Show START FROM THE WHITE HOUSE Roosevelt Roosevel Escorted to the he Capitol Building SCENE WAS MAGNIFICENT MIGHTY ROAR GREETED THE PRESIDENTS APPEARANCE t a i ASHINGTON March larh 4 The W V Uy V White WhIt House Hu was a astir astr tIr earlier crU than usual this morning and I after a n hurried hurrie breakfast the preel presidents dents household began active pre preparations pre for the days Important events The time set for the assembling I of or the cabinet and and the presidential es e sort wire was but b t the e arrivals toe to began nearly a a earlier The rie I first reach th the White House Honse to rech was Postmaster General Wyn Wynne He lie le wa was w soon followed by Attorney General Moody Secretaries Hitchcock Hay ay Taft Taft Metcalfe and nd Morton Secretary II Shaw walked over ove ov from the treasury with wih Jacob acob HiSs Riis Ris a personal friend frend of ot I IthE the thE president from New ew York York About Abut I time the time Senator Spooner Sen Senators thE sum same sue Spon r Sn i Slots atom Bacon Bu on and Lodge Ledge J oge and Representatives I s Dalzell DalI Williams and Cram Crum Crumpacker packer members member of the congressional I joint inaugural arrived arhe in carriages Escort Formed Forme In the tl meantime the troops trOI to serve an u the presidents escort had Ila formed alt 01 Pennsylvania avenue and aid the th th ad all adjacent a jacent streets At least leest st two t 0 hours be before before fore time the time set act t for fr the t president de departure departure the Ute square we in front of the ex cx executive mansion was WA densely deuey parked with wiLl an enthusiastic crowd crow wai waiting tins t to wish UM the Promptly te president godspeed at 1 the president entered his lila carriage drawn by four bay horses and with wih a detachment of ot his old ohl regi regiment regiment ment meat the famous rough rugh riders coni eOn mounded by Colonel Alexander lexander Brodle Brodie riding ou ott either side as a his personal escort ort Started for the capitol to take the prescribed prescribe oath oah as the nations chief hief executive Squadron A of the na national national tonal guard gard of the state state of New York and an a detachment of Spanish war vet veterans veterans erans and ad a body bod of the United States army an veterans eten also as formed forme a a part of the escort eort and rode in the rear of the presidents carriage Lieutenant Gen General Genee General eral ee Chaffee Chafee with his staff staf in full fun mili military mi tary dress and ad superbly mounted pre preceded precede preceded ceded cede the presidents carriage by a ashor short shor distance distance In High Spirits The Te president wore the conventional silk sIk hat and frock coat and as be he walked from the White House door with wit brisk athletic step he seemed in iii inthe inthe the best bet of spirits and in physical physical cal eat condition condito The president was wa seat seal seated sealed seated ed in the the th rear seat set and to his left let sat sat Spooner while facing them were Senator Lodge and Representative R tive Dalzell Dalzel Vice Fair Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks banks carriage followed the presidents presidents dents being seated with Senator Ba Bacon Bacon Bacon con and Representatives Crumpacker and nd John Sharp Sha Williams Willians Then came cae Secretaries Hay Shaw Taft and At Attorney Attorney torney torey General Moody In carriage laae were wera S tf 0 T Postmaster General Generl Wynne Wyne The fifth and last a carriage contained Secretary Metcalf Secretary Loeb Colonel Bromwell the presidents multi mili military mf tary ta aide and Commander WInslow his naval mival aide The rough riders rider In service khaki as they spurred their ther horses to positions at the sides side of the presidents carriage as it passed passe out the east et gate showed by their bronzed faces sinewy figures and their care careless careless careless less grace and ad ease in the saddle the tire free life Ute they the had led on the western plains These men were chosen from the fa famous famous a amous rough riders rider whom the president had led ed up San Juan hill hi in the Span Spanish Spanish par parish ish war Cheers of the Multitude Out O t into Pennsylvania avenue to the stirring strains of El Capitan the presidential cavalcade swept along past the treasury building there to be met by b a mighty roar which was taken up by the thousands that lined the theay way ay to the capitol As A the presidents carriage wheeled into Pennsylvania avenue a proper he leaned far out to toone toone toone one side shading his eyes with his hand took a look down the avenue to toward tow toward ward w rd the capitol whose mighty might dome was wa Isible above the blue haze which enshrouded the time base bae Turning to Senator Spooner he called cled attention to the splendid sight From every eve flag fag pole and ad window American flags fags stirred in the stiff breeze in the fair March morning mornin ad crowds the te densest that ever eer lined historic Pennsylvania avenue and its debouching side streets street waved waed wave wel wei welcome welcome come with wih flags fags and banners banner The Color Guard The magnificent boulevard was cleared cleare from fron from cub cu b to curb its ib full width and the president and Iris bi escort eort were seen at their best Lieutenant General Generl Chaffee Chafe the h ro of or Peking Pekin the grand gd marshal marhal marhal of or the day accompanied accompanied by Brigadier General John O 0 Johnson headed the general staff of the army the first time this splendid body of military genius ge ius has participated participated In itt an inaugural ceremony c Di Directly recty behind the general came cIe the tIre color guard gald composed of or four cadets from the time military mitry academy and four midshipmen from Annapolis sons of veterans of o the tire north and south in the civil ch n war save one unique figure In the person peron of Cadet Titus Tius who attained fame by being the first soldier of o the international armies to scale the walls wals of ot Peking in 1900 The staff st was composed of ot eight officers of high rank rIk and arid they in turn were followed flo ed by eight officers special aides wearing blue silk sik sashes New York Militia Mita I Then came tIme the tIe pick of or the Empire state soldiery squadron A made made UD up u of ot merchants merchant and professional men then men and workers all aU splendidly mounted and preceded by their own choice band Surrounding the presidential carriage as a he rode down the avenue a venue were ware thirty picked men clad in in khaki They The r were deployed In front in iii the te terear rear and on either eiter side of ot the time presidents dents carriage making the tIme personal body guard gard which the president had long ago promised to demand of or his old comrades comrade when he should ride up Pennsylvania PennsYlvania avenue to assume aume the presidential office Behind the Rough RoughRiders Riders were the carriages of the vice president and und of or the tire cabinet and amid then came a a reminder of the grim past past a detachment of ot picked veterans of ot the Grand Army Amy of or the Republic whose gallant gUat step belied the gray gry locks Jocks and spare form of or the old soldiers They led a detachment of veterans of ot the war wa of or men who had taken part in the te famous march maeh to Peking and ad of or soldiers who ho had campaigned In the jungles of ot th Philippines Closing the tire escorting es oring column came caine veterans of or the regular army arm nd navy the lo veteran Continued on n Page pic 2 START FROM THE WHITE HOUSE Continued from Page 1 organization led by Major General Generl O OO 0 O Howard Hovard of ot civil civi war yar fame Arrival at the Capitol The president and his escort moved moed along the tile avenue at a foot pace owing to the presence in the column of the dismounted veterans to the Peace monument at the east front of the I j capitol reservation Wheeling into north B street the column moved to First street east thence south and west into the grounds gounds on the central cental roadway the military mitry aides I i passing to the right rI ht and the civilian I i aides to the left lef of the Washington Wahington statute The presidents carriage sur surrounded surI surrounded J rounded by his personal perso escort and andI I preceded by Grand Orand Marshal Marhal Chaffee Chafee I I and the color guard led the line lne of march at B street et and Delaware avenue escorting the thc presidential I party part to the te senate A wing mg 4 of the capitol |