The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18
Three Days Required to Present
Building Locations and Enter
tain Exposition Guests.
ROOSEVELT WILL VISIT SITE.
Luncheons and Meetings of Vari-
Gus Commissions in Admins
tration Building to Follow
the Presidents Address.

The official three days programme for the
allotment Of national State, Territorial and
colonial sites on the Worlds Fair grounds
was made public last night by the Ceremo-
MES Committee.
1t includes the visit of President Roose-
Welt TO the Exposition site, in connection
with his entertainment by the Business
Mems League. The President will address
en- audience IN the Coliseum the night OF
October L II is expected that he Will make
some remarks about the Fair.
Business meetings of the Government
Board. the National Commission, the Board
of Lady Managers and State commissions
have precluded the possibility OF having q
military demonstration a spectacle that has
been reserved for the d~edication next year.
The programme IN detail IS:
Tuesday. September 30-Members OF the
National Commission. of the Board OF Lady
Managers, of the Government Board, OF the
State and Territorial Commissions. GoVeIn,,
ors OF States and other invited guests MI
assemble at $50 a m, at the Planters Ho-
tel, the Southern Hotel, or the general
Offices Of the Exposition company Lac.eav
be most convenient
Special cars will be in waiting at these
three n1n1nF places 7gn aaa S S1 wa syaf Of the worlds
Fair grounds. to the Country Cluo' wnere
breakfast viii be served at noon. At 2 p:
from the Country Cub to Lindell pavilion,
where a special Exposition observation
train will be in waiting on the Worids
grade, ascending the hillsides past the site
of the United States Government b1hdlng;
to the southeastern section OF the Nooosx
plateau, where sites have been set apart
for the allotment OF State buildings. al
$40 ceremonies win be concluded for the
fiT sts day. g:y the pa anS r efRrns to sR 5se hotels 6zi
WEDNESDAYS FEATURES
Wednesday. October Especial cars VIII
leave the Southern and Planters anq E&Po-
sition offices at 10 a m Tor tne woono+
ting sites viii be resumed. Formal allotment
OF sites VIII also be made 70 ComInission-
pines. Commissioner General A Nuncio for
Mexico and Commissioner General ". a
Huchison for Canada.
the Cafe Ia From at the administrator
building. Rooms have been provided In the
Administration building for meetings OF the
States and Territorial commissions.
President Roosevelt will arrive at Union
Station about 5 2. m and Will visit the
e Mor entra las b 6T Way Of Foress Park about
4 D. N. He Will be received at the Admin
istration building by the National Commits
sion and Exposition officers. the Govern
ment Board and other guests.
The President Will be escorted to the Coli
scum In the evening by the Business Meme
League, arriving there at 3 p m, when a
public reception will be held and addresses
made. Seats on the platform VII. be re-
served Tor the NGuOnai COmnlSSlon- Inc
Board Of Lady Managers. the Government
Board. the State and Territorial Commits
SONS. Governors of States and other guests.
Thursday. October Rdeetfngs Of The Ma
ton Commission, the Government Board,
thu Board Of Lady Managers, Commissions
Of States and Territories will be the order
Of the last day. together with conferences
between commissions and officers OF the Ex-
position. Seats have been reserved in the
evening at some OF the theaters for the Ma
fional and State and Territorial bodies, Gov
ernors end other guests
CEREMONY OF ALLOTMENT.
The Ceremonies Committee has arranged
q form Of ceremony which viii be followed
at the site In allctting the various reserves.
Banners bearing the seal Of each State and
Territory, national Governments and pos
sessions viii be planted on the respective
sites in advance OF the coming OF the COM
missions.
Jefferson Guards viii clear a space about
the banner. The President Of the ENpoa-
ton Company and the Director OF Works
Will take their places at the n The
chairman OF the Committee on States ana
Territories viii advance with the Commits
sion of the first State: The commission
Exposition by the chairman Of the COM
mittee. The President Is to acknowledge
the introduction In a few words and In
struct the Director of Works to transfer
the site.
The Director Of WORKS Will raise the ban
ner and deliver Il to the chairman of the
the act Of allotment and will introduce the
orator chosen by his commission to make
a ten-minute address. The party will then
move TO the next site. A band stationed
at a central location on the reservation set
epart for the States win play as the party