Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-18
SECRETARY DICKINsoNs IDEA

OF What should BE the Opening Cere-
monies Of the Great worlds Column
bian Exposition Dictated Inte ryiew.
CHICAGO, Oct. IS. Secretary Dickin-
son, of the worlds Columbian exposi-
ton, has prepared an elaborate plan for
the exercises and ceremonies for the
dedication of the worlds fair buildings
Oct. IL, 1892. The secretary's scheme
will be presented to the committee on
ceremonies, which meets on Saturday.
As the plan has received the indorse-
ment of each member of the commit
tee it will doubtless be adopted.
Great Military Encampment.
Mr.. Dickinson proposes to give ON the
grounds ana in the buildings IA great
Interstate and international military ell
campment and band tournament. He
would have the exercises begin on the
first Monday in October and conclude a
few days after Oct. IL, making that day
the great event. He thinks that one
days festivities would not draw a COM
plete representation from each state. and
that the celebration would not beEt the
day.
The plan suggested Mr.. Dickinson
believes, will bring together all the
crack military organizations and the
finest bands in the country, and make it
the greate.t military and musical event
or the age.
The Attendance.
He calculates that 1t would BIO finan-
cial success lie figures the daily at
tendance ut 100, 005 to 200 900, and the
total admissions at 100000 to 2,000,-
600, which at fifty cents head would
bring handsome sum, and Mr.. Dickin-
son estimates not less than $3.50, 900
above the expenses.
A Dictated Interview.
In dictated interview the secretary
says
Several of the leading representa-
tives of the Matt onal guard of the vali-
GUS states have already suggested a
great military encampment during the
six months of the worlds fair, but the
officers of the exposition will be so oc-
cupied in arranging for the innumer-
able exhibits Of the products and in
dustries of the soil, mine and sea from
all over the world, and supervising the
civic departments and attractions of
the fair that they would not be able to
give a military encampment during the
fair the proper recognition that it
should have. 1t is on this account that
it is suggested that this great military
show and band contest be given at the
dedication celebration, and be made
strictly military and musical, having
no industlia parades or civic shows
during the dedication, as they more ap-
propriately belong to the exposition.
The executive committee of the local
Hirapto1V will TrNha lIv ba oolya1 IN ,,oo
slider the advisability of adopting this
plan as Il basis for the dedication cere-
monies and to agree to offer 500, 900 for
prizes for the military companies and
bands Of music to compete for, and to
agree to set aside 100000 for the pre-
liminary expenses in preparing for this
celebration, requesting at the same time
that a committee of the directory be APP
pointed to cooperate with the National
commission s committee on ceremonies
and that the two committees recon-
mend n general manager to be ap-
pointed by the director general.
After these two committees have
conferred fully mapped out plans, and
chosen proper officers and agents to
arrange for these dedication ceremonies,
1t is suggested that a meeting be held in
Chicago, Mt an early date of the est
military talent in the country, among
the National guard and the United
States army, say IA gatl ering of forty or
fifty men for a week, who will prepare
the PROSPECTUS of the military encamp.
ment and also the military prize list.
After the prospectus and prize list
have been sent out to the military COM
panies of this country and to foreign
governments, the joint committee can
then engage the services of musical
director, u man of recognized genius
among musicians, who can invite few
of the great bandmasters of the world
like Gilmore and others-to come to
this city and prepare the prize list for
the great band contests. together with
the prospectus which will be sent out to
all the bands of the world.
"Such celebration of the magnitude
herein suggested will enable the
worlds fair management to have re.
hearsal, as it were, six months before
the exposition opens, to test the trans
portation facilities to and from the
grounds to the city, the capacity for sat
isfactorily taking care of visitors in Chi
cago, tor policing the grounds the city
and the like. Such a rehearsal would
be of incalculable value in the success
full management of the worlds Column
bian exposition"