The New York herald., 1875-08-17
ing sun gllitorod upon the gded inscription of the
9eutlte Slnigteit metnt Stdrte,
Ylelne Stdrle 0eutidlano's NRaclt

Ctutlut IttIitt (tQrIe,
Ylelne Stdrte 9eutlhano's Waht ,
0erinan unity my strength,
Ny strength Is Germanys power
On the 23d Of June tho and helmet were placed
In their POSITIONS and tho last portions tho
Roman eagle and the bundle Of fasces upon which
the heros left foot Then the wooden scalfoding
taken away. Thus tho great work accomplished
II was begun on the 9th Of July 1s3s-thrty seven
years ago-and completed the 23d Of june 1873 The
cost of the entire will bo about 900 thalers
THE MONUMENT
follows:-The height of the Gothic
which the figure OF Hermann stands IS ninety three
feet the figure itself is ninety feet high making the to-
tai height lS3 feet II is therefore, sixty higher
than the Marcus Aurelius column in Rome and
exceeds that OF Trajan by lity- five feet The
substructure Is a round, massive tapering Gothic
Pile, supported by stout pillars and crowned
by cupolA tened the top for the reception of the
figure The height of this, before stated, is ninety
three feet The dome is surrounded by gallery four
feet vide, upon which 300 people stand and to
which sixty nns steps lead and twenty eight other steps
80 still higher 70 the summit of the dome. In the
inches Of this appear various and
characteristic inscriptions and memorials. In one is
relief OF the Emperor william l., the model of which
was made by Won Bande in 1872; it cast from
bronze captured at Graveotte and presented to
Won Bandel by the Emperor himself The head Is in
profile, without ornamentation. Above it the words
"Wlhem Kaiser" over this, in smaller characters. to
the left ''22d March, l797 the right "Kng of Prus
sia, I'd January 1861" Under the head proclaimed
Kaiser Versailles, 18th January, 1871" To the left
again the inscription, ''war 18th July, 1s7o' to tho
right. Peace, 26th February, 1871" An oak wreath
surrounds the head to the left OF this the
OF battle fields of the last war-Saarbrucken, wesscn
burg, Worth Spichern Forbach, Courcelles vionvie,
Gravclotte, Metz, Rheims, Beaumont, Sedan, Rouen
Amens, Dieppe, Pontarlier Mompegart Belfort,
DUon, Neu- Breisach, Strassburg Colmar, ST. Denis,
Tours Orleans, Paris Alencon, lie Mans. Under the
portrait is a copper plate inscribed in German
He united with a strong hand the long separated
people He overcame victorously the might and spite
of France. He led home to the German Empire the
sons who had been long lost He is, like Armin, the
deverer
In the next niche is another inscription
Only because the people had become reluelScht
and dsunited and thereby powerless was Napoleon
Bonaparte, Emperor of the French enabled with the
help OF Germans to bring Germany under his yoke But
III 1913 all the German people gathered round the sword
upheld by Prussia in order to light for freedom and
eradicate the disgrace which the Fatherand had
Underneath this the dates :-'lSth October 1915"
'Paris, 31st March 1914 Waterloo 18th June 1876
''Pars, 9TH July, 1sl5.".
The succeeding niche contains passage from Tacitus
tAnnal H., Ss):-
Arminius lberator hand dubie Germaniae ct qui
primordia populi Romani scu a reyes ducesque, sed
forentissmum imperium lacessiert proehs Ambiguous,
bello non victus
And finally another inscription
On the 18th OF July 1870 Louis Napoleon, Frances
Emperor, declared against Prussia Then arose all
the nations OF Germany and from August, 1870 until
January 1871 victorious under the leadership Of
King William of Prussia (whom the German people had
called To be their Emperor ON the 18th OF JanuHyb
chastised the French frIvoty and assumption
In another part inscribed the OF the builder
"E Won Bandel 18th July 1888; 18th June, 1s46" On
the 10Th of July the work commenced on the 18th
of June the last stone of the foundation placed in
position Crossing this Gothic structure the figure,
measuring, with the iron plate which it rests, ninety
feet Armin stands with his right upraised, hold
ing alot an immense sword; his left rests upon the
shield, which is inscribed with the simple word,
'1REuTEsr'' tFRM TRugl
1t consists OF five copper plates, and weighs
The height of the body y feet; from the foot
the peak of the helmet fifty hve and from the iron
basis which the figure stands to the point of the
sword, ninety feet The single portions of the
ment of copper, and number 200 pieces They
rveted together and in part beaten in the work
shop by Won Bande himself The entire monument
has weight of ten eleven tons OF beaten copper.
The colossal edilce enclosed in the substructure
very skilfu and original manner Great nee
essary this in order protect the monument against
the great storms which sometimes sweep over the
forest
HERMANN THE HERO.
Arminius stands with his left resting upon the
shield his right held aoft, holding the huge Ger
man sword. The is simple yet becoming-a
jcrkin trimmed with fur short mantle fastened on
the breast, falling gracefully over the shoulder. The
limbs clad in leather; the feet laced shoes,
also trimmed with fur The winged helmet is charac-
terstic Of the Roman military training which Hermann
had enjoyed in his youth. The statue is grand, com
rnanding work. Armin n pronouncing one would say,
the solemn words Of oath repeated after him word
for word by thousands of devoted followers whose
souls thrsting for the fray.
bur III briioerlider Glnt9felt
yebt 9eutldlano's Ufaht NIB perrlihteit!