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HERO OF GETTYSBURG.
Statue to Major General
Hancock Unveiled at
Washington Today.
HIS YOUNG SOLDIER GRANDSON
Senator Palmer's Eulogy on the
Great Captain His Eye for
Opportunities.
HIS YOUNG SOLDIER GRANDSON

eral Winfield Scott Hancock Hero of
Gettysburg" was unveiled this afternoon
at the intersection of Pennsylvania and
Louisiana avenue with Seventh and c.
streets, the busiest highway crossing in
! the capital. President Cleveland pre-
sided at the ceremony, which followed
one of the most imposing military par
| ades of city famous for such pageants
and which was witnessed by many dis
tinguished in the arts of peace and war
who had been closely associated with
the great soldier and popular idol. The
/ statue. pronounced by eminent critics
the finest piece of equestrian art in this
| city, is the latest and best work of Henry
]. Ellicott whose soldiers monuments in
| New York city, in Greenwood and in
Calvary. Brooklyn and in Holyoke, Mass,
| are well known. 1t represents Hancock
| as the sculptor saw him during the
| battle of Gettysburg, a. picture which Mr..
| Ellcott declares was indelibly impressed
| on his memory, and which he has ever
| since aspired to produced
! The bronze stands fourteen feet six
inches from the plinth to the crown Of
the hat, surmounting an elaborate stone
base nineteen feet high The soldier S
| race wears an expression OF calm deter
| mlnation and dignity as his horse prances
qnaer 9Ial the restraint Of tightly drawn reiiss
| IRE statue has the furtner distinction of
| being the first staIue of an army officer
n washington to be erected wholly at
1 the expense of the Governments the
numerous others having been secured
through societies of army SURVIVORS.
The military parade from the White
4 House down Pennsylvania avenue was
led by Major General Nelson A. Miles,
commanding the army, and marsnalled by
Brig; Gen; John r.. Brooke, commanding
| the Department of Dakota, both of whom
won their first stars leading brigades
| under Hancock. Accompanying General
| Miles We're former staff officers of the
Second Army corps while commanded by
| Hancock, including Generals r. N.
Batehelaer, Francs A. Walker. Joseph
s; 81 smith, nj Henry Henry n Bingham, John St
George A. Shallenberger, John Hancock.
James D. Brady, Clayto MoMiehael .Fin-
Mam 5 w. NaHeT MeT soage eoaFies sTaa
Strong, Israel Thicksteen. Charles S.
McEntee, Albert Hunter.
Next were some of the famous old bat
tie flags of the corps followed by the
veterans in column of platoons. The sec
ond division was composed of the entire
| National Guard of the District of Column
bia, preceding the President, his Cabinet
and the Congressional Commission who
Cavalry. the Third United States Artilleay
and the United States Marine Corps Bses
talon followed by the Society of the Third
Legion, Grand Army Of the Republic and
kindred organizations.
On arrival at the scene of ceremonies,
where a platform had been erected for the
800 specially invited guests, the troops
formed along the streets facing the
statue and President de- : GlsyeIand e9mmand
Satterlee, D. D., Bishop of Washington,
made the opening prayer, After the
Banner Banner" Cadet et Giynn r. Hancock, Of
the third class. United States Military
Academy, assisted by a detail of United
light battery stationed on the monument
grounds nearby fired a Major Generals
salute of 13 guns, and all the troops stood
| at present arms
Cadet Hancock is the grandson of Cen
eral Hancock, and the only male descen-
dant of that gallant soldier.
| Major General John M. Palmer, Senator
| of Illinois, was then presented by the Pres
| ident as the orator of the day
From the very nature of things the ora
ton of Senator Palmer was an epitome
of the military services of the great COM
| mander in whose honor the statue was
| erected. The speaker first met Hancock
| when the latter was only lieutenant
| forty years ago and subsequently watched
! his course through the whole of the Civil
War War and in after 14 life. The life and ser
/ known to the American people than those
| of any other of the great soldiers who
won distinction during the Civil War. He
| mitted in battle a blunder for which he
was responsible He commanded brigades,
ulVlSlOHS dIlQ dIIIy COTpS Will Drl1llanC
success but he understood himself so well
that he never aspired to the command of
that great army. In beautiful word pic
lures Senator Palmer painted the battle
| of Gettysburg and the part taken there
by the superb general whose memory had
been perpetuated in bronze.
a situation General Palmer said that
| when he reached Gettysburg Hancock
found the position held by the Union
forces menaced by startling dangers. At
a glance he saw the advantages of the
position and boldly resolved that there
the great battle should be fought to de-
No Confederate soldier envied the honor
paid here today. They may compare him
with Jackson, whose greatness reg as a corps
fame every American who has the in
stincts of a soldier, is proud The Civil
entertained in the different States Of the
| relative powers Of the Federal Govern
ment and of the States. There were also
| ditions. and the challenge Of the great
sections of the Union addressed to the
manhood of each other Now that we
other, we now with absolute confidence
/ that the men of every section and all
parts Of the great Republic are equalY
defend the integrity of the Union and the
honor of the nation against all and every
fee. Americans of all sections and all
parts of one common country now know
4 respect and confide in each other and we
/ will transmit that sentiment of respect
i and confidence to our children, which will
afford sure guaranty for, internal peace
and the defence of national honor
| The suppression of the doctrine of the
right of any State Ito. secede at pleasure
and the abolition of slavery, COMPENSATED
the american people for the enormous
sacrifices of blood and treasure made to
secure those ends. The war settled not
only the quality, but the equality of
American manhood.
In conclusion. General Palmer said =
I'VE stand in the presence of this appro-
pirate monument of a hero; we do all
we can to perpetuate his fame. conscious
| as we are that as the centuries recede
his. great name will he less and less known
and less and less frequently mentioned .
i Hail Columbia by the Marine Band.
followed the close of General Palmer's
Grafton, which was frequently Interrupted
by the enthusiastic audience, and with
benedction by Rev. W. H Gotwald
! Potomac Post Chaplain G. A. r., the
ceremonies concluded, and after the Presi-
/ dent, his Cabinet the Supreme Court and
other notabilities had left the stand, the
parade was dismissed.
4 WEATHER INDICATIONS.
NI1W YORK. MAY IL. 1896 4ITor the az