The Washington times., 1902-05-18

| yond the reach of bullets, but In the verl
| front Of the danger. where shot and shcl
were making deaths music. All abou
him men and horses we're shot down In
| his immediate presence. and the reelfnt
columns Of the Federal army were re-
united by the fierce and fearless leader
ship OF this wonderful man. No detail
escaped his eagle eye. Commands out Of
| ammunition were directed by him to the
spot where ammunition could be found
| He did not wait for aides-de- camp to
convey his orders. but would dash up and
direct commanders of brigades and indi-
| cate the points in the field where am
munition was TO be found, and ordered
brigades to points of the field in order to
strengthen the shattered lines.
No more fearless man ever faced
| death than this dear comradc who sleeps
in our midst this morning. General
Rosecrans. sleep peacefully in the bosom
! of the country that you fought to save.
You are entitled to rest in its bosom. No
single grave can hold that sacred form.
Ii is inurned in the heart of every man
who followed him with the flag in his
hand: il is inurned in the heart of a
grateful and loving country
President Roosevelt followed Speaker
Henderson. The President said;
The Presidents Address.
The Speaker in his address has we'll
said that the builder rather than the de-
stroyer is the man most entitled TO honor
among us: that the man who builds up
is greater than he who tears down-but
greater is the man who fought in a wor-
thy cause. The men who see the hope Of
ordered liberty in this country are those
who hold you in peculiar honor pointing
to the coffin), you great soldier of the
civil war! You are the men turning to
the veterans) to whose lot it fell to save
and build up the great national fabric
whose foundation was laid by Washington.
Here is the spot that commentaries the
founding and saving of the nation, the
home of Washington and the Arlington
Cemetery. Were IL not for what Rose
Grams and you did the woris OF Washing
ton would have crumbled into bloody
chaos. Without the work that you did
the work of the men of the Revolution
would have meant nothing. To you was
given the one great work which. If left
undone, would have made all the rest
count for nothing.
I'VE are grateful that those who wore
the gray against you who wore the blue
now see the unwisdom of that strife. We
are now all Americans. nothing but
Americans. Now the reunion is so com
plete that ii is useless to allude TO the
fact that it is complete.
Doing Duty Well, Counts.
"Oficer and man stand at the bar of
history to be Judged not by their rank
but as to whether they did their duty.
Doing their duty well is what counts.
Men are here in this assembly who fought
in the army of the Union, in the army OF
the Confederacy? All we ask them is, did
they do their duty? II they did, all else
counts for nothing.
These people. many of whom were
pitted against the dead soldier. come here |
because they are Americans before every
thing-Americans and nothing else. The I
of the dead general are enti- |
tied to eulogize him. We of the younger |
generation are here only to pay to the |
great dead the homage of those to whom |
ordered liberty has been handed down as l
n heritage by those who fought in the
great civil war. Great are the lessons
Of peace you have taught us since the war.
You were the men OF the mighty days who
showed yourselves equal to the days.
Shame to us If We finch OF fail to do well
the task which was made simple by your
Efforts.
!
forever on the honor roll of the greatest
Republic upon which the sun ever shone.
Lip loyalty is not the loyalty that counts.
The loyalty that counts is tina: which
hows itself in deeds rather than in words,
md we pledge ourselves here today to
make good and perfect the work which
7ou SO ably began and TO keep it for the
iation as a whole
Senator Foraker followed President
In an eloquent tribute to Cen
,ral Rosecrans' war record.
Other Eulogies.
Colonel Hepburn, OF Iowa, now Repre-
entative in Congress, who served on the
ia of General Rosecrans, spoke at length
oncerning the war services OF the latter
md the earlier and more complete
that might have been gained
ad General Rosecrans had the more com ,
lete support OF the Federal war authori
les in his campaign.
General Grosvenor. of Ohio, Representa-
i've in Congress. who was field officer
nder General Rosecrans' command. and |
,ho fought by the latter's side at the bat
e OF Stone River and Chickamauga, spoke ,
loquently and eulogistically.
General Grosvenor, in speaking of the
me when the army under Rosecrans lay {
eemingly inactive. and in fact bottled (
D in Nashville. said that the daily bat !
les, or skirmishes. as they were then /
allied. would in this later period be T
Iassed as great battles. General Grosve- (
or was here interrupted by loud and I
ontinuous applause from the veterans in v
he audience.
After the ceremonies at the pavilion. I
ne cortege again formed and proceeded q
Il, h,trf a1 ,,1a h. pav nf-
,rd, of St. Patrick's Church. recited the
urial service, and a quartet from the
anne church sang Nearer, My God to Q
hee."
At the conclusion of the hymn an army
stepped TO the head Of the Z
rave and sounded taps" the soldiers
Lst good night, and as the notes died
way the battery Of artillery stationed
ear the grave. fred the first gun OF .