Evening star., 1925-03-04
Staging of Quadrennial EUent
On Limited Scale Ably achieved
Chairman, Galliher and Committees,
Compelled to Readjust Original Plans,
Meet Coolidge's Wishes Successfully.

Never before, perhaps. has any in.
Rusural committee faced more diff.
nculties or been precipitated head.
hrst into so many pitfalls Of dis
appointment than the one tina,
Planned today's celebration in honol
OF the formal induction into Office OF
resident Coolidge and Vice Presi.
dent Dawes
Torn between the apparent desire
or the country for a return to the
OLD days, when the insuguration OF
PRESIDENT was a signal for a ma
tional holiday with an abundance o.
tinseled display and Fourth of july
music, and President Coolidge's IN
Sistent- demand for modest" cele-
pration, the Washington inaugural
committee OF 1925 completed its task
with fervently whispered prayer
OF thanks. =
Committee Keeps FAITH. ''.s..'
But II there is one thing the
Washington inaugural committee ha
a right to believe 1t has done IL IL
that every one. from William t. Gal
liher. its chairman, down to the least
important member has done his Level
best. Always keeping In mind The
wish of the. President fer a simpl,
inauguration, the committee ha:
worked night and day trying to give
the people the best March-the- Fourtn
outing possible under the circum
stances. .--
When Mr.. Gailiher was asked to
accept the Craftsmanship of the
Washington committee early las,
January. he assumed the heavy re
sponsibilities Of that office with the
enthusiasm of a boy" as he once
expressed it himself He though,
the, country wanted a gala celebra-
ton and he has received since then
hundreds of letters proving that he
had guessed right But he was
doomed to disappointment at the
White House.
Mr.. Gslliher never entertained a
desire for big parade. Quality, no,
quantity. was his slogan. He want.
ed procession consisting of only
two divisions. In the first he would
like to have, placed picked regime ts
and squadrohs from, ALI OF. the fight
ing arms of the Nation. The second
would have represented the crack
historic regiments OF the States
militia, escerting their respective
governors
wanted BsH Restored.
Mr.. GalIiner also hoped to hrins
hack the official Inaugural bail. No,
only did he want it as part Of his
program, but. as the main source oi
revenue with which TO pay the ex
penses of the Inauguration. Finally
ne wished to stage on the Washing
ton Monument lot what would have
been the greatest. display. OF fire.
works ever seen In Washington
This was the sam and substance Of
his scheme.
One by one. however, these features
were eliminated. The. first to go was
the official sn2ugural ball. Then the
parade was ordered cut to those
military establishments OF the Regu-
lar Army and Navy close to Wash
ington and the governors Of the
States with escorts not to exceed q
scant 100, men. That. meant a pro-
cession that could pass any given
point in an hour, at the most.
Thus deprived OF its main supports
the whole scheme fell Finally Mr.. Gal
= liner called his committee together
and recommended that no reviewing 6
stands be erected by the committee
except stnzff one FOE the Presiden,
and his guestsi that the fireworks
program, teo.e be abandoned: tha,
even an apprppriation Of az56 10,
the labelling .ef shIsforfe places be res
scinded. and that .the committee CON
fine its plans, strictly to the limita-
tions laid down by the President. -
Committee Cut Down.
To carry out the original program
ne had planned, Mr.. Galliher had
named a general committee and sub
committees, whose memberships to-
tailed In excess of 1900 men and
women, every one of whom Is prom
inent in Washington. The decision
to cut everything so drastically re-
IL ts, hn nf ~ ma
committees being limited, and some
even became imperative. although
they retained their official status.
Eventually the fireworks committee
became the concert committee, and to
it was intrusted the work of arrang.
ing the concert that is to be given to.
night. Mr.. Galliher and Gen. Rock
enbach did much of the work Of ar
ranging the parade. An advisory
committee sorted out the problems OF
sufficient Importance to present to
the full inaugural committee. Other
boards, which are named below. han
died the work assigned to them.
1t might be said; however. that nc
doubt ever existed that the s180, e0t
guarantee fund which the finance com
mittee, headed by Harry wardman, set
out to raise here in Washington could
be obtained. In LEGS than two weeks
more than half of II was subscribed. and
the remainder would easily have beer
obtained had II not become apparent
that the President did not approve OF
such an expensive inauguration.
The committees of Washingtonians
that prepared today's celebrations
their various tasks and their chair
men follow: -
Galliher General Chairman.
General inaugural conmittee--W1l-
liam T. Galliher. chairman; Edward
F. Colladay, Samuel ]. Prescott. Ed
win c. Graham and James b.. Rty-
nolds, vice chairnsn; cuno H. Ru-
dolph, treasurer; Col: Frederick A.
Fenning. secretary, and Frank j
Hogan. general council
Byron S. Adams, Jesse c. Adkins
Milton E. Allies. R p. Andrews, Larz
Anderson. Robert B. Armstrong, Clar.
ence A. Aspinwall.
Charles A Baker. John 8. Barbour
ii. 8. Barger, John S. Barker. Ralph
=. Barnard, Lester A. Barr, David g.
Bell, Ulr1c Bell. Col, J. Franklin Bell
r. r. Bennett, Admiral w. s. Benson
Emile Berliner, A. E.. Berry, &C. K
Bergman, Admiral F. C. Billiard
Mrs David II. Blair. Gist Blair. Henry
p. Blair, Harry NJ. Blair, Woodbury.
Blair, Thomas Bones. g. e. Bonneville
John j. Boobar, Jonathan Bourne,
e w. Bradford, ]. Fl. Bradley, Edwin
c. Brandenourg, S: r. Bowen. Henry
n. Brawner, jr.; W.: r. Brenizer
Frank 8. Bright, Alexander Brttton
Mrs Frederick H. Brooke, Chaplin
Brown, Walter A. Brown, Walter
Brownley, Gustav Buchholz, Walker
s. Buel, n. Landon Burcheli, Miss
Mamie H. Burroughs. Mrs. Marion
Butler.
Clarence c.. Calhoun, J, Harry Gun
ningham, D. J. Callahan, S. T. Cam
Arop philip p Camphelt David s.