Evening star., 1916-12-25

10 large armchair in front OF and
facing the Senate. The members of the
committee of arrangements occupy
seats upon the left of the President
eject ana Immediately in front OF the
desk OF the secretary of the Senate.
AS the announced guests arrive the
Senate and floor guests arise to receiye
them.
Takes Oath at Noon.
At II o'clock meridian the president
pro tempore of the Senate administers
the oath of office prescribed by law to
the Vice President-elect, and he then
declares the session of the Congress lin
this instance the second session of the
Sixty-fourth Congress) to be adjourned
sine die.
At the same hour the extraordinary
session of the Sixty-fifth Congress will
begin. The Vice. President will assume
the duties of the chair. will call the
Senate to order. and will invite the
chaplain (Rev. Forest ]. Prettyman) to
oner an Invocation. The chaplain of
directly in front of the chair of the
Vice President, with the Vice President
upon his left, and upon one step below
him. The prayer concluded. the chap
lam ret1res to the floor and the Vice
President proceeds to deliver an ad-
dress to the Senate. The secretary of
the Senate tJames NJ. Baker, will read
the proclamation of the President con-
vening the Senate in extraordinary ses-
sion.
The statutory oath of office is then
administered to the newly elected sena-
tors. the secretary calling their names
Tor the purpose. AS their names are
called the senators approach the desk
of the presiding officer, escorted by
their predecessors or other senator's,
stand in line at the left of the Vice
President. their escorts forming a sec
ond line just behind. The Vice Presi
dent stands with raised right hand
while administering the OATH the sena-
tors-elect standing in like position.
Oath Taken by Senators.
The oath is pronounced in the fol-
lowing wards: You do each and all of
you solemnly swear that you will sup
port and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies. for
eign and domestic: that you will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same;
that you take this obligation freely.
without any mental reservation or pur-
pose of evasion; and that you will well
and faithfully discharge the duties of
the Office on which you are about to,
enter; so help you Cod
The responses having been given in
the affirmative, it is customary for the
Vice President to extend hand of well
come and congratulation to each. in the
order of their approach. The four sena-
tors sworn, in like order subscribe to
the oath in a book kept at the secre-
tary's desk for the purpose, and are
then escorted to the seats whence
they came. When all the senators-elect
have thus sworn and subsc ibed to the
m ha
nouncement: THE sergeant-at-arnS of
the Senate will carry out the order Of
the Senate for the Inauguration of the
President of the United States upon
the east front of the Capitol
The President-elect. accompanied by
the Chief Justice of the United States,
the joint committee on arrangements
the Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court. and followed by the mbassadors
and ministers plenipotentiary, the
members of the Senate, preceded by the
Vice President and the secretary of the
Senate; the members Of the House of
Representatives, preceded by the
Speaker and by the clerk of the House
and the her guests of the Senate. pro-
ceed to the inaugural stand. The pro-
cession winds through the east Senate
door, the main corridor OF the Senate
and through the main door of the ro-
tunda of the Capitol, down long flight
of steps, to the seats set aside and ar
ranged for them. The favored occu-
pants of the Senate galleries trail on
behind. and are assigned to the special
seats reserved for them upon the plat
form tn passing it may be noted that
each senator has but two tickets at his
disposal for seats in the Senate gal
leries, while the members of the House
OF Representatives are limited to one
ticket of this character, SO limited is
the seating capacity of the galleries of
the higher legislative body).
On the Inaugural Stand.
On reaching the inaugural stand the
President occupies the most conspicu-
Gus seat in the little kiosk or special
shelter. directly al the fornt and in the
center of the platform, the Chief
Justice OF the United States and the
chief clerk of the Supreme Court, James
ID Maher. sitting Immediately upon his
right: the committee of arrangements
and the sergeant alarms of the SEN
ate Immediately upon his left; the Vice
President, the associate justices of the
Supreme Court, the secretary and
members of the Senate, and ex-sena-
tors also sit upon his right. The re-
firing members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and members of the
House sit upon the right. just behind
the senators.
The diplomatic corps sits upon the
left, as do all the other guests who
have occupied seats upon the Senate
floor during the preceding exercises,
When they are all assembled and are
in position the constitutional oath of
Office is administered to the President
elect by the Chief Justice, both stand
ing. and the President-elect having his
right hand upon the open Bible, which
is held in position by the clerk of the
Supreme Court. The Constitution oath
is as follows: You do solemnly swear
that you will faithfully execute the
Office of the President of the United
States and will to the best of your
ability preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States"
Delivers Inaugural Address.