The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
A CORNER OF H EXHIBIT AT NASHVILLE.

results in the management Of the Govern
ment's exhibits. and accordingly We find
the board at Buffalo composed of many of
the department employees who performed
similar service at Paris a year ago. The
personnel of the Pan-American board is as
fellows:
j. H. Brigham. chairman. Department Of
Agriculture: William II. Michael. Depart
ment of State: Wallace n. Hills. Treasury
Department: Captain 4. c. Harris. L. S A..
Wal Department: Frank Strong. Depart
ment of Justice: John V. Brownlow. Post
Office Department. h. F. Peters. Navy De-
partment: +. W. Clarke. Department of the
Interior: +. ". True. Smithsonian Institu-
ton and National Museum: W. Dec. RAJ
venol. Commission of FISH and Fisheries;
Charles IL. Nerril.. Department of Labor:
William e. Fox. bureau of the American
Republics: w. V. Cox. secretary: w. NJ.
Geddes, disbursing officer.
There is little doubt that many of these
officials will he selected for the Beard OF
Arrangement at st. Louis. and IL is pre-
dicted that their experience will make them
better fitted for the important duties they
will have to perform than inexperienced
men. however able. could be.
II will be understood, of course. that each
of these departments has his special corps
OF assistants. For instance. the Navy De-
partments representative will have a staff
embracing an expert or special aid from
each of the important bureaus of the navy.
At Chicago. In 1895. Commodore II. W.
Meade was the naval member of the Board
OF Management. Associated with him were
Lieutenant Commander Taussig, assistant,
In charge: Lieutenant j. NJ. Helm. execu-
tive officer: Lieutenant A. q. winterhaller,
Bureau OF Equipment exhibit: Lieutenant
H. Z. Poundstone. in charge of catalogue:
Ensign q. +. Blow. Bureau Of Navigation
exhibit: Gunner G. j. Walsh, Bureau of
ordnance exhibit. and several ptberS aach
detailed to look after the exhibit of the
bureau to which he is attached. In like
manner. all the Government departments are
to be represented at st. Louis; so that there
will be an aggregate of perhaps a hundred
men detailed by the Washington authorities
to assist in preparing and to have custody
of the exhibits.
Tn first appointments to the Board of
Management are expected to be made early
next spring: and afterwards each repre-
sentative will. after conference with the
head OF his department. select the aids he
desires.
Easily first in popular interest. II not in
the Importance of its exhibit, will he the
Navy Department. Since the building of the
New Navy began I'm 1885. Americans gen.
orally have watched its splendid develop
ment with pride. In the eight years when
passed until 1893 such strides had been
made In this work that at Chicago the ex-
hibits of the various bureaus of the navy are
said to have attracted more genuine inter-
est than any other feature of the exposition.
In the nearly ten years which have passed
since then. the navy has made still more
remarkable advances. and at St. Louis the
naval exhibit will far surpass anything of
the kind that has ever been attempted. No
definite plan has yet been considered at the
department. but there is a general express
sion heard in the various bureaus that the