The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-22

NHeH TIC ITesluent lands at the en-
position grounds there will be another
salute fired by the detachment of rcGu-
lar artillery stationed at the grounds.
President Roosevelt will be met at tho
pier by a detachment of troops and
escorted to the great reviewing stand
on Lees Parade. in the rear OF the au-
ditorium. The stand Will accommodate
probably two thousand people. Admis-
sion thereto is to be by card, and in
Hitations have been extended to Cabinet
officers, members of the diplomatic
corps. officers and directors of the ex-
position company, United States com
missioners of the jamestown rercen-
tennial Exposition, and commissioners
Tor the various States. official repre-
sentatiVes from the various States. OF
the Union. officers of various historical
societies, and Mayors and municipal Of
ncers OF the cities surrounding Hamp-
ton Roads.
Right Reverend Alfred Magill Ran
dolph, Bishop OF the Diocese of South
ern Virginia. will make the opening
invocation, and then President Tucker,
OF the jamestown Exposition Company,
will present President Roosevelt The
PRESIDENT will deliver an address which,
Will probably consume considerably
less than an hour in delivery.
Touch Gold Button.
AZ It's conclusion he will touch the
gold button which will start the ma
chinery of the exposition. and the
pressing of this button will be the
signal tor the unfurling of more than
thousand flags on the various expo
sition buildings. The pressing of the
button will also be the signal for
salute to the Union. which will be
fired by the American and foreign
warships at anchor in the Roads. and
by the garrison at Fort Monroe.
AT the conclusion of the salute all
the numerous bands at the exposition
will strike up The Star Spangled
Banner" The concourse of thousands
will rise and stand uncovered until
the last note is sounded, and the mill
tury will present arms.
AT the conclusion of the national
anthem. the parade will start, moving,
by to be reviewed by the President
and those on the big stand with him.
Major General Frederick D. Grant. In
command of the regulars at the ex-
position, will be grand marshal of the
parade, which will be participated in
by the regular soldiers. infantry. cav
airy and artillery; sailors and marines
from the war-ships in the roads. both
American and foreign. and the Nor
folk, Portsmouth Hampton and New
port News COMP lies of the Seventieth
Regiment There may be military rep
resentation from other States in tho
parade. The Governors of States hav-
ing military in line will ride in the
parade. Governor Swanson and staff
and General C. C. Vaughan, OF the
First Virginia Brigade. and stan. Will
appear in the procession.
After the review, the President and
hundred or so invited guests will be
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ton Company at luncheon served under
the grandstand. and at the conclusion
of the luncheon the President and
other distinguished guests will be es-
Corted about the grounds and through
many of the buildings. From to 6
o'clock the President will hold re-
ception in the rotunda of the audi
forum, admission to which will be by
card.
At the conclusion of tho reception.
the President will be escorted to the
Virginia building. where he will be the
guest of Governor Swanson at dinner.
A few men and women have been in
vited to meet the President.
The President is expected to board
the MayflowerAt 10 ,pr II o'clock Fri
day cvening''and' leave for Washington
at once. 1t is barely possible. how
ever. that he will spend part of Sat
urday on the James. visiting Jamestown,
and gaining view of some of the
historic houses further up the river
Norfolk Already Crowded.
Norfolk is already fun of people
crowded. almost overflowing. Rooms
in the hotels not occupied have been
engaged, and the boarding houses are
"full up as a rule. Prices are high,
probably higher than they will be later
on, when experience shows that more
money can be made by quoting lower
rates. The professional exposition peo-
pie are in the majority among the
visitors already in Norfoik--''sllow PEG
pie" they are generally termed; people
ono will see on the warpath when at
the exposition, Offering AL kinds of at.
fractions through Che Lungs of the
barkels; people with concessions to do
everything tho exposition management
will allow to be done on tho grounds
from selling popcorn, to running barber
shops,
And those things which The man-
agement will not allow done on the
grounds will be done Immediately out
side, in the Outside Warpath,' which
even now is indicating by the signs
displayed that il will be the warmest
place in the country when the great
that the principal attractions In the
"Outside Warpath' will not open up
until midnight, when the exposition
will close until the following morning.
This fact alone makes 1t sure that il
will be a wde-open locality.
It Is too late to make predictions
concerning the nature and general
character of the eNposition-the day O
opening Is too near at hand, There Is
every promise that 1t will be as in,
teresting as any that has been held
In this country, probably moro inter.
esting. for it will have many qualities
others have not had. 1t will be eX.
tensive. of course. but not so large
that a week OF more or less leisurels
Sightseeing will not enable the visitor
10 see about everything to be seen. ii
the exposition is to be failure the
fact is not portended by any fac
which have been able to discover II
cannot possibly he Il failure in mos
of the ways in which the public an,
the promoters are interested.