their staffs were loudly cheered as they appeared
at the head of their State troops. Gathered on the reviewing stand was a
notable assembly--our Chief Executive, President Roosevelt; ex-President
Cleveland, ambassadors and diplomats, cabinet officers, the
lieutenant-general of the Army, Nelson A. Miles; Cardinal Gibbons and
Bishop Potter, Senator, Representatives, governors, State and
Territorial representatives, Government officials, President Francis,
and the board of directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company,
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, and the board of lady
managers.

At the meeting in the Liberal Arts Building following the parade,
President Carter of the National Commission addressed the great
assembly. The enthusiasm was unbounded when, in turn, the President and
ex-President spoke to the vast multitude. After the meeting an
adjournment was made to the Administration Building, where President
Roosevelt and ex-President Cleveland received many of their friends, and
the board of lady managers entertained a distinguished company at 5
o'clock in their rooms in the Administration Building. Among the guests
present at the dinner tendered in the evening by Hon. David R. Francis
to President Roosevelt, in the building of the Hall of Congresses, were
several members of President Roosevelt's Cabinet, ex-President
Cleveland, Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, diplomatic representatives of
thirty foreign governments, governors, Senators, National Commissioners,
and the board of lady managers.

The second, or "International Day," the procession was arranged as on
the first day, the introductory oration being delivered in the Palace of
Liberal Arts. President Francis extended greeting to representatives of
foreign governments and responses were made by Ambassador Jusserand, of
the French Government, and Senor Don Emilio de Ojeda, Spanish minister
to the United States. In the evening a reception was given at the St.
Louis Club in honor of the diplomatic corps, and a banquet was tendered
to visiting journalists in the Hall of Congresses on the exposition
grounds.

The third, or "State Day," the visiting governors were specially
entertained, and the closing exercises held, after which the governors
and representatives of different States proceeded to the sites that had
been allotted their respective State pavilions and broke ground and laid
corner stones with appropriate ceremonies.

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