The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
President r ooserelt Issues Pro
clan1ation sins Conr.l ction With
Jamcstow1: lebration.
ASKS ALTO JOIN I'M DIS PLAY.
Suggests Sending Iof4 Naval Yes
sells and r atives Of
Military CARNATIONS.
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(By.Asso,cia tedsPress.)

WASHINGTON, March 20. he sPresi
lent to- day issued q sproc ocanat lion. tnyit
lug the nat tions Of the earti, to be- rep
resented 4 by their military organisation
and naval vessels at the Gel ebrat Ion T
be shelti in the 3|yi ciIi IS IS neste~n
1907. III n proola,nats ssi7ls IS saH follows:
Il States OF America: 81 4 ~
A PROGLANfATION.a.;sSsts ;sts
Whereas the3 Congress OF the Unitedss3
4. States has yDassed an act. approved
March 3, 1906, and entitled 'An act !
to provide for celebrating the birth
4 of i2tlle American nation, the first
permanent settlement of English
speak! Ing people on the western hem-
isphere by the holding Of an inter-
\ national naval, marine and military
celebrat ton infthe vicinity Of James
Z town on the waters Of Hampton
Roads. in the.s State Of Virginia to
\ provide for the suitable and perma-
nent comn1enora ton of said event
and to authorize an appropriati tionl2in
aidstherefor and for other purposes
And whereas section 8 OF the said
! act reads as follows: l!
.s8s "Section g. The President Of the
United States is hereby authorized
to make proclamation OF said celebra-a
tion.% setting forth tile 4 event to be 4
comm emorntcd, inviting foreign ma
tions to participate by the sending of
. their naval vessels and such repre-8
sentatio Of their military organiza-8
tions Ills may be proper:
3j$ Now. therefore, /, Theodore Roose-
welt, PrcsidentEof the United States.
by virtue OF the authority vested III
me by said act, do hereby declare
and proclaim that there shall be in-
3a augurR ted TN the year 1907 atSiand
near the waters of Hampton Roads,.
iill the State of Virginia. an interna-
aStional naval. marine and military
celebration, beginning May 18th and
ending, not later than November l.,
a GOT, for tho purpose ofsfcommemo-i
rating In: "a fitting and sappropriatp
manner the birth Of tho American
nation; the first permanent settlement
Il OF El1gllsh-speakng people Fon tho
American continent made at James
q town, Va, on the 18th Of May, ] 607,
Z and in order that the great events of
v the American history, which have res
suited therefrom may be acceutuated
to tho present and future generations
of American citizens.
And, in. the name Of the govern
ment and people Of the United
States. LIDO, therefore, invite all the
nations OF the earth to take part in
the colnmenoration Of the event
which has had a far-reaching effect
on the course Of human history, by
sending their naval vessels to the
said celebration and bygnlaking such
representations of their military or
ganlz,ltions as may be proper.
In,5testimony thereof, ~ have now
Y set my hand and caused the seal Of
the United States to be affixed. Il
Done In the city OF Washington this
!. twenty-ninth day OF March. one
thousand nine hundred and five, and
In the Independence ofssthe United
4 States the one hundred and twenty
ninth. II
(slEned)
\ q THEoDoRE ROOSEVELT,
BY the Presidents
Alva p. Adee, Acting Secretary Of
State. @