The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-05
Sept. % Suggested AS Date
To Be Devoted to This
City Especially.
M. c. MCKAY is HERE TO MAKE
NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS
CONFERS WITH The MAYOR
AND DISCUSSES THE EXPOSE
TON III DETAIL AND IN GEN
ERA.


Mr.. NJ c. Mckay, special COM
missioner of the jamestown Exposition
Company, is in the city. His mission
here is to arrange for Pensacola Day
at the Exposition In a conference
with Mayor Goodman yesterday, Mr..
Mckay arranged to set aside Septem-
Der % as Pensacola Day. On this date,
the Exposition will be at the disposal
OF the Pensacola people, and low rates
will be arranged on railroads. 1t is
expected that large number of Pen
sacola people will attend the celebra-
ton, for which special features will
be arranged for the benefit of the Pen
sacola visitors. Mr.. Mckay says:
Now In Full Swing.
Never before in the history of the
country has there been held an expo
sitiOn with so many attractive feat
ureS as the jamestown Tercentennial,
which is now complete in ali of its
details, presenting to the visitor YER
liable dreamland. The immense eX-
hibit palaces, state and government
buildings, all of a permanent or semi
permanent construction, set off with
the most luXuriant trees, and foliage,
give to the exposition an appearance
Within an hours ride by either
boat or train are such places as York
town, where CORVALLIS surrendered
to the Continental army, ana James
town Island, the Cradle of America,
where 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 artillery station on the At
lantic coast, whose grim walls and
winding moat make it one. of the most
picturesque spots in the country.
These and many other places of his
tor1c interest give an appropriate set
ting to the jamestown Exposition,
which commentaries the three hun
dredth anniversary of rne first per-
manent English-speaking settlement
IN America, the most important event
IN the history of modern times
Owing to the fact that the James
town Tercentennial is the first cele-
bration ever held on deep water in
this country, there has been going on
almost continually a grand naval spec
tacle OF 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 rendezvous in Hamp-
ton Roads from time to time, giving
the visitor to tie exposition ample Op-
portunlty to see the strongest fleet of
battleships in the world. There will
De at ala 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 TercentenniaI.
and daily paradeS by crack regiments
OF United States troops are to be
seen on Lees Parade, one of the larg-
est and best equipped drill plains in
the country. Stationed at the exDosi-
tlon grounds at present are the en-
tire Twenty-third regiment, one SQUAD
ron OF the TWenfCn United States Cav
airy and ID Battery of the Third Field
Artillery Several regiments of the
national guard of various states, be-
sides numerous military and semi-mil-
ltary organizations, are encamped at
the exposition from time to time.
Each of 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, COMPRISE
one of the most complete ana comDre-
hensiVe displays of the work of the
various departments of the govern
ment ever assembled. The individual
states have also come forward at tbs
exposition with their heartiest support
and cooperation, and twenty of them
have erected buildings to represent
them at the Tercentennial, while prac-
tlcally every state is represented in
&c hIg-T~
dustr1al- These state buildings are
located on NInouehby boulevard a
grand avenue paralleing the water
front. and from the broad piazza of
the state structures the visitor NAV
rest and view the magnificent and
historical harbOr. where the vessels
OF the world might rest at anchor.
In the immediate front appears the
great white men-Of-war of our own and
otttimeS foreign nations. and yachts.
sloopS, SchOonerS and merchant yes
sells of every kind Beyond are the
frOwning walls of Fort Monroe and
the beautiful social 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, towards where the
mighty James mingIeS its waters with
tie SdiC uue Vi lHe Sed' may De seen
the city of Newport News. with the
greatest shipyards in the world. To
the right appears the broadening
channel from roads to oav and from
bay TO broad and mighty Atlantic out
between the capes of Charles and
Henry
THE illumination at night is a scene
in itself worthy of 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