Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-17
,0rament Erected by New Jersey
70 Memory of Her Soldiers Who
FELTON, Famous Field, Dedicated.
noBY OF THE DAY DEPICTED.
p,,sident Roosevelt Tells the Story of
The Great Battle and Its influence
On the Civil War.
rs NOMENTOuS CONSEQUENCES.
a,dthe Issue Been Otherwise iii Prob
ABLE the independence of the Confed.
gacy Would Have Been Recognized.


,bIc the independence of the Conied'
qacy Would Have Been Recognized.
sbarpsburg, Md. Sept. l7,--Under
sgsrlng skies the magnificent monu-
s,nt erected on the historic battlefield
sArtletam by the sstate OF New Jer-
uto It's men who fought IN the great
engagement was dedicated today. The
g,aslon was rendered particularly not.
lAe by the presence at and participa-
Non in the ceremonies of the president
sthe United States and of Gov MUIR
ty the chief executive Of the state
hI.h was honoring its heroes The
stial train bearing the president, Gov.
Murphy ana their party arrived here
Al $40 O'clock. Gov. Murphy was ac-
0mpanlcd by Stnatorss Keln and Dry
IN, BY several prominent state ofn-
oas and by his entire military STAFF.
Special trains bearing nearly II thou.
ant New Jersey survivors of the Civil
var arrived just after the arrival Of
be presidential train The trip Of the
ptsident from Jersey city was devoid
q special incident, Many stops were
raie and secret service officers We're
On guard throughout the night. After
dwight crowds assembled at every
fztga 10 greet the president. He APP
tued frs, on the rear platform Of his
fga,e car al Chambersburg, Pa,
shortly after o'eock He simply greet.
\ The crowd cordially At Hagerstown,
10, the president left his breakfast
pbla and his breakfast guests, GOV.
Murphy and Senators kean and Dry
d.u TO address throng Of several hun
dtd people. He said
PRESIDENT TO CROWD.
am on my way to accept on behalf
o. The United States government the
monument erected to the New Jersey
troops who fought at Antietam, but in
saFger sense go 90 commemorate the
M)I OF every man who in the DAYS
mat tired mems souls proved their
NUN by their endeayor In the service
Of lhr national government (Cheers1
u isa peculiar pleasure either today
u any other day TO see In the audience
We nen who wear the button which
SHOWS that they fought In the Grand
AIE OF the Republic. They left to
" hol only a Reunited country. but
Ne memory Of the great deeds by
nu.f II WoS made united. The time,
He easy uoW compared TO what thov
uae IN inc Jays Of them, 81 to IS. but
We reed 10 display just exactly thu
..Ie Qualities that made you win out
u,aer 'he lead Of Abraham Lincoln.
! Wani TO say how glad am 10 SEQ
ue irand Army Of the Republic. and
IM lo the Grand Army | want To greet
We i",ue, / want to say how glad l
"l 70 nave seen the children.
'ul one word In closing As said.
We ht'd TO display the same qualities
nOW mat You needed in 81 A man was
ivy "uIih anything II he was not patri.
~. ora decent That was first ana
gt Nus enough No matter how pa-
m"iP ir was II he ran away he was M
vu III addition to deccncy he had 10
I'VE the Qualities that would make the
,',"yy effective. 1t Is Just the same
wy now In ciyil life.
VALUE OF DEcENcY.
a man must bc decent. honest I'm.
ttbh' on be- is a bad citizen. and If he
S'o hol me qualities Of honesty and
, v,vsley I'D MIN, then the ADLER ne ia thr
"'.'' Nr Is, do not care how nblo
II ''u A' IT ne has not the root of
sn5 U'lnE IN him. If he is not u decent
~. .I "ou,rl man, If he IL "A bribe- glver
v, -takeE II he is nun who
Iaul9 ln public or private life. IL
". IN " DAD husband, bad father. bad
'.o" Ut'h he Us poor stun out of which
w. W,Ee good citizen. You Of tho
r,1nu Army of the Republic left ~,
"'' ,ue victory IN no other war len
,li- luu l'it the right of comradr-
.sW WIN The Yanqushcd YOU left ua
'g 'Ish' Of brotherhood with tho men
auo wore the gray and nothing oleases
li moro IMAM the fact that Ia AN au-
'a' composed OF Union Veterans one
.'u 'i"ays make tho appeal for tho
.,u "ho Fought against you ana whose
i,' d, now az loyal az we are tn the
,,o, vi our common country" Cap
THE MONUMENT.
AT 10 o'clock the president and Gov.
t''r''' accompanied by Senator's
,pr -I'u dryden, the entire party aud
t'i.i'.."s ol citizens, lott Sharpsburg
.G".' 'or The famous old Dunkard
~ "" on the battlefield OF Antietam.
"'I. 'ge hrlgades " veterans I'm col
l in OF Tours escorted the president.
!, ""'p hy and distinguished gucgts
~ ' monument, The monument is
I. ''e FORM vi Cornthian column Of
s"''' 4" l'tt high surmounted by a
.tr' HSurc In bronze OF an officer
t"" praised sword leading his men In
oS ''5' he figure is Intended as a
,f '"'allun ~ Capt Irish, Of the
a. ,'l''uth New jersey volunteers,
lI' VII. me only New Jersey officer
m 't Antletlm. After the us-
.'s' WAS called to order by James
% N''''n. ot the New Jersey monument
o.ui''' ION, and an Invocation had
y ~ pronounced by Rev. pr Fraser
!, newark Mr. Smith reported To-
.,Vl, Murphy the final work of Inc com
,o,, On behalf Of the state ut
,o,',. 1l.Isey GOV Murphy accepted the
,o..Nll'nt In brief address. President
go. ,l'Il' as he arose TO accept the
. D,i lIH'nt on behalf Of the federal
a. .,N'''ont was accorded an ovation.
" SPOKE as follows!
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
wv at urphy; and you. Veterans OF
G,M Jersey; and you. men OF the
, gro., Army, and all others here,
nor ,malk you OF New Jersey for the
'"u''eh' to the troops OF New Jer-