The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-24
Navy Department Will Present to
Worlds Fair Sightseer a Gen
eral Idea of the Service.
MODELS OF SHIPS TO BE SHOWN
Liberal Appropriation and Allot.
ment of Space Has Encouraged
Officials to Make Unusual
Preparations for Display.
The Republic Bureau.

| Washington. March 23-What promises TO
| be one of the most interesting of the Gov
eminent exhibits at the St. Louis Cniver-
sal Exposition Is that Of the Navy De-
partment. which is being planned and col
lected under the supervision of Chief Clerk
Peters. While This general outline of the
proposed display is tentative. Mr.. Peters
promises that the Navy Department will be
represented at st. Louis as 1t has never
| been before. and all the projects now IN
der consideration in all probability Will be
Installed in due time.
In this exhibit the Navy Department will
endeavor to present to the average visitor
a general idea OF the United States Navy
of Its vessels and weapons and of their
progress ard evolution to the present date.
as well as an idea of the work OF the Navy
ganization of this important arm OF the
national defense together with repre-
sentation OF life on board of q vessel OF
war
This has been the endeavor OF the Navy
Department at all of the big expositfons.
but never before have the opportunities
Louis. With the large appropriation and
space allotment both greater than ever
before. it is expected that the work OF
the Navy Department will long be remem-
bered as one of the greatest and most
thorough exhibits ever undertaken on this
or foreign soil.
MODEL OF SHIP OF WAR
The central figure of the exhibit will be
beam. with the original fisurehead bow
and stern Of the Olympia, which was Ad-
miral Dewey's famous flagship at the battle
of Manila Bay. In the middle VIII be erect
ed a turret with Finch guns, possibly a
double rurret. Rapid-frins guns will be
placed along the starhoard and port sides
manned by life-si2ed wax figures. who Will
be represented in the act Of loading and
firing.
Figures dressed as officers and men. also
will be seen on deck. cutter from ths
captured Spanish gunboat Alvarado. sup
ported from davits taken from the Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes. which was sunk
wares raised and brought to the United
States. together with the steering gear
from the vandalia. lost in the Samoan hurt-
cane of 1888. also will be exhibited
An interesting and instructive exhibit will
be large map of the world, twenty feet
long and eight feet wide. drawn on can
abouts of all the vessels under direct con-
troll OF the Bureau of Navigation, with
which bureau direct Geographic conImuni-
cation will be established and each order
obeyed by miniature vessels In all the wa
tiers OF the globe. A perspective drawing OF
the State. War and Navy Department build
drawn by pen. which required the services
OF a draughtsman for n year; Will attract
considerable attention; especially from those
of architectural training.
Prominent among the many models Of ves-
sells that VIII be put on exhibition will be
that of the new battleship Missouri. This
group will be arranged in circles composed
pedo-boats. and in the center will be the
Missouri's type.
There will be also models of the old war
sloop Kearsarge. the old wooden line-of-
ington and Ohio. while the models OF sub
marine boats. loaned by Inventors Lake and
Hoiilrl also will be diaDlayed
Plans Of the original Merrimac and Mon
itor the two vessels that were pioneers in
the application of arrlor and which revolu-
tionized naval architecture throughout the
world also will be shown.
Types Of all the guns in use by the navy,
including the ponderous 13-inch gun, will
be on sight. while carbines, Springfield and
Krag-Jorgensen rifles, lately adopted by
sailors will be in evidence
ARRANGEMENTS are under way by which a
battalion of marines will be sent to St
Louis to be camped on the Exposition
grounds and, during certain hours OF the
day, execute difficult drills to show their
skill with broadswords and other feats not
1t is the object of Chief Clerk Peters to
establish such quarters as near as possible
to the life-saving squad, which also will
go through drills several times day. so
more realistic.
An exact model OF the new $4,000 900
buildings of the, Naval Academy Will be
produced. together with complete min
iature reproductions OF all the navy yards
and dockyards in the country.
Many other features which will be OF
itor alike will be tastefuily displayed.
Altogether, 1t should prove to be one Of
the most interesting and instructive exhib-
it is due to Mr. Peters and his assistants
make the navy exhibit a success.