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Show at1; HONORED BK lEJAIAlE New President Reviews Immense ; Inaugural Procession. . i AVENUE A GLORIOUS SIGHT General Wood, Grand Marshal Veterans, Vet-erans, National Guard and Civilians Civil-ians In Line Indiana Add Touch of Picturesque. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington, March 4. Woodrow Wllaon, aa ex president of Princeton, rode down Pennsylvania aveuue today, to-day, and later rode up the same avenue ave-nue as president of the United States, and as the highest officer of government govern-ment a few mlnutea thereafter reviewed re-viewed the multitude of soldiers and civilians which, with playing bands and flying flags, marched by to give him proper official and personal honor. For several nights Pennsylvania avenue ave-nue has been a glory of Heht. Today It was a glory of color, movement and music, here are 300,000 Inhabitants of the city of Washington. Its temporary tem-porary population la nearer the half million mark. The absentees from the Banking lines of the parade were mostly most-ly the policemen, who were given orders or-ders to protect the temporarily vacated vacat-ed residences of the capital. Woodrow Wilson aHked that "Jeffer-sonlan "Jeffer-sonlan simplicity" be observed In all things which had to do with his Inauguration. In-auguration. The command for Jt-ffer-lonlan simplicity seems to be susceptible suscep-tible to elastic construction. There was nothing savoring of courts or royalty, roy-alty, but there was evidence In plenty that the American people love uniforms uni-forms and all kinds of display which can And a place within the limits of democratic definition. It wsi a good parade and a great occasion generally. Throngs Vociferous With Joy. The Inhibition of the inaugural ball and of the planned public reception at the capltol had no effect aa a bar to the attendance at thla ceremony of changing presidents. Masses were here to see, and other masses were here to march. There was a greater demonstration demon-stration while the procession waa paaa. Ing than there waa four years ago. Victory bad come to a party which bad known nothing like victory for a good many years. The joy of possea- with Oeneral Wood ai the grand I f marshal of the whole affair and hav- I Ing a place at Its head. Tho display, J In the words Invariably used on like occasions, was "Impressive and brilliant." bril-liant." Regular In First Division. The regulars of the country's two armed service naturally had the right of way. MaJ. Gen. W. W. Wother-spoon, Wother-spoon, United States army, waa In command of the first division. In which marched the soldiers and sailors and marines from the posts and the navy yarda within a day's ride of Washington. The West Point cadets and the midshipmen from the naval 5 academy at Annapolis, competent beyond be-yond other corps In manual and In evolution, the future generals and ad- mlrals of the army, had place In the first division. All branches of the army service were represented In the body of regulars regu-lars engineers, artillery, cavalry, Infantry In-fantry and algnal corps. The sailors and marines from half a dosen battleships battle-ships rolled along smartly In the wake of their landsmen brethren. Tha National Guard division followed follow-ed the division of regulars. It waa commanded by Prig. Gen. Albert L. Mills, United States army, who wore the medal of honor given blin for conspicuous con-spicuous personal gallantry at the battle bat-tle of San Junn hill. General Mills Is the chief of the mil It la division of the United States war department The entire National Guard of New Jersey was in line, and Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland. Virginia, Georgia, Maine and North Carolina were represented by bodies of civilian soldiers. Cadets front many of the private and state military schools of the country bad a place in the mllltla division. . Veterans and Civilians. The third division of the parade waa composed of Grand Army of the Ho-publlc Ho-publlc veterans, members of the Union Veteran league and of the Spanish war organizations. Gen. James E. Stuart of ChlcaRO, a veteran of both the Civil and the Spanish wars, waa In command. Robert N. Harper, chief marshal of the civic forces, commanded the fourth division. Under his charge were political po-litical organizations from all parts of the country, among them belug Tammany, Tam-many, represented by 2,000 of Us braves, and Democratic clubs from Chicago, Iloston, Philadelphia, Haiti-more Haiti-more and other cities. Tbey put the American Indians Into the civilian division. The fact that they were in war paint and feathers helped out tn plcturesqueness and did nothing to disturb the peace. Members Mem-bers of the United Hunt Clubs ot s Escorting ths Prssldsnt-Elsct t Whits Houss at a Prsvlous Inauguration. slon found expression In steady and abundantly noisy acclaim. President Taft and President-elect Wilson were escorted down the avenue ave-nue by the National Guard troop of cavalry of Essex county. New Jersey. Tbe carriage In which rode Vice-President-elect Msrshsll and President Presi-dent pro tempore Lacon of the United States senate waa surrounded by tbe members of the I'.lack Horse troop of the Culver Mllltsry academy of Indiana. Indi-ana. This Is the first time In tbe history his-tory ot Inaugural ceremonies that a guard of bonor bas escorted a vice-president vice-president to the scene of his oath taking. tak-ing. Parade a Monster Affair. Tbe military and the civil parade, a huge affair which stretched Its length for miles along the Washington streets, formed on the avenues radial Ing from the capltoL After Presidentelect President-elect Wilson bsd become President Wilson and Vlce-President-eloct Msrshsll Msr-shsll had become Vice-President Marshall, they went straightway from tbe capltol to the White House and thence shortly to the reviewing stand in the park at the mansion's front Tbe parade, with MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood. United States army, as Its grand marshal, started from the capltol capl-tol grounds to move along the avenue to the White House, where It was to psss In review. The trumpeter sounded sound-ed "forward march" at the Instant the signal was Hashed from the White bouse that In fifteen minutes tbe newly new-ly elected president and commander-in-chief of tbe armies and nsvles of the United States would be ready to review "bis troops." It wss thought that the parade might tack some of the picturesque features which particularly appealed to the people on former occasions. There were Indians snd rough riders here not only when Roosevelt was insagu rated, bat when be went out of office and was sacceeded by William II. Taft. Tbe parade, however. In bonor cf Mr. Wilson seemed, to be picturesque pictur-esque enough in. Ms feature to appeal to the multitudes. Tbey eertAlaly vide noise enough ever !L Tte proceeslom was la eUvUkssM. I America rode In this division. Tbeli pink coats and their high bats sp parently were not thought to jaf "Jeffersonlan simplicity" from 111 aeat. Pink coats were worn on tbt hunting field In Jefferson's day and Is Jefferson's state. Tbere were 1,000 Princeton studenti In the civic section of the parade Many of tbem wore orange and black sweaters and they were somewhsl noisy though perfectly proper. Stu dents from seventeen other coilegoi and universities were among thi msrebers. Spectators Cheer Constsntty. All along Pennsylvania avenue, frone the capltol to a point four block b jond tbe White House, the spectators were maasvd In lines ten deep. Tb cheering waa constant and Woodrow W.lson cannot complain that the cero monies attending bis Induction Into office wero not accompanied by ap parently heartfelt acclaim of the pro pie over whom be is to rule for at lesst four yesrs. Every window In every building on Pennsylvsnla avenue which la not oo cupled for office purposes wss rented weeks ago for a good round aum ol money. Every room overlooking tbe marching parade was taken by at many spectstors as cound find a vsnt-sge vsnt-sge point from which to peer through the window panes. Tbe roofs of the bulldlnga were covered with person willing to stand for bours In a Msrrb dsy to see the wonders of the Inaugu ral parade, and many of them partlo ularly glad of an opportunity to gc home and to ssy that after many years waiting they bad seen a Democratic president Inaugurated. The parade paasod tbe revlewlna stand of President Wilson, who stool uncovered wbile the marchers saluted When the last organization ha 4 . marrbed by dusk waa coming down I Tbe hundreds of thousands of elect rt lamps were lighted and Washingtoa a at night becsme along Its main tho n onghfaro as bright aa Washingtoa el " day. The lose of the attraction of th i laasgnral ball waa compensated fot I by tbe Ed est display of fireworks, tti V said, thla cit baa over known. |