Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-15
FINAL DETAILS j
FOR INAUGURAL I
MADE READY
Lieutenant=Governer Befdle-
man to Take Oath of Office
Outside Senate Chamber

Beidleman will take the oath of Of
flce in front of the Capitol al tbs
same time as Governor-elect SprouIs
instead of in the Senate Chamber.
as has been the custom heretofore.
Is meeting it'll general approval
throughout the city and state to-
day. The change in plans win give
Senator Beidleman's many friends
an opportunity 10 witness the cere<
mony, something they would have
been unable to do had the event bee1E
conducted according to precedent.
One hundred and fifty members OF
the Philadelphia Union League WIZ
come TO Harrisburg for the inaugu-
ration. This delegation will act a.
the escort of honor for the guberna-
torial party from the Governors re-
ception room In the Capitol to the
grandstand in front of it. and will
have seats on the srandstand DUR
Ing the ceremony,
Two hundred Boy Scouts, eaelz
carrying a large American flag wtI
pecede the Union League members
and the gubernatorial party from
the Capitol They will line up ON
both sides of the distance to the
grandstand and after the guberna~
torlal party has passed by will close
In behind On a specially prepared
place.
J. Hay Brown, Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court, Will administer the
oath of office to Governor-elect
Sproul, after which the Governors
inaugural address will be delivered.
ant-Governor-elect Beidle-
man will then take the oath of Of
Ace. It will be administered by Judge
8. II. ]. McCarrell, additional law
Judge of DauDhin county.
Changes have been made in the
plans for the Governors reception
on Tuesday evening and instead OF
being held in the Senate caucus
room as has been customary, it will
be held in the rotunda of the Cap
itol at the foot of the grand stair
way. The crowds will be admitted
to the south wing entrance and al
lowed to pass through the building
to the north entrance. All other
doors will be closed The 200 Boy
Scouts, who will be at the ceremony
during which the new officials Will be
sworn in, will be stationed on the
grand stairway and balcony, each
with an American flag.
The inaugural parade will form at
Front and Market streets, while the
oath of office is being administered
1t will pass don Market street to
Fourth to Walnut to Third and pro-
ceed as far as Pine street, where it
will remain until IAeutenant-Govern
or-elect Beidleman complete his ad-
dress.
For one Of the first times, a Sec
ond visiting fire company will be in
the line of march Samuel NJ. Vau-
CLAIM, of Chester, connected with the
Baldwin Locomotive Company, and
n noV--nnoT frinnH nf RHt
Sproul, has made arrangements to
binrg the Vauclain Fire Company.
of Chester, including fifty members.
to Harrisburg for the event 1t VIII
be the second company in the fire.
mems division. The Baldwin band.
of the great locomotive works, Will
furnish music for the organization
This fire company will bring with it
as an interesting exhibit some of the
most obsolete and as well as some or
the most modern fire apparatus. The
delegations will arrive in Harrisburg
on Sunday afternoon or evening, or
Monday morning. Albar Johnson. OF
the locomotive company and Mr.
Vauclain will be with the delegation.
AS has been customary. the firss
place in the fireman's division Will
be given to the Vigilant Fire Com
pany, of York. This organization has
been q regular feature in inaugural
parades of the past. One hundred
men and apparatus, altogether VIII
be in line together with a large band.
Just how many local fire compan-
les will participate in the big page
ant has not yet been made known.
Bands will be furnished to all such
bodies that will have a delegation
warranting such expenditures by
the state. e. u Gross will marshal
the fireman's division which will be
following conference in the may
or's Office last evening.
Tho right of line in the political
division will be given to the Ware or
ganizations and then will follow the
Harrisburg and West End Repub-
lican clubs, u Pittsburgh club with
800 or more men in line. the LacRa-
wanna Republican club with 1ke
men. the Pioneer Corps, West Ches-
ter: two Chester county clubs. the
Republican club of York. the Paul
w. Houck Republican club. of
Schuylkill county. the William C.
Sproul Republican club and the Al
lied Republican club. Delaware
county, each with 500 men.
To Police City
Double the number OF detectives
ordinarily engaged during the event
will be present this year. ReeeRs
bonn bing outrages account for the
greater protective measures taken
this year. Colonel Lewis n Bofthers
hief-of-staff, announces The entire
force of detectives viii be Under the
direction of Harry G> Whises or ths
White Detective Agency.
The military section will be madd
up of a company of marines and .
company of sailors from the Phffa-
by the Marine band. Cadets from the
Pennsylvania Military Academy and
State College. twelve companies Of
state MALTA. detachment Of the
state police, two companies OF the
Home Defense Reserve OF Phtladel-
phia and a company of the Home
Defense Reserve from Cumberland
county.
The old Eighth Regiment National
Guard band will probably mako sts
first appearance since being muster
ed out of the service, at the Govern
or,s reception from until 10 O'Clock
on Tuesday evening.
After the reception the Gorermor
and his party and the Lfeutenant-
Governor and his friends with the
departmental chiefs and head Of
ficers of the House and Senate Will
attend the inaugural ball at the
Chestnut street auditorium. given BY
the. Harrisburg Republican Cub,
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