Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-01-11
MILITARY, NAVAL AND IN
DUSTRIAL.
The Plan and Scope of the j mes
town Exposition Comprehen-
sive, Colossal, Complete.

siVe, COLOSSAL, Complete.
BY reason of the distinct naval and
military features which will form part
of the jamestown Exposition, an un-
usually large and extremely high class
attendance must be anticipated. Short
ly after the Centennial it was said that
people were tired of expositions; yet each
succeeding worlds fair has disproven
this fallacy.
The celebration of the three hundredth
anniversary of Jamestown, if it took
purely Industrial form, would still draw
large crowds. The inquisitive Ameri-
cans takes deep interest in all inven-
tions which make for largeness or ease
of output; for the improvement of trans
portation, or for the saving of labor.
Mechanical appliances, machinery, man
ufactures and liberal arts generally will
be fully illustrated at the jamestown
Exposition on Hampton Roads near Nor
folk in 1907.
The space devoted to these displays
bears a somewhat less proportion to the
whole than has been the rule at previous
expostlons, but the class of exhibits will
be high, and each sample well worth
careful study. The other exhibit divis-
ions will attract, not only by reason of
novelty, but because of inherent draw
lug powers, that would hardly stale by
repetition. Chief of these, naturally,
will be the naval and military displays.
There have been great naval rendez-
vous in the history of the world: Eng
land has had several Germany two in
recent years; and France a numbsr scat
tered through the last century. In each
of these, however, the nation celebrat
ing furnished almost the entire quota
of vessels. The fleets were international
in little more than name. At the James
town Exposition. the world interna-
tional will not be misnomer. Almost
if not every state of the ciuilized world
scented. The foreign flags will not fly
on single vessels, but on squadrons and
Hampton Roads will be the theater for
a naval spectacle unique in history, and
of that day when universal disarmament
becomes the rule.
The military spectacle will be hardly
less impressive than the naval demon
stration. The worlds nations have
generally adopted a rule which prevents
armed companies of foreign soldiery
from encamping on their soil. The
United States have been rigid in its en-
| fOrCement of this custom, Now for
the first time, the barriers are let down,
and not only are the soldiers permitted
to land but cordial invitations have been
extended to the nations to send their
regiments hither. The presidents proc
| lamation, announcing the celebration of
the three hundredth birthday of the
Republic-fOr, of truth, the nation
dates from jamestown rather than from
Philadelphia declaration-set forth that
Congress had determined to memorabilia
this event by an international military
and naval congregation. The govern
ments which have accepted will be rep
resented by their crack regiments, some
of which will be commanded by generals
of international fame. England will
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The patriotic associations of the country
have taken the deepest interest in the
Ter Centennial, and the Hall of History
will be "A post graduate institute for stu
dents of Americana. The exhibits in
this department. pictorial, documentary
and through their varied collections, will
bring clearly to the mind of every OBJ
server the salient features of our nations
story, the pivotal events of the several
eras-the factors which, combining, ger
minated the seed of jamestown until it
became a colonial grove which has de-
velOped into a mighty forest of common
wealths. Not only will events Of legis-
latlve and military moment be set forth,
/ bat the evolutiOns of arts and trades will
be shown, and a series of pictures pre-
senteG, whose object is to define recOg-
nizably each era since 1907
Naturally, an exposition of this char
acter will draw very high class of WISH
tors. people to whom the average worlds
fair would appeal in vain. This Ter
Centennial has so many collateral points
OF interest aside from the main display
Itself, that it may justly be said to lie
in region that forms permanent eX-
position. And it is safe to say that few
who cam will fail to visit the James
town Expo sition sometime between April
goth and Nov. 30th, 1907.
Senator Redfield Proctor. who has been
on "A hunting trim tn lOXUar thaco 90 To