The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-10-16
UNVEILED A
STATUE OF
SHERMAN
Honors to the Memory of the
Gallant Soldier in National
Capital Yesterday
ADDRESS By THE PRESIDENT
Statue Unveiled by Little Grand
SON of the General in Presence
of Thousands

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-To the
man an equestrian statue was unveiled
this afternoon by little boy, Will
liam Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke,
grandson of the dead chieftan, in the
presence of official Washington, the
pl esident, the diplomatic corps and the
cabinet at its head while thousands of
veterans, members of the societies of
the armies of the Cumberland, the
Tennessee, the Ohio and the Potomac,
all the regular troops in the vicinity
of Washington, a battalion of marines
battalions of seamen and the distdct
national guard were reviewed by the
president before the unveiling cere-
monies which begun at 230 o'clock.
After the invocation by the Rev. ID.
j. Stafford and music by the Marine
band. General Granville ". Dodge,
president of the Society of tie Army
of the Tennessee and chairman Of the
Sherman statue committee, made the
benedictory address. Upon its con-
clusion the band struck up The star
Spangled Banner" the Fourth Field
Battery, United States Army, fired a
salute and the flags were drawn aside
by the grandson of the soldier 10
whose memory it was erected.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
President Roosevelt was then intro
duced and spoke as follows:
To-day we meet together to do hon
or to the memory of one OF the great
men, whom in the hour of her agony.
cur nation brought forth for her pres
ervation. The civil war was no only
in the importance of the issues 1t stake
and of the outcome the creates, of
modern times, but it was also, taking
into account its duration, the severity
of the fighting, and the size of the
armies engaged, the greatest since the
close of the Napoleonic struggles.
among the generals who rose 10 high
position as leaders of the various
armies in the field are many VINO will
be remembered in our history as long
as this history itself is remembered.
Sheridan, the incarnation of fiery ener-
gy and prowess, Thomas, farslghted
coolheaded, whose steadfast courage
burned ever highest in tae supreme
moment of the crisis, Mcclellan, with
his extraordinary gift for organization
Meade, victor in one of the decisive
battles of all time, HancCCx type Of
the true fighting man among the reg
ulars, Logan, type of the true fight
ing man among the 'oluTeers the
names of these and of maly others Will
endure so long as our people Eoid
sacred the memory of tie tight fer
union and for liberty. High among
these chiefs rise the figures of Grant
and of Grants great lieutenant. Sher-
man, whose statue here in the national
capital is today to be unveiled. 1t is
not necessary here to 60 over the lorg
roll of Sherman's migh-y feats. they
al e written large throughout the his
toy of the civil war. our memories
would be poor indeed, If we did not
recall them now, as we look along
Pennsylvania ava .Ie and think OF the
great triumphant march which surged
down its length when at the close OF
the war the victCrions armies of the
cast and of the west met here in tho
capital of the na1io1 tEry aad serNtd
"Te living can best show their re-
spect for the memory of the great dead
by the way in which they take to
heart and act upon the lessons taught
by the lives which made these dead
men great.
The duties of peace are with us a.
ways, those of war are but occasional,
and with nation as with man. the
worthiness of life depends upon the
way in which the evey day duties are
done. The home duties are the vital
duties. The nation is nothing but the
aggregate of the families with its bor-
der.
1T is well for US in this place, and
at this time. to remember that exact
ly as there are certain homely quail
ties the lack of which will prevent the
most brilliant man from beisg use-
full soldier. so there are certain home
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