Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-04
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on the traffic and parking in an area
of several square miles encompassing
the section into which hundreds OF
thousands are pouring today to view
the traditional manifestation of Amer
ica's welcome to its Presidents.
Parade Forms Near Capitol.
The formation near. the Capitol un-
wound into the line of march column
after column of marching soldiers
sailors, Marines, Coast Guards, organ
lied reserves, members of the r. 0. T
c. and high school cadets, their ranks
punctuated by bands at equally spaced
intervals.
Then, in equally colorful array, came
the Governors of the States and thell
stats, brought here from the four cor
ners of the country to pay tribute te
the Chief Executive OF them all and tc
confer on Monday on the serious subject
of lifting the country out OF the rut
of the depression into which 1t has
fallen.
Following the Governors were those
who actually cast their votes IN the last
election which swept Mr.. Roosevelt into
office-the electors, who for the first
time in history are part OF an 1naugu-
raj parade. Upward of 300 of these
men who received the votes OF the
populace and passed them on to the
successful candidates are to be in the
line of march. They form the final Sec
ton of the third division, punctuated by
bands sent to participate in the Nations
greatest pageant from all over the
length and breadth Of the land.
Color in Two Divisions.
The real color came in the third and
fourth divisions of the parade which
follow. The first two divisions were
formed after the traditional lines OF
other inaugural parades, but the officials
who formed this last parade to be held
on March 4, allowed lot Of latitude in
the composition of the last two sections
and as a result they represented q
cross-section of patriotic and political
American life, with the third division
being formed from the membership OF
veterans and fraternal organizations re-
cruited from throughout the country
comprising a varied array OF uniforms
of drum and bugle corps, organizations
of veterans of every war the country
has fought within the past 10 years.
and with the spirit Of the fraternal or
ganizations of the country exemplifled
In the outpouring Of their representa-
tives IN the colorful attire OF their
orders to splash still another contrast
into the kaleidoscope OF the inaugural
parade.
The fourth division of the parade was
made up chiefly OF the political
marching clubs of the East and Middle
West, interspersed with bands and
patriotic organizations.
Leading this group were the silk
hated, frock-coated braves OF Tammany
Hall, led by real braves OF the Cherokee
Tribe of Oklahoma, and including In
their number Alfred E. Smith, defeated
Democratic standard bearer in the
Presidential campaign Of 1928.
Mighty Air Parade.
With the parade along the Avenue
came also a mighty air parade
with the giant Navy dirlgihle Akron, the
Army dirigible Toll, and los Army
and Marine planes from Langley Field
and Quantico.
The planes, under the leadership oil
the air marshal, Maj. Gen. B. D
Fculois, chief of the Army Air Corps
gathered over Alexandria in Tins
to form in parade order and fly, with
the hsad Of the parade, over the Court
CT Honor.
In the first column Of marchers to
pass in review, with Gen. Macarthur
was his staff, headed by Brig. Gen
Perry L. Miles, commander of the 18th
Brigade. The staff included repre-
ssntatives of the United States Army,
the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast
Guard, the National Guard and the
r. o. T. c. from Georgetown University
They were mounted and the parade
representatives Of the armsd forces Ct
the Nation came behind them. led
by Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, COM
mander of the 3rd Corps Area, with
his chief of staff, Col. Charles M
Bundel, and the staff of Army aides.
The first musical organization in the
parade was the Army Band, to
which was accorded the honor Of
playing the Franklin Delano Roose-
Welt March," composed BY William II.