The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-11
HIS NAME LIVES IN STONE
MAI. GEORGE @. WHITES MON
UMENT DEDICATED
Loyal Legion, In Which He Was n
foremost Spirit, Conducted Pa
trfOtfc Exercises Mt His Graveside
Aesterday--Archb Ireland
spoke ElOauently and ApprO-
priately. idf

hesterday--Archbi Ireland
Spoke EIoquently and Appro-
Beautiful and impressive were the
dedication exercises of the monument
erected by the Minnesota Commandery
o. the Loyal Legion to the memory OF
the late Maj G. @. White at Oakland
cemetery yesterday afternoon.
Ihe dedication ceremony was attended
by the members of the Loyal Legion.
Acker post, and a large number Of
other friends Of Mai. White.
The monument itself is a fitting trib-
ute OF the esteem in which the de-
ceased was held by his comrades IN
lie. The wooded grounds at the GEM
etery never looked more beautiful than
yesterday afternoon. The May sunshine
reflected long shadow from the
snoW-wh1te shaft of Vermont granite,
and the little company Of several
hundred people gathered under a
cloudless sky made the scene one to be
long remembered.
Promptly at 3 o'clock, four chartered
cars left Fifth and Jackson streets for
the cemetery, carrying members Of the
Minnesota commandery, many OF them
being Minnesota territorial pioneers,
the Acker post and many old settlers.
When the arched gate Of the ceme-
terry was reached, the party formed
In regimental order and marched to
the site Of the monument.
First came the Minnesota State band,
followed by the Minnesota command
cry, led by the commander and mast
commanders of the order. Lieut..
George 0. Eddy carried the command
cry colors and was escorted by S. v.
Appleton and Capt. c. B. Bourne, of
Minneapolis.
Directly following came Acker post,
with William Trcziyulny carrying the
draped post flag, and the officers and
members Of the post marching by
tours. Slowly the procession wended
its way up the curVing driveway, &C
companied by the soft strains Of the
state band.
The monument as viewed in its place
yesterday is one Of the finest pieces OF
work in granite ever executed in ST.
Paul. Built Of perfectly white Vermont
granite, it rears tits top twenty-four
feet. 1t was designed by A. H. Stem.
and built by the P. N. Peterson Granite
At it's summit, resting upon a large
granite ball, is a bronze American
eagle with spread wings. AS a whole,
the shaft very much resembles the ia
NOUS victory" monument at West
Point.
Inscribed across, the face Of the shaft
Is the inscription Erected by the Min
nesota Commanderysofr the Military Or
der Of the Loyal Legion Of the United
States in Loving Memory Of George
Quincy White, Bvt Maj. U. S. A. Or
ganizer and Charter Member and Re-
corder from 1885 to 1897. Born Aug. Ia,
1889, Died March %, 1897"
Rukard Hurd, chairman of the monu-
ment committee, is deserving of much
credit for the jealous manner in which
he has looked after the work of con-
struction and of raising funds.
To the right of the grave platform
was erected yesterday, where the
speakers and others occupied chairs.
l. among those on the platform were:
w L: Wilson, Alexander Ramsey,
Archbishop Ireland, Ex-Lieut. Gov
Alphonse Barto, J. H Baker. Judge L.
W. Collins, Rev. Levi Gleason Rukard
of the Minnesota jucommandery, and
Rev. E. G. Peake.ofra-"9 teA ~ -har.e
The only relatives~dof the deceased
present were w. l.. Hollowell, Issac
Hollowell and William Hollowell Maj
Whites cousins. The vibrant strains
OF, LEST We Forget by the Mime
sofa State band, opened the exercises
With uncovered heads and reverential
attitude, the company listened to a
prayer by Rev. Levi Gleason.
The band then played "The Vacant
Chair" following which Rukard Hurd
made an address Of presentation on
the part of the monument committee
He said:
Commander and Companions: You are
called today to the grave of our dear COM
panion to receive the report of the commit
tee whom you honored and to whom you en-
trusted the work of erecting in your name
your monument of loving memory of our
late recorder, Maj. George Quincy White.
Our report stands before you. This beauti-
full monument is our report. 1t is in the
fullest sense Loyal Legion monument, for
every. dollar in it is Loyal Legion money.
The free will offering of love and apprecia-
ton Of twelve years of more than faith
service as recorder. And 1t is spontaneous
offering, for the entire work Of collection,
building and payment in full has consumed
but eight months. The hearty Endorsement
by large majority of our members has been
of the greatest satisfaction and encourage
ment to your committee, and assured us
that the commandery was right in believing
that the life and work of Maj. White in be-
half Of the Minnesota commandery of the
Loyal Legion entitled him to this lasting
and substantial recognition
Here it stands here it will stand for all
time, a silent, yet loudly speaking witness
that we do not forget. Here 1t stands an OBJ
ject lesson in patriotism. Loyal Legion
monument. soldiers monument erected by
soldiers. Their tribute of love and affection
for their companion who worked so earnestly
and zealously for them and their command
cry. Their tribute TO brave soldier and a
loyal patriotic, useful, Christian citizen.
You are called by these exercises to formally
and officially receive and dedicate this mon
ument Your orders have been obsyed. Your
committee asks to be honoraby discharged
for we now surrender into your charge the
Loyal Legion monument to Companion Maj.
George Quincy White.
Gen. R. N. Adams. Of Minneapolis,
! responded with an address Of accep-
lance He said:
Companion Hurd: In behalf of the
Commandery of the. Loyal Legion of
Minnesota l extend to you and
! heartfelt thanks for this service of affec-
ton so well and so promptly performed. 1t is
| beautiful memorial structure and far more
| mpressively than any words of mine does
1t bear testimony to the tasteful and efficient
manner in which you have performed the
sacred duty committed to you. We there
fore accept at your hands this finished work
as perpetual trust put into our keeping,
! and we do so in the spirit Of true COM
partnership and in loving recognition of what
| we as an order owe to the memory Of him
assuming then the care Of this sacred spot
and stone, we do here and now solemnly
| pledge ourselves to hold and keep them II
the members of the first class, one by one.
| YOU the inheritors of our honor and respon-
| sibiity will assume the sacred trust to be
kept by you and your successors till the
summcning angel sounds forth the end of
time and the beginning of eternity.
So in loving memory Of our departed COM
panion, the founder Of our order In Minnesota.
| and it's most inspiring spirit while he lived
| and moved among u.s. We do soIemnly dedi-
cate this monument, to the fourfold purpose
for which it has been erected, namely:
To mark the resting place OF the mortal
remains of our lsmented companion, Maj.
| George Quincy White;
To teach the living in silent and impress
| sive eloquence the lessons OF patriotism;
| the coming generations the spirit Of heroic