Milford chronicle., 1901-04-12
A TRIBUTE TO LOGAN.
Statue Of the Dead Warrior I'm
yelled in Washington.
A DISTINGUISHED GATHERING,

Including the President and Mem
bers of His Cabinet. Took Part in
the Observation-Disclosures Paid EIo-
auent Tribute to the Dead
Washington, April lO.-The heroic
bronze equestrian statue of Maj. Gen.
John A. Logan, which rests on an i'm
posing bronze pedestal in Iowa Circle,
was unveiled yesterday in the presence
of the president. the cabinet the wild
ow ard relatives of the gallant soldier,
many of the comrades in arms and
vast multitude of people. The sculp-
tor Franklin Simmons, who was
knighted by King Humbert of Italy as
a tribute to the artistic character of
the work, was also present. Master
George Tucker, a grandson of the hon
ored warrior, pulled the unwilling cord
at 2:45 o'clock The folds of the large
American flag fell away and the dash
ing figure of BLACK Jack" Logan, seat
ed on his charger, stood revealed amid
a roar of cheering that echoed far
down the intersecting streets and eve
nues. The president and members Of
the cabinet had been escorted to the
statue by a military parade under COM
mand of Col. Francis l.. Guenther, Of
/ the Fourth United States artillery
/ Mrs. John A. Logan and the other rela-
/ tives sat upon a platform at the base
! of the monument. Mrs. Logan was es-
1 cOrted by Col. Maxwell Woodruff, who
was Gen. Logan's adjutant general dur
ing the civil war. With her were also
] Thomas NJ. Logan, of Murphysboro,
Ills. a brother of Gen. Logan; Miss
NJ. E. Logan, a niece; S. X. Cunning
ham, Mrs. Logan's brother; Logan
Tucker, of Chicago, a grandson, and
Mrs. Tucker; Mr.. and Mrs. Richard S.
Tuthill. of Chicago; Mrs. George M.
Pullman. OF Chicago; Gen. F. A. Star
ing. of New York; Gen. and Mrs
Blackmar CT Boston, and the personal
servant of Maj. John A. Logan, j.
who was with the latter when he was
killed in the Philippines.
The president and his cabinet and
other distinguished guests occupied I
flag draped stand opposite this plat
form, while in another stand. extend
ing around the monument, were Othel
guests, including many Of Gen. Loganf
old comrades, representatives of JohI
A. Logan Post, G. !. R., of St Louis
the Logan Republican club. of Brook
Ign, and the Logan club, of Philadel
phia.
Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge, president O
the Army of the Tennessee, who is til
only living general represented in tn
group on the bronze pedestal shown,
Gen. Logan in council of war with hi
commanding officers, presided over tn
ceremonies. He paid a high persona
tribute to the dead chieftain, and ate
the invocation had been offered by Rev
Frank Bristol introduced the sculpt j
Mr.. Simmons. to the assemblage. TIL
statue was then unveiled amid grea
applause and the Fourth Artiller
band rendered Columbia the Gem c
the Ocean"
AT the moment of the unwilling
section of the Fourth artillery fired
national salute on the White lot, sout
of the executive mansion.
President Mckinley received an owe
: ton as he was introduced, and it wa
some time before he could begin hi
remarks. He paid a brilliant tribut
to the dead warrior and was sever;
5 times interrupted by applause. an
Y there was a great outburst of cheeriu
5 when he concluded.
t The Grafton was delivered by Sci
4 ator Depew, of New York
At the conclusion of Senator Depew
address Senator Cullom, of Illinoi
read letter from Governor Yate
I Of Illinois, expressing regret at his il
T ability to attend and paying tribu
- to the love and affection in which Il
= memory of Logan was held in his n
7 tive state. Rev J. G. Butler of tn
l city, pronounced the benediction. II
l. assemblage then dispersed. The statl
J. of Gen. Logan has been turned over
e the people of the United States, al
e now has become one of the great mo-
uments of the national capital
The statue represented seven years
g labor on the part of Franklin Sir
:, mons, and marks a departure in soul
u ture in Washington in that it res
!. upon a pedestal of bronze. Congre
i appropriated $4,000 for the statue al
$4,000 was contributed by the Graz
Army of the Republic The pedest
j, is 20 feet high, and the equestri;
u statue rises above the pedestal 1415 fec