The morning times., 1896-06-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
PLEA FOR HOOKER.
Congress- should Erect MODume
To This Generals Memory.

To This GeneralS Memory
Editor Times. II is altogether fitting
and proper that the nation should do honor
10 It's ilIustrious dead. To all wiio wit
nesse,I n the pageant at the unveiling OF
Hancock's sIaTue WAS more than mere
show.
IL revived reCOllcCtlOnS or tlIht "heh
their services so OrTen u4Ocked at now.
were needed
To the young soldiers II proved that the
government they serve uoes sometimes
honor the memory OF its faithful de
tenders.
TO the youthful civilians. who may be-
called to the field under the Old nag, t
showed tnat even the National Council
MAJ occasionally pause in their prorit:ess
wransles long enough to bestoT token
OF recognition upon The deeds or patriot.
and from amongst the millions expended
uay devote rev thousands to the per
petuation or his fame. And this Hancock
richly meTited. He was gallant soldier.
who. always in q subordinate capacity,
faithfully and inteiligentIy discharged every
duty assigned him
Tine ceremonies will Set on foot among
the young who saw II. or who may read OF
1t, a thousand inquiries. will make the
boys and girls of the schools eager 70
know what manner or man Hancock was
what he did. and where. 10 merit this dis
tinCtion. Among the QuestionerS, too, will
be round some WHOM the story will stir
to emulation in some future crisis. The
country viii never lack for traGesIueD:
may II never TACK for earnest. patriotic
soldiers.
But let not the glow of national gra tituda
die away with this one display Let Con
gresS carry the good work along Fill
Washlngton'S parks, if need be, with evi-
dences that the nation never forgetS her
defenders
Houker's memory awaits Justification
he commanded division when Hancock
had brigade. He led Il corps before Han
cock reached a divisisn. He comma nded
an army before Hancock led u Corps He
made Gettysburg possible The Army nf
the Potomac reached it's highest point of
efficiency under his command
Notwithstanding the constant Gripplng
intervention nf HaileCk; III spite of the re-
iuCtant half-hea rted Obedience Of soInr
Of his SubGuhnateS; denied reinfOrCements
which were given unasked 10 his sue
cessOr: refused the control OF the troups
Within his legitimate authority. he ma
ncuverefl his army so as to- cover washing
ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia. threw
il across the Potomac i'll such n way as to
intervene between Lees main BODY and
Stewart's cavalry. thus cutting off the
enemy's source Cf Information and keeping
the opposing general in ignorance of the
movements 1f the Union Army This
brought on the impending battle at point
which Hooker had selected. and from which
the defeated enemy should never have
been permitted To escape
Massachusetts has recently ordered IN
equestrian statue of Gen Hooker to ne
erected in the State house grounds. The
nation has just accorded a like unor
IN Hancock Amen, ami imeH. e:
Congress now extend III" same distinct ian
TO the fame Of Joseph Hooker
Let no Gd soldier of tho noble Second
Corps feel that the writer Of these lines
would take hairs weight fFtm HanCnck'S
glory. Far from it, No man more highly
honnrs the gallant PenDS viva nian Han
service mRritah Hooker has been reg
teCted. W II NELSON, Forest Glen. Nd. .