The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-05-13
HANCOCK STATUE
Monument to the Noted Union
General Unveiled at
Washington.
President, Vice President, Su-
preme Court and Other Not
ables Present.
Senator John NJ. Palmer of ILL.,
nOis Delivered the
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WASHINGTON, May 13.-With impos-
ing ceremonies the equestrian statue of
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
was unveiled here before an immense
gathering, which included President
Cleveland, Vice President Stevenson and
representatives of the supreme court,
the diplomatic corps, both bodies of con-
gress and army veterans and colleagues
of the late general. The unwilling was
preceded by a military demonstration.
-Four companies of artillery marching
as infantry, four companies Of marines
with the marine band Light Battery G,
Third artillery; a squadron from the
Sixth cavalry, the full District militia,
and numerous military organizations,
including the Second army corps, at the
head of which General Hancock achieved
the greatest victories, participated in the
parade.
Brigadier General Brooke, command
ing the Department of Dakota, U. 8. A.,
was the grand marshal Of the day. The
exercises opened with a prayer by Rt.
Rev. James Satterlee, bishop of Wash.
ington.
The principal address was delivered
by Senator John NJ. Palmer Of Illinois,
major general of volunteers during the
a A salute was fired as the unveil-
ing of the statue o place.
President Cleveland's Remarks.
President Cleveland, after the prayer
was spoken, made a brief address, in
which he said
"a grateful government today pays
tribute to the memory Of one of our
country's noblest sons and bfavest de-
Tenders. Willingly, prompted by pa
triotic inclination, we have assembled
to witness a nations appreciation of
valiant deeds in time of war, and its
recognition of civic virtues in time of
peace. We give this monument to the
dead but the dead endows our gift
with a significance which makes Il of
priceless value to the living. 1t is an
open book, constantly teaching the les
son of sincere and steadfast love of
country. Those who look upon its
grand proportions in years to come will
be reminded of such sacrifice and service
appropriate to this occasion and. let
u of public duty and our patri.
otto aspirations be quickened and slim
ulated by a voice from the grave ad-
monishing Us that obligations as
servants of the people are made more
sacred and our incentives to vigilant
citizenship more impressive because we
have in our keeping the fame and glory
of our country's heroic dead" =
Senator Palmer's address was devoted
to a eulOgy of the manly and soldierly
qualities of General Hancock, and con
tanned a beautiful tribute to his wife,
who was his ~biographer.
"The military qualities of General
Hancock he said, "are well known to
the country. The story of his brilliant
services has been told in detail by biog-
raphers but General Grant has con
densed his real character and reputation
into a few sentences:
Hancock stands the most conspicuous
figure of all the generals who did not
exercise a separate command. He com.
manded a corps longer than any other
other one, and his name was never
mentioned as having committed in bat
tie a blunder for which he was respon-
sible. He was a man of very conspicu.
Gus personal appearance. His genial
disposition made him friends, and his
personal courage and his presence with
his command in the thickest of the fight
won for him the confidence of the
troops serving under him."
Wherein He Was Great.
have said that Hancock had an EYE for
a battlefield The terms l use are not
technical, but they describe a quality in
an officer that every practical soldier un.
derstands. 1t has its application to .
field like that Of Gettysburg, and in q
less degree to Chickamauga. When he
reached Gettysburg. Hancock found the
position held by the Union forces that
faced by startling dangers. AT a glance
he saw the advantages Of the position,
and boldly resolved that this great bat
tie should be fought to determine the
fate of the continent. To be great Is to
be equal to the requirements of great
occasions, and it is to the skill, the
courage and resolute GOODNESS Of Han
cock that Gettysburg was selected az a
battlefield. and it is to the officers Of all
ranks and grades and to the hardy reso.
lutte courage Of all private soldiers OF
many states that the country owes the
crushing repulse of the Confederate
forces.
II will not intrude myself into the
%invidious Office of inquiring whethe,
General Hancock possessed all the quail
tiles which are by universal consent
conceded to other great commanders.
1T is enough to say for him that HI
was great, according to that best defni
ton Of greatles
"He comprehended and seized great
opportunities"
Found Suffering From Typhoid.
DULUTH, May 13.-Word has been re
ceived that w. c. Griffin, local mana
ger Of Bradstreet's Office, whose suddel
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