Evening star., 1902-05-06
THEPROGRAM OUTLINED
UNWILLING OF THE RocHAM-
BEAU STATUE.
Original Plan of Having an Imposing
Military Demonstration
Abandoned.

ceremonies connected with the unveiling Of
the statue of Rochambeau on the oath in
slant has prepared general program of
exercises for that occasion which is sub
Ject, however. to minor changes as ne
cessity may require. The committee con-
sists of Assistant Secretary Pierce, Colonel
Bingham of the army and Captain Rod
gers Of the navy.
The Dedication Program.
According to the program the exercises
will begin at IL o'clock and will occupy
little more than an hours time.
The program follows:
1. Opening remarks by chairman of the
entertainment committee, Mr.. Herbert d.
Peirce. third assistant secretary of state
2. Invocation by his eminence, Cardinal
James Gibbons.
g. Remarks by the President of the Unit
ed States.
A. dwelling by Countess Rochambeau
with music THE Marseiuaise'' by Marine
Band.
g. Presentation of the sculptor Mr.. Ferd-
inand Hamar by chairman of committee.
g. Remarks by his excellency, M. Jules
Cambon, the French ambassador, in
French.
Z. Music by the French band
s. Remarks by his excellency Gen. Hor-
ace Porter. United States ambassador to
France.
~ MUSIC Dy the Marine Band.
10. Address by Mr. H. c. Lodge, United
States Senate.
IL, Music. Star spangled Banner" by
Marine Band.
II. Remarks by Cen Brugere
IL. Benediction by Bishop Satterlee.
Small Military Display.
1t is said that the original plan of having
an imposing military demonstration has
been abandoned in favor of simplicity and
absence of display. 1t is, therefore, prob
able that the military representation will
be confined to the small number of troops
at Fort Myer and Washington barracks
and detachmentS of marines and sailors
and that the District National Guard will
not be ordered out The French military
forces Will be represented in the ceremonies
by large military band and detachment
OF marines. who are coming over on the
battleship Gaulois with the members Of the
government party, headed by Gen. Brugere
of the French army.
Interest in Rochambeau Fete.
A dispatch from Paris says: President
Loubet received the Rochambeau mission
Saturday night in farewell audience previ-
Gus to its departure for Toulon, on its
way to the United States.
Gen. Brugere, commander-in-chief of the
army and head of the mission, presented
the various members of the party to NJ.
Loubet. who shook hands with each. Ad-
dressing the mission, the President said:
The bonds which have so long united the
governments of the two republics as well
as the peoples of the United States and
France render the mission which you are
about to accomplish particularly important
President Roosevelt has been good enough
TO become at every opportunity the mouth
piece of the sympathy uniting the two ma
tons, and L am extremely pleased to let
him know through you how much | share
these sentiments.
THE French government is sending at
the present moment missions to England
and Spain, and l myself am going to Rus
sia. Your mission yields nothing to them
In importance and in the interest with
which We shall follow it.
You will respond fully to the sentiments
which impeled me to send this mission
representing worthily, you will, the
army. navy and the universities of our dear
country.
You are young and energetic men, in
vested with very high state function, and
you are going to country where energy is
a religion and where youth Is loved 1
wish you the good welcome which that en-
thusiastic and mighty people beyond the
ocean has ever reserved for those who have
gone there to represent France"
A special to the New York World from
Paris says on the same subject that as the
time for the unveiling of the Rochambeau
monument in the United States draws near
public interest in France grows apace. The
composition of the large French delegation
chosen to be present is indorsed with few
exceptions.
The news that the Cincinnati and two
other American cruisers will be ordered to
meet the French battleshp Gaulois at sea
and convoy 1t to New York has proved
highly pleasing here. The democratic pa
pers now advise that the Gauois should be
escorted by at least two rapid cruisers, be-
cause Just when the President is POM
pously going to Russia it would be espe-
cially timely to give all possible dignity to
the Rochambeau representation in order to
let the world know that If our interests are
temporarily bound to eastern autocracy
our sympathies are ever with the sister
democracy across the ocean"