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Show CROWDS TO SEE WILSON i Essex Troop and 560 Princeton Students Escorting New President Presi-dent and Family Washington. Mar. 3. Bands were playing soldiers were marching lrom Incoming trains and thousands of visitors vis-itors In holidav array were paradins the streets today under a brilliant sun and cloudless sUy. awaiting the arrival of Wood row Wilson, who is to become president 0f the United States tomorrow. So heavj was the traffic on all railroads couverKinc; into the capital that manv trains were later, d el n vine j the arrival or thousands of visitors and participants in the inaugural pa rade. The arrival of the new president and his familv. attended by ".GO stu-i stu-i dents from Princeton university, and! the Kssex troop from Prineeton, was the masnetic attraction of the day. The president-elect was scheduled I I to reach the Union station at 3 IE p TO., today. Ml details lor the rerep-j rerep-j tlon were ready. A larse crowd assembled as-sembled an hour before the time. Thomas Nelson Page, chairman of I the committee, expec ted to meet the president-elect and his family when' thev alighted from their special train.; The Princeton students were ready to form a lane from the tramshed to i the president's room in the T'nion station and between the walls of Princctonlans Mr Wilson and his family were to pass to meet the mem-; mem-; bers of the official committee The reception will bo brief, after which, 'without military eseort. the Wilsons will be driven to their hotel, where the committee will leave them. Tafts to Greet Wilsons At fi o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Wilson w ill be escorted by Colonel Spencer S Cosby, President Taft's aide, to the White House, where President and Mrs Tafi will greet the Wilsons In the blue room. Reception Committee. The members of the Wilson reception recep-tion committee are: Thomas Nelson Page, chairman. Theodore W. Noycs, vice chairman. H. Prescott Gatley, secretary Senators Charles A Culberson. Thomas A Gore. Times Martin. James Martin. James F Martiue. Lee S. Overman, James O'Gorman. tTole Smith, Tohn R Thornton and John Sharp Williams. Represe ntatives TTonry S. Rurleson, Henry D Clayton Henry D Flood. E I S. Henrv O. M. James, William A ; Jones. Gordon Use, A. M. Palmer. Swager Sherley, ). L. Slaydeu and Edward W Tovvnsend , Dr. Wallace Radcliffe. Ira F Bennett. Ben-nett. Charles J. Bell. Aldis B. Browne William V 'Cox. Henry E. Davis. Edward H. Drooii. Rear Admiral Ad-miral George Dewey, John Jo EJison. Charles G. Glover, the Right Rev . . Hai'dingi Justice A. B Hasner. Rudolph Ru-dolph Kauftmann Franklin 1 ane. Blair l-.ee. General Nelson A Miles, John A Mellhenny, George X. Mc-. Mc-. Lanahan. R Ross Perry, Cuno H Ru. dolpb .Arthur Peter, the Rev W illiam T Russell. Edward J. Stellwagen, Coionel S E. Williams and Fred E. Walker Thousands at Union Station. Ai the union station beginning at Ian early hour, the crush of arriving thousands, swelled by the curious nnd those on hand to welcome friends, taxed the efforts ot hundreds of police po-lice Among the delegations arriving during dur-ing the day were those from Illinois, headed h, Cuvernor Kdward F Dun-, ne. and his staff: Delaware Gover-1 'nor Miller: Pennsylvania, Governor! Tener; New Jersey Governor Field-er; Field-er; North Carolina. Governor Craig: Mississippi, Governor O'Neal, and aj large delegation from Maine. Michl- j j gan and Wisconsin Other military! which reached the city were the1 Maryland national guard. Fifth Mass-! achusettS regiment and 6eores of smaller militaix bodies. Vice President and Mrs Marshall todav met the members of the Wil-1 son family party who have arrived1 prcparaton for the familv dinner this afternoon, which will precede the Princeton alumni smoker, the last! event for todav on the new iiresi-dent's iiresi-dent's official program. |