Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-25

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ooantry wtIi not h. displayed ut the
exposition. but the National Guard of
the several states and the Army and
Navy viii be modessIy represented
and the onaeers and N viii BE- there
In a spirit ef friendlinems tn all our
visitors from foreign lands. IL IL an,
dersfood thai upon the opening u the
exposition by the President Of the
United States and upon the arrival
iof any military representatives or
naval vessels Of friendly nations,
there viii present such of cur IA
tionai military or naval forces N may
be assembled without detriment tn
the public service In the course Of
their regular employmenis. The oere*
monies will be- IN the exposition
grounds and they will be chiefly Of Z
civil character. the scene will be
splendid In lin civic nature. and II IL
intended that the hataliions or com.
panies Of the army. navy and Ma
tlonal guard shall I'M their proper
place In an imposing event CONNIE.
lucrative OF the history Of the hation.
Subsequently. there will remain at
this exposition a detachment OF each
arm Of the military service and a dt.
vision q naval vessels for the pur.
pose Of exhibition to the citizens Of
the United States. There In not a
state and not many counties I'm the
United States that have not citizens
In the army and navy. All the people
support the army and navy. and they
do 1t willingly. and 1t 10 right and
proper that the people who visit the
exposition shall have an opportunity
to Q something of the great forces
Of national defense which they have
created and maintain. But there will
BE- no carnival OF war nor inspiration
OF military conquest. II Is expected
that many friendly nations will be
represented by naval vessels and a
few by companies of soldiers. illus
trative OF their military arm.
We come now to a brief Statement,
of the principal and more importan,
measures OF the Jamestown Exposi
ton Company. intended to give pro
minence to the civic history OF our
country, commemorative. educational
historic and patriotic. Nearly all the
buildings al. Illustrative of architec
:, ture OF the colonial period. with man ,
reproductions either exact or upon
reduced scale. The principal building
the Auditorium, with Its annexes Of
Historic Art and of Education, front:
upon Raleigh Square, which will be
a floral design. and overlooks Hamp
ton Roads. The Auditorium IL pro
vided for the use numerous congress
SEES OF conventions, of which, up L
the middle of February, one hundred
and nineteen had arranged their pro
grammes OF attendance and work. A
Hall of Congresses will be provided
with a seating capacity for 5000 per
sons. This hall Is entered from OUT
side the exposition grounds. and Il
will be used for religious services
morning and evening, during the en-
tire period of the exposition. The
conventions represent many associa
lions and lines OF endeavor, idustrial
educational. professional, commercial
technical, fraternal, religious, histo
rical and patriotic. The Tidewatel
ministerial union is arranging regular
evangeistic services at the exposition
Perhaps the most prominent of thu
conventions will be historical ant
fraternal.
The exposition exhibit buildings In
clude: Z:
, Manufactures and Arts, $50 fee
, long, $50 feet wide.
I Machinery and Transportation. 55'
feet long, $50 feet wide.
States Exhibit, 500 feet long. 30,
feet wide.
States Exhibit Court, $50 feet long
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