The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
SHERMAN STATUE UNVHftED,
RESIDENT ROOSHvELT DE-
LINERS DEDICATORY ADDRESS,
Ind DsesEt Forget 10 Mention the Name
oCt;en. Mcclellan Military and Naval
Rara1e Hrssedss the UnSeiflng Cere-
u,Onies- rho veteran Societies Meet.

H01a0A Broo00ee me Nnte1nn8 Sere'
dnonies- -T'hs veteran societies Meet
WAs.VINGpoN. Oct. l5.-The military and
naval u sraA, in honor of the dedication
OF the statue OF Gen. William T. Sher-
man this .sfnsrnqon formed at O'Clock
and began it's march half an hour
later Lieut.. ,-Gen. y. B. M. Young was
chief nnarshal. with Brig Gen. William
H, Carter Chief Of star and Col. W. P. Hall
adjutant general. The parade WAS made
nm Of two division =, the first under the COM
m.nd OF Col. Wi, tIeld s. Edgerly COM
mandant at Fort Meyer, consisting OF the
SECOND Battalion OF Engineers, Thirty
seventh. Forty-fourt u, Forty-seventh and
10th batteries of &c asst Artillery, second
sn,,aAron of the Sec md Cavalry. Fourth
Field Battery, detacl {ment OF Hospital
CorpS. battalion Of Unted States marines
and two battalions Of ailors'
The second division, under Brig Gen,
George H. Harries. conn handing The Dis
trict National Guard, consisted OF the
entire militia force OF the tuty,
The parade passed the reviewing STAND
nrhe dedication grounds at about : CLOCK
and We reviewed by President Roosevelt
The Fourth Field Battery. after passing in
review; took position about three hundred
vGrds southwest Of the statue, and few
minutes later fred salute Of seventeen
ems. which marked the beginning of the
invading ceremonies. When thes troops
nsssed tire reviewing stand and 'massed
in the rear of the dedication grounds. the
crowd Of veterans in the grand stands
~, tho terrace and steps Of the Treasury
building and in the neighboring stneets
was very large and aroused much en-
thusiasm.
Two immense American flags concealed
the statue. and the four allegorcaf figures.
one at ca oh corner Of the marble pedestal,
were also draped with the national
colors The grand stands were covered
with hunting and deccEa with flags ana
almost all Of the Grand Army men carried
or wore small emblema
The unwilling programme began with'an
invocation by the Rev. Father StaRoW
followed by selection by the Marine
Band after which Gen. Grenville M. Dodge.
president OF the Society of the Army OF the
Tennessee and chairman Of the Sherman
Statue Commission, made the Introductory
address, The two flags draping the statue
were then drawn aside by William recum-
esh Sherman ThorndyIe, the nine year
old grandson Of the famous soldier. At
the, Conclusion of the star Spangled Ban
ners by the Marine Band President Rooss-
welt made his address. He sad
TIE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
To-day we meet together to do honor to
the memory Of one OF the great men whom.
in the hour of her agony our nation brought
forth for her preservation: Inc , CIV ttS'i is wss
at stake and OF the outcome the greatest Of
modern times, but it was also taktng into
account it's duration, the severity or the
fghtng. and the size of the armies engaged.
the sreatest since the close of the Napoleonic
struggles. Among the Generals who rose
armies in the field are many who Will De
history itself is remembered. Sheridan,
the incarnation OF fiery e..ergy and prowess.
Thorpas farsghted. coolheaded, whose
steAdfast courage burned ever highest in
The supreme moment OF TIE Crisis: MoSietiian.
Meade. victor in one Of the decisive battles
OF all time Hancock. type of the true lighting
the Rssasss L9 9Ss SPs 81 the
the names Of these and of many others VII
endure so long as our people hold sacred
the memory Of the fight for union and Tor
High among these chiefs rise the figures
capl ai ia TODAY to be unveiled. 1t is, no!
NECESSARY here to go over. the long roll OF
Sherman's mighty feats. They are written
war. Our memories would be poor indeed
if We did not recall them now. as We look
along Pennsylvania avenue ana THINK, OF the
great triumphal march which slrged down
it's length when. at the close OF the war. the
victorious armies Of the Fast and OF the West
ne, here in the capital OF the n"''" they
! here is a peculiar fitness in commence
.ns the s D aeas Sf sS sGHer mo Mho
.ss soon az have proper sae of
Lincoln, to whom more than to any other
Mean v bile. o.. on behalf OF the people Of the
nation. ! wish to con gratul ate all Of YOU
who have been instrumental in securing the
erection Of this statue to Gen. sherman.
- The living can best show their respect
for the memory of the great dead by the
way in which they take 70 heart and act upon
these dead men great, our homage to-day
to the memory Of Sherman comes from the
depths OF our being We would be unworthy
citizens did we not feel profound gratitude
toward him and those like him and under
him. WHO. when the country called in her
dire need. sprang forward with such gallant
and their toll their endurance and patriotism
have made US and all who come after ns
merely n reunited country but a country
incidentally greater because OF its rich
heritage in the deeds which thus left it re-
united. As n nation We, are the greater
displayed by the mlen in blue. who won in the
great struggle for the Union, but also for
the valor and the loynlty toward what they
REGARDED as right OF the men in gray, for
this war. thrice fortunate above all other
recent war;. IN its outcome; left TO all Of ns
the right Of brotherhood alike with valiant
victor and valiant vandnishrd,
Moreover, our homage must not only find
expression on our lips. 1t must also show
Itself forth in our deeds, It is great and
glorious thing for nation to he stirred Ia
f. 81 1he by pns se Bt Is
fnl thing for "A nation if these memories
stir it only to empty boastings, to pride
that does not shrink from present abase-
cepts the high resolve and unbepdng effort
OF the fhttAr az an excuse for effortless ease
'or wrongly directed effort in the son.
must show by our lives that We have learned
Alright the lessons taught by the men who
did the mighty deeds of the past. We must
tn. civil war what they we're. the spirit which
produced leaders such as sherman the spirit
which gHve to the average soldier the grin
teuacity and resOurcefnlness that made tht
hghting machines as this world has ever seen
W. need their r,iggedness Of body, their keer
and vigorous minds. and above all Their
dominant quality OF forcefpl rharactGr. Iheil
not the thing which IL merely pleasant bu
the thing which it y. our duty TO do. The
life Of duty, not the life Of mere ease or mere
pleasure that Is the kind OF life which makes
the great man ms it makes the great nation.
We cannot afford to lose the virtues which
made the msn OF 81 and '85 great in war. Nc
nssn islwarranted in feeling pride In the deeds
X the army and navy of the past il he does
notback up the army and navy OF the present
n we are tarsi9hted in our patriotism there
will BIZ no let-up IN the work Of building, and Of