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Show INTERIOR OF MAGNIFICENT PENSION BUILDING, SCENE OF THE INAUGURAL IN-AUGURAL BALL. INAUGURAL PARADE FINES SEEN MARKED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED DISPLAY OF MILITARY. CADETS ARE IN THE VAN Regular, Sailors and Marines from Atlantic Fleet, National Guardsmen Guards-men and Scores of Civic Organizations. Or-ganizations. V BY EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington, March 4. Seldom has the national capital witnessed a pa-rado pa-rado that equaled in extent l tary band. Then came MaJ. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief of the general staff of the United-States army, who was tho parade's grand marshal, and his staff. The military division bad the right of way after the president's escort. es-cort. At its head were the West Point cadets in their gray uniforms, marching march-ing with the perfect alignment for which the military studonts are famed. Behind the stripling Boldlers came the stripling sailors, the midshipmen from the naval academy at Annapolia. The cadet6 of both schools were cheered, as they . always have been cheered at every Inaugural parade in which they have taken part. Immediately behind the future officers of army and navy came the regulars of the military service, veterans most of them, who had seen service In Cuba and in the Philippines, and, many of them, upon the plains in the days before the Indians had left the war path for the ways of peace. In the lino wore the 2,600 men who record breaking Journey around th world had been astembled. . The battleships, bat-tleships, the crulsera, the destroyer and the torpedo boats were drawn upon for "Jackies" to give the ,8?t service an adequate representation la the inaugural ceremonies. There were 3.000 sallora from the Connecticut, the nilnols and the other ships of Sprry't fleet in the parade. The marines followed fol-lowed the sailors. There was a full regiment of them, men from . that branch of the servlco which has taken the Initiative in many of the beyond-the beyond-the sea troubles In which the forces of this country have been engaged In Korea in the late '60's. In Cuba in 1898, and In China In 1900. Regulars and 8allor. The regulars of tho government service led the way, their conceded right. Behind them came the men who, in time of war, form first the reserve re-serve forco, and later when brought Into real soldiers' shape, the backbone force of tho government's army th National Guardsmen of the states ot Q the union. The ' Guardsmen showed by their bearing, their marching and their evolutions the result of tho deeper deep-er interest which in recent years has been taken in the military service by tho civilian soldiers. Tho regulars and the guardsmen aro closer together to-day in sympathy and in efficiency than over they were before The appearance of the stale soldiers in th Inaugural parade proved the truth of what many army officers have held recentlythat re-centlythat to-day it Is but a step from the discipline and the morale ol the militia to tho discipline and morale of tho regulars. Scores of Clubs In Line. In the rear of the military division came the civic organizations. There were In line more than 100 clubs and political associations from all parts ol tho country, nearly all of them wearing wear-ing flomo unique and distinguishing uniform. The American club of Pittsburg Pitts-burg acted as personal escort to Thomas P. Morgan, the chief of the civic organizations' committee. Among the organizations which had a place in the parade were eevoral from President Taft's state Ohio. Among these were the Citizens' Taft club and tho Stamina Republican club of Cincinnati. Uniform Rank Knlghti ' of Maccabees, Cleveland; tho Repub lican Glee club and the Buckeye Republican Re-publican club of Columbus. Veteran Organizations. As a special honor to Vice-President James S. Sherman came the Conkllng Unconditional, a" veteran' marching political club, and the Sherman Scouts, both of Utlca, N. Y., the homo town ol Mr. Sherman. New York being Mr. Roosevelt's state, as It is that of Mr. Sherman, contributed an unusual number num-ber of marching clubs to the ceremonies ceremo-nies of tho inauguration. Mr.-Roosevelt's neighbors from Long Island pa raded 250 strong. There were thrco Republican clubs from New York city, a political organization of colored men, from Brooklyn, and several other political polit-ical associations irom different cities of tho stato. Middle West Well Represented. . . Illinois, Indiana, Missouri. Kentucky, Minnesota and other states of the middle mid-dle west and of the south were represented repre-sented by associations of citizens, political po-litical clubs, and by prominent state, county and municipal officials. Many veterans of the civil war who Berved in the ranks of the union or in tbe ranks of the confederacy were present In the parade. There were more former for-mer confederates in line than wert present at any previous inauguration of a Republican president. Luncheon in White House. As 60on as President Taft reachef the White House he entered and wui greeted by the members of a specially invited presidential party, including the governors of several states, prominent federal officials, personal friends of the president and tbe members of the presidential family to a remote degref of relationship. .A light luncheon wal served In the great state dining room, and as soon as It was over the president presi-dent walked across tho grounds of lb White House to the presidential reviewing re-viewing stand built on the Bouth side of the avenue directly In front of thl main entrance to the White House and facing Lafayette square. The president presi-dent took his place on the reviewlnj stand, and with him were the menv ben of the presidential party. Vlc , President Sherman stood on the Irani dlate right of the chief executive Across Pennsylvania avenue directly 4 In front of the president was a hug Etand for spectators occupying tho entire en-tire length of one side of LafayetU square. Parade Patset In Review. As soon as the president appeared on the reviewing stand the Jeadinl band of the procession, which bad beci halted to await the appearance of Mr. Taft. began to play "Hall to the Chief." Gen. Bull gave tho order to pass In r view, and tbo great proceeslon, bavin! its head at the White House, moved forward to pass bc-foro the chief magi trate. As body after body of soldier sailors and civilians passed, they s luted and tho president saluted Itf turn. It took tho procession three hours t" pass tho reviewing stand. It was t great sight, full of interefit and colon Undor the direction of tho trained mil" itary chieftains who had given tbeif time to the perfection of details, tn parade passed quickly and in perfect form. Wben In front of the review lug stand some of the civic marchlnj clubs showed their proflcloncy in drill by porformlng evolutions. Tbe reg lars and National Guardsmen, bo ever, swept by in perfect military pr clslon. The parade was worthy of the" occasion that called It into marching 11a. PRESIDENT IN PARADE GUARDED- BY SECRET SERVICE MEN. that which followed Presi-aent Presi-aent William H. Taft from the capitol to tho White House Immediately after his inauguration. As soon as the president's pres-ident's carriage started up Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania avenue the parade was formed. The details of the military part of the procesBion were arranged by Brig Gen. John A. Johnson, chief of staff to Oen. Bell, and by MaJ. Samuel D. Sturgls, who acted as adjutant general. gen-eral. Cheera for the Cadets. The guard of honor attending Prcsi dent Taft was followed Immediately by a mounted police guard and a full mill- had formed the Cuban army of pacification, pacifi-cation, and who had Just left that island is-land in pursuance of the policy of the United States to withdraw its troops as soon as the Cubans gave evidence evi-dence that they were capable of governing gov-erning themselves. In the forco of regulars wero cavalrymen, infantrymen infantry-men and artillerymen, tbe yellow, the blue and tho red of the service lending lend-ing their colors, and something of the pomp and circumstance of war time, to the parade. Thousands from Sperry's Fleet In the waters of Hampton roads for ten days the fleet which had made its THE PRESIDENT'S ROOM IN THE PENSION BUILDING DECORATED FOR THE INAUGURAL BALL. |