Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-21

and IS or 100 boys will be brought
here In October.
Col. Hornor stated this morning
that he had decided TO extend the
stay OF his present battalion until
Friday
AS there viii be many "rrA-. =,
boys in the battalion next fall when
1t comes for Its second trip To the
Exposition. the visit will be DELAYED
until late in October. in order that
The boys may have MS much drilling
as possible before coming.
Tho football team of tho school viii
he brought on the next trip. and al.
ready negotiations are being made
Tor games with the leading prep.
schools o. Virginia.
q Semi Dedication.
One of the most unique and inter.
esting programs which has been Civ.
on Mt the Exposition was rendered
This morning at II o'clock by the
cadets OF the North Carolina Military
Academy, with their siNtecn.ycar.oid
cadet band, nj the North Carolina
building.
Besides the band music and the
school songs and yells. there were a
number of impromptu speeches. and
The affair proved very enjoyable to
the participants and entertaining. for
1t WAS 4 sort of standardization for
the Tar Heel State building
MaryvilIo Cadets.
Maryville College, Tennessee. with
100 or more cadets. n brass band and
n baseball nine. will arrive at the
jamestown Exposition tomorrow
morning for Il ten days stay.
Tho Tennesseeans will have the
largest cadet corps which has visited
the Exposition so far, and as they
have Il number of special attractions.
their visit will be noteworthy one.
Brooklyn Day.
Rroolilyn League Day, Wednesday,
promises to be big occasion for
those who live in the borough across
the bridge from Little Old New York.
as well as for the other visitors who
are ut the jamestown Exposition on
thar day.
Brooklyn Leaguers are simply com.
ing to the Exposition in swnrms. A
number of special rri and water
excursions have been arranged and
1t is estimated that several thousand
persons will come.
The visitors will breakfast at Hotel
Chamberlain, Old Point. will take
luncheon on the Exposition grounds,
and ut o'clock there will be an I'm.
toresting program given in their hon.
or mt the auditorium. Hon. Henry
ST. George Tucker, president of the
jamestown Exposition. will address
the visitors and there will be n re.
Spouse by one or more representa-.
tives of the Brooklyn League. A
special concert will finish the pro.
gram Of the afternoon.
Chatham Artillery.
During the third week OF July the
jamestown Exposition will entertain
the third Oldest military organization
In the United States. 1t is the Chat
ham Artillery, of Savannah. Ga,
which was organized on May |. l7SG.
and which is flourishing at the pres.
ent time.
The artillery will bring with them
for exhibition purposes. two of the
oldest guns in America. They were
presented to the organization by Gen.
Washington, some time before his
election as the first President of the
United States. One of the guns was
captured by Washington at Yorktown
from the British, and the other was
also captured from the British dur.
ing the Revolutionary War. This
latter gun was captured from France
by the British several years previous
during the Canadian wars.
There are about $50 men I'm tho
artillery that will visit the EXPOSE
ton. With the organization comes
the band.
The artillery will n'rive here along
with their historic guns about the
same time that the Liberty Bell is
brought here from. Philadelphia.
Intermurai Railway.
According to the statement of vii.
liam Pannill. contracting engineer of
the intermural railway, the road in.
side the grounds will be finished and
ready for the transportation CT pas.
sengers not later than June |. Engi.
neer e. S. Ely corroberated this state.
ment and promised in behalf of the
intermural road perfect schedule
OF transportation for all who become
weary on the grounds by the first OF
June.
Engineer Panniil Is Straining every
nerve to make the intermural road
ihouSi iHSah" VI lithSDolttitiOI anu u
is very probable that as far as the
contraction of the road is concerned
the road will be n perfect means of
transportation.
The route of the road is especially
convenient. 1t masses all of the points
of interest in the grounds, and If thu
officials of the road can carry ont
the present plan 1t will be far
better means of locomotion than any
exposition has had.
Hung Jury.
The jury in the case of the Morris