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Aug. %. Never before lH the history
1t the country has thsrebeen held an
exposition with SO NAM attractive
features as the Jamestown Tepcen-
tenniai NOV: complete in al 81 its def
tails and presentsito the visitor q YER
Iiabie dreamland. The immense ex
i6lbit palaces. State and Government
buildings, sIl Of a psfmaasnt or semi
I,permanent construction, set of with
l6e most luxur!anf trees and foliage.
| 1--we to the Exposition an appearance
distinct from all OF Its predecessors.
Within an hours ride by either boat
Or tain are such places as Yorktown,
where CORVALLIS surrendered to the
Continental army, and jamestown Isl;
and. the Grade OF America whers
now remain only the ruins Of the first
church in America. Just across the
waters of Hampton Roads are located
Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe
the strongest and most important ar
ldnery station on the Atlantic Coast
whose grim walls and winding moat
make 1t one Of the most picturesque
spots in the country. These and man?
other places of historic interest give
an appropriate setting to the James.
town Exposition, which Commentaries
1.-The three hundredth anniversary OF
the first permanent English speaking
settlement in America, the most i'm
lportant event in the history of mod,
ern times.
owing to the fact that the James,
town Ter.centennial is the first cele.
Ebration ever held on deep water In
Ithis country, there has been going. on
almost continually grand naval spec
|tacle of a Kind such as America has
never seen before. The entire North
Atlantic fleet, under command OF
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, squad
Iron by squadron, will rendezvous in
HAMPTON Roads from time to time
giving the visitor to the exposition
Iampie opportunity to see thes tronges'
Ineet of battleships in the world
There WILDE at all times during the
summer at least six men Of war In
the roads.
The army as well as the navy, Is
well represented at the Ter-centennial
land daily parades by crack regiments
Of United States troops are to be seer
on Lees Parade, one Of the largest
land the best equipped drill plains in
1.-The country. Stationed at the exposi
lion grounds at present are the en-
lire Twenty.third regiment of United
Estates cavalry and D. Battery Of tne
Third Field artillery Several reei
ments of the national guard of vari
fous states. besides numerous military
lana semi.miitary Organizations, ars
Iencamped at the exposition from time
Ito time. Each of these military or
,ganizattors brings Its own band, which
together with the Exposition orches
Itras and bands, gives continual and
varied musical programme.
The government exhibits, housed
I'm four handsome structures on the
water frcnt Of the exposition, com
iprise one Of the most complete and
comprehensive displays of the work
Iof the various departments Of the gov
eminent ever assembled. The individ
Iual states have also come forward al
this exposition with their heartlesi
support and cooperation, and twenty
Of them have, erected buildings to rep
resent them at the Ter-Centennial
while practically every State is rep
resented in exhibits, historical, educa
.4,opal or industrial. These State
buildings are located on Willoughby
boulevard, grand avenue parallel
ling the water front, and from the
broad piazza Of the State staructures
eyisitor may rest and view the mag
nif,cent and historical harbor, where
the vessels of the world might resi-
at anchor. In the Immediate front
appears the great white men-of-war Of
our own ofttimes a 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 indus
trial school at Hampton, and sun far
liner 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 the world. To