The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-10
j. 5. NAVY WILL HAVE
AN EXHIBIT At FAIR
The L. s. Navy Is Sending Exhibit
of the Work to State Fairs,
To more thoroughly acquaint pc,

To more thoroughly acquaint PEG.
pie Of the country with the part the
5 United states navy is taking in the
present war an elaborate exhibit with
equipment and accoutrements of the
service is to be made this summer at
the larger fairs throughout the ma
ton. The display will be made in
connection with that OF the joint
committee on government exhibits,
which includes the various depart
ments and activities OF federal work.
Five circuits are to be covered. The
exhibit will be in Richmond October
to IL
The navy exhibit will comprehen-
siveIy represent each department Ct
the service. There will be a display
OF captured guns. while the ordnan &c
department Will show the types OF
shells, depth charges and other ex-
plosiyes used against the enemy.
The bureau of construction and re-
pair Will be represented by valuable
and unusually interesting models Of
types OF ships in the United States
navy. These models have been taken
from the halls of the navy depart
the first time that they have ever
been shown generally throughout the
country. The bureau OF medicine
and surgery Will show accessories OF
its work. while the department of sup
plies and accounts viii put forward
the specimens of heavy clothing pro-
vided for the protection of American
sailors during their vigilance at pa
troll work against submarines in the
l. a
For the bureau of navigation which
handles the personnel OF the navy the
work of the recruiting division will
be shown by display of posters
These are the work Of the most ia
nous OF American artists who con-
tributed these artistic appeals for the
various campaigns in recruiting the
navy up to It's strength OF more than
half million men. Each VIII be sur
rounded by a booth designed and
pa ,nted by well-known artists An
interesting and prehensive ex
hlhIt by the marines. the soldiers of
the sea. VIII also be made with this
display. These exhibit booths have
been arranged and constructed by the
United States navy recruiting bureau,
New York city
In artistic excellence this exhibit
emhodies 4 e high standard demand
ed for The navy by Admiral Palmer,
chief bureau OF navigation. Charles
a. Valentine, the well-known New
York architect and the designer OF
the ctys best SKI scrapers, patriotic
ally Noluni eered "a Lieutenant Com
mander Cooper, of the navy recruit
ing bureau. to design the general
architecture OF the navy's exhibit at
these county affairs. MIR Valentines
chaste and dignited architecture
gives the exhibit the proper setting
betting a government enterprise,
TWO large mural panels flank the
entrance and represent various phases
of navy life and of the marine corps,
ON one side Charles r Falls, the tai
cnted painter. has glorihed the valor
OF the hghtinG marines, on the other
side Lieutenant Reuterdahl has paint
ed stirring. scenes of the navy at war;
The exhibit will he shown in the
following fairs in this section.
Erie, Pa, Aug. 10 to "a; Roches-
ter, y. Y, Sept. to I, Syracuse, n.
Y, Sept, TO a. Trenton, n. j.. Sept.
80 to oct, 4 Richmond, Va, Oct. :
TO - Petersburg, Va. Oct. IS to 10.