Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-25

animals, distributed in the following
order:
Infantry-Third regiment, eight
companies; three from Columbus bar
racks and five from Fort Thomas.
Sixth regiment-Twelve companies
from Fort Leavenworth.
| Twentieth regiment-Five compan-
les from Fort Sheridan and three
from Columbus barracks.
| Twenty-second regiment Eight
companies from Fort Crook.
| Cavalry-Fourth regiment, four
troops from Jefferson barracks.
Eighth regiment-Four troops from
Jefferson barracks and two troops
from Fort Riley.
| Artillery-Two batteries, mountain
and siege, from Fort Leavenworth, and
two batteries of field artillery from
Fort Riley. The artillery from Leav-
enworth will consist of ten guns, four
caissons for the siege guns, one bat
terry and one stote wagon. The ar
tillery from Fort Riley will have
twelve pieces and twelve caissons.
| Engineers First battalion, four
companies from Fort Leavenworth.
Under this assignment of United
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rade, nine battalions, four companies
each, of infantry, three squadrons of
cavalry, two with four troops each
and one with two troops and one bat
talon of artillery and one battalion
of engineers. Gov. Benjamin b. Odell,
of New York, has consented to act
as marshal of the state militia on pa
rade. Other governors will ride at
the head of their troops. The United
States naval contingent from the
Monitor Arkansas, will be given n
| conspicuous place in the line.
| The second day of the celebration
brings into sharp notice the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps. Every
government represented at Washing
ton will have transferred its head
quarters for three days from the ma
tional capital to St. Louis. Arrange
ments have been completed for enter
tanning the corps in sumptous style
at the Planters Hotel, where two
whole floors have been reserved for
them. Many of the diplomats will
be accompanied by their wives. Car
riages for their participation in the
parade have been selected with special
care. Each vehicle will be marked
with small silllen flag of the coun-
| try the occupants represent, so that
| the spectators on the sidewalks may
recognize at glance the gold splash
ed dignitary on the seat. Seats have
! been reserved for them on each side
of the presidents rostrum on the
grand stand in the Liberal Arts build
| ing and on the reviewing stand in the
grand court of the exposition.
| At 1890 a. IN. the second day of the
celebration, the members of the diplo-
matte corps, the representatives of
foreign governments to the exposition
and other official guests viii assemble
at the st. Louis club and be conduct
| ed from that point under military
escort to the Liberal Arts building.
| y lunch will be served in the Admins
tration building. At noon the assem-
bly, will be called to order by Corwin
II. Spencer, first vice president of the
exposition and the chairman of the
committee on ceremonies.
| The Rev. Carl Swenson will pro-
nounce the Invocation. Former United
| States Senator John II. Thurston
member of the Worlds Fair national
commission, will be introduced as the
| president of the day. David X. Fran
els, president of the exposition, will
extend greetings to the representa-
tives of foreign governments to the
universal exposition of 1904. The
French ambassador will make an adj
dress. After the halleluia chorus
from ''The Messiah the Spanish min
lister will speak. Rev. Samuel j..
NiccOlls. of st. Louis, will deliver the
benediction. \ centennial salute of
100 guns concludes the program.
The Pains have prepared the great
est exhibition of day fireworks ever
shown for the afternoon of this day,
following the exercises in the Liberal
Arts. Several carloads of day pyro-
technics have been received by way
of San Francisco. As the Pains in
tend to use this occasion to intro
duce the day fireworks into America
on the scale used in Japan and other
Oriental countries, the program will
continue up to the hour of the sec
ond display of night pyrotechnics.
The second program includes A num-
bers. 1t will not last as long as the
display on the first night, owing to
a reception to the diplomatic corps
which the exposition directorate in
tends to give at the st. Louis club
that evening. Features of the second
pyrotechnics display include repro
auctions in fire of the Cabildo, the
building at New Orleans in which the
actual transfer of the Louisiana ter
ritory was made by the agents of
| France to tie agents of the United
States; a reproduction of the first
government house in St. Louis. Thou
sands of bombs and rockets will be
discharged on these nights. Portraits
of the president of the United States,
some of the distinguished guests and
the exhibition officials will be shown
on the same night.
State Day is the last of the trinity
of exciting days of the dedication Pc
! Rod A great civic parade of nearly