Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
RETURN Of HOOVER
SPEEDS INAUGURAL
Many Details of Ceremony
to Be Advanced Within
Next 48 Hours.

Plans for the ceremonies incident 10
the Inauguration of Herbert Hoover.
March 4, will move rapidly forward
within the next 4s hours.
The President-elect is due to arrive
at Hampton Roads at o'clock this
morning on the battleship Utah, which
has borne him from the east coast of
South America. and Is to arrive in
Washington at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Although Chairman Grant OF the
inaugural committee left Washington
YESTERDAY on a short trip he will arrive
back in the Capital in time to keep his
scheduled appointment with the Pres
ident-elect tomorrow. Within few
hours after Mr.. Hoover and Col. Grant
have gone over the extended details OF
the inaugural plans, it is anticipated
that the machinery of the Inauguration
will slip into high gear and move for
ward with accelerated rapidity.
So far the plans made by the COM
mittees have been only tentative. They
had first to be approved by the general
inaugural committee and must be sub
mitted to Mr.. Hoover tomorrow before
final approval is given. Col. Grant feels
that Mr. Hoover should go over the
plans carefully dIlu hltAIOuSLA AiC
does not wish the President-elect to be
bothered with many of the details.
Taft to Oficiate.
The actual Inauguration. on the steps
of the Capitol. or in case Of bad weather
inside the building, will not be handled
by the committee. But Immediately
after Mr.. Hoover Is sworn into the office
of Chief Executive by former holder
of that office--Chief Justice Taft-he
will place himself in the hands of the
inaugural committee and commence
the slow drive from the Capitol to the
White House up historic Pennsylvania
avenue.
Behind him the parade will form on
streets leading into Pennsylvania ave-
great divisions, which overhead will
wheel airplanes from the crack aviation
groups of all the services, and through
the groups of wheeling birdmen will
course the great silver bag of the dirigi-
BILE Los Angeles.
With the parade definitely limited to
20 900 marchers. to require three hours
or less to pass a given point, Gen.
Anton Stephan, chairman of the parade
committee, has decided to limit it to
two divisions Heading the first division
will come the new President and his
official party. led by an escort of po-
licemen. Behind the President will
march three representatives Of the
three military services. battalions from
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and
the National Guard of the District OF
Columbia. Had decision been made
to include in the parade the cadets
from West Point and midshipmen from
Avn Gr
been included in the first division. But
to bring them to Washington would cost
$4,000, and the committee does not
feel justified in spending this amount
for the purpose.
State Delegations.
The second division will be composed
entirely of State delegations. among
which two picturesque groups will form
the focal points. Herbert Hoover vas
born in West Branch, Iowa. and that
State has already indicated its wish
to have a colorful group in the parade
from the State where the tall corn
grows" This group was a large factor
in the Shrine parade of 1928, and their
marching song became famous on that
occasion. California, where Mr.. Hoover
now makes his home at Palo Alto. eX-
poets also to be represented by color
full group as the State where the new
President has established himself as
permanent resident, and where he went
to vote. other State delegations from
all over the United States will make
up the balance of the division.
Gen. Stephan has made careful eSt1-
mates of the length of time 1t takes
group of marchers to pass a given point
and has worked out the numerical
strength of the marcherS accordingly.
Under his latest plan he intends to allot
to each State a portion of the parade
based on a ratio of one marcher to
each 10000 population in the State,
with a minimum of IS marchers.
One of the most picturesque features
of the parade will be the Indian dele
CATION, which will include plumed and
feathered chiefs from the Western res
ervations and representatives of virtual
" all of the % Indian tribes now in
existence. Because OF the fact that wee
President-elect Charles Curtis has
indian blood, the Indians feel they
should have posts of honor in the
parade, and the committee plans to give
them every consideration. They will be
accompanied by cowboys dressed in the
picturesque garb of the old West.
Not the least of the picturesque
marchers in the second division will be
a group of Australian cadets from prl-
vate schools in the continent down
under" who will wind up tour of the
United States by participating in the
parade. They will be attired in uni
forms, as will the picturesquely CARRIED
marching clubs from Pennsylvania and
New York, which are always features
of an inaugural parade.
Hope to Have Warships.
While there has been no definite af-
firmative answer from the request OF
the committee for Navy vessels to be
located in the Washington Harbor dur
ing the inaugural period committee
officials are hopeful that Secretary
Wilbur will find himself able to assign
q cruiser or two, several destroyers and
possibly submarine to Washington
for a few days. At least one of the
sleek, fast vessels used by the Coast
folk with a group of Coast Guard men,
bers to take part in the ceremonies.
Washington saw during the LIST Divi-
sion parade in 1919 much of the motor
lied equipment of the Army as used
overseas But since the war ended
great advances have been made in tank
technique and other motorized equip
ment. So 1t is highly probable that
some of these steel horses Of war will
rumble up the Avenue behind the Presi-
dent as the parade moves on its colorful
way toward the White House.
Further donations to the finance
committee for the Inauguration, made
public yesterday were
George o. Watson, 800: Kenneth r.
Brooks. $25; Theodore w. Noyes. $500;
Theodore p Moves. 5000.