The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-31

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has shown US. York and Lancaster
Cavilier and Roundhead no longer
wage war on each other; all are Eng
lishmen proud of their country and tn,
red nose and the white are emblem:
Of peace and Of the glory of old Eng
land. Can we not all be proud of ths
proves of the American soldier2
Consecrating the Guns.
Then came the beautiful and impressiv,
ceremony of 'consecrating the guns"
AT each corner of the monument stood
piece presented to the association by
the United States government. The cere
mony is known as "monumenting thi
guns" and consists in making the ord
nance part Of the monument to the dead
4ne monument corps consisted of eight
| LADIES and eight gentlemen.
rms party formed IN a procession and
the gentlemen escort with the ladies
passed through the lines of the veterans
| and to the first gun, and when they
stood beside it, General Underwood gave
the command, "Consecrate the guns
Colonel Stewart advanced TO the piece,
! and with him went Lieutenant-Colonel
| France, carrying a triangular bolt of
steel, and General Noel, who bore heavy
! hammer.
Colonel Stewart spoke the first words of
! its last shot on the field of battle, will
now be silenced forever"
AFOREMENTIONED France placed the
spike in the vent of the gun.
Spike the gunP' commanded General
| Underwood. Down came Mr.. Noers
sledge on the head of the spike. driving
It home and rendering the cannon forever
harmless.
Colonel Stewart then escorted Miss
Lucy Lee-Hill to the pedestal beside the
spiked cannon. and Miss Hill said: This
cannon, with its glorious record on fields
of battle, having been silenced forever, 1
DO consecrate it to the memory OF the
ralorous soldiery, and we now monument
it as a military decoTa ton for their brav-
cry and honor unto death.
The ceremony was repeated at the 9TH
er guns by the members of the consecra-
ting party with slight changes in the
phraseology Of recommendation.
Fayette Hewitt, chief of staff then as
central pedestal, whence the lady deliv-
cred the final words of conservation, say
ing;
ed from the Union forces in the battles
of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and
afterward manned by the Confederates
battles of Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dali
ton, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree
Creek, Atlanta and Franklin, were finally
recaptured by the Federals in the battle
of Nashville and subsequent engage
ments. They constitute a field battery of
light artillery of distinguished battle rec
ord, and they are here permanently
parked, never again to belch forth dead
ly missiles in the horrible splendor of
war. All hail the silenced guns we con-
Secrate which, with the shot and she'll
P4lcQ III OIL luis
burial plot, are henceforth dedicated as
a military tribute to valor, fortitude and
DEATH
Decorate the monument" commanded
General Underwood, and then Miss Cath
crime Stewart, Miss Marion Sullivan and |
Mrs. r. l.. Walker, dressed in white and |
floral decorations. approached the inscrip- |
ton face of the monument and in turn |
placed a white cross and laurel wreath |
on easels at the center and corners of |
hn haC deadS0 irlcr hon f1 hA IL
rouS bravery of the dead there buried, |
and kneeled upon the lower steps with |
their arms folded on their bosoms while |
the Arion Octette chanted "As God Wills.
Amen
Miss Eliza Washington, advancing to
the front. the. three ladies still kneeling,
recited a requiem poem. After this cere
nony the monument guns and pile of shot
were covered with flowers.
After the exercises the guests were
at luncheon by the Chi
ago club and reviewed the procession
If the G.. A. r. from the balcony Of
he Auditorium. Tonight there was a
ball and reception at First
Regiment armory and the reception at
he Palmer house.
The display of flowers on the graves
# the Confederate and Federal dead
vas very impressive and will long be
remembered For several days they
lad been coming by the carload, six
arloads having come by one railroad
done. Savannah sent palmettos,
noSSes, wild snilax, magnolia bios
oms and laurel wreaths. New Or
cans sent 5000 magnolia blossoms
nd other tributes came from New Or
cans and Pensacola. The Charleston
ar contained 600 green palmettos, 1000
'oundS of carolina moss, branches Of
edar, magnolias and laurel and many
ct designs in laurel leaves interviewer
nth the letters IS. c." the work and
fering of the women of the Daughters
the Confederacy and the Ladies
Iemorial association of Charleston.
wo carloads came from Atlanta, in {
uding roses, palmettos, moss and de-
gns by the Ladies Memorial associa-
on of Atlanta.
The Monument. s
The monument dedicated today
lie top of the figure which surmounts &
The pedestal is of pearl granite l
ON quarries at Constitution hill, !.
ear Atlanta. It's lower base is 10 feet |
Id 6 inches square, and upon it are z
id three other bases. On the front ',
them, cut in raised and polished let
rs. are the words: II II
CONFEDERATE DEAD" 1
The upper base is adorned with a ?
ries Of rich moulding. and on the :.
ont Of this stone is placed an en- ?,
rged model of the confederate seal. " y
0rked in bronze, representing in re- u
f mounted soldier, General Wash
gton, ingrossed within a wreath
rought by entwining the foliage of "
oducts of the south. The die of the n
onument is made of one massive a
0ne, the dimensions being feet and "
inch square by feet and 10 inches n
gh, and has re-entering angles which e;
e filed with groups of cluster col n
ms terminating in richly carved So
caps. On the north face er
worked in incised letters upon a pol h,
led panel this inscriptions: OF
Erected to the memory of the six w
ousand southern soldiers, here bur- oil
|, who died in Camp Douglas prison. m
800. Confederate dead" tn
The heat during the exercises at hf
kwood was intense. The unobscured in
n poured down upon the heads of m
thousands gathered there until it
S almost more than flesh and blood ce
I'D endure. III
every few moments women would tn
mt, and even strong men were over ha
ne. The crowd around the speakers or
nd was immense, every seat in the tiC
ind-Stand was taken and during the WI
srcises 8 part of the stand directly tn
front of the speakers fell with
sh. Miss Dixon, a southern ladv es
the grand-stand, was overcome by va
heat ~ NJ.
! notable feature of the journey to pr
cemetery was the welcome which
ex-confederates received at The ne
e, where they were met by the tiI
orge H. Thomas post, G. A. r. an
ich wheeled about and escorted We
m to the monument. 1S1