Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-27
Arthur NJ. Andrews Sends an In
teresGng Account of What Is
Expected March 4
MANY ELEMENTS TO
TAKE PART In PARADE
Wilson Rode in Carriage, Jackson
Horseback, But Harding viii
Use Motor

Arthur M. Andrews, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. w. Andrews, Is now station
ed at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va A
letter recently received at this office
gives the interesting information con-
corning the Inauguration of the new U.
S. officers to take place on March 4.
The letter says in part:
Again the East is heard from after
a perfect deluge of letters from the
sunset coast. Just at present official
Washington is very much aroused
over Inauguration preparations.
Charges and counter charges are fly
ing in Congress because of alleged ex-
orbitant expensive programs. Accord
ing to Fred Upham, treasurer Of the
republican national committee, the
whole West is interested in the inau-
guration and ball. The concourse of
the Union Station is being considered
for the ball as is also the plan of hav-
ing a Mardi Gras along Pennsylvania
avenue.
The parade, composed Of civic and
military elements, will be an interest
ing spectacle. Troop A OF Cleveland
has been selected as the official escort
for the president-elect. Among the ap-
pliCations for places in the parade are:
Culver Cadets; the governor of Dele
ware, and the national guard of Dele
ware; the governor and guard of Mas
sachusetts, the governor and divi-
sion of the Minnesota guard, the gov
ernor and a division of the Pennsyl-
vania guard. AS yet, Wisconsin has
not been heard from. Besides there
are numerous civic organizations and
the various naval, marine, and mi
litary organizations in and
around Washington. General Pershing
will probably lead the parade on his
famous charger Jeff.
The president-elect will ride in a
high powered motor car and thereby
create a precedent. President Wilson
chose to ride in a carriage. President
Jackson rode up the famous avenue
on a spirited horse.
TAKES AIRPLANE RIDE
l had the pleasure recently of do
ing several loops over Washington in
an airplane from Boiling field. The
station is located across an arm of
the Potomac in Anacostia. The war
college looms up across the river.
From the air the Union Station, Capt.
tol and Washington monument stand
out clearly.
What a wonderful construction is
the monument! 1t is slightly over
555 feet high. The facing of the monu-
ment is Of white Delaware marble.
On the inside is a series of stones
given as tributes to Washington.
There is one stone from the Parthe-
non and another from the chapel of
VIM. Tell The monument was start
ed in 1888, abandoned in 1855, and
finally completed in 1856 through an
appropriation from Congress. At the
dedication ceremony Winthrop deli
vered the following:
clay the cornerstone of monu-
ment which shall adequately bespeak
the gratitude of the whole American
people to the illustrious Father of
his country. Build it to the skies; you
cannot outreach the loftiness Of his
principles! Found it upon the mas
sive and eternal rock; you cannot
make it more enduring than his famei
Construct it Of the peerless Parian
marble; you cannot make it purer
than his life! Exhaust upon it the
rules and principles of ancient and
modern art; you cannot make it more
proportionate than his character!"
Winthrop's Grafton at the laying Of
the cornerstone.
MAY MOVE SHORTLY
/ expect to be sent to Camp Travis
with the End engineers which only re
Gently has been decorated with the
French Fourrager It was the regiment
that threw down picks and shovels
and helped stop the Huns at Chateau
Thierry
| am enclosing a clipping which in
dicates the spirited discussion bet
ween the Army and Navy in regard to
obtaining football players. The army
by no means weak this season, will
have strong aggregation next fall
with French, the veteran Ratzees
star in the backfield again and with
the prospective addition of more star