Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-06

bite the wind and the lowering clouds which early in the day darkened the city with threats of continuation of the downpour of yesterday and last night, almost every foot of vantage space along the mile long way was occupied and the great reviewing stands, windows, balconies and house tops held thousands more
 Crowd Waited Patiently.
 The crowd waited patiently behind the White House to the capitol hun dreds Of early corners being in position at 2 o'clock, four hours before the president and his party left the hours later, when the last of the marchers was nearing the reviewing stand, the line still held.
 President and Mrs. Wilson in Open
 Carriage.
 President Wilson and his escort, Squadron B of the Second Cavalry, left the White House at Il o'clock, the an open carriage drawn by four horses preceded by mounted police and cav airy and f1anked by secret service men. The vice president followed in anoth- CT carriage, with a smart looking es- cort of cadets from Culver Military Academy, mounted on black horses. As the procession left the Court of Honor opposite the White House, the
 
 the presidents carriage in the center. Program at Capitol.
 The programme at the capitol, where the president and vice president took the oath and delivered their inaugural addresses, occupied little more than an o'clock when the inaugural parade started up the avenue. the president and his escort leading. Meantime the sun had come out, drying the sand sprinkled over the way and with she sun had come chilling wind. The line moved slowly between two New York regiments-the Twelfth and the Sixty -ninth-standing at attention. The two long, thin lines of guardsmen were almost the only visible evidence l of minutely painstaking and elaborate steps taken to insure the presidents safety.
 Long Lines of Brilliant Color. With bands blaring many tunes and way-a long line of brilliant color. first came the West Point cadets, over coated, marching mass of gray and white, whose clock-like movements 1 by the Annapolis cadets, 1900 strong, wearing their deep blue overcoats. Military Organizations. Then came the long line of military organizations, guardsmen, sailors, coast artillerymen and cadet schools WQlcn 1OrneQ the nTSL and second 0l- visions under command of Major Gen eral Tasker H. Bliss and General William A. Mann. As the head of the line reached the court of honor, the marchers stopped and remained at at tention for twenty minutes while the president prepared to take his bIace l in the reviewing stand.
 Bugle Signal Started Line. A bugle gave the signal and the long line moved again. The inaugural pa- | rade was on, with the president stand ing where presidents long have stood on inauguration day to review the marchers. For nearly four hours they filed paSt-sailors, soldiers, guardsmen, cadets, veterans, governors and their staffs, political organizations, Indians and political organizations, Indians, here and there a line of women and hundreds of brass bands. The crowds fns the reviewing stands and on the streets were chilled by the wind The paraders marched stoutly in the face of 1t. In sudden gusts it picked up the sand and blinded them, swept their colors from their grasp and sent their hats high in the air. At times whole organizations had to halt while par tlcuiarly severe gust spent it's force, musicians had to empty the sand from their instruments in the midst of play ing, and color bearers by the hundreds had to furl their colors. But the crowd was more orderly than usual and the paraders took it all in good part. It was after five o'clock when tue pa- rade ended.