The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-22
4 BEAuTIt)Ul 9TH
Jamestown Expositioni is
Now Complete '
A REAL DREAlMlLAND

Speeial to Daily Mail, .,,s..
jamestown ExpOsition,I Va, Aug.
21--Never before in the history OF
the country has there been held an
exposition with so many attractive
features as the jamestown Ter Gen.
tennial, now complete in all Of lts
details and presents to the visitor
a Veritable Greenland, The im-
mense exhibit palaces, state and
government buildings, all OF a per-
manent or semi-permanent construc-
ton. set off with the most luxuriant
trees and foliage, give to the Expo
s1tion an appearance, distinct from
all ofsits predecessors. "' =" -. *
Within an hours ride by either
boat or train are such places as
Yorktown, where Cornwallis sur
rendered to the Continental army,
and Jamestown Island, the Cradle
OF America" where now remain only
the. ruins, Of the first church>f in,
America. Just across the waters of
Hampton Roads, are located Old
Point Comfort and Fort Monroe, the
strongest and most -impartant artil-
lery station on the Atlantic Coast;
whose grim walls and winding moat
make it one Of the most picturesque
spots in the country, These and
many other places Of historic inter-
est give an appropriate setting to
the jamestown Exposition, which
commentaries the three hundredth
anniversary of the first permanent
English speaking settlement in
America, the most important event
in the history Of modern times.
Owing to- the fact that the James
town Ter-Centennial is the first cell,
ebration ever held on deep water in
this country, there has been going
on almost continually grand naval
spectacle Of a kind such as America
has never seen before. The, entire
North Atlantic fleet, under command
of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
squadron by squadron, will rendez-
Vous in Hampton Roads from time to
time, giving the visitor to the expo
sition ample opportunity to see the
strongest fleet of battleships in the
world. There will be at all times
during the summer at least six men
Of war in the roads. 49,
The army as we'll as the navy, Is
well represented at the Ter-Centen-
NAL. and daily parades by crack
regiments of United States troops
are to be seen on Lees parade, one
OF the largest and best equipped
drill plains in the country Station
ed at the exposition grounds at pres
ent are the entire Twenty-third reg
iment Of United States cavalry and
d. Battery Of the Third Field artil-
lery. Several regiments of the nat
lonal guard Of various states,v besides
numerous military and semi-milita"y
organizations, are encamped at the
exposition from time to time. Eacn
or these military organizations
brings its own band, which together
with the Exposition orchestras and
bands, gives a, continual and varied
musical program.
The government exhibits, housed
in four handsome structures on the
water front Of the exposition, com
prise one Of the most complete and
comprehensive displays Of the work
of the various departments OF the
government ever assembled. The in
diydual States- have also come for
ward at this exposition with their.
heartiest support and cooperation,
and twenty Of them have erected
buildings to represent them at the
Ter-CentenniaL while practically
every state Is represented in exhibits.
historical, educational or industrial.
These states buildings are located on
Willoughby Boulevard, grand
avenue paralleling the water front,
and from the broad piazza of the
st the visitor 4i7y 1t
and view the magnificent and his
torical harbor, where the vessels OF
the world might rest at anchor. In
the immediate front appear the
great white men-of4war Of our own
and ofttimes foreign nations and
yachts, sloops, schooners and mer-
chant vessels Of every kind. Beyond
are the frowning walls of Fort Mon
roe and the beautiful social retreat
Of the coast, Old Point Comfort. To
the left may be seen the noted in
dustrial school at Hampton, and still
farther up the Roads, towards where
the mighty James mingles its waters
with the salt tide of the sea. may
be seen the city Of Newport News.
with the greatest shipyards in tho
world. TO the right appears the
broadening channel from roads to
bay and from bay to broad and
mighty Atlantic out between the
capes Of Charles end Henry.
The illumination at night is q
scene In itself worthy of Journey Of
"a thousand miles to witness, and.
with all the outIines1l}the buildings