Show GRAND DISPLAY IN THE STREETS Parade ade a Triumphal Procession of Great Magnitude IDEAL DAY FOR MARCHING SOME OF THE MOST MO S ATTRACTIVE FEATURES Washington March 4 President Roosevelt led his inaugural Inaugural parade arde in iua k marching time from the tIe capitol to the White House No procession in InD r D rent i it years YEar has hI been as a prompt In from fron one end of ot the avenue to too I t tr o other The troops marched In InS I Ht S il l weather the tha sky being clear cear the I 1 warm and a 8 fair breeze blowing rh fh ie president lost no time In formali formal I tips S He descended the tha te steps which I Irr rt rr put In place In i front o of at the In Inaugural inaugural inaugural augural stand and took his carriage v W reentering the capitol The he i augural march began at arid and as the presidents carriage fol followed followed lowed by that of or Vice President Fair Fairbanks Far Fairbanks banks and ad those tose of the te members of ot the cabinet proceeded through the grounds gounds the te vast vat throng hastily placed Itself on either side of ot tho the ceasing line lie of march and ad cheered without easing Bowed Right and Left L ft The procession moved slowly and Mr Ir Roosevelt In acknowledging the salutations from either eiter side rose to his feet repeatedly arid and ad with wih his silk sik hat hat In I his hand bowed to right and ad left lef The buildings facing the capitol grounds gound through which the tho procession were occupied to their full tul cap capa ity with wIt cheering people who waved waed wax ed flags fag and handkerchiefs handkerchiefs No Noi i Incident marred mared in the slightest degree the he Inaugural procession as a it left lef the theene ene of ot the Inaugural address and I proceeded down past pat tho the Peace monument monument monument ment and ad took its Us way toward the te I WIte White House on the broad avenue Frantic Applause The Tho procession formed Immediately I behind the carriages of ot the tho presidential J party and In the order previously paty ad 1 ar arranged arranged arranged ranged marched from the capitol The splendid triumphal pageant preceded by a n platoon of mounted police polee moved Jup up the tho to avenue avenue amid aId the frantic ap of or the e thousands who packed I the he line lne of or march march on either side aide to o view the he spectacular and public feature of ot I the th day The Fifth artillery band bad fol lowed the police pollee and In stirring time Ume lied led the oncoming marchers The Tho more I military character of the return from the capitol as a contrasted with wih the to the capitol was wa due In part to the te fact that tt the old veterans veteran who ho followed the president on foot this bade him farewell at at the I capitol piol and their places place were wee taken Iby by the mounted officers on the staff of the grand gad marshal and ad their special spec aides Squadron A of ot the New York rork j National Guard In their brilliant uni of blue again formed ored the presidents dents personal escort escort together with Wih the officers of or the tha presidents old Bough Rough Rider Eider regiment nt int In I contrast In 1 ith lh the te Khaki Khai uniforms of ot the tho Rough R ugh TV was ivas as the regular regla army a y uniform of ot Lieutenant Fortesque the I residents cousin who went from the Riders into the te regular army V the war wa but rode with wih his former forer t t Many times along alons the line Une of march the Ve president arose In I his carriage If 1 j lifted his bis hl hat A broad smile mile sie lit lt litI I 1 h face and It i was wa wa eity ea t see the jt vi the admiring greatly pl ed him throng President Greatly Gre t y Elated The rho he military grand gd of ot the fro rr came after the tho 10 Rough Major General James F Fas Wi dr as chief marshal l wih with a uniformed u staff str represent II 1 g fa ah ach h staff stai corps of the army ary led t tro division Foremost In the to line lino were Jt tf t io of or the army ar and nd navy nav the thet c t Point cadets and ad the middIes middles fort tO Annapolis with the District DIstrct of Columbia national guard gard which has hasto r if If to be lie looked looke upon as almost a aI aI I tt rt of or the regular army army organization Ti TA r r i headed by Brigadier Gen GenI GC I l 1 Frederick Frederik Grant and under their 0 n IL J superintendent Brigadier General M Il acquitted themselves splendidly Th Was ws a n diversity diversi about their C which made It very ver at tru tive for It represented Infantry f M I artillery artlery new mountain battery VT s and ad the cavalry which makes maes cst cst Point famous throughout the world odd Middies Can March The Tha midshipmen surprised every body bod i sailors are not supposed to t be god foot soldiers yet et ques tk i the tho two battalions from rom An Ani i 00 strong gave the the th Wet West Po P the hardest contest they tey ever hI hd for first fust place in a 8 parade p rde The Tie Thein I 1 5 in their navy blue tightly fitting j I ani leggings marched with wih a ato ju to I Ion that was wa wonderful and wore w re t almost amot every step In their aka ako CIT Ct n the revenue marine marina cadets u a u new feature in the inaugural parade and one so attractive c as a to t be b sure sur sure of or retention in the future Tho The heart of the th army the main nain mainStay mainstay Stay of of disciplinarians hs the t splendidly drilled dried engineers were were represented by bythe bythe bythe the Second battalion battion Major Burr com corn commanding commandIng manding and as a the men marched marched In flies Hies me of or twenty they received un unlimited Unlimited limited applause The pick of or the army had been een chosen for tor the splendid procession so that while the representations from each branch of or orthe the service was small It I was beyond be question queston the finest body bodY of troops ever ev r gathered on Pennsylvania avenue The signal sigal corps the provisional regi regiment ment nent mert made up of ot two battalions and the coast cost artillery atm ryal all had representatives The men who wo man the great great I guns at the sea coast fortifications In their spick pi k and und span span uniforms with wih I brilliant touches of or colors of white I yellow red blue and green geen typifying the various branches branche of ot tho the service serce I made a moving picture calculated to i stir str to its it depths the lovers of ot th regular army army Porto Rico In the Parade Porto Rico was well wel represented In parade pard Major Thomas Thomas W Griffith of the tle regular army commanded the bat tallon ot of the Pacific provisional resi regi reg regiment i ment which came all al the way ay from its It I island home to t participate in the man inauguration The crowds crowd were quick to I recognize them and were generous g nerous In i their applause of ot the excellent show showing showIng showIng ing these tese troops made Even more un unusual unusual unusual usual however was the sight of or the first battalion battion of Philippine scouts Ma Major Major jor br W S Johnson U S SA A command ing who nho were chosen to represent the archipelago in the first inaugural pa parade parade parade rade In which these little brown men of the far east cot have participated Only the American soldier r who has served in inthe Inthe inthe the Philippines knows how loyal has been the service of these thee men for their new found country It I was the ex ox expressed expressed pressed wish of the president that they should be in Ir this parade and the mili thill military mU tar tary precision with wih which they marched d dup up the avenue showed that they the appreciated apprecIate appreciated the honor About 2 the troops came to a halt hal th president having reached the White hite House on schedule time and gone to t his official home bore for a hurried hurrI d luncheon The men menas menns menas as ns they rested on their arms along the broad avenue venue a seemed glad of the op opportunity opportunity opportunity the walt wait walt gave them to spruce up to pass in review before their newly inaugurated president All Al along alon the avenue from the treas treasury treasury treasUry ury building to the capitol capital and for be beyond beyond beyond yond stretched stretched the splendid pageant the trimmings of the uniforms and the theste steel ste 1 of ot weapons glistening In Inthe the sun sunlight sunlight light While at parade rest the sol soldiers soldiers diers diem amused themselves watching the scenes along the curb Incidents Incident Incident of hu human human human man interest were many On the top of oC a building opposite the de department le department a I young man and his girl danced a to the rapid melody of Back Back Bace Back to Baltimore played by one of the bands in the pa parade parade rade It I was exactly live minutes before 3 1 when the Philippine scouts who were vero toward the last of the second bri brigade brigade brigade gade first frt division of the military grand division resumed d their march marchand marchand and anI passed the postoffice department with wih as perfect a n line lne as wa was as to be seen in the parade Their progress was marked by b o great geat cheering Cheers For Marines With Wih Its Is peerless band playing pla ing a mar martial martil til air and the men m n stepping like au automatons automatons automatons the provisional regiment of United States marines headed by Colo Cole Colonel Colonel nel nd Karmany and his staff staf followed led by a a soldierly man with an empty sleeve He was Captain Harry Harr Leon Leonard Leonard Leonard ard who left lef one arm in the battlefield battefeld of Tien Tsin when the American ma marines marines marines rines pointed the way to all al nations in inthe inthe Inthe the march to Peking The rhe marines are always alaya popular and they were greeted with ih tumultuous applause as a they marched proudly along They opened the way for something new in an in inaugural inaugural inaugural augural line lne of march in the shape of ot a provisional regiment of sailors The crews of the armored cruisers Colorado and West Virginia made up a full fun regi regiment regiment ment and not merely a detachment or two as in the past The sailors wore their leggings and tried tied their best to carry car their carbines at the regulation angle The third battalion batalon of or field feld ar artillery artier artillery tillery tier commanded by Major Maor Hoyle with wih the men sitting motionless on their caissons gave the public one ot of the first exhibitions of the new army ay field feld guns gns This Thi weapon not bronze or blackened as vas was the old piece but shining shinin like silver siver mounted on its khaki colored carriage made a fine Im Impression impression Ther There may ma be cavalry in other ar armies Inies mies as a good but certainly no one ever saw on this sIde aide of ot the world the su superior superior perlor or perhaps even the equals of the gallant glant Seventh and Ninth squad squadrons squadrons squadrons rons which next moved up Pennsylva Pennsylvania nia lila avenue sixteen files fes deep their pennants snapping mapping in the breeze The Seventh rode bay horses as a closely matched as bits bis of or mahogany save the thelast last company compan which was mounted on black chargers char ers The black men of the Ninth mounted on their bay steeds had come all al the way wy from Kansas tc to to do honor to the president president dent to whose aid they had come in his hour of or need in the the bloody conflict on San Juan hill |