Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-22
DEAD or CUBAN WAR
Shaft to Their Memory in
Arlington Cemetery.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
THE TESTIMONIAL.
Contributed by Colonial Danes Of
America - Presentation Address
Read by Gen. Schofield.

On the day after the independence of Cuba
| had been proclaimed by the United States
| to all the nations of the world the Presi-
| dent of the United States received in Airing
| ton National cemetery, as the gift of the
Colonial Danes of America, shaft erected
| there to the memory of the American SOL
| diers who sacrificed their lives to make
| that island free country. The ceremony
] occurred in the midst of a space set apart
| for the graves of the Spanish war victims
! and in the presence of a concourse which
| included many officers of the government,
representative detachments of every arm OF
| the service which fought in Cuba, the Of
| ficers of the National Society of Colonial
Danes of America, through whose patri-
otism the monument was erected; nearly a
| thousand comrades of the men whose men,
| ory thus honored, and several thou
| sand citizens.
The dedicatory services were thus espe-
cially memorable. Blu. as the exercises pro-
crossed they took on an appropriateness
| and significance which made the ceremony
| one of the most impressive public services
| which has occurred about Washington in
years.
The scene was most inspiring. The monu-
ment stands with it's head lifted high above
| inc oaks anu ems Oh ATlllS-
ton, and yesterday afternoon the scene pre-
scented included the wide panorama of the
national capital, when the city cleaned and
the river before it sparkled in bright sun
light For an hour before the service car
riages rolled past the historic old mansion
where General Lee made his home. and
citizens strolled decorously across the grass
to the site of the shaft. BY O'Clock the
strains of military bands echoed through
the trees and long lines of soldiers could
be seen appearing and reappearing in the
!eafy vistas between the cemetery and Fort
Myer.
Those Specially Invited.
a white cover hid the shaft from view.
The dignity of it's proportions and the sim
picity of it's design were evident, however
even when IT'S details were hidden. At it's
foot was erected a small stand for the
spectators who had been particularly in
vited to participate in the exercises-the
President and Miss Carow the Secretary of
War. Mrs. Townsend, the president of the
Colonial Danes; Mrs. Harrison, the chair
man Of the exercises: Bishop Henry Y.
Satterlee, d. D.. primate of the Episcopal
diocese of Washington; Rev L. s. Dolan,
| assistant pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic
Church; Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COM
manding the regular army of the United
States. and Mrs. Miles; Lieut.. Gen. John NJ.
Schofield, formerly commanding general of
the army; Maj. Gen. Charles Dick, com
handing the Ohio National Guard and a
| lieutenant colonel of an Ohio regiment dur
Ing the war with Spain; Col. NJ. Emmett
al society of Spanish War Veterans; Col
Lee NJ Lipscomb, corps commander of the
local division of that body; Adjt. Gen. Dyer,
Mai. Longstreet, Col. Dolph, Maj. Bryan,
Maj. Dole, Col Dimmick, Maj. Hodgson,
Capt Chisholm and other officers of the
Spanish War Veterans; Mrs. Henry r Ler
Hunte Lyster, president of the Michigan
society and chairman of the national me-
mortal committee. Mrs VILLA
tlonal secretary; Mrs II. a. Cassatt presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania society; Mrs.
Samuel Colt of Connecticut; Mrs. ]. ].
jackson, Maryland Mrs A. H. Wharton,
national historian, Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Arthur E. Clarke, New Hampshire: Mrs.
Samuel Ferplanck, New York; Mrs Elihu
Chauncey, New York; Countess Esterhazy,
Mrs. George S. Hale, Massachusetts,; Mrs
Henry r. Dalton, Massa chusetts; Mrs.
Waldo Lincoln, Massachusetts; Mrs Eu-
gene Van Rensselaer,, West Virginia; Mrs
Lippitt, Rhode Island; Mrs. j. Pembroke
Thorn, Maryland; Mrs. Herman Groesbeck.
Ohio; Mrs. .Hortense Batre, Alabama; Mrs
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Kentucky; Mrs
Overton Lea. Tennessee, and Mrs Selden S.
Wright, California.
All Branches of the Service.
Major General John r. Brooke, U. S. A..
who had come to Washington from New
York especially to command the pageant
of yesterday. headed a line which included
battalion of engineers and their band
from Washington barracks, the cavalry
and artillery from Fort Myer and a bat
talon Of marines from Washington bar
racks led by their large and splendid
band. The line was not long. but, with the
command Of 1000 Spanish War Veterans
Which followed the regulars, it compre-
hended every branch of the service which
took part in the war with SPAIN
1T was dlstinctively pict uresque array
or soid1ery. In the van were the engineers
q G " 70, frr- r,-s%S
of engineer red, and band uniformed in
coats Of bright scarlet. They were fol-
lowed by the marines who fired the first
shot in the struggle for Cuban indenand
ence, also In blue and red uniforms and
led by bandsmen with scarlet coats Then
came command of four platoons of ar
tillery, rumbling and rafting in the dust
with red plumes and guidons flying Last
of all were the cavalrymen, in blue and
yellow, Gathering after the field artillery
and riding silently at the end Of the line.
The veteran commands were uniformed in
dark blue suits and straw hats and march
ed in company formation.
This line moved slowly through the gate
to the cemetery and down the wide gravel
march from Saul When it had drawn I'M
in an Enclosure of ropes before the monu-
ment there was mOmentary pause and
then sounded in the air. in the sweet. soft
voices OF little boys, the opening strains of
Onward, Christian Soldiers" and the
choir of st. Johns Episcopal Church. in
cottarS and caSSockS, marched past the
soldiery, through the crowd and close to
the plat form where sat President Roose-
welt and the other officials of the ceremony
Presentation Address.
Religious exercises, comprising nearly
the entire Episcopal memorial service for
the dead, preceded the dedicatory ceremo-
nies. These We're condused by Bishop Sat-
terlee and Father Dolan, the latter bring
ing them to close with prayer.
Mrs. Harrison began the dedication by
stepping to the front of the platform and
introducing Mrs. Townsend as the presi-
dent of the National Society of Colonial
Danes. With a bow the latter indicated
that her address would be read by General
Schofeld.
I'VE meet here today on ground hallowed
by our illustrious dead" read General Scho-
field from a manuscript held in his hand,
who have passed onward from the strife
of earth to the higher life beyond, Of peace
and happiness
I'VE gather here to honor anew the mem
DRY of our noble soldiers and sailors who
at the call Of their country gave their lives