Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-25

largest ee.& ~veE a&sembasd il these
eaters Stxaewn noeern haasleshlps
esthg t.e rnlsaa States fag and un
drE tie command q Rear Admiral
Er4as are GOV anchored In Hampaoa
Rea&.as Prominent among them are
the ha'gieships Louisiana. Maine. ViF~
gihla. Georgia. Nsw Jersey. Rhode
island. alahAma, Illinois, kentueky.
Ohio Io~a. Connecticut and Minne-
sn;a- In addition there are sin hEst-
class cruisers and u number u tor
pesio haats. making an aggregate 0f
thiEty-siA warships Of the yarioss
elasses. and constituting the must
powerful Hees ever assembled in the
sat*rs Of the united States.
Nearly a score Al foreign warsh 'ps
aill participate in the gFea: naEs: pa
geaBt Among the vessels already
here CT which are expected 10 arrive
In Hampton Roads before noon to-
morrow are the British armorei
cruisers Argyll. Gooi Hope. Hamp
shire. and Roxburgh. the GermaI
cruisers Room and Bremen. the Ital.
an cruisers Garlbaldi and Liguria.
the training ship presldente Sarml.
eniR % the Argentine navy. the Port.
uguese protected cruiser Don Carlos.
The Austrian cruisers Sankte GeOrg
and Asnern. and the hattleshIp Ria,
'hu"le. cruiser Barrnso and gunboat
Tamayo ~ the Brazilian navy. Later
this fee, will be joined by vessels
representing the navies Of France.
Chile. Japan D~nmark and Sweden.
The Virginia state building at the
exposition grounds Is TO be the scene
this evening Of the first eocial func-
tiOn that will help TO make notable
the opening ceremonies. The AFFAIR
will be IA reception by Governor and
Mrs Swanson In honor OF the visiting
governors and other distinguished
guests
The program for the opening exer
clscs tomorrow will be carried out as
previously announced Al sunrise the
Norfolk light artillery blues station
ed at the exposition grounds, will fire
Il salute OF 800 guns In commemora,
tion OF the three hundredth anniver.
: sary Of the first English settlement
"f America. Upon the arrival of Pres
'dcnt Roosevelt in Hampton Roads y
salute will be fred by the United
States and foreign war vessels there
assembled. When the president ar
rivcs at the exposition grounds he
will be met by military escort,
Promptly at the hour OF 1870 he viii.
b" escorted to the reviewing stand.
on Lees parade. where the following
exercises will take place:
! Opening prayer by the RI Rev. Al.
fred Magill Randolph. bishop of the
diocese Of southern Virginia.
Address and introduction Of the
president of the United States by the
Hon. Harry st. George Tucker. presi,
dent OF the jamestown Exposition
company.
Address by President Roosevelt anC
formal opening of the exposition.
Immediately after the formal open.
ing of the exposition President Roose.
welt will review the parade. of which
Major General Frederick D, Grant will
be grand marshal, and which will be
participated In by the land and ma.
rine forces OF the United States and
squads of sailors and marines from
the foreign warships.
From to 6 In the afternoon re,
ception will be rendered President
Roosevelt by the officers and direc
tors OF the exposition company in the
rotunda of the auditorium building
The president will receive the diplo
matte corps. the visiting governors
and other dignitaries.