The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
WAR DISPLAY AT FAIR
SHIPS OF NATIONS TO ANCHOR
 AT ST. LOUIS. B.
Marine Section of Transportation De- partment to Show Comprehensive Display of Models of Latest
 Types of Fighting Vessels.
nv A c. cANTLEY.

c. Io,,,. March 1a-In these days wben tbe martial spirit seems to be arousinR all nations of the world to re- newed activity in placing themselves in A "state of preparedness as the best means of insuring peace" and millions upon millions of dollars are being ex- pended for war chips and naval equip ment: in these days of commercial strife and world politics. when little Japan goes to war with powerful Russia and the sYankees of the East" win the first vic tory at Port Arthur, and the whole world waits breathlessly for war news at the breakfast table, one can find, in contra distinction to the achievements of war the greatest celebration of peace and of progress and advance of liberty ever known in history, in the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition at St. Louis.
 While the greatest universal exposi- tion in history is given in celebration of the peaceful acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France, when Napoleon sold it to the United States in 1894 for $15.000,000 yet one of the most timely and interesting features of the Fair will be the war display in the marine section of the Transportation Department. Here will be displayed models of water craft of every conceivable type, from the mas sive man-of-war that sails the seas to tine smallest pleasure boat that glides over a placid lake or river. These models will come from many parts of the world. and it will be an international display ysof the progress made in the building Of B ships of war and of the ships of peaceful commerce.
 The marine section is divided into two groups-one for the material and equip ment for naval warfare and the other for the material and equipment used in the mercantile marine.
 Especially interesting at this time when dogs of war are being unleashed In the Far East, is that portion of the marine display devoted exclusively to naval war fac. England, Germany and France have already signified their intention of send ing interesting displays in the way of models of warships and naval equipment, and Japan, whose naval fleets are now engaged in actual warfare with the flow CT of the Russian navy, may send naval exhibit that will astonlsh the multitude. The United States government. in its own building, will make most comprehensive naval exhibit.
 The maratime exhibit however, will comprise a portion of the Transportation Department and will be housed in the great Transportation Palace. In addition to the models of the latest battleships. men of war. cruisers, torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. there will be a comprehensive display of the material used in the construction and fitting out of ships of war, as we'll as the electrical equipment installed on a ship with refer ence to battle conditions. While the elec- trical signal gear. of a mammoth battle ship is of inestimable value, making it possible for the officer in the coming tower to signal any part of his ship, yet the rapid advance in the application of wireless telegraphy. even in the present limited status, reveals the possibility of an admiral from his flagship talking to the commanding officer of any ship in his fleet. and even conversing with the scouting ships many miles away at sea. In fact, the report seems now to be con- firmed that the Japanese admiral is the first naval officer on record to use wite- less telegraphy in actual naval warfare, a:-1 this was done at Chemulpo to locate the Russian ships and resulted in the lat ter being caught in a trap and the Va asriag being destroyed. Two systems of |, wireless telegraphy-the Marsonf and .-.e teDe Forest-will be fully illustrated on the 2 exposition grounds.
 There will be a full display of marine war appliances and accessories. like tor pedoes and all kinds of naval pyrotech- hics. The famous whitehead torpedo, which Is of dirigible or automobile con- gtruction. will be on exhibition and its wonderful mechanism shown and ex- pIained The visitor VIII soon realize then the great importance of this flying engine of destruction in naval warfare and get faint idea of how the Japanese disabled a number of Russian battleships at Port Arthur by means of the white head torpedo
 As to the motive power for battleships. this feature can be found in the immense marine boilers in actual use in the great boiler plant of the exposition, located in fho nna of the boilers came from Durr & Co. | near Dusseldorf. Germany, and is one of the type built for the German man-of- war Sachsen. In a recent contest be- tween German batt'eships equipped with Durr and with Steinmueller boilers, the ship having the Durr boiler won. This Durr boiler has been in the pre-axposi- ton plant. and is now removed for con tnued actual service in Steam. Gas and Fuels Building. In the same building Is one boiler from Alfred Cont. of Gueste. munden, Germany. which is so large that 1t had to be dismantled in New York city in order to be shipped on freight cars to
 the interior, 1.j0O miles, to St. Louis. Tn g the same building gre three marine boil CTS from Societe Anonyme des Etablisse- ments. by De Launay- Belleville of St. Denis. Seine. France They are of type similar to those used in the French navy. There are also two marine boilers from J. and A. NiclauSse, 24 Rue des Ar denncs. Paris. France.
 Tho United States Navy Department will give an exceptionally interesting ex-