Evening star., 1917-03-05

raj committee, led a delegation of sew
! eral hundred of loyal women repre-
senting a number of national organiza-
| tions of women.
staff headed the second brigade of the
division, with the mayor and other city
officials of New Orleans following.
Tammany braves, nearly LOO strong,
woke things up all along the line of
march, being accompanied by three
bands totaling 165 pieces. John r.
Voorhis, eighty-seven years old, for the
second time led the Tammany delega-
tion at a Wilson inaugural. With him
marched Charles F. Murphy and
They displayed battle flags of the Tam
many regiment which were carried in
forty engagements in the civil war
Every man in the Tammany outfit
gray gloves. They doffed their hats
simultaneously as they marched past
the President. With the Tammanyites
marched large delegations from Brook
lyn and the Bronx.
Other important political organiza-
tions in this brigade were the Jefferson
Club Of Philadelphia, which included a
section OF women dressed all in white
and carrying white parasols and led by
the Kensington Military Band; the Demo-
sional district of Pennsylvania: headed
by the Indianapolis Military Band, the
Indiana Military Club. nearly 200
strong, of which Vice President Thorn
as R. Marshall and Senator Thomas
Taggart are prominent members. Each
man in this delegati tion waved United
State flag at the Vice President as it
passed the reviewing stand.
About 400 young women from the
bureau of engraving and printing.
members of Federal Labor Union, No.
1916. with buglers and drummers. and
wearing uniform capes and caps. were
led by their president, Mrs. Mary E.
Ganzhorn.
The Women's Trade Union League
of Baltimore had nearly $50 marchers
in line. and the Pennsylvania Women's
Woodrow Wilson League also had
large representation. Children from
forty-eight states of the Union and
presented a very pretty spectacle un-
der the direction of Mrs. ]. P. Neigh.
Gov. Theodore G. Bilbo of Missis-
gade of the division. This section in
cluded the John H. Thornton March
ing Club of Philadelphia. led by its
own band: an enthusiastic group OF
which they had waved in the Balti-
more convention in 1912; the Oneida
Community Athletic Association. with
its own band; the Wilson Club of
Pythian Drum Corps of thirty-six
pieces wearing striking uniforms,
which included red silk capes; forty
girls from the Carlisle Indian School:
delegation from the Improved Or
der of Red Men; the California State
Association, carrying the bear flags of
early California, and Company G, 32d
Regiment. Uniform Rank, Woodmen of
the World.
Gov Frederick b. Gardner of Missouri
and his staff ushered in the fourth bri
gade Of the division. Following the
Spring Garden. Pa. Band came tie
Society of York, Pa. For
mer Gov. Dunno and other prominent
democratic leaders from Illinois par
ticipated in a big demonstration by the |
Cook County Democratic Club. Notable |
in this group were District Attorney
Charles F. Cline. United States Marshal !
]. J. Bradley, Internal Revenue Col |
lector Julius Smietanka, Collector of |
the Port Rivers McNeill and Miles j. |
Devine. |
Raymond F. Crist. deputy commission |
or Of naturalization. headed large rep
Of newly naturalized Amer
lean citizens. led by the Polish Band.