The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08
ARRANGE BIG oGRAM-RELic
TO ARRIVE TO-DAY ON
SPECIAL TRAIN--WfLL BE
MILITARY PARADE.
TO INSTALL BELL IN WEST Wiz
So GINA BUILDING AFTER APP
PROPRIATE CERE-
MONIES.

meeting and greeting the Liberty
Bell, TO arrive in st. Louis today.
For weeks committees of the com
mon and select council of Philadel-
phfa and the officers of the Exposi-
an effort to arrange a satisfactory
program
The bell is to come on a special
train, and the council OF Philadelphia
has appropriated $4,000 to defray
the expenses of the trip The mayor
of the city, with ten invited guests,
the committee of the two councils
and a guard of ten police officers will
he on the train. The route decided
upon is through New York, Pennsyl-
YanIa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa and Missouri
In st. Louis arrangements have
been made for properly receiving
= the bell and those who accompany it.
mia building, on the plateau of States,
ssto remain until the close Of the
Worlds Fair period.
s a. NJ it Will arrive at the
Union station. The party viii be
met by official representatives OF the
Mayor Of St. Louis.
III p. NJ. Mayor Wells and mem
sbers Of the City Council and House
5sof Delegates, representing the mu-
nicipality of St. Louis, and the re-
ception and entertainment commit
tees Of Philadelphia at the Jefferson
hotel
Immediately following this call.
i the parties representing both cities
Union station, where the Liberty
Bell and mounted escort will be in
waiting.
To Start For the Grounds.
At 80 Pm. the Liberty Bell, with
as its official escort, will start to the
Exposition grounds in the following
order:
Derail mounted police.
Troop of United States Cavalry
from JEFFERSON barracks.
Liberty Bell.
Mayors of Philadelphia and ST.
) Louis.
s.s Select and common councils of
Philadelphia.
City Council and House of Dele
gates of ST. Louis:
Reception and entertainment com
mittee of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position. in carriages.
The escort with the bell will
4 march direct to the parade entrance
I of the Exposition grounds, where all
) the military Organizations encamped
within the grounds will be congre-
s. gated These organizations will
form in parade order, and with the
escort and the Liberty Bell, march
through the Exposition grounds to
the plaza OF St. Louis, where the
z ceremonies will occur. The Liberty
Bell viii be carried on large deco
rated float drawn by thirteen horses,
Isl to typify the original thirteen States
4 of the American Union.
Military to Participate.
Military organizations ordered to
participate in the parade will report
n at the parade entrance at 2:3O P. NJ.
Promptly upon the arrival of the bell
and official escort from Union station
Z the organizations will form columns
and march into the Exposition
grounds in the following order:
Detail Jefferson guards.
Detail of mounted police.
Grand marshall and staff
West Point band.
Cadets United States Military
3 Academy.
sE Troop United states cavalry, JEFF
ferson barracks.
Philippine scouts band.
Battalion Philippine scouts.
" Battalion United States Marines.
Philippine constabulary band.
Wilson light infantry, North Caro-
lima:
Roanoke light infantry, Virginia
Band, Virginia Polytechnic Insti.
tute.
Battalion cadets, Virginia Polytech.
mic Institute.
Louisiana State College band.
Battalion cadets, louisiana State
D College.
Indian band.
Battalion cadets, Mississippi Agri-
scuIturaI and Mechanical College.
B Cadets, Western Military Acad-
sssrnyz.
Cadets Maryland Agricultural Col