The Washington herald., 1917-03-05

on arrangements and the sergeant at
arms on his left.
Former Presidents, former Vice Presi-
dents. Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court the Vice President, Secretary OF
the Senate. Senators and former Sena-
tors will be arranged In long lines Of
seats to the right OF the President.
Just behind them will be seated retir-
ing members Of the House and members
elect. The Diplomatic Corps also will have
seats to the Presidents right and to his
left will be governors Of States and Ter
rttories. members Of the Cabinet and the
military party which accompanied the
President from the Senate Chamber.
Chief Justice White will then step for
ward. Bible in hand, to administer the
oath Of office to President Wilson. The
Chief Justice repeats and the President,
touching his lips to the Bible, repeats
after him. the oath prescribed by the
Constitution.
The President will then deliver his ad-
dress, following which the President and
the Vice President, with their aides, will
be escorted to the head OF the inaugural
parade to the White House. the process
sion being expected to move about 12:45
O'Clock.
Regular. to Lead March.
In the parade will be about 1000 march,
cEs, COMPRISING IOuT BrduQ OlNlblOnb. 1uo
first Of these will include the regular mill
tary In the second will be militiamen.
The third division will comprise the vet
Grams and the fourth will be the civic
division.
The parade will move around the Cap
itol and will enter the Avenue at Peace
Monument and proceed to the White
House. The disbanding point will be
along Twentieth street
- -. H,aA
of the procession, the President will take
his place in the glass-encased stand in
the center Of the magnificent court of
honor. From which place he will view
the parade. On either side he will be
again surrounded by Cabinet officers,
diplomats, Senators, Representatives and
army and navy officials, who will occu-
py seats in the covered stands along the
court
Last night It was reported that practi-
cally every seat in the grand stands and
windows along the Avenue had been sold.
Covered Seats in Demand.
rush for seats in covered stands, but few
of these were obtainable since the threat
entng weather for the past several days
made sheltered seats places Of unusual
demand
Today a mass OF humanity win line
the Avenue for nearly three miles. Those
who are fortunate enough to have seats
had better occupy them by II o'clock II
they are on the opposite side OF the Ave
nue. from which they are living.
Only those with credentials will be al
lowed to Cross and recross the Avenue
after II O'Clock. The police Will strictly
enforce all special traffic regulations.
Tho Avenue will also be closed to We
hicular traflo from 10 o'clock on. Street
cars will run on special schedules. After
the Avenue is closed the cars will con-
tinue to run from the streets at which
they have been cut OF
Every preeaution has been taken to pro-
tect the President Tho Twelfth and
Sixty-ninthl regiments Of the New York
National Guard will be stationed along
the line of march from the Capitol to the
White House
Practically every Secret Service agent
in the Governments employ is in Wash
ington today. together with hundreds of
detectives from every principal city in
the United States which augment the
local police force and corps OF special
policemen to form q veritable army OF
guards to protect the life Of President
Wilson.
Never before in history have such ex-
traordinary precautions been taken t.
guard the Chief Executive against the
designs OF fanatics and assassins who