Evening star., 1899-03-11
VIEWS OF WAR AND PEACE
Features of Festivities Proposed to Be Held
in This City.
Program Preparef for the Last Day
of Jab,iee asseriear Pageant
Representiss yheee Epochs.

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| being made for 4he Speace jubilee, to be
held in this city from May. % TO rs. This
| evening there is to be "a meeting of the
| executive committee at the headquarters
1314 F street northwest, and Monday the
| finance committee will be in session ut the
Ebbitt House
The program for the festivities which will
mark the several days Of the jubilee has
been prepared and the main features have
been published in The Star 1t is proposed
on the afternoon Of the third and last day
to have what is called historical pageant
which will give in regular sequence the
several great military and nava! epochs OF
the United States, preceded by tableau
floats and characters, showing Columbus
before Queen Isabella and Ferdinand, prior
to his leaving Spain for the then undiscov-
cred western hemisphere, and his landing
upon the shores of this continent
Following will be the famous flags of
the revolution. General Washington and
his staff, mounted; Morgan riflemen in
their green hunting jackets. brown
breeches, leggins. gIngham shirts, powder
horns and belts, long-haired wigs ana mus
kets; Continental Infantry, artillery and
sailors, this epoch being concluded with
a tabieau float depicting Washington cross
ing the Delaware just before the decisive
battle at Trenton.
War of 1912.
The DAYS of 1912 will be shown by Cen
eral Andrew Jackson and staff on horse
back, followed by soldiers and sailors OF
that period, the epoch closing with a tab
leau float representing Commodore Perry
at the great naval conflict on Lake Erie.
Then will come recollections of the war
with Mexico, in 1s45 with General Zach
airy Taylor and staff, mounted, and soldiers
and sailors, an inspiring scene before the
walls of Mexico being shown on a tabieau
float.
Our civil conflict of 1s61-G5 will be repre-
sented, first, by General George B. Nc
Clellan and staff. followed by soldiers and
sailors of that time, the epoch being ended
by a beautiful and suggestive float called
North and South United"
Spanish American Conflict.
The concluding and more recent epoch in
our history, the war with Spain, will be
shown as follows: First a tabieau float, en-
titled War in the immediate foreground
being the wreck of the Maine. In the back
ground, standing on the shores of Florida,
as it were, will be Columbia, grasping in
her right hand a sword. her left hand rest
ing on the head OF haf-clad and pitiable-
looking Cuban woman, who is at Column
bias feet pleading for succor and protec-
ton At the back of Columbia will be SOL
diers and sailors with guns at a charge
and a bugler with his instrument ready to
sound the notes 81 AZ Onward. linen Will
fellow soldiers ana sailors in heavy march
ing order, en- ro9te p the front and a
realistic picture Of, the capture of a Span
ish block house ph San Juan hill will be
presented. The battle has been fought and
the victory won. dPheoSpanish flag has been
taken down and OldiEIoryN isebeiug haul
ed to the staff fopH Several dead and
wounded Spanish soldiers are at the por-
tails of the little FORT and "olIr boys" are
thronging up the hillside with their glorious
shouts. Nearby is aiawoman oflrthe s.Red
Cross giving aid ssISi wounded soldier In
the Ffhifhadiate foreground. is Colonel (Fheo-
dQre Roosevelt. with sword o er head and
calling to his brave troopers to come for
ward ~AHthI -Ia+pD sut4u - ue.4i@,,s cf.scrr
Soldiers and sailors will follow, they hav-
ing thetsemblancsf ofoa return from Cuba
as will sbe shown ia5their, uniforms and
general appearance. qdj ,,s .,... r.
g, AHes-orir Feature. es
This historical epoch viii close, And thus
end the pageant, with a combined allego-
rical ani realistic picture, entitled Peace u
A typical ffresideTscerae will be given. Over
the mantef viii be displayed the aceoutre-
ments, of the soldier, who win pc seated be-
fore the fire. apparently telling to his
little daughter the story of The battle of
San j uanf Hill. The soldier has left his
tribute to American herOiSIn on the fields
Of Cuba, as IS shown by the empty sleeve.
Nearby is the mother, contentedly working
at some fancy article, and the boy" with
his school books is Seated at table.