Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-15

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
Many Distinguished Washington Off
eiais and Thousands of Veterans
Present to Witness the Ceremonies
Eulosies Pronounced by Noted Ora
tors and War Officers.

was ngton. Oct. 15.-To the mem
ory William Tecumseh Sherman an
eo,es ian statue was unveiled mere
this tternoon by little boy. who was
VIII an Tecumseh Sherman Thorn
dyke. grandson of the dead chieftain. IN
the presence of officials of Washington
president, diplomatic corps and cab
met at its head, and thousands of vet
erans. members of the societies or the
army of the Cumberland. Tennessee
Ohio and Potomac. All regular troops
in vicinity of washington, battalion
marines two battalions of seamen and
the district national guard We're re-
viewed by the president before the -
yelling ceremonies, which began al
$3.50
After the invocation by Rev. d. j,
Stafford and music by the marine oana,
General Grenyille Nj. Dodge. president
OF the Society of the Army OF the Ten
nessee and chairman of the sherman
statue commission. made the introduc-
tary address. Upon its conclusion, the
marine band struck UP the Star span
gled Banner" the Fourth field battery.
United States army fired salute ana
the flags which hid from view the
statue were drawn aside by the grand
son Of the hero to whose memory II
was erected.
President Roosevelt was then intro
duced and spoke in part as follows
To-day we meet together TO do honor
to fhe memory OF one of the great men
whom. in the hour OF her agony, our
nation brought forth for her preserva-
fion. The civil war was not ohiy IN
ss,s. i-uportance of the issues at stake
and of the outcome the greatest OF
modern times, but Ii was also. taking
into account it's 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 TO high
nosition as leaders of the various ar
mics in the field are many who VIII be
remembered In our history as long as
this history itself is remembered. Sher-
adan. the incarnation of fiery energy
and prowess; Thomas, farsighted. cool
headed. whose steadfact courage
burned ever highest in the supreme
moment OF the crisis; Mcclellan. with
his extraordinary gift for organization;
MEADE. victor in one of the decisive
battles of all time; Hancock, type OF
the true fighting man among the reg
ulars; Logan, type OF the true fighting
man among the volunteers-the names
Of these and OF many others will endure
80 long as our people hold sacred the
memory of the fight for union and for
liberty. High among these chiefs rise
the figures of Grant and of Grants
great lieutenant, Sherman, whose sta
tue here In the national capital is to-
day 10 be unveiled 1t is not necessary
here to go over the long roll of Sher-
mans mighty feats. They are written
large thruout the history of the civil
war. Our memories would be poor
indeed IL we did not recall them now,
as we look along Pennsylvania avenue
md think of the great triumphal march
which surged down its length when at
the close of the war the victorious
armies of the east and of the west
met here In the capital of the nation
they had saved.
.sTo very few in any generation Is It
given to render such services as he
rendered: but each of US in his degree
qualities of character upon which, in
their sum, the high worth of Sher-
man rested-his courage. his kindness.
his clean and simple living, his sturdy
good sense, his manliness and tender
ness in the intimate relations of life,
and finally, his inflexible rectitude of
soul and his loyalty to all that in this
free republic is hallowed and SYM
bolized by the national flag"
AS soon as the applause following
the presidents address had subsided
David B. Henderson, of Iowa, former
speaker of the house of representatives.
spoke on behalf of the Army Of the
Cumberland, eulogi2ing Sherman's car
8 eer as a man, soldier and patriot.
Henderson in the course Of his ad-
dress referred to Booth, Guiteau and
Czolgosz as "Horrid, damnable, mani
Iestations of our national growth
For the Society Of the Army of the
Tennessee, Representative Charles III.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, In long speech
declared Shermans character the most
faultlessly, brilliant and most abound
Ing In the elements OF greatness that
was given to the world by any nation
In the nineteenth century. Gen. Thorn
as J. Henderson. of Illinois, eulogized
Sherman on behalf of the Society of
the army of the Ohio.
Gen. Daniel Sickles spoke on behalf
Of the Society of the Army Of the
Potomac and the ceremonies closed
with benediction pronounced by Right
Rev. Satterlee, Bishop of Washing
fOn