Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-09-18
IN FULL SWING,
Jamestown Tercentennial Expo
sition Complete In All Details.
BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL CITY.

A VerItabIe DreamIand to tho Visitor.
In the Matter of Interesting Features
jamestown Leads All Other EXPOSE
tions-Army and Navy Display.
Never before in the history Of the
country has there been held an expo
sition with so many attractive features
as the jamestown Tercentenn1al, now
In full swing on the historic waters of
Hampton Roads. The Tercentennial is
now complete in all Of its details and
presents to the visitor a veritable
dreamIand. The Immense exhibit pal
aces, state and government buildings,
all Of a permanent or semipermanent
construction, set off with the most lux
uriant trees and foliage, give to this
exposition an appearance distinct from
all Of its predecessors.
Within an hours ride by either boat
or train are such places as Yorktown,
where CORVALLIS surrendered to the
Continental army, and jamestown is
land, the Cradle Of America" where
now remain only the old ruins of the
first church in America. Just cross
the waters Of Hampton Roads are locat-
ed Old Point Comfort and Fort Mon
tant artillery station on the Atlantic
coast, whose grim walls and winding
moat make 1t one Of the most pictur-
esque spots in the country. These and
many other places of historic interest
give an appropriate setting to the
Jamestown exposition, which commem-
crates the three hundredth anniversary
Of the first permanent English speak
ing settlement in America, the most
important event in the history of mod
ern times.
Owing to the fact that the James
town Tercentennial is the first celebra-
ton ever held on deep water in this
country. there has been going on al
most continually a grand naval spec
tacle of a kind such as America has
never seer before. The entire North
Atlantic fleet, under the command Of
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, squad
ron by squadron, will rendezvous in
11dilDlOu hoduS 1lOIh LII " lilly,
giving the visitor to the exposition
ample opportunity to see the strongest
fleet of battleships in the world. There
will at all times during the summer
be at least six men-of-war In the roads.
The army as well as the navy is well
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 thec oun-
try. Stationed at the exposition grounds
at present are the entire Twenty-third
regiment Of United States infantry, the
| Second squadron Of the Twelfth Unit
| ed States cavalry and D battery of the
Third field artillery. Several regi-
ments of the national guard Of varl
GUS states, besides numerous military
and semimilitary organizations, are en-
camped at the exposition from time to
time. Each of these military organiza-
lions brings its own band, which, to-
gether with the exposition orchestras
and bands, gives a continual and
varied musical programme.
The government exhibits, housed in
four handsome structures on the water
front of the exposition, comprise one
Of the most complete and compre-
hensive displays Of the work of the
various departments of the government
ever assembled. The individual states
have also come forward at this eXposi-
ton with their heartiest support and
cooperation, and twenty of them have
erected buildings to represent them at
the Tercentennial, while practically
every state is represented in exhibits
historical, educational or Industrial.
These state buildings are located on
Willoughby Boulevard, a grand avenue
paralleling the water front, and from
the broad piazzas Of the state struc-
lures visitors may rest and view the
magnificent and historical harbo1
wherein the vessels of the world might
rest at anchor. In the immediate front
appear the great white men-of-war of
our own and ofttimes a foreign Ia
tion's, and yachts, sloops, schooners
and merchant vessels Of every kind
Beyond are the froWning walls of
Fort Monroe and the beautiful So
cial retreat Of the coast, Old Point
Comfort. To the left may be seen the
noted Industrial school at Hampton,
and still farther up the roads, toward
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 the right appears the broad
ening channel from roads to bay and
from bay to broad and mighty At
lantic out between the capes Of Charles
and Henry.
The Illumination at night is a scene
In itself worthy a journey Of a thou
sand miles to witness, and, with all
the outlines Of the buildings aglow,
the paths Of the Canoe Trail and Low
ers' Lane twinlding with the myriads
Of little lights, the War Path a blaze
Of electricity, the many powerful
searchlights playing the heavens with
their mysterious messages and fifty
miles Of shore lines dotted with the
lights Of a dozen cities and Nesting
towns, what spectacle more sublime Or
beautiful could be imagined?
On the amusement section of the ex-
position, called the War Path, there
is every conceivable amusement and
diversion, where the visitor to the ex-