Evening star., 1936-12-31
from nOD on.

duty IN washington for the lnaugura.
tion-870 to march in the ceremonial,
parade and 5l4 to be on guard in the
city, mainly in the vicinity of the
Capitol-Marine Corps headquarter.
announced today.
Since the Fleet Marine Force viii
be gone from Quantico, Va, or
maneuvers on January 20, orders have
been issued bringing detachment'
from Philadelphia and Norfolk.
Participating in the parade will be
some "a officers and 1856 enlisted men
under command of Col. Thomas S
Clarke. who commands the Marine
Barracks here. On guard duty will
be IA officers and 500 enlisted mer
under command of Lieut.. Col. Leroy
P. Hunt, executive officer of the
Marine Barracks here. 8.
Although the parade will be limited
in extent, in keeping with the wishes
of President Roosevelt, and while
there will be no official inaugural ball
the whole inaugural program will be
colorful, Admiral Cary T. Grayson
general chairman of the Inaugural
Committee, promises.
Admiral Grayson Speaks.
In a radio talk over Nationwide
network of the National Broadcastine
Co. last night, Admiral Grayson gave
broad outline of the program and
explained why it had been decided tc
exclude civic and marching units
from the parade.
"One of the hardest things for an
inaugural chairman to do is to say
NO to the many patriotic citizens
who want to participate In this
parade" he said.
Countless local organizations want
to honor the President by marching
and they are particularly desirous OF
having their local home town bands
participate. A touching appeal came
from a young boy, 10 or 70 years old,
who had a pet steer which he had
broken to drive to a cart. He wanted
to show his admiration Of the
President by parading this steer in
front of the court of honor.
There had to be limit to the pa
rade, because if we had acquiesced to
all the requests to parade, the pro-
cession would not only have lasted all
of the afternoon of January 20, but
all night as we'll To review a parade
of such length would have meant great
strain for the President, which no one
would wish to inflict upon him."
Inaugural Concert Planned.
Admiral Grayson announced that
again for this Inauguration, as in
1888, the committee would sponsor an
inaugural concert, which would be a
feature of ceremonies on the night OF
the Inauguration. He said he hoped
to be able to announce soon the names
of distinguished artists to appear in
recital on that occasion.
Radio has made it possible he said.
for 100000 or more persons standing
in the great plaza east of the Capitol
to hear the Presidents inaugural ad-
dress. whereas prior to 1920 only those
close to the Presidents speaking stand
could hear his message.
Describing the makeup Of the pa
rades units, Admiral Grayson said the
Governors Of the States had been in
vited to take places, and that the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps would
be represented. He said another COL
orful note would be provided by the
West Point cadets and the Annapolis
midshipmen, who have taken no part
In an inaugural parade for 20 years.
Appointment OF 20 business men as
members Of the Finance Committee,
which is raising a guarantee fund to
assure payment of bills for the in
augural parade and other ceremonies
was announced today by Robert v.
Fleming, chairman. They are:
Morris Cafritz, Thomas Carson,
James E. Collifiower, Oscar Coolican,
James H. Davis, r. s. d'Espard, w.
w. Everett, Thomas j. Groom, Gran
vile Guide, John A. Norman, Louis s.
Levay, L. Gardner Moore, Edgar Nor
ris, Bert L. Olmsted, John e. Parker,
Charles w. Pimper, H. L. Rust, IT,;
John Saul, Charles H. Tompkins, w.
w. Wheeler, Edward q. Yonker and
Ford E. Young.
Press Relations Committee.
Members Of the Press Relations
and Communications Committee, des-
tgnated by Charles Nicholson, chair
man, were announced by Admiral
Grayson. They are: Eugene Meyer,
vice chairman; John T. Lambert, vice
chairman; Theodore w. Noyes, vice
chairman; Lowell Mellett, vice chair
man; Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, vice
chairman; Miss Evelyn Gordon, Miss
Ruth Jones, Miss Phyllis Thompson,
Miss Flora Mcdonald, Miss Jesse
Arndt, Don Craig, Nelson Bell, Jay
Carmody. Harold Phillips, Felix Nor
ley. Gideon Lyons, Miss Elizabeth
Hynes, Oliver Owen Kuhn. j. ]. Fitz-
patrick, C. @. Marshall, George De
Witt. Alexander Jones. Frederick A.
Storm, Walter Trojan, Robert Hen
derson, George 6cadding, Arthur
Almgrsn. H n Van Tins. Chariss O.