high order which adapt themselves easily to new situations. The man who turned from teaching to soldiering and from soldiering to legislation, and made his mark in all these, was not likely to be at a loss when called as President, while still a young and teachable man, to duties less alien to his previous career than each of these was in its turn.

A committee of citizens met the President-elect on his arrival, and escorted him to the Riggs House, where he took up his residence until after the inauguration.

This, as the Constitution duly provides, took place upon March 4th. The day opened unfavorably. Snow and ice had covered the broad avenues of the capital with slippery slush. The sky had a dull gray tinge, that seemed to preclude all smiles from the sun. At daybreak everything -seemed inauspicious. The flags over the many triumphal arches were wet and lifeless; the prospect was exceedingly dull. Yet it was a great day. The President rose from his bed in the Executive Mansion for the last time as Chief Magistrate of the nation. On the morrow he would be only a private citizen, on his way to oblivion. The President-elect awoke for the last time-for four years as a freeman, responsible for himself alone. It was just nine months since his nomination. Five months of these he had little to do, save speculate on the result. They were months of apprehension, of course, but

months during which there was nothing he could personally do to help his cause. The next four months his mind had had little rest; and, as he is a great, conscientious, sensitive man, who never fails to appreciate the responsibilities before him, there could have been-in this gray morningbut little room for self-congratulation. He could not regard the office which he was that day to accept as a personal gift or trust, because for four years to come he was not to see a day on which he could say he was free from anxiety. No wonder he watched the light steal into the quiet streets with some doubts as to whether he had strength sufficient to meet the coming dawn.

The promise of the cold gray morning remained unfulfilled as the day wore on. The sun coming out soon cleared the streets of all the ice and snow they contained, and, a little later, dried them completely. They were thronged by an enor- mous crowd, far surpassing anything ever seen on similar occasions. The masses were patient and happy, and waited eagerly to see the procession on its way to the Capitol.

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At 10.15 the Presidential party came of the White House, entered their carriages, and, preceded by the Cleveland Troop, moved through the west gate to Pennsylvania Avenue. The Presidential party, occupying two four-horse carriages, consisted of President Hayes, President-elect Garfield, Vice-President-elect Arthur,

and Senators Bayard, Pendleton and Anthony. The Marine Band saluted them with "Hail to the Chief," and the booming of a gun started the first division of the great procession, which was the Presidential escort, on its way to the Capitol. This escort consisted of picked troops of United States infantry, cavalry, artillery and the Annapolis Cadets. The avenue was by this time one mass of humanity. From the Capitol to the Treasury, looking from the balcony of the Library, no grander sight of the sort was ever witnessed-one mile of street, two hundred feet wide, crammed from house-line to house-line with variegated humanity. It was a continuous struggle of an hour to get through this mass of people from one of these points to the other. The gayly-decked banners, flags and national bunting flying from every house, the happy faces at the windows, the thousands of spectators installed in the banks of temporary seats made up a picturesque scene which will last long in the memory of those pres

ent.

But it was only after the ceremonies at the Capitol had been concluded that the real procession of the day began to move. After the President had delivered his inaugural, his party entered their carriages, and the march up the avenue to the White House began. General Sherman was in command, and the army which he commanded was composed of fully fifteen thousand men. The

first division, under command of Major-General R. B. Ayres, United States Army, consisted of twelve companies of regular artillery, four companies of marines, a battalion of Cleveland troops, cavalry, the President and party in carriages, Knights Templar, four platoons; Grand Army of the Republic, eight platoons; Boys in Blue, eight pla toons; Naval Cadets, two-horse batteries of reg. ulars, battalion Washington Light Infantry, four companies; Colonel Moore, Company A, Fifth Battalion; Second California Brigade, Hampton Cadets, Virginia; Langston Guards, Norfolk, Va.; Union Blues, Thomasville, Ga.; Rome Star Guards, Georgia; National Rifles, Washington, Captain Burnside; Signal Corps, United States Army, and the Ninth Regiment of New York. Next came the most interesting feature of the procession-the second division, under command of Major General Hartranft. It was made up entirely of Pennsylvania militia, and, as they marched up the avenue, they received most vigorous applause. Their step was firm, and it was the common remark that the regulars must look to their laurels. They were in the uniform of the United States Infantry, and carried knapsacks, canteens and rations for three days, living in camp. There seemed to be no end to the Pennsylvanians; but there is an end to everything, and the third division finally put in an appearance. This division, commanded by Major-General

Thomas C. Fletcher, consisted of the Grand Army of the Republic, Boys in Blue and militia from New York, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and veterans from the District of Columbia and Pittsburg. The Harrisburg City Grays, the Titusville Citizens' Corps and the Dickinson College and Pennsylvania State College Cadets were also in this division. The fourth division, under the command of Major-General Charles H. Field, was composed of militia from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida. The fifth division, under the command of Colonel Robert Boyd, was composed exclusively of civic societies, and here marched the Philadelphia political clubs.

Later, on the reviewing stand the scene was a grand one. Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of the White House and for several squares above and below it, when the head of the procession reached the Treasury Department, was literally packed with people, who had been waiting patiently an hour or longer for the return of President Garfield from the Capitol. When the carriages containing the Presidential party reached the eastern gate leading to the Executive Mansion, they were driven inside, and the party soon afterwards appeared upon the grand stand, extending along