The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23
President Roosevelt to
Press Gold Button.
MILITARY GLORY
ON the Twcnty-Sixth Of April There
will be IA Distinguished IN
at the jamestown Exposition
When Begins the Great
Centennial Event.
Ter-Ccntcnnial Event.


Col. Joseph f. Pogue, commissioner
General Of the North Carolina COM
mission To the jamestown exposition
has received the following concern
ing the opening day.
The ceremonies incident 10 the open
Of the jamestown Ter-Ccntenniat
Exposition on April Goth, 1907, VIII
be under the direction Of Mr.. c. 4.
Shepherd, Secretary OF the JamestoWh
Exposition Company. assisted by Lieut..
r.. II. Eagby, 9Th United states IN
fantry. military attache 10 n Depart
ment Of the Secretary.
Al sun rise on April goth, the Nor
folk Light Artillery Blues. stationed
at the Exposition grounds will fire q
salute of three hundred guns to usher
in the commencement Of the day
opening the jamestown Ier-Cen-
tennial Exposition in comlnemoration
Of the three hundredth anniversary OF
the first perm anent English settle
ment of America.
Salute TO the President.
Upon the arrival of president
Roosevelt, on the MayfloWcr, IN
Hampton Roads, q salute Will be fired
by the United States and foreign war
ships there assembled. i
men me 1TtSluclt dfIINtS dI ~
Exposition grounds he will be met at
the end Of the Government Pier by a
military escort and will be Saluted by
the United States artillery, stationed
on the Exposition grounds. promptly
at the hou of clever thirty, the Pres
ident will be escorted to the Reviewing
stand, on Lees Parade, in the rear of
the Auditorium building, where the
following exercises will take place:
The Programme i'm Full.
/. Opening prayer by the Right
Reverend Alfred Magill Randolph,
Bishop of the Diocese of Southern
Virginia.
2. Address and Introduction of the
President Of the United States by the
Honorable Harry st. George Tucker,
President of the jamestown EXPOSE
ton Company.
3. Address by the Honorable Theo-
dore Roosevelt. President of the
United States.
A.. Opening of the Exposition by
the President of the United States.
When the President presses the gold
button, starting the machinery Of the
Exposition in motion. it will, at the
same time, be a signal for the unfurl-
ing of more than n thousand flags
IN the various buildings of the Expo
sitiOn. The pressing Of this button
will also be h signal for a salute TO
the Union b. the United States and
foreign ships, assembled in Hampton
Roads and by the garrison at Fort
Monroe. At the conclusion of the Sa-
lutte all of the bands on The Exposition
grounds will play the Star Spangled
Banner" at which time all troops will
salute the national anthem by pre-
Sent!ng arms and the entire ~cOncOurse
will be expected to ncover during
tn rendition Of this ceremonial.
Tho Military Review.
Immediately thereafter, the Presi-
| dent OF the United States will revieW
the parade, of which Major-General
Frederick d. Grant, of the United
States Army, will be grand marshal
which will be participated in by the
soldiers and sailors of the United
j States and foreign governments and
the National Guard.
Boxes or the reviewing stand will
be assigned to the governors of the
different States.
On the reviewing stand, besides the
President of the United States and his
Cabinet, will be the diplomatic corps
officers n directors of the James
town Exposition, members Of Con
gress, the General Assembly of Vir-
sinia, United States and State Com
m~issioners to the jamestown Ter
Centennial Exposition, official repre-
sentatives from the different states 81
the Union, officers of the various his
tOrical societies and the mayors anC
municipal officers of the cities sur
rounding Hampton Roads,
Should h weather be u~nfavorable
these opening exercises will be helC
in h auditorium building, to which
invitation cards will be issued to thu
distinguished guests.
Reception to The President.
From five to six in the afternoon
reception will be rendered the Presi.
dent Of the United States by the off.
GERS and directors of the jamestown
Exposition Company in the rotund5
Of the auditorium building. AT thi!
reception the President will receive
the diplomatic corps, the governors o
the different states and the officia
representatives to the jamestown Ter
Centennial Exposition.
Admission to the ceremonies in tn,
auditorium. and on the reviewin:
stand, and to the Presidents recep
ton. will be by card.
Twenty Governors Expected.
The governors OF the following
States Will be present:
Maryland, Mississippi. Connecticut
West Virginia, Rhode Island. Georgia
North Carolina. Virginia. Louisiana
Delaware. New Hampshire. Florida
New York. New jersey. Pennsylvania
Vermont, Alabama. Indiana and sew.
eral other States.
IT Is reasonable to expect that w
viii have as many as twenty COVER
nors. With their respective staffS ant
some military representation from
their National Guard.
The Historical Societies.
h following historical societie!
Will be officially represented:
Sons of the American Revolution
daughters of the American Revolu
ton, the Society Of the Cincinnati. So
ciety Of Colonial Wars United Con.
Tolerate Veterans. Grand Army Of tn.
Republic and many other patriotic or.
ganizations.
The members of the diplomat,
corps. together with the abine Off
GERS. Y other official guests from
WASHINGTON. will arrive the mornins
of April 26tn.
The Arrival of The Trains.
Special trains conyevjnc tho oo,,
{ ernors OF the different State ara -,