The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-10
UNVEILED With CEREMONY
The Statue Of General Logan Now
Tribute TO His Memory.
A Grandson of the Famous soldier
Ioosens the DrapinE Flng-Euio-
gies by the President and Mr.. De-
pew-A Military Parade al Feature.

sies by the President and Mr.. De-
pe,y-A Military Parade al Feature.
Surrounded by veterans anxious to do
honor to the memory of a great man.
the bronze equestrian statue of Gen. J'-hn
A. Logan was unveiled yesterday after-
noon at 2:3O o'clock The ceremonies were
attended by the President, the Cabinet
officers Major General Miles. many Sen
ators and Representatives. members of
the Diplomatic Corps, and other promi-
nent personages. Philander c. Knox, the
new Attorney General. made his first APP
pearance as q member Of the Cabinet,
sitting almost Immediately behind the
President
There was present an immense crowd.
Scarcely in the history of Washington
has small space been so packed with
humanity The invited guests taxed to
the utmost the capacity of the enclosure
which had been roped off and reserved
for them. The Grand Army of the Repub-
lie turned out in fun force, as did the
Union Veteran Legion. the Union Nete-
rams Union, and several other organi-
cations. The Society of the Army of the
Tennessee and the Society of the Army
Of the Cumberland were well represented.
and there We're present many members
of the Logan Guard of Honor and the
Logan Invincibles from Baltimore.
Guests of Mrs. Logan filed one stand
and seats provided for them on the walks
OF the park. stand accommodating
probably 1000 persons had been erected
on the western edge of the enclosure and
another for the President and the other
participants in the ceremonies at the
south side.
Everything moved on schedule time.
and there was conspicuous absence of
the long waits usually incident to such
public ceremonies. The President arriv-
ed al the circle with his escort almost at
the exact hour he was expected.
High above the crowd lowered the stat
ne, enveloped in the starry folds of enor-
nous flags that, they tiuttered in the
wind, flashed to the sunlight their white
and blood-red bars There were visible,
however, the fine reliefs and figures OF
the pedestal. the only bronze pedestal in
the United States, and while those in the
crowd waited they admired those visible
parts Of the scuDtOr's work.
On the soutl. side of the pedestal is a
figure representing war, and on the north
side is a figure in the garb OF peace The
panels at the east and west sides show,
respectively, General Logan taking the
officers over n plan Of campaign.
1t was not until after , o'clock that the
crowds began to arrive and fill the en-
closure Among the first to march in
was the Union Veteran Legion, about $50
strong, under the command of j. Edwin
Browne who is colonel of Encampment
No. 60. Encampment No. III, under
Colonel Allison. and Encampment No. q.
under Colonel Mckenzie, swelled the
Union Veteran Legion ranks. Following
those grizzled soldiers We're other veteran
organizations, including the Grand Army
of the Republic, the Union Veterans
Union. the Loyal Legion, the Spanish
War Veterans. the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland commanded by Mai.
Gen. d. S. Stanley and the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee, command
ed by Gen. O. o. Howard. They took
seats on the large stand. The special
stand built for Mrs. Logan was built
against the west side of the statue. Dur
ing the ceremony of the unwilling, in the
front row were Mrs. Logan, Mrs. w. +.
Tucker, General Logan's daughter; Lo-
gan Tucker. and Master George Edwin
Tucker, General Logan's grandson, who
pulled the silken cord that loosened the
flags and unveiled the statue.
Mr. Franklin Simmons. the sculptor, and
his wife were also on the stand, as were
brother of the general, Thomas Nj.
wife: Miss Elizabeth Logan. S. X. Cum
ningham. Mrs. Logans brother; Mr.. and
Mrs Richard $. Tuthill. of Chicago; Col.
Max Woodruff and Tom Merely. of
Youngstown. the body servant of Major
Logan and who was with him when he
was killed in the Philippines Other rela-
tives and friends OF the family were
seated on the main platform. Among
them were Miss NJ. E. Logan. Miss Jam
cite Logan. and Walter Logan, jr.. of
New York; Gen F. A. Starring, Of New
York, and General and Mrs Blackmar,
of Boston
There were present also representatives
of the John A. Logan Post of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. of St Louis, the
Logan Republican Club OF Brooklyn, and
the Logan Club of Philadelphia.
In the Presidents stand were gathered
all who took part in the programme.
President Mckinley occupied the seat in
the middle OF the front row with Cen
eral Dodge on his right and Senator Wet
more on his left Next to General Dodge
was seated Senator Cullom. Of Illinois.
the only living Senator of those pictured
in the relief on the pedestal of the statue
and beyond him sat the Rev. Frank Bris-
tol and the Rev. j. G. Butler. The Cabi-
net officers occupied the remainder of the
first two rows and General Miles and
Mrs George NJ. Pullman were seated in
the third row.
Shortly after . o'clock the President
in a carriage drawn by two bay horses
accompanied by Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge
and Senator Depew. drove out from the
W mite House iIrUunuS- I ney were fOi-
lowed by members of the Cabinet in car
riages. The carriages wheeled toward
jackson Place, and the marines presented
arms as the President of the United
States drove past. The carriages wheeled
into line and the procession moved in the
following order:
Platoon Of mounted police.
Marshal staff and aides.
Fourth Artillery Band.
Battalion United States Marines.
IiFs-t oil u
Commanding.
Fourth Field Battery Artillery Corps
Capt {. D. ParkhuTst Artillery Corps, Com
handing.
The President Of the United States and Cabinet.
Provisional Regiment, National Guard, District
Of Columbia,
Col VI. /. Urell, Commanding.
The President with his escort arrived
shortly after 2:30 o'clock. He left his
carriage, and. accompanied by General
Dodge and Senator Depew, and the mem
hers Of the Cabinet. passed through the
line Of Grand Army veterans and took
his place in the covered stand. His APP
pearance was the signal for applause
The various organizations in the escort
while the Artillery Corps returned to the
White Lot TO prepare for the firing Of a
salute Of fifteen guns.
GENERAL D0DGE'S SPEECH
General Dodge spoke the first words
In euiogy of the man in whose honor the
monument had been erected. He said in
part:
las the President of the Society Of the
Army OF the Tennessee, / have been hon
ored in being selected TO preside over this
distinguished assemblage, and in behalf
Republic and the Congress OF the United
States, TO whom we owe the creation of