Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-06

mand of General Blss the cadet corps
from West Point. the mdshipmen from
Annapolis, companies of eng ncers,
provisional regiment of coast artillery
man. detachment of marines and a
detachment of bluejackets. The second
grand division was headed By Brsgadisr
General Mann. National guard rcgi-
ments Of the District Of Columb a. ba:-
teries Of field artillery. troops of cavdl-
ry. companies Of the signal corps a heti
hospital and naval militia battal on
! composed the second division.
state troops headed by governors and
their stats came next After them
marched some independent armed or
ganizatious aud then cadet organizations,
from local schools and from Virginia
Military institute. Sewanec Sennessee
and other places.
VETERANS IN LINE.
The third grand division was COM
posed of Grand Army and Spanish War
Veterans organizations. The fourth
grand division WAS composed of civic or
CARNATIONS.
The head of the procession reached
the white house at 1:t7.
The only mishap in the parade &C
horses drawing carriage in which were
some military aides. slipped down and
became 50 entangled in their harnesses
that they had to be abandoned, while
the officers found another way TO get to
the capitol
AS the party drew into the court OF
honor, the escorting troops came to sa-
I,,t. 20, 90
pets. When the president drove into
the white house grounds. the process
SION halted about twenty minutes while
he and his party took zite of lunch
con.
The president took his place i'm the
glass-enclOsed reviewing stand. before
the white house and in the center of the
court of honor, at 2:15 O'Clock. and the
column began to file by in review, 40
disband a short distance further ON.
Members of the cabinet, government Of
ficials and a few invited guests stood
at the presidents side while he stood
at the rail of the box and reviewed the
marchers
A brisk breeze sprung up which soon
freshened almost into a gale. The sand
covering Of Pennsylvania avenue. dried
out by the sun, soon was flying in clouds
and the troops fresh from the Mexican
border must have felt quite at home
in what approached the proportions Of
a Texas sandstone. Color-bearers found
themselves unable to go ahead In the
face of the gale and were forced to furl
their falgs. Bandsman had to turn their
horns upside down to get the sand out
so they could play. Some of the cav
airy horses. frightened and confused
by, the singing sand blasts, bucked and
hr1t
WILSON IN GOOD SHAPE.
The president had a touch of cold
yesterday but was better this morning,
and although worried over the internal
tional situation was said. by his physi-
clan to be in good condition for the in
augural ceremonies.
The solemn dignity of the ceremonies
of inaugurating the vice president in
the senate chamber and the simple but
impressive ceremony in the open air
on the plaza before the capitol when the
president delivered his inaugural adj
dress, were accentuated by the note
of patriotic fervor which predominated
through all the proceedings of the day.
First Democratic president to succeed
himself since Jackson and tenth to be
reelected, President Wilson entered his
second term of office with a new conse-
Grafton to the service of his country.
Inauguration should be a simple one.
and all through the fixed program which
covered more than five hours, while
there was the pOmp, ceremony and spec
tacular display which inevitably al
taches TO the Inauguration of presi-
dent. the studied effort was to keep the
ceremonies in accord with the best
traditions of acknowledgements
which i'm the main were planned by
than n
fury ago.
NO DUAL CEREMONY.
The event was simplified because there
was no dual ceremony to attend de-
parture of an outgoing president and
further simplifed because it did not
fall in with the rush and confusion Of
the dying hours of congress.
The new senators sworn in today
were:
Democrats: Josiah o. wolcott, Della
ware: Park Trammell, Florida; a. n
Jones, New Mexico; Peter Goelet. Gerry.
Rhode Island; Kenneth ID. Mcclellan.
Tennnesse; William II. King, Utah; John
b. endrick, Wyoming.
Republicans: Hiram w. Johnson. Cali.
fornia; Harry S. New, Indiana; Freder-
lex Hale. Maine; Joseph 1. France. Mary
land: Frank 3. Kellogg, Minnesota; JOS.
S. Frelinghuysen. New Jersey: William
NJ. CaideF' new lOIh' r-hlloiluSi -, ~ -
Pennsylvania; Howard Sutherland, West
Virginia.
Reelected sena tors who took the oash
were:
Democrats: Henry F. Ashurst, Arizo-
ma; Charles A. Culberson. Texas; Gilbert
NJ Hitchcock, Nebraska; Henry l..
Myers Montana; Key Pittman, Nevada;
Atlee Pomerene, Ohio; James A. Reed,
Missouri: Claude A. Swanson. Virginia;
John Sharp Williams, Mississippi.
Republicans: Robert NJ LaFollette
Wisconsin: Henry Cabot Lodge, Massa-
chusetts: Porter ]. McCumber, North
Dakota; George p. Mclean, Connecticut:
Carroll $ Page, Vermont; Miles Pom
dexter. Washington Charles h. Town
send. Michigan.