Evening star., 1933-02-24
FINISHING TOUCHES
FOR INAUGURATION
NOW BEING PUT ON
City HaIts All Street Work in
Downtown Section Until
After Parade.
ALL GRANDSTANDS NEAR
COMPLETION FOR CROWDS
Court of Honor and Seats Opposite
Only Remain Unfnished-Ped-
estal Bases Going Up.

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In preparation for the 100000 visitors
expected in the Capital next week, the
city was being primed and polished to-
day for the inaugural.
All street work has been halted in
the downtown section and there will be
no other work of this sort allowed ex-
cept in emergency cases, until after the
inaugural crowds have left, as the re-
suit of an order by H. c. Whitehurst,
District highway engineer.
The finishing touches have been put
on Pennsylvania avenue, with all patch
ing of the paving completed several
days ago, and workmen from the De-
partment of Vehicles and Traffic touch
ing up all the white lines along the
broad thoroughfare.
Stands Almost Complete.
Within the next two or three days
the signs for the vast restricted area
covering several square miles will be
put In place, but the restrictions will
not go into effect until midnight,
March 2.
All inaugural stands are either COM
pleted or are nearing completion. There
still remains some work to be done on
the Court of Honor, from which Presi-
dent Roosevelt will review the inaugural
parade, and on the stands directly oppo-
site the Court of Honor, but this work
is expected to be completed this week.
Workmen already are getting ready
the pedestals for the statues Of Wash
ington and Jefferson, which will be at
the entrance to the Court of Honor, at
East Executive avenue and Pennsylvania
avenue, and cedar tree decorations al
ready are being placed about the presi-
dental stand.
Louis A. johnson, national commander
Of the American Legion, today an
nounced the completion of his staff
as marshal of the third division Of the
inaugural parade, in which will be
grouped veterans Of all the Nations
wars since the Civil War. including the
wearers of the Blue and of the Gray.
Orders have been issued that all vet
Grams must be in full uniform, and the
Nations battle flags, the State stand
World War will be carried at the head
Of the division, with special guards of
honor. In this division there will be
between 5000 and 5000 man and wom-
an veterans, with numerous bands and
drum and bugle corps.
Capt. william P. Wright, commander
In chief of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, will head the Union veterans,
while Homer Atkinson, commander In
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans, will lead the Confederate veterans.
Staff Is Selected.
william ]. Often will lead the vete-
rams Of the Sparish-American War, and
Comdr. Johnson in addition to acting
as marshal of the division, will lead
the American Legion units.
Comdr. Johnson's staff follows: Mai
William Gruber chief OF staff, and Mai
K. A. McRae, liaison officer; Capt. Will
liam P. Wright, commander In chief
Grand Army of the Republic, Chicago;
Calvin Brainerd, adjutant general
Grand Army Of the Republic. Chicago;
Gen. Homer Atkinson, commander In
chief, United Confederate Veterans
Petersburg, Va; William ]. Often, COM
mander in chief, United Spanish War
Veterans, Enid, Okla; Rice w. Means
James j. Murphy, quartermaster gen.
eral, U. S. w. w.; Vivian D. Corlby,
national adjutant, Disabled American
Veterans, Cincinnati, Ohio; William
Leffingwell, Watkins Glenn, N. Y:
Watson B. Miller, the American Legion;
Brig. Gen. John r. Delafleld, COM
mander in chief, Military Order World
adjutant, Legion Of Valor, Pittsburgh,
Pa; Col. Vincent A. Carroll, Philadel-
phia; Maj. Edwin 8. Bethlehem, jr.,
Military Order Of the World War; John
A. Eden, Societe des 40 Hommes ct 8
Chevaux, Cleveland, Ohio; Bernard
Busher, r. M. O'Hara, William Conley,
national commander, D. A. w., Cincin-
natl, Ohio; John Thomas Taylor,
American Legion; Maj George Parker,
Baltimore; Crawford Sloan, adjutant,
American Legion; Della Town Blake,
secretary, Gold Star Mothers. Phila-
delphia, Pa; Miss Shirley Farr. ma
tional president, Women's Overseas
Service League, Chicago; Mary A.
Macdonald, national commander, Ma
tional Organization World War Nurses,
lard, national president, American Gold
Star Mothers, East Rochester, N. Y;
Phil Conley, Charleston, w. Va; Mrs.
S. A. Blackburn, president, American
Legion Auxiliary, Indianapolis, Ind.
State departments of the American
Legion, which will be represented on
the marshal's staff follow: Alabama,
Edward L. Murray, Arkansas; j. H.
Graves, California, representative to be
announced; Colorado. Oscar Chapman;
Connecticut, Joseph A. Treadwell; Della
ware, Thomas W. Miller; District OF
Columbia Norman B. Landreau; Flor
ida, Gordon B. Knowles; Idaho, Will
liam E. Lee; Indiana, Ollie Davis, de-
partment adjutant; Iowa, representative
to be announced; Maine, James L..
Boyle and E. Vaughan Cleaves; Mary
land, A. L. MCGEE, department ad-
jutant; Massachusetts,. Harold Redden.
department adjutant; Minnesota, Harry
M. Walsh: Missouri. George Ftske;
Nebraska, E. R. Burke, Representative
elect New Mexico, representative to be
announced; North Dakota, G. L. Daw-
son; Ohio, Joseph v. Patterson; Okla
homa, L. E. Wilson and Frank E. Sam
uel, national adjutant; Pennsylvania,
Paul Griffith; South Dakota, j. Will
liams; Tennessee. Capt. Richard Lyle;
Texas Carl E. Nesbtt; Utah, Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines; Virginia, NJ E. Bris-
tow; Washington, Monrad Wallgren,
Representative elect West Virginia,
Hetz S. Pownall;' Wisconsin, George
Hutter; Wyoming, Thomas w. O'Hara.