817.001 Moncada/8: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:20 p.m.]
1. Moncada was inaugurated this morning at an orderly and impressive ceremony on a platform in front of the National Palace. He and President Diaz drove together from the latter’s residence to the palace and after the ceremony the entire party attended a Te Deum at the Cathedral and then proceeded to the Presidential Palace where there was an informal reception attended by members of both parties. Tonight there will be an inaugural ball. General Beadle, the chief of the guardia, was responsible for most of the arrangements for the inauguration and the success of these arrangements reflected much credit on his organization.