Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-09
FULL SIZE WARSHIP MODEL
To Be Feature of the United States Naval Exhibit at the Worlds Fair.

To Be Feature of the United States
 Naval Exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
 B. F. Peters, chief clerk, having charge Of the navy department exhibit at the worlds fair, St Louis, has for
 mulated plans for his exhibit which will make it undoubtedly the most mo- table and novel in the history of gov ernment participation in expositions. The department as whole has an ex- ceptional opportunity to contribute to the greatness of the exposition. By It's unsurpassed exhibit in the government building, the detail of a battalion of marines in their model camp on the ex- position grounds, and the proposed de
 tail of a squadron of men -of-war at St Louis when the exposition opens, this department will add more to the sue
 cess of the exposition possibly than
 any other. The new features which
 Mir Peters will have in his exhibit will render 1t intensely interesting.
 The most important feature Of the
 exhibit will be an exact sized model or
 an American man-of-war. showing that
 portion of the vessel from the bow
 back a distance of 11S feet to about the
 first smoke-stack. The model will not
 be q reproduction of any particular type of ship, but will contain features
 peculiar to battleships. cruisers and
 eunboats. Both the upper and main decks will be shown. On the former will be two ten-inch breech-loadlng
 rifles in modern balanced turrets. The
 main deck will show the captains office. staterooms, messrooms, petty officers quarters, berths. baths, ham,
 mocks. galley, mess dispensary, ammu- milton hoists. torpedos, eletric water tight doors in operation and naval guns of different calibres. This model | will occupy the central portion of the naval exhibit and will be free of access to visitors, who thus will be enabled l to examine carefully and at close range a modern American man-of-War
 i Next in importance to the warship model will be the exhibition hourly,
 while the government building is open. of biograph motion scenes, illustrative Of the life and duties of the crews on ! United States men-of-war. "
 These moving pictures will be thrown on a twenty-foot canvas and were | taken during the summer maneuvers of the North Atlantic squadron off the
 coast of New England. The scenes reproduced show the maneuvers e$ ves- S01S, great Suu PAGIElScS. IdlluIuE par 1 ties. boat races, fire quarters and gen. eral muster.
 In addition to these radical changes 1 in his former plans, Mir Peters will ex- | hibit an exact model of the new naval | academy at Annapolis in miniature, showing in detail the buildings and
 grounds (as they will be when com
 1leted) for which congress has appro-
 priated $1O,0OO.OO0.
 | Other features Of the naval will in- c1ude about thirty models of United | States men-of-war, battleships, cruis-> CTS. gunboats, torpedo-boats, torpedo boat destroyers etc, similar to those
 now on exhibition in the navy depart ment at Washington. 1 Separate exhibits from the different 1 department bureaus. such as the divis- l ion of supplies and accounts, construc- ton and repair. navigation. eauipment
 and ordnance, will be arranged. Tn | addition there will be numerous fea- lures of great interest, which have been outlined heretofore. .,
 Tn order properly to guard the naval section, and for the purpose of daily
 drills, a battalion of 200 United States marines will be detailed for duty on the exposition grounds. Their cawp will serve as a perfect exhibit Mf ! I~modern marine camp.