The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
PAST is BURIED.
President Mckinley Present at
Blue and Gray Services.
Monument Erected at Antietam
to Soldiers of Both Armies.
UNDER TROPICAL SUN.
Newly Made Graves in Philip
pines Covered With Flowers.
Memorial Day Observed in Cities
of the Union.

Washington, May S0.-President Nc
Kinley left here at $50 o'clock this
morning for the Antietam battlefield
where he will take part in the dedica-
tion of the Maryland, monument erected
for the Blue and the Grey. With the
president were the secretaries of war,
navy, interior. treasury. agriculture and
Attorney General. Griggs. There were
also in the presidents immediate party
Secretary Cortelyou. Gen. Hastings and
Col. Bingham.
AT HAGERSTOWN.
| Hagerstown, Mds May 3O.-Another
link in the chain which binds
! together the once warning factions Of
| the north and south was forged today
by the dedication of monument
erected to the memory of men who wore
the gray as well as those who wore the
blue and who died in mortal combat
on the bloody field of Antietam. The
event which is probably without par
allel in the history of the world was
| graced by the presence of the Dresi-
dent of the United States. accompanied
by members of his cabinet, a score or
more of United States senators, thrice
as many members of congress, the gov
/ ernOr of Maryland and prominent men
| from all parts of the country.
| There were also present hundreds of
| veterans who fought for the lost
cause" and thousands who fought for
the side that proved victorious. Side
by side, shoulder to shoulder they stood
with uncovered heads throughout the
ceremony which marked the conveyance
of the monument from the state OF
Maryland to the national government
All animOsities forgotten, they listened
to the simple stories of those who told
of the heroism of the dead and of the
desperate struggles OF those VINO sur
Vived the battle and still live to tell the
many incidents of the day of carnage
and strife.
A great crowd of others who had come
from the adjoining country to witness
the spectacle and to greet the chlef
executive of the nation aided by their
presence the impressiveness of the cere-
mony and added to the significance OF
| the occasion.
The train which brought the presi-
| dent the members of his cabinet and the
congressional party from Washington,
reached the battlefield at noon, where
they were welcomed by Gov. John
: Walter Smith of Maryland and staff,
Adjutant General Saunders, a delega-
l ton of the officers of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard and several posts OF the
l Grand Army of the Republic of the di-
l vision of Maryland, together with mem
, bers of Herbert camp Of Confederate
Veterns several camps of Sons OF
Veterans of both armies and survivors
- y
= which fought with the confederate
, troops and distinguished itself at
2 Antietam.
scores of confederate veterans who had
5 taken part in the various battles of the
civil war. These were drawn up in line
5 to greet the president, who together
with Governor Smith watched them as
2 they passed in review.
The dedicatory ceremonies were open
ed by Col Benjamin E. Taylor who in
/ | troduced General Henry Kyd Doug
lass director of ceremonies. Prayer was
= offered by the Rev. B. E. Clarkson, who
5 ! was followed by Governor John Walter
r | Smith in an address of welcome. Col
= Taylor, as president OF the Antletan
. | Battlefield commission of Maryland, theI
( presented the monument to the nat1ona
g government and the Hon. Elihu Root
@ ! secretary of war, in a brief address ac-
| cepted it on behalf of the United States
/ then followed short addresses, mainly o
p ! a reminiscent character by Generals
John B. Brooke, James Longstreet
n Orlando B. Wilcox, j. E. Duryee, Sen
. ators Foraker, Burrows, Daniel, ant
others who were prominent on the op-
? posite sides in the great struggle Thes'
g were followed in turn by George b
- Mcclellan of New York and other mem
bers of the United States senate ant
house of representatives. This conclud
q ed. the band played Hail to the Chief
McKINLEY'S SPEECH
r Inc DI6SlQ6ul upOu DC4AAS lAeAC0
!, said that he was not aware that he wa
n expected to make speech on the oc
q casion and therefore had prepared n
set Grafton. as he should otherwise haV
done He spoke briefly of the spirit o
patriotism which had inspired the erec
ton of the monument to the soldiers G
\ both sides of the late conflict
- s'The union of the north and south,
d he said, "could work nothing but goo
for the entire country.
The exercises closed with a benedlc
ton by the Rev. William Dame
The monument is Of granite an
q bronze. octagon, twenty-five feet in di
! ameter at the base and thirty five fee
!" high to the top Of the statue Upon II
\ base rest columns, representing elyh
"a Mary1and commands which were pres
ent at the battle, united in supportin
the Temple of Liberty which is c
!. bronze. and forms the canopy. Tn
whole is surmounted by a bronze statue
representing Peace, with SWOr
sheathed and pointed downward. TIL
n. figure holds a laurel wreath over tn
hlt of the sword On four OF tn
faces of the monument are bronze bas
reliefS representing scenes In the bal
tIe on the interior faces of the but
tresses are eight bronze tablets, bearin
= in raised letters the name and recor
is during the war of the eight organiza
tions cornnnenncrated by the mOnumen
NJ The monument cost $12, ,000 The orig
= nal design was drawn by the late MajC
= Henry G. Graham of the Fifth Mary
iS land infantry, and was afteTward mod
oA fed by the Harrison Granite cOmpan,
4 who were the contractors for the eret
u ton of the monument
IN The commands honored are the Set
le ond, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Purne
IN IN legion, regiments of infantry, and bai
teries A and B, First Maryland Unio
artillery and Brockenbraugh's and d.
rnent' $ batteries of Confederate artiller.
on The movement to erect the monumeI
10 grew out of a desire of the Mar.ylar
7nero hers of the Grand Army of II