
have come to close and the invited
guests of Mr.. Stuart and Governor
Mann will take their places in the
seats arranged for them on the por-
tico.
Senators, congressman, judges and
others will have seats arranged for
them on the right. while the ladies
and other guests will be on the left
The general assembly, headed by the
president pro tenn of the senate and
the speaker of the house. will file
through the hallway of the capitol to
their seats in the center OF the portfco.
Governor Mann and Governor elect
Stuart will be the last to arrive on the
portico, where they will proceed to
the front of the stand. Judge Keith,
president of the Supreme Court OF
Appears. Will LIic WALL Ii
office, while Bishop Gibson will make
the invocation. The space in front OF
the portico will accommodate thou
sands of citizens. The lower section
of the portico has been reserved for
the press.
Governor Stuart will then deliver
his inaugural address. The troops
after he has completed his address
will pass in review before the stand
and seventeen guns will boom a salute
to the incoming governor. The
Howitzers will fire the salute.
Other Military Coming.
An added feature will be the Coast
Artillery band. United States navy
which Is stationed at Fortress Monroe
and which has been ordered to report
here to the commandant OF the Vir-
ginia Military institute to take par'
in the exercises. The band will head
the v. an. L. cadet corps in the parade
1t has been learned that the invitation
to the various military organizations
throughout the State. has been ac'
| copied by companies at PETERSBURG
and Fredericksburg. There will be-
others who will accept, it Is thought
before Monday. The v. NJ. l. bat
talon will arrive Sunday night an6
will he auartered in the armory oil
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Most of the work of arranging the
detail has been attended to by Johr
Williams. clerk of the house of dele.
gates and to him is. due much of the
glory Of the success of the occasion.
The following orders have beer
issued relative to the parade:
The undersigned having been de
signed by the inaugural committee o,
the general assembly of Virginia a.
grand marshal of the Inaugural
parade OF the governor of Virgins
elect. The following order in refer
ence to this parade is published fol
the information and guidance of al
concerned
Lieutenant Colonel Allen Potts
Quartermaster department. Virgins
volunteers, is announced as chief O.
staff. He and the grand marshall
aides will report to the grand marshal
mounted, and I'm fun dress uniform a
the west side of the capitol BUILDING
at 10:2l O'clock A. NJ. Monday. Feb
ruary 2, 1914,
| The Marching Order.
| Organizations will march in thi
order:
| Platoon mounted police.
| 2-Grand marshal and staff.