Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-17
SHERMAN MONUMENT.
Statue Unveiled 10 the Memory Of
the Great Soldier.
APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES WERE HELD

Washington, d. c., Oct. 16.-rribute
was paid today TO william Tecumsch
snerman, solder and patriot. when
the Carl Rohl Smith monument 10 the
iilustrious general was unveIle in the
presence OF the pres dent. his cabinet
and many prominent guests. the latter
including distinguished members u
the societies OF the Armies OF The Po
tomac, the Tennessee, the Ohio and
the Cumberland in joint reunion here
The statue occupies a conspicuous po-
stion opposite the south front OF the
treasury building.
President Roosevelt spoke briefly
! and extolled General sherman. Col. ID.
| b. Henderson OF Iowa, sounded the
carton note of the day. delivering the
chief grafton. Other speakers includ-
| ed General Daniel Il. Sickles and Gen
eral Charles II. Grosvenor. All of the
addresses were sincere eulogies of the
! character, devoted fealty to country
/ and home and courageous qualities of
the hero whose statue served to in.
| spire the sentences.
The president and his cabinet were
/ escorted to the scene of the ceremony
! from the White House by considera-
BILE number of troops The crimson
red of the artillery corps, the rattle
and clatter OF the norses and the field
| pieces. and the many marching mill.
tary men served to tint the procession
with just enough martial color to
make II form n fitting preliminary to
the unveiling of the bronze monument
to the famous soldier.
William Tecumseh Sherman Thorn
dyke, grandson OF the general, had the
honor of pulling the cords that loosed
the drapery of flags concealing the
monument. Gradually me flags dropp-
ed away and off the heroic equestrian
figure, and all at once tney fell from
the monument In heap. The presi.
dent and other distinguished partici.
pants were on lnei" feet with hats in
hand. AS the statue came into full
view its magniiicence was strikingly
presented to the people. A mighty
cheer. sucn as welcomes the great
snip as she slides into the water after
the christening. was heard, and the
panGs struck up In concert Marching
Through Georgia"
General Grenville H. Dodge, presi-
dent of the Society of the Army OF
the tennessee, which organization
took he initiative in the erec..on of
the statue, was master of ceremonies,
and made a short speech, in which
he referred most eloquently to his
! dead chief and to the artistic beauty
of the monument modelled TO perpet
uate the Sherman name. President
Roosevelt was greeted with hearty ap
plause is he stepped forward to de
liver his address. lie spoke in his us
ual earnest and emphatic way and his
remarks were interrupted frequently
by applause. Equally enthusiastic
were the greetings accorded to Gen
John NJ. Schofield, Gen. John G. Black
I Gen. II. V. Boynton, Gen. Sickles, Gen
Miles. Gen. John II. Brooke and tn,
D other distinguished soldiers who oc
E cupied seats on the speakers stand.
D The equestrian statue of Genera
Sherman was completed by Sculpto
i am Rohl Smith just before the lat
; ter's death and II remained for severa
of his friends. eminent artists ant
q sculptors. TO finish the work by de
: signing and modelling the medallion
aud bronze groups which ornamen
J. the base OF the monument The stat
L lie itself is nearly seventeen feet higl
and weighs 5000 pounds. II show
General Sherman as he reviewed tn
= troops In Washington at the close O
II the civil war. The warrior sits on hi
n horse with military erectness. hi
. head slightly turned toward the treas
!, ury as II ne were looking up at tn
, rooms occupied Wy his brother Jon
, Sherman, when secretary of the treai
ury. The left nand curbs his hors'
, which displays the spirited curves VI
ual to monument steeGs.
The work OF bronze stands on a p,
destal OF New Hampshire grant,
nearly fifty feet high. On the sides
n eight medallions. The former repr
L. sent "An Incident in the Battle of Mi
10 sionary Ridge" THE Battle OF Alta
u ta." Marching Through Georgia" an
'r sherman In Camp at Night" su
gesting his well known habit Of prov
X ling among his men half the night an
" rising in the morning latter havir
had less sleep than bird" as fres
as any of his soldiers.
,o The eight medallions represent Ge
!. erals Logan. Blair, Ransom, McPhe
Go son. Dodge, Smith, Grierson and o.
N Howard. Between the spaces filled
~ the portraits on the east and we
y sides of the pedestal will be plac,
=" two allegorical groups of war al
Peace"
The movement for the erection
II. the monument was begun eight yea
en- ago and carried TO successful comp
an ton by the Society OF the Army OF I
Int Tennessee. The total cost of the wo
su- was about $4,000. of which one-thi
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