| Show Coast Defenders of Mammoth Rifles Such as asAre asAre asAre Are Used Upon the Secret Fortifications to Be Bei Shown at the Exposition i t the tha different wars In tho the United have been ben I Tho Ordnance Or exhibit will show chow the historical hl l development of oC It ordnance In States a gun representing every OV rY typo adopted by ty I the iio United and Knowing the tho evolution lit cut if KUnn guis mortars auth holt Among ArnonI thu tiui howitzer will W 11 bo IN ono one made mado In 17 thero will also be thirty or forty tro tm troPhy tm Phy suns guns displayed according to period ll of ot capture A t novel feature will be a it atrophy trophy fountain a U burst burstIng lag Irit with water spouting from Its crevices Title This will bo ho mounted on a n iIlo of at projectiles surrounded by tro trophy troy phy y guns i The rite largest guns mounted In any of ot our seacoast batteries during the war i of 1812 were the diameter of at bow bore being less leas than six I Inches anti and tho the weight ot of guile Kuns OO I pounds They rhoy were a II little over ever ten feet teet long and tho the powder charge charce was six and eight pounds of ot black LInck powder They were siero mounted upon u on woolen wooden car carriages tinges In the lie with n a 1 caliber of ot GL CH Inched using a n charge of ot eight to ten pounds of ot black powder was as adopted and In the 0 U Oller with n a caliber of oC seven ev n Inches Inch ell and using ten to fourteen Courteen pounds of ot black powder came canto Into use useIn useIn useIn In 1811 1841 tho the eight and ten Inch Colum Comm blade fired a 11 shot weighing pounds pound and Used a charge of oC ten to fit fifteen teen Ilen pounds of at black powder The rite ten Inch shot eliot weighed 1 G pounds and the powder charge chargo was los eighteen and exhibit will be displayed all nil Instrument und and appliances used usell In communication by hy lint flog heliograph wire telegraph cable cabin and by wireless telegraphy Wireless M telegraphy will bo be boIn beIn In operation t at cit all ull times during the yx Ex Exposition position out one station being located ll at atthe atthe the Government building on the tho grounds and tho the other station some come miles away probably at lit Fort Furt Porter I Tho rho Military Academy nt at West Point hay hat never been represented nt lit uny pre PIC previous previous Ious exposition l A vury ory complete and am Interesting exhibit showing history curriculum plant of ot tho the Academy Its work und 1111 workings constitute a 11 apart ahart part hart of the tho War Will Department exhibit The Inclosure of ot the West Point exhibit will have havo the form torm and appearance of ot regular cadet barracks barracke the tho top of at the tho partition showing battlements with a tower nt at each COllier coiner A committee of ot professors proCessors of ot lie tho Military Academy has hnit been appointed by hy the superintendent of ot tho the Academy to prepare this exhibit C W V Larned Professor of ot Drawing who Is a n member of oC the committee has haa JL nl 1 reau of ot Ethnology will wilt bo ho especially I 1 unique Representatives ot of all the tho tribes now nOSY In tho the country will be bo brought to the tho Exposition The rho his i i tone old council house of ot the tho Iroquois I will bo ho reproduced In bark by tho the In InI I diOns who hava have gathered and prepared the tho material themselves At the Ex Fix Exposition position they will follow tollow the customs of ot their early ancestors in tanking making weapons tools tool utensils dolls and knickknacks Corn will whit be bo ground In instone stono stone mortars years yearn old oil and will bo LQ made mado In the crude crud a way wa known to the tho Six Nations as they the learned It In time Immemorial For the tho tUne being the lie Indians will discard what civilization civilization tion has brought them and live in the tho wigwams as their heIr ancestors lived ready for tor the th battle or tho the chase In Interpreters Interpreters Interpreters will wilt be lie provided so that tho the public may talk with the Indians who do not understand English Their va various n rious festivals will be celebrated with tho tue customary dances and weird cere ceremonials ceremonials Under tho the Department of ot Agriculture there lucre th ro will wll he ite a 11 museum of ot cereals to tobacco tobacco tobacco bacco animal and vegetable fibers II Il Illustrative of at distribution the effect of ot otI I transplantation of at changes of ot soil ell cli I I showing Important periods In inthe 1 the history lory ot of the United halted States de lie departmental publications and a I number of ut old will viIi also be sent Bent Ont Ono special feature of ot Interest under this title department will WIil bo be the photos and views of ot state prisons and prisoners under tIm tho modes modIs ot of employment and discipline of oC prisoners The Department will 11 have havo havea ha 0 a u larger space nt at this Exposition titan than it hints han ever eer occupied at any previous exposition In this title country square feat Models of ot nil all tho the various methods ot of mall mail transportation employed In title this country und and our newly acquired terri tern territories tories will be bo exhibited and these will take tako up the tha main part vart of at the exhibit They will vili Include models of ot domestic and International malt mall steamships railway postal cars mall mail wagons pneumatic matic mall maii carriers a n model of ot tho the overland coach conch a n figure of ot the tho Pony Express I and largo large models of ot rural col collection lection and distributing wagons In themselves posto on wheels In addition there thero will wll be he nn an array of ot stamps envelopes and cards carlls domestic and foreign with models of oC Cuban orto Rican and Filipino I mall mail car ear carriers none as they were under Spanish rule mule ch S Defense I 0 oi IS irm in n I f inn r Tho rho transportation n and arrangement of at all these exhibit are under the tho Ito bonn board of at management m nt of ot tho the commit committee tee also so charged by y act of Congress with their selection and purchase Q and which Is III composed of ot the following members J II H Assistant Secretary of t t chairman W WH II H Michael 1 Department of at State lintel Vf W WH V VIt H It Hills lillis Department Cap tain ta tam In Voter Peter C Jt irI War Department Frank Vrank I Strong Department of ut if Justice John 14 U V i Depart Dopart Department rt mont ment nt U n I P r Peters Navy Department F I W Clarke Department of the Into Inte Interior nor F I W M True Smithsonian Institution InstItution tion and Museum W V deC of Fish and amul Fish cries C O H n Verrill Derailment of ot La Labor labor bor W C Fox Io of at American Republics Vf Wi V V Cox Secretary S W V M Disbursing Officer John M Id Diddle ile A Secretary R n U I Stone St ne k kA A special II o wan inn appointed by this board Loor to arrange for tor exhibits front from the Philippines Hawaii Rico Cuba Alaska the iho Island of ot Guam Quant and our newest possessions f slon Tutuila anti and Manua This ThIll work wor 1 Is b well veil ad nd winced nod and uni iio and Instructive ex cx hibits of oC n a most molt extensive variety will willbo willbe bo La displayed 1 1 Ii 1 i I flat s Limi Breech Loading I se Defense Rifle on in n I tb Carriage C m nt I Position po it for to v I T Tc c j W p pl l If i J rz k kI I I I 7 C k kI I in front o I Pan |
