The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-21

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battles iof the modern war. The nlaraa
moth Rbreech:load ding gun Is CHARGE
bysgreat cranes Tie vessel It's nayi
gated by4mach inery. Delicate mathes
NAUTICAL instruments find the range and
location 3of the enemy. Electricity
,isesSthe, sun @hen III q
objective point
To make the scene around the
Hampt on Roads more interesting, II
isB often possible 40 See some of tlie
big lighting ships % the government
inStkey Vicinity o. where The contest Oil
the first onelad took place. for the
squadfons often drop Hi = The lsarbcr.
tSSis$a most convent lent place for aa-
sembling and resi- Close by Is
the Navy Yard the coal roads have
terminals around the harbors Nor
|folk5and Portsmo,th n are costnopolitan
ports. Ships az these points take or,
lumber for Africa. colt TON for BEL
gium. wheat for Eng Gland, coal for
France. and all the sSpcrt products
Of the country for the mouth Of the
chesape IS nearer the aelds Of pro
lduction than N w York or Boston
The exports fof tie Ghesap cake ports
are growing much more rapidly than
those Of the ports north Of Baltimore,
showing that the course o. this par,
tlcular empire is southwark In tless
asys;of ~
1t isSremarkable the amount OF hiss
tory that has been made IN short
distance of Hampton Roads. Besides
being the spot where the MerrinAe
land the Monitor set q new problem iu
naval Warfare;f orttie whole world End
lsets the enginee above The warrior Ny
|maklng a man ;of.war merely Il tighi'
ling machine. Hampton Roads is this
n central point of the various steps
through (which the United States dc.
1 lyeloped "a twas through these waters
4 that the Lond Company
sailed when driven To- refuge by
" storm and they selected q point moi
Z lfarFupS tle RI yer begin the work
that has cont inaed until the American
. nation Slsis The result II was MOI lar.
I from Hampton Roads tint Nathaniel
Bacon led The revolt which hundred
years later eliminated III the War OF
], the Reyoluti ION lie feet tliat aided
4 Washington III car tuning eornwal us
a thus ending the luton, sailed but
n asshorts distance from Hampton Roads
4 Ito bring about this climax! The Brit
4 Iishgoutrages on The American capital
"a in5theEwarfo Pa 12 were possible only
= after feet had passed Hampton
I Road feat that Fortress Monroe
I would make exceed dinghy difficult nosF
a Few points sonSt the globe have had SO
!, much to- do inS an Imp rtant way with
!. the progress sof4 the race as the region
Z close about Hampton Roads, and
Z when the latnestn xpositlc Ion.
I makes low rates ~ fare available IN
! 1901 every Alnefic lean who can make
y nc conyenient owes 1T to himself 10
( set down Int the Lower chesapeake
Z! country StoE familIarize himself with
I lheEstorys of Ills country which he can
I find in that sect lon. He ought 70 ir.s
elude Ills family 10 as great an extent
v as possible. S;
4 tTheS@ho les Of tile South - 100 much
Of am unk known egion 70 most peo,
~ p1eSo the North 81 course the a1ien.
I alton OF the ely war is responsthle
q for most 81 tits ainfor tiinate condis
" tion; but the war over now for q
h iifet.Me = n FRI i
v are IN the hands oil men born since
s. that event. The child TINT Gun r.
a.a member much & the war Is now not
3 less hansfi fty years old Aside srem
i itsglong come tion With the story q
81 the country there IS no State Of the
Il Union more ltertaining 70 the
y stranger than Virginia.
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