Arrangement Are Taking Shape

Washington, Dec. 26.- Chairman Bell of the inauguration committee has returned from New York, where he had a conference wlth General Horace Porter, the chief marshal of the inauguration parade. General Porter has already perfected the outlines of the arrangements. Both military and civio organizations will be required to march in columns of twenty-four front instead of sixteen, as heretofore, and in close order, the purpose being to have 12,000 marchers pass a given point each hour. The questlon of position in the parade will be determined by the order in which the several states represented came into the union. General Nelson A. Miles of the army was appointed chairman of the reception committee by Mr. Bell.