The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
PREPAREDNESS
DURING PARADE
President Wilson Guarded
More c}psely Than Any
Before Him on His In
auguration Day.
WEATHER WAS BITTER
Applause and Cheers az Party Passed
Through Streets Of Capital
From the White
WEATHER WAS BITTER

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Guarded
as no president has been before Pres
ident Wilson left the white house
shortly after IL o'clock to go to the
capitol for his second inauguration.
At the last minute plans were
changed so that additional protection
would be given the president as ne
rode down Pennsylvania avenue.
A hollow square was formed by
squadron of the Second United States
cavalry troop. Within this moving
square was the presidents automo-
bile, an automobile immediately be.
hind carrying secret service men and
a score of secret service men and
guards, together with a chosen few
newspaper men on foot.
Outside this square was another
OF mounted and foot police. There
were double lines of police, from
Washington and New York police
and plain clothes men between the
crowded pavements and the outer
square of police.
President and Mrs. Wilson had been
waiting IN, the great east room Of the
white house, when At 1882, vice
President and Mrs. Marshall, the
escorting delegation Of senators and
Representatives, Col. Robt. N Harper,
chairman of the inaugural committee,
arrived at the white house to form an
official escort. The official escort ac-
com2anied Wilson to his carriage and
the procession left for the capitol
AS the president with Mrs. Wilson
seated beside him, swung through
the mansion gates, Second cavalry
buglers shrilled forth the president
i ial salute. Just before that. however,
a slight hitch, unnoticed by the exc
cutive, occurred---the horses on a
carriage behind the president, rear
ing and falling.
Back OF the president swung into
line the carriage bearing Vice Pres1-
dent Marshall. The black horse
troop of Culver academy, Indiana,
spirited and precise, escorted Mar
shall while trailing behind came
Chairman lHarper's carriage and the
presidents own cavalry as escort.
Thousands swelled the cheers as
president and his escort swept males
ticauy down the avenue past tho
Court of Honor and ON to the capitol.
Thunderous applause and continu.
l'ous cheering greeted the presidential
party throughout the mile-long trip to
| the capitol.
AS the president arrived before
the great legislative pile, the greatest
cheer of all arose from the enormous
crowds in the stands which stretched
| all the way across the front OF the
building.
The movie men-taken care OF as
never before in a special stand d.
rectiy in front of where the president
spoke-were a great source OF amuse-
ment to the crowds as they waited.
The photographers trained their
machines ON every section OF the
crowd and on everything they could
see-one man even took a picture OF
I his movie colleagues in action.
The president entered the capitol
smiling.
Mrs. Wilson walking by his side,
wore a black, simply made dress, a
great sealskin coat and black hat
Her seani1mourning veil was thrown
back She too, was smiling
The breeze that swept the huge
| platform in front of the capitol, car
ried sting, despite the sun which
| broke through the clouds about noon.
Favored occupants of the stand
many had been there for hours-Were