Evening star., 1916-12-25
Inauguration Day Ceremonies.

The natural course of events just
preceding and during the inauguration
ceremonies can be summed up as fol-
lows:
The legislative day of Saturday,
more recesses until the hour of IL
o'clock meridian of the calendar day
of Monday, March 5. and the final ad-
Journment of the SiXty-fourth Congress
will be journalized as of the day of
March the third. Just prior to the
expiration of the Congress the Vice
President will invite some senator to
perform the duties of the chair A
senator of the minority side, proba bly,
the senior republican senator, Mr.. Cal
linger of New Hampshire. will then
present resolutions of thanks to the
Vice President and president pro tenn
pore of the Senate-Senator Salisbury
of Delaware-"for the dignified i'm
partial and courteous manner in which
they have presided over the delibera-
tions of the Senate during the session."
The president pro tempore will then as
sumo the chair. when the guests of
the Senate. who have been formally
invited to the floor. and who, by the
rules of the Senate, are entitled to the
privileges of the floor. will be received
The floor of the Senate, having been
especially arranged for their accommo-
dation. the Introductory exercises take
On something OF the nature of a grand
entry of notables.
While the prelminaries are thus in
progress at the Capitol, the congress
sional committee of arrangements
headed by Senator Overman of North
Carolina. will proceed to the White
House. there to meet the President
elect and to escort him to the Capitol
and into the Senate chamber For sew
eral inaugurations the, equipage in
which the President has ridden to and
from the Capitol in these exercises has
consisted of handsome brougham.
drawn by four black horses, we'll
matched and In harness of plain silver
trimmings At his first inauguration
President Wilson had as an escort the
Essex Troop of New Jersey. a splendid
organization of mounted citizen sol
diery. Upon arriving at the Capitol,
the committee conducts the President
elect to the room assigned to the Presi-
dent and known as the Presidents
room" at the rear and adjacent to the
Senate chamber, there to await notifl-
cation that the Senate and it's guests
are ready to welcome him.
Stated Order of Guests
The guests that enter the Senate
chamber in bodies arrive and are an
nounced in the following order:
/. The Chief Justice of the United
supreme Court of the United States.
The Speaker and the members OF
the House of Representatives.
g. The ambassadors and ministers
nlenipotentiary from foreign countries
A. The Vice President-elect of the
United States.
s. The President-elec of the United
States.
The admiral of the navy and his
aid. the chief of STAFF of the army and
his aid, officers of the army and navy,
who, by name. have received the
thanks of Congress. governors of states
and others entitled to the privileges of
the floor enter the chamber unan-
nounced.
The chief justice and associate JUS
tices are in their robes, and the clerk
and reporter of the Supreme Court pre-
cede them. They are escorted by Of
ficers of the Senate to special seats ar
ranged for them at the left of the
chair and Immediately in front Of the
first row of Senator's
The Speaker of the House of Repre-
seutataYes Is escorted to 9 seat upon the