Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-18
Governor Proctor and official Party
In Attendance.
MILITARY PARADE THIS AFTERHNOO
Regulars and Volunteers viii Be Re.
viewed by TWO Governors and
Other Notables--Tom viii be
Constitution Day.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Sept.
i7.-Tomorrow will be Vermont Day
at the Exposition and the occasion will
be duly celebrated. with Governor
Proctor. the Vermont commissioners
and other notablcs from tho Green
Mountain State In attendance to par
ticipatc.
Exercises will he held ut The audi
forum this morning ut IL O'Clock.
This afternoon ut o'clock Governor
Proctor and Governor Swanson will
review the military parade ON Lee
Parade. participated In by all of the
regular and volunteer military organi-
zations now encampcd ut the EXPOSE
ton.
The day will he brought to n close
with Il reception at the Vermont
building, from . to / o'clock tonight.
given by the State commissioners in
honor of Governor Proctor.
Little Rhody First.
In the free-fornll yacht race today
for tho jamestown Exposition trophy
cup. the Little Rhody finished first,
Capsicnm second, and Dorothy third
Time. 2:17.
Tho fiftccnmilc course was made
In afuky wind with little windward
work. Tho races for tue Upton cup
classes q and p, will begin tomor,
row.
Yorktown Day.
Nearly one hundred and twanty.siX
years have gone by since CORVALLIS
surrendered TO the allied armies of
France AID America at Yorktown. and
in keeping with the historical signi.
licance of the event. great celchra-
ton will be held at the Exposition
Thursday. September 10, the anniver.
sary OF the date.
The celebration will be under the
auspices Of the Exposition nuthorl-
ties, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Association and tho descendants Of
the signcrs OF the Declaration of In
dependence
This will he one of the last histori-
cal days. the ceremonies OF which
have attracted such wide attentions.
Representatives Of the thirteen ori.
ginal states will meet in the audi
torium, ana after the formal cere.
monies of the day will organize n
new society, which will be known MS
The Society of the Descendants OF
the signcrs OF the Declaration of
independence"
Distinguished Orators
Senator p. C. Knox. of Pcnnsylva-
mia, and Senator John w. Daniel of
virginia, will be among the orators
of the occasion. The idea of banding
together into n society the dcsccnu-
ants OF the signers of the Declaration
with William Shields Nc
IA a ~.
poscd organization. Mr.. Mexican has
made tour of the thirteen states.
and has succeeded in interesting a
large number of eligible members.
No effort will be made according
to the present arrangement OF the
program To organize state societies
One national society Will be main
tanned, with headquarters probably in
Washington u. C. The bylaws will
provide for the observance OF all holi.
days growing out of the Revolution
AIRY war. and also for proper dccora-
lions of the battleheids and the
raves OF patriotic heroes.
Civil Officers Sighted
For long time 1t has been the con.
tenticn of many members of the OK
listing hereditary societies that there
is disposition To slight the acts
performed by civil officers in favor of
the more spectacular deeds done by
the army ana navy
AZ the Philadelphia congress of the
Sons of the American Revolution.
held in 1905. 1t remained for n dele
safe from the District of Columbia
to point ont that the grave of John
Morton. delegate to the Continental
Congress. and. one who gave the de-
gliding vote of Pennsylvania for the
declaration Of Independence was neg
lcctcd and unmarked