New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
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FOUR DIVISIONS MARCH

WUk DlYlSlONS MAkCh Major General Hugh D. Scott Leads so,ooo Along Pennsylvania Avenue While Bands Play and Patriotic Americans Cheer President. Washington. March 5.-The inaugu- 1 ral parade today was more than a mere procession as part of the csr- emonies; 1t, was patriotic demon stration. .s; ..'s As the marching host Of some .30.- 900 tramped from the capitol to the White House beforee thousands of Americans the martial music and un- mistakable note of national patriotism recalled to many the days of more than 50 years ago when the federal armies marched in review over .he same route.
 The nations fighting men. men who have fought the nations wars and men who will be called to fight them in the f1ture-all were represented i:r the long line. Resplendent in gold and blue and grey, they marched in review before the president. Army, navy, national guard; cavalry, infan-, try sailors. soldiers. marines: veter-. ans of the Civil War, Boy Scouts and Red Cross workers; all branches, past, present and prospective. of military service any many thousands of ctt- izens were represented in the line.
 Pennsylvania avenue was massed with people on each side of the T11 Q QY.(Haf afv1o faHH 1Y1 D. stands had been placed at every van-. tage point along the line. Windows framed groups of spectators, and thousands more had places in ball. comics and on the housetops. Be- tween these walls of humanity. marched the army of inauguration. to the confused mixture of many noises-bugles blowing, bands play ing. the rumble of artillery, the clae ter of horses hoofs and the steady tramp of marchers.
 The procession moved at the close of the, inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol, swinging into line behind President Wilson and Vice President Marshall as they returned to the White House, and took their places to review the column.
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 The chief, officers and divisions of the parade were as follows:
 Grand Marshal-Major General Hugh l.. Scott.
 First Grand Division-Soldiers, sail ors and marines of the regular serv- ice under Command of Major-Gen- eral Tasker H. Bliss. .
 Second Grand Division-National Guardsmen and cadet schools under command of Brigadier General Will liam A. Mann.
 Third Grand Division-Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, Army and Navy Union and patriotic so- cieties under Department Commander A. J. Huntoon.
 Fourth Grand Division-Civic and political organizations under com mand of George R. Linkins.
 President Wilson was escorted by troops of the Second Cavalry from Fort Myer. Immediately after the president and his escort came Vice President Marshall escorted by the Black Horse Troops of Culver Military Academy. Then came the inaugural chairman, Robert N. Harper and members of the senate and house in- augural committees. The West Poirt cadets had the next place in line. Long. straight lines of grey, they marched. These future officers of the American army, eyes front, heads high, plumes afiutter, flags ripping. Then followed the Annapolis mla- shipmen.
 Detachments from the regular army flew. because most of the regulars are on the Mexican border-sailors from battleshfps, marines. and coast artillerymen and 8 brigade of 600 ap- prentice seamen from the Newport, R. r., training station completed tho first division.
 Right From the Border.
 Then marched the second division, guardsmen fresh from the border, cadet schools under arms, and other militia units. They came from many states, some in their full dress uni form, others in the olive drab of field service, all showing the hardening months of service. Notable in the line were the first brigade of the Mary land guard; the District of Columbia guardsmen, newly returned from the border. cadets from Virginia Military institute, Virginia Polytechnic insti- tute, Culver Military academy, Don- aldson Military school of Fayetteville, N. C., Washington High school. the cadet corps of the Maryland Agricul- tural college, and cadet organizations or troops from Ohio, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia. and other states. More than 10000 men, it was esti- mated, were in the first two divisions.
 Five companies of cadets from the Carlisle Indian school, accompanied ny an Indian band of forty pieces and thirty-five Indian girls of the school, marched next
 Two independent military organiza-