The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-13
HAR7RANFT IN bronze.
Statue Of the General and Governor
Unveiled in Harrisburg.
A REUNION OF THE SURVIVORS

or Hartranft's Regiment Held Before
the Unwilling Ceremonies-vetera
otthe General'sCommandP Pronounce
the statue Perfect Likeness.
Harrisburg May 13.-The equestrian
statue of Major General John f. Hart
ranft, in Capitol park, was unveiled
with impressive ceremonies yesterday
afternoon in the presence of large
concourse of people. The exercises
were followed by a parade, in which
the survivors of the Third division OF
the Ninth army corps, commanded by
General Hartranft in the civil war.
had the right of line. The procession
also included the Ninth regiment Of
immunes, from Camp Meade, a pro-
visional brigade of the National Guard.
the Grand Army of the Republic posts
and Sons of Veterans camps of Harris
burg and vicinity and the Harrisburg
fire department
A reunion of the survivors of the
Fifty-first regiment Pennsylvania vol
unteers, of which Hartranft was col
onel, was held in the morning for the
election of officers and the transaction
of routine business. After the meet
ing the old soldiers marched to the
Executive Mansion to pay their re-
spects to Mrs. HaTtranft and her two
sons and daughters, who are the guests
of governor and Mrs. Stone
The feature of the days exercises
was the unveiling ceremonies, at
which there we're present many of the
survivors of General Hartranft's di-
vision and several distinguished sol
diers and statesmen. President and
Mrs. Mckinley were expected to be
| present, but they could not come on
account of the condition of the pres
ident's health. Major General Miles,
on account of official business at Wash-
ington, was unable to come to Harris
| burg
Postmaster General Smith, Secreta-
ry of War Alger and Adjutant General
| Corbin were present to do honor to
| the hero of Fort Stedman. Another
guest of honor was General H. Kyd
| Douglass, of Hagerstown, an aide on
the staff of General Stonewall Jackson.
! The exercises opened with music by
the Carlisle Indian band, after which
prayer was offered by Rev. William A.
| Houck, of Shamokin, chaplain of the
! division. After a selection by the
| Steelton band, the statue was unveiled
! by Miss Leonora Embick. daughter Of
| ex-Representative M. A. Embick, Of
| Boiling Springs, member of the Hart
| ranft division AS the flags fell from
| the shining bronze there was a mighty
cheer. The Steelton band added TO
the enthusiasm by playing the Star
Spangled BannSr'
Major Isaac G. Brown, deputy secre-
| tary of internal affairs, followed with
an oration. Short speeches were also
made by General Douglass Secretary
| Alger and Postmaster General Smith
General Corbin and Sculptor Ruckstuhl
were introduced to the audience.
After the Carlisle Indian band rem
dered America" the statue was pre-
sented to the state by DR.. J. q. Van
| Camp, of Carlisle, and was received In
a short speech by Governor Stone
The ceremonies closed with music by
the Steelton band, and then followed
the parade, in which over 5000
marched.
The Hartranft statue was the work
| of r. w Ruckstuhl, New York sculp-
tor, and cost $4,000, appropriated by
the legislature of 1895. In the statue
the hero of Fort Steadman is repre-
sented returning to his native town
amid the plaudits of the populace, who
strew the way with laurel and with
palm. The gesture of the soldier pro
claims that he is answering the salu'
tations of the public; the motion OF
his hand containing his cap is arrested
at the end of the sweep that has lifted
1t from his head. Hartranft repre-
sents a good ideal of the men who
fought out the civil war. The veterans
of Hartranft's command who have
seen the statue pronounce 1t most
perfect likeness of the general In
most equestrian statues the horse Is
standing, but in this case the sculptor
has tried, and most successfully, te
make a horse that to the eye of the
spectator appears TO be in motion. II
is hard to find anywhere among eques
trian statues a more animated horse
than that upon which Hartranft, IN
bronze, sits.