Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-30

five exposition buildings, decorated
with the flags of all nations. The
President will review the parade from
the grand stand in the court of monu-
ments, the principal vista of the fair.
Luncheon served by the exposition
directorate at the Administration
building will regale the President and
guests until 100 P. NJ. when a grand
band concert by 80 bands announces
the prelude to the dedicatory cere-
monies. The doors of the Liberal Arts
building will admit $4,000 persons, to
be seated under the direction of guards
and ushers.
A grand stand at the north side will
seat $4,000 guests. Accommodations
for 400 newspaper correspondents are
provided Immediately beneath and in
front of the Presidents rostrum. On
the west side, $50 feet from the Pres
dent, a chorus of 5000 voices. selected
from the leading singing societies of ST.
Louis and an augmented band of 200
pieces will render the masters.
Promptly at two o'clock the vast as
sembly will be called to order by Da-
Vid X. Francis. president of the expo
sition. Cardinal Gibbons, in the scar
let vestments of prince of the Roman
church will lend a touch of color to the
brilliant scene when he advances to
the front of the Presidents rostrum to
deliver the invocation.
Thomas H. Carter president of the
worlds fair national commission, will
be announced as the president of the
| day. A choral and band rendition of
| The Heavens Proclaiming" will pre-
| cede the presentation of the buildings
| by President Francis to the President
| of the United States. President Roose-
welt will then make the dedication ad-
| dress.
] Immediately at the close of the Pres
| idents words. the grand chorus will
thunder unfold, We Portals" Former
| President Grover Cleveland, the orator
of the occasion will deliver a panegyrie
Bishop E. r. Hendricks of the Metho-
dist church will pray and the Right
Reverend Henry C. Potter of New York
will speak the benediction. A centen-
NAL salute of 100 guns closes the pro-
gram.
| At eight o'clock the pyrotechnic dis
| play begins in front of the grand stand
near the Administration building. The
length of this production is suggested
by the So numbers which it includes
| About 10000 persons can witness the
spectacle from the grand stand. 1t is
estimated that it will require three
hours, from eight to eleven o'clock, to
burn tons of powder the fireworks
king has piled on the grounds. Henry
Pain has promised to surpass anything
he has done and the monumental char
acter of some of his cards seem to as
sure a magnificent display.
The sensation of the evening will be
the ascension of seven great gas bal
looms controlled by experienced aero
nauts. At a great altitude the opera
| tors fire a salute of aerial guns. The
largest vessel drops a huge American
| flag iii pyrotechnics, 400 feet long by
! 200 feet wide. An aerial salute of 81
guns greets the appearance of the
Stars and Stripes. This is the sig
nal for dropping from the six other
balloons, the pyrotechnic flags of the
six greatest powers. Each flag is $50
feet by 100 feet
Another conspicuous number will be
the Festival Hall and the Cascade
Gardens of the Worlds Fair, done in
fire on set piece 900 feet long by sc
feet high, the exact vertical height of
the genuine cascades. Streams of
opaIescent fire will fall over the cas-
cades. Other numbers include every
thing that is known to the science of
IpyrotechnicS.
Aside from the mere pageantry of the
military parade of the first day, the
demonstration is intended to impress
several hundreds of thousands of
American citizens and her foreign
Igucsts with the fitness of both the regu-
lar arm of the Republics soldiery and
it's National Guard.
This being the end sought by the Ma
tional Commission, only the best types
of troops will appear in the parade.
United States engineers, artillery, cav
Ialry and infantry will represent all
larns of the service. The battalions
Twill parade in every kind of uniform
adopted by the War Department. The
lnew cavalry dress, the khaki of the
field. the fatigue, and the latest olive
drab battle cloth will be shown on diff
ferent battalions.
Catching the spirit Of this educational
mobilization, the state authorities have
lpicked only the best drilled and
equipped troops for the show. New
York is sending composite regiment
of companies selected by the adjutant-
general of that commonwealth, from
the crack regiments. Ohio is prepar-
| ing to send the First, Second. Third and
Fourth Regiments. Missouri will con-
Tribute her Second, Third, Fourth and
| Fifth Regiments. The First Missouri
will do police duty on the Exposition
grounds and therefore will not take
part in the parade.
Illinois intends to be represented by
the Fourth Regiment and the Second
Ships Crew of the Naval Militia. Iowa
will send her Thirty-fourth Regiment.
Minnesota will appear with the First
Infantry Louisiana sends as a guard
| to her governor, battalion, and Okla
homa has prepared similar display.
What the other states will decide to do
before the dedication is only indicated
by a general desire to share the honors
in this monster demonstration to show
that the nation is on guard.
Grand Marshal Corbin has now the
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