When the speech was made, the main work of the day was over.

After this came the great parade; the new and old Presidents were escorted back to the White House, in front of which a stand had been erected.  From this stand the new President reviewed the parade.

This took two hours and a half to pass, and consisted of National Guardsmen from every State in the Union, a division of the regular army and navy, clubs and organizations, and a division of Indian cadets from the Government School at Carlisle.