Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
THOUSANDS CHEER
GOVERNOR SPROUL
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state officials and their guests re-
viewing it from the stand.
At the head of the. procession was
Mayor f. V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh,
the chief marshal, and then came
four companies of U. S. Marines and
U. S. Jacfies with u Marine band,
an innovation in inaugural parades
here. Following the sea fighters was
a provisional regiment of the Penn
sylvania Reserve Militia, command
ed by Brigadier General Charles T.
CressweN, of Philadelphia, and made
up of companies of Lancaster, Phil
adelphia, Wilkes Barre, Chester, Me-
dia, Allentown, Norristown, Harris
burg, Pittsburgh, Greensburg and
Warren. In addition there were in
the military division, Cavalry Troop
c. Tyrone; sanitary detachment, mo-
tor transport train, machine gun de-
tachments from West Chester, Lam
caster, Erie and Bellefonte; squad
ron of State Police from Pottsville,
Greensburg, Butler and Wyoming;
Cumberland county unit of Home
Defense Police; battalion of cadets
from State College; battalion of
cadets from the Pennsylvania Mill
tary Academy at Chester.
The second division was composed
entirely of civic and political organi-
zations. In this line came the Union
Republican ClN5, of Philadelphia,
led by David H. Lane, one of the old
est and strongest political leaders in
the state, and Congressman w. 8.
Ware. Then in the order named the
following organizations passed the
stand: William c. Sproul Republican
Club, of Chester; Allied Republican
Club, of Delaware county; Harris
burg Republican Club; West End
Republican Club, of Harrisburg;
Babcock Club. of Pittsburgh; York
County Republican Club: West Ches-
ter Pioneer Club; Chester County
Republican Marching Club; Lacka-
wanna County Republican Clubs;
Paul w. Houck Republican Club of
Schuylkill county; Sproul Legion Of
Berks county; Northeastern Repub-
lican Club, of Berks county; William
c. Sproul Republican Club, of Dau-
phin county; Union Republican Club.
of Steelton; Philadelphia Home De-
fense Reserve.
Fifty Bands in Line
The Third division was made up
of Harrisburg fire companies, Vigil
ant Fire Company, of York; Samuel
w. Vauclain Fire Company, of Ches-
ter, and details of ordnance depart
ment firemen and police from the
government plants at Marsh Run
and Delaware City, Del.
Fifty bands very ably kept the
5000 marchers in step.
While the parade was passing the
reviewing stand, Ex-Governor Brum-
baugh excused himself from the in
augural party and hastened to the
Pennsylvania station to board the
100 train for Charlotte, n. c., where
he will take short rest. His private
secretary, William II. Ball, left the
stand with him. Mr.. Ball went to
Philadelphia where he will again re-
enter the real estate business.
One of the interesting and pic
turesque features of the inaugural
ceremonies to-day was the Guard of
Sproul and his party passed in going
from the Governors office to the
grandstand. The guard was made up
of two hundred Boy Scouts, each
holding aloft q giant silk American
flag.
Tonight a public reception will be
held in the rotunda of the Capitol.
In the receiving line will be Cover
nor Sproul, mem bers of his official
family and their wives.
Governor Sproul occupied the Ex-
ecutive Mansion for the first time
last night, Governor Brumbaugh ex-
tending to him the usual courtesy of
vacating the residence the day be-
fore the inauguration. The outgoing
Chief Executive and Mrs. Brum-
baugh occupied a suite of rooms at
the new Penn-Harris Hotel after
leaving the mansion, where they en-
tertained a party Of friends at din
ner hast evening.