Evening star., 1933-03-01

park police, the White House force, the
Capitol force, nearly 100 crack detec-'
tives from various cities throughout the
East and Midwest, 400 Marines, who will
guard the Capitol and act as ushers
In the inaugural stands at the Capitol,
and secret service men whom, accord
ing to Chief william H. Moran, will be
stationed everywhere" during the cere-
monies and where the incoming and
outgoing Presidents are appearing IN
public.
All leave for Washington police has
been Cancelled for the inaugural period
and in addition, all Washington fire.
men slnave been sworn in as deputy
police officers for the inaugural period.
The inaugural Committee announced
today that 7 bands and II drum and
bugle corps have entered competitions
for those organizations to be held IN
Fifteenth street, between Constitution
and Pennsylvania avenues, In con-
junction with the street festival
which is to be held on Saturday night.
In addition. two other bands, not in
the competition. will play Tor street
dancers.
The great festival, which is dis
tinctive feature of this years inaugural
will begin at about 80 O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon.
Contests Planned.
The first performances will be con-
certs by the Tech High School Band
of Washington and the Ferko String
Band Of Philadelphia, from a band
stand, which Is to be erected at the
corner Of Fifteenth and E streets.
The drum and bugle corps compet-
ton will be held between $50 and 9
O'Clock, and the program calls for
drilling as well as playing. From 9
O'Clock on the bands in the prize
competitions will play from the band
stand.
The bands which have entered are
the Ringgold Band Of Reading. Pa;
the Augusta, Ga, Police Band; the
Central High School Band of Charlotte.
N. c.: the Boys Industrial Band OF
Mobile Ala; the John Marshall High
School Band Of Richmond, Va; the
National Training School Band Of
Washington, and the Coe College Mill
tary Band of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The drum and bugle corps which will
take part are the Delaware Post, Will
mington, Del; Orange Post. Veterans
Foreign Wars, Orange, N. j.; Dorchester
Post. No. 81, Cambridge, Nd; Baltimore
Drum and Bugle Corps, Baltimore, Md. |;
Veterans Foreign Wars. Harrisburg, Pa;
Kelly Mansfield Post, No. 50, American
Legion, Piedmont, Va: Victory Post, No.
4, American Legion, Washington, D. c.;
Birmingham, Ala, American Legion,
Birmingham. Ala; Garrety Post, 526,
American Legion, New York City;
Green Trojans, Greenburg. Pa; Ameri-
can Legion, Greensburg, Pa; Greenville
gion, Greenville, S. c., and American
Legion Post, 526, Overlook, West Phila-
delphia, Pa.
First, second and third prizes will be
awarded for the best drum and bugle
corps, and there will be first and sec
ond prize in each Of the band classifl-
cations
Carroll Aids Decorations.
The Inaugural Ball Committee also
announced that Earl Carroll, famous
New York show producer, today is giving
the showman's touch to the decorations
for the inaugural ball, which Is to be
held at the Washington Auditorium.
Invited to come to the Capital and
supervise the lighting of the decorations
in the great hall, Carroll told Rear
Admiral H. v. Butler, commandant Of
the Washington Navy Yard, in charge
of decorating the hall, that he was
anxious to contribute his talent to help
make the ball "a lively affair"
Three hundred bronze replicas OF the
Roosevelt Inaugural Medal, designed by
Paul Manship, New York sculptor, were
placed on exhibition and sale in the
principal hotels and clubs Of the city
today.