The Washington times., 1902-05-31
City's Monument to SOL
dierS and Sailors Dedi-
Gated Yesterday.
MAYOR LOW MAKES ADDRESS
Memorial, of Which the Cornerstone
Was Laid by Mr.. Roosevelt as Gov
ernor, Formally Turned Over to Gus
tody of Park Commissioners.

Memorial Day parade in this city this
morning, the new soldiers and sailors
monument was dedicated on Riverside
Drive and Eighty-ninth Street. The G
A. r. posts Of the city had charge OF
the dedication. Two thousand public
school children participated in the ex-
ercises and sang the Star Spanglcd
Banner" at the conclusion. Addresses
were made by Mayor Low. Gen. @. o.
Howard. the Rev. W. ". Olmsted
OF Notre Dame University. and Park
Commissioner Wilcox.
The dedication was the feature Of the
days celebration. The parade which
preceded the dedication was participated
in by a detachment from the regular
army, the First Brigade Of the National
Guard of the State. Naval Militia.
veterans of the civil war End the Span
ish war, and the school children. The
start was made at Fifth Avenue and
Fiftieth Street, and the paraders march
ed through a beautiful part of the city.
The start was made shortly after 8
o'clock.
The Dix Flag.
The original flag which floated from
the revenue cutter Mcclellan was
feature of the parade. The nag on jan
uary 20, 1861, prompted the famous dis
patch from Maj. Gen. John A. Dix. then
Secretary of the Treasury: '1f anyone
attempts to haul down the American
flag shoot him on the spot" Tho flag
was carried by the John A. Dix Post.
being lent by the Rev. Dir. Morgan Dix.
rector of Trinity Church, and son of
General Dix.
A, the reviewing stand Mayor Low
and he officers OF the city, and Major
General Roe. among others. reviewed
lac r2raae. A great crowd was gather
q about the reviewing stand and de-
tail OF the Veteran Corps of the State
Artillery acted as guard of honor.
After the unwilling of the monument
and singing by the public school pupils,
,.ayor Low formally turned the monu-
ent over to the care and CUSTODY of
tie ark department. ana Park Com
birei5rcr Wilcox formally accepted it.
r.. Lows Address.
Mayer Lo~ said in part:
1T is my inspiring duty as chairman.
c--ofTicio. CT TIE Soldier. and Sailors
-iemorial Monument Commission. 10
fr:l over this monument as sacred
clarge TO the keeping of the Department
@. Parks. 1t may seem strange to some
Tat the city is only now completing its
l.. .iucriai monument to its gallant SOL
uiers and sailors Of the civil war. But
reflection will show that the monument
has. fer this reason, not the less sig
niflcancc, but the greater. 1t represents
not so much an impulse of generous
feeling kindled into action in a moment
of great excitement, as the deliberate
judgment of the great city that those
whom this monument commepyrates
have rendered irnperishable services 10
our country, to cur city and TO mankind.
Nor is IT. for this reason. the less
charged with patriotic sentiment.
ut may well be said that those who
fought for the Union in our civil war
stand in need of no monument of stone
or bronze Our happy. prosperous ana
reunited country is itself a monument
greater than any that the sculptor can
devise. or that loving hands can set up
BSt the city needed this monument Tor
its own sake. II could not be that the
loyal. patriotic, powerful city of New
York could permanently go without such
an inspiration TO patriotism rs this
monument will henceforth supply.
A Fitting Memorial.
Standing as it does, on the edge Of the
broad waters of the Hudson in full view
OF those who pass up and down upon tho
river. IL becomes the fitting memorial OF
those who fought upon the sea as well as
O, those who contended upon the land.
II stands as though inspiration had been
gathered by those commemorated here.
from memories OF Saratoga and Crown
Point. from Long Island and Harlem
Heights, from Princeton and Trenton
across the river, no less than from the
proud deeds upon ocean and lake. IN our
early wars that foreshadowed New Or
leans and Mobile and a thousand other
EXPLOITS OF our gallant tars.
The contribution OF New York to the
armies Of the Union were mighty host,
full worthy OF the city that sent them
forth; and few. indeed, were the battle
fields that were not ssnctified by their
blood. Today the city Of New York re- 4
calls the services Of every one OF its
gallant sons who fought for the preser-
walton OF the Union. whether on land or
sea, and without regard TO name or
rank, with profound gratitude and with |
sffcctiona;e pride"
An Grafton was then delivered by Gen. |
D. o. Howard.
The monument. of marble and granite. |
more than loo feet high. including the |
base. stands upon one edge OF the most
sirhtly front OF Riverside Drive. The |
grounds are 800 feet north and south by |
800 feet east and west. The parapet and |
steps of the monument north and south, |
occupy 120 feet. The monument cost |
sl94 900 In addition TO that amount s5s-
oo0 was appropriated and expended on the
approaches. The whole expense WAS
borne by the city OF Nev York the APP
nropriation having been made by legisla-
tive act in 1888
The present site OF the monument was
selected after a lengthy discussion by
former Park Commissioner Clausen.
soldiers and sailors monument was first
suggested eight years ago, In the admin
istration OF Mayor Strong. II was not
until the closing years OF his administra-
ton that legislative action was had en-
towering the city to proceed.
The municipal art commission and the
commission selected the de-
eirn. Ground was broken for Tie rncnu
mon, on September 2 1000. and Pr"siGert.
,hcn Governor Roosevelt laid the oor-
prrstone on December ~ Of the same
year.
The memorial is in the form of a Gre
dan temple OF Corinthan architecture.
n is the tribute OF the city Of New Yorl;
30 the soldiers and sailors who fought in