The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . from its firstorganization to the presenttime, including the uniformsof all ranks, from privates togenerals. Figures of mulesand horses harnessed towagons, ambulances and fieldpieces may be seen ; butthe chief display in this lineis the group composed ofMajor-General Scofield andstaff, in ororo^eous battle-flags, and acomplete outfit of everyspecies of standard used by the government, are exhibited, as wellas camp and garrison equipage and furniture, tools, band instru-ments, etc. An old forage wagon, originally with the army
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . from its firstorganization to the presenttime, including the uniformsof all ranks, from privates togenerals. Figures of mulesand horses harnessed towagons, ambulances and fieldpieces may be seen ; butthe chief display in this lineis the group composed ofMajor-General Scofield andstaff, in ororo^eous battle-flags, and acomplete outfit of everyspecies of standard used by the government, are exhibited, as wellas camp and garrison equipage and furniture, tools, band instru-ments, etc. An old forage wagon, originally with the army ofthe Potomac, which has travelled many thousands of miles, is a strik-ing feature of the War Department exhibit. There are showncannons captured from the British and the Mexicans, some of themvery quaint and old-fashioned. The same department includes anexhibit of veterinary articles, displaying skulls, bones, etc., indicatingvarious diseases to which the horse and mule are subject. The Departments of State and Justice occupy but little space,. DOME OF GOVERNMENT , SHOWINGCAI^IFORNIA REDWOOD TREE. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. 463 although what they do show is of most Interesting character. Thereare portraits of all the chief-justices of the Supreme Court, includingMarshall, Taney, Ellsworth and their successors, to the present the attorney-generals also appear. There is a large chart show-ing in different colors all of the United States judicial are treaties and other important documents in the StateDepartment exhibit. A photograph copy of the Declaration ofIndependence is the great centre of attracdon. The northeast corner of the building is occupied by the Depart-ment of Ao^riculture. Its exhibits include sections devoted to the dis-play of vegetable fibres, tobacco, silk, cotton, tea and wool; the divi-sion of ornithology and mammalogy ; cereals ; the bureau of animalindustry ; the forestry division ; the division of microscopy ; vegetablepatho
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