The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-05
(By Associated Press. }

(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 5.-President
Wilson and vice-President Marshall
were inaugurated for their second
term today with a great patriotic
demonstration of Americanism.
For the first time since the first
inaugural, Lincoln troops were used
to guard the line of march when the
twelfth and sixty ninth regiment OF
the New York National Guard took
their stations along Pennsylvania
Avenue between the White House and
Capitol through which the President
passed from the public inaugural
Soldiers were stationed from eight to
ten feet apart with their backs to the
crowd.
The solemn dignity of the ceremon-
les of inaugurating the vice-president
in the Senate chamber and the sim
pie but impressive ceremony in the
open on the Plaza before the capi-
tol when the President delivered his
inaugural address, were accentuated
by the note of patriotic fervor which
predominated through all the proceed
ngs of the day.
First Democratic President to sue
ceed himself since Jackson and tenth
to be reelected, President Wilson en-
tered his second term of office with
a new conservation to the service of
his country.
II was the Presidents wish that his
Inauguration should be a simple one.
and all through the fixed program
which covered more than five hours,
while there was pomp. ceremony and
spectacular display which inevitably
attaches to the Inauguration of a
President. the studied effort was to
keep the ceremonies in accord with
the best traditions of America-cere-
monies which in the main were
planned by George Washington more
than century ago.
The event was simplifed because
there was no dual ceremony to attend
| the departure of an outgoing Presi.
| dent and further simplfied because il
did fall in with the rush and confu'
sion of the dying hours of Congress
The ceremony began with the Pres
ident's departure from the White
| House for the capitol. That was
fixed by program for IL o'clock. Just
| that time the escorts for the party
began assembling. a squadron of the
| Second United States cavalry for the
| President and the black horse trooT
of Culver Military Academy for the
vice-president Just before the houl
of departure the Congressional com
mittee in charge of the inauguration
arrangements arrived
Through the gates of the White
House grounds to Pennsylvania ave
nue.. the marching ground of Inaugural
armies of war and peace gone Ions
before. the official party headed to
ward the capitol
President Wilson. accompanied b,
Mrs. Wilson and two members of thu
congressional inaugural committee
rode in a conveyance surrounded b.
troopers of the escort. In the Gee
ord conveyance came the Vice-Pres
iden; and Mrs. Marshall surrounde'
by the Culver troop. The third con
veyance brought Robert y. Harper
chairman of the local arrangement
committee and the remaining mem
bers of the Congressional committee
| Steel cables strung along the lin
of march held multitude frou
crowding into the avenue. Reviewin
stands were well filed for the wal
of some two hours before the pres
; Dental party would return at tn
: head of the inaugural procession.
At the capitol the crowd alread
was packed about the Inaugural