The Washington herald., 1917-03-03
STAGE: ALL SET
FOR INAUGURAL
Program for Giant Pageant
Arranged Down to Most
Minute Detail.

" ohSSOh Is al ready IOr Ine IN
auguration.
The carpenters have completed their
colonades. their arches and their benches.
The program for the great pageant Is
arranged, down to the smallest features
and specialties.
The actors are beginning to arrive, in
thousands and tens Of thousands, from
the farthest corners Of the country.
Only one factor can now affect the sue
cess Of the day-the weather.
And the forecast last night was almost
ghastly-there Is to be rain or snow In
Washington today and probably Sunday.
Yesterday there was a downpour of rain
and snow from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf, from Atlantic to Pacific. and the
whole trend Of these storms is to move
eastward, taking their time.
The forecaster will wait until tonight
to decide on his forecast for Monday,
but II he calls for a clear Inauguration
day he will be upsetting precedent.
Small Hope In Table.
Here is the table since 1873:
1S73-Clear.
1ST-Rain and cloudy.
1SS1-Rain and cloudy.
ISS5-Cloudy
1SS9-Rain and cloudy.
1S93-Snow and cloudy.
1s97-Snow. rain and cloudy.
1901-Rain and cloudy.
19C6-Cloudy.
1909-Snow and blizzard.
1913-Cloudy.
Even II the forecast for Monday is for
clear" the people Of Washington, par
ticularly, are apt to remember the Joke
the forecaster played on them and Pres
ident Taft in 1903
But IL weather conditions look gloomy
every other factor that will go to make
the Inauguration a success is just the op-
posite. Hundreds Of kilograms poured
into inaugural headquarters last night
telling OF extra delegations on their way
from as far West as the Pacific Coast
One Of the extraordinary features of
the parade this year will be a guard of
honor to the President in costumes of the
members of the Continental Congress Of
l76. The employees of the Department of
the Interior are staging this week re-
production of the Continental Congress,
and all Of the members of that famous
body are initiated. with historical exact
ness. There is also, in the tableau, a re-
production Of Gen. Georse Washington
and his staff the Minute Men OF Con-
cord and other historical figures. The
costumes are absolutely exact. Secretary
Lane yesterday offered the services OF his
players to the Inaugural Committee and
they were gratefully accepted. Gen.
Washington and his staff and the MEM
bers of the Continental Congress will be
stationed Immediately in front OF the
President and the Minute Men will serve
as sentinels along the colonnade.
To Ride Between Soldiers.
Another extraordinary feature will be
that the President and his escort will ride
between two continuous lines of khaki
clad soldiers just from service in
Mexico. They will be the members Of
the Twelfth and Sixty-ninth Infantry
Regiments of New York State, who have
been ordered to stop off in Washington
on their way home. These troops will be
lined in close formation. near the curbs
on both sides of Pennsylvania avenue,
from the Capitol to the east main en-
trance to the White House.
The members of the Twelfth New York
Infantry will be stationed on both sides
of the line of march from the Capitol to
Eighth street. and the members Of the
Sixty-ninth from Eighth street to the
east end of the court of honor in front
Of the White House. After the Presi-
dental party has returned to the White
House and entered the reviewing stand
the two regiments will be relieved of
guard duty and will take places assigned
to them in the parade
The New Workers will share with the
Washington police force and the Public
Order Committee the task of controlling
the immense crowds on Inaugural Day.
On the Public Order Committee are 500
citizens. who will have practically all the
powers of policemen. Maj. Raymond w.
Pullman held a final meeting Of the
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