Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03
CAPITOL INAUGURAL CEREMONY
SCHEDULE GIVEN BY COMMITTEE
Program of Formal Routine Carefully
Arranged for Senate Chamber Procedure
by Confessional Group

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enter the chamber by the south door,
be announced and seated on the left
Of the Vice President.
President to Enter by South Door.
The President. escorted by the COM
mittee on arrangements, will enter the
chamber by the south door, be an
nounced and seated in front of the
clerks desk.
The President-elect escorted by the
committee on arrangements will enter
the chamber by the south door, be an
nounced and seated in front of the
clerks desk
The Vice President will administer
the oath of Office to the Vice President
elect
Address of the retiring Vice Presi-
dent. adjourning the Senate sine die.
Vice President Curtis will assume the
chair
Prayer by the chaplain
The Vice Presidents inaugural ad-
dress.
The reading of the proclamation of
the President calling the Senate in ex-
traordinary session.
The oath OF Office to the Senator'S
elect will be administered by the Vice
President.
While these oaths are being admin
istered the occupants of the press gall
lery will leave their gallery and be es-
corted down the west steps. by the
painting of the Battle of Chapultepec
down the second flight of steps to the
ground floor and out through the east
door in the connection between the
Senate wing and the old portion of the
Capitol to their seats on the inaugural
platform on the east front.
The doors OF all the other galleries
will be locked.
Will Be Escorted by Committee.
| The procession to the inaugural plat
form: At the conclusion of the cere-
monies in the Senate chamber, the
President and President-elect will be
escorted from the chamber by the COM
mittee on ARRANGEMENTS through the
south door to the Presidents ROOM
The Supreme Court will be escorted
from the chamber, by the south door,
! to their robing ROOM
| The diplomatic corps will be escorted
| from the chamber, by the west lobby
door, to the marble room.
The general of the armies the chief
of staff of the Army, the chief of naval
operations and the commandant of the
Marine Corps and their aides will be
escorted from the chamber, by the east
lobby door, to the marble room.
The Senate, headed by the Vice Presi-
dent and the secretary of the Senate,
and accompanied by the ex-Vice Presi-
platform on the east front and be
seated on the right Of the Presidents
stand, followed by the Presidents
/ cabinet
They will be followed by the House
| of Representatives, who will be seated
on the right of the Presidents stand.
The House of Representatives will be
followed by the governors of States and
other distinguished guests from the
chamber and will be seated on the left
of the platform.
While the Senate is leaving the
| chamber the doors of the galleries will
be opened and the occupants escorted
| to that portion of the inaugural stand
below and directly in front of the
Presidents stand.
Exit Via East Entrance.
The occupants of the east galleries,
beginning with the Senators gallery,
will be escorted down the east steps, By
! the painting of the Battle of Lake
Erie" down the second fight of steps
to the ground floor. and out through
| the east entrance under the arch to
the platform.
The occupants of the diplomatic gal
lery and the west galleries will be es-
corted down the west steps. by the
painting of the Battle of Chapultepec, "
down the second flight Of steps to the
ground floor, and out through the east
door in the connection between the
Senate wing and the old portion of the
Capitol to the platform.
The gallery tickets must be presented
at the platform.
When the occupants Of the Senate
floor and galleries are seated on the
platform, the committee on arrange
ments, headed by the sergeants at arms
OF the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives, will escort the President and
the President-elect from the President S
room around the west and south sides
OF the Senate chamber and through
the rotunda to the inaugural platform.
When the Presidents party reaches
the south door of the Senate chamber,
the Supreme Court. headed by their
marshal and clerk, will form in line and
lead the procession.
The Presidents party will be followed
from the south door of the Senate
chamber by the diplomatic corps and
the Army, Navy and Marine officers,
who will have been escorted from the
marble room around the east and south
sides Of the Senate chamber.
Proceedings on the inaugural plat