The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-16
THE MEMORY
OF SHERMAN.
An Equestrian Statue I'm
yelled in Washington.
SPEECH BY MR.. ROOSEVELT
The President Was the Orator of the
Day--The Unwilling Made the Oc-
casionlof a Brilliant
Parade.
SPEECH BY Mr.. ROOSEVELT
lRy Associated Press.l

pressive ceremonies an equestrian statue
OF William Tecumsel Sherman was I'M
yelled here this afternoon in the pres
| ence OF official Washington, the President
at It's head and thousands Of veterans,
members Of the societies of Armies Of
the Tennessee, tho Cumberland the Ohio
and the Potomac. AS tho two large
| flags enveloping the statue were drawn
aside by William Tecumseh Sherman
Thorndyke, the nlne-year-old grandson
of the dead chieftain, the cannon OF the
Fourth Artillery doomed salute and,
| the Marine Band struck up the Star
| Spangled Banner.
Success marked every detail of tho
ceremonies, which were In charge OF
! Colonel T. W. symons. superintendent
| Of public buildings and grounds.
REVIEWED TIE TROOPS.
Before the unveiliilg of the statue. the
President and Lieutenant-Ge General s. B.
| NJ. Young, chief of the general staff Of
| the army. reviewed tho troops participat.
! ing in the dedication parade from the
/ stand opposite the statue The Presi-
I dent delivered the address Of the day.
| A representative from each OF the socie-
| ties Of the four armies followed in eulo-
| giles Of General Sherman.
Tho President was introduced by Gem
eral Dodge. AS he arose the veterans
gave him round after round Of cheers
| The Presidents speech was frequently
interrupted with applause. The Presi-
dent said
The President spoke in part as fol-
| lows:
To-day we meet together to do honor on or
" s m IN s h &c enc Of = her eps agony
nation brought forth for her preserya.
ton. The Civil War. was not only in the
importance Of the Issues at stake l,,od ana
count its duration. the severity Of tire
ghtng and the size since, Of the aose e Of
High among the chiefs rise the s,i figures le nt
Ct Grant and Grants great Lieutenant t,a n
tional capita is to-day to be unye led.
| It is not necessary here to go over the
long roll of shernan's mighty feats.
history Of the Civil War. !.
| Our homage to-day to the memory OF
Sherman comes from the depths OF our
| did we not, feel profound gratitude toward
| him. and those like him and under hin
who when the cgurtzv snlnd IN her ep d na
blood and their toll. their endurance and
patriotism. have made . US da ana al wno
left US not me civ a reunited country. but
country incalculably grea Ter because or
It's rich heritage in the deeds to Which thus US
the greater = not only for the valor and
devotion TO duty displayed by. the men men
IN bl4e Mho won in the great tb strv vsoe
! and the loyalty toward what they re-
| garded as right to the men in gray; for
! this war. thrice fortunate above all other
| recent wars in its outcome. left to all OF
i us the right of Brotherhood alike With
valiant victor and valiant vanquished.
We Of the present. II we are e. true e. to ?
! we have learned Alright the lessons taught
by the men who did the mighty deeds
| of the past.
which made the men OF 1861 to 1865 great
pride in the deeds Of the army and navy
army and the navy Of the present. II we
are farsighted in our patriotism. there
Will be no let up In the work of build
Ing and Of keeping at the highest point el IT
| the United States must hereafter play in
the world, and OF making and Keeping
our small regular army, Which IN the
thing but the nucleus around which our
volunteer armies must form themselves
the best army, OF It's size to be FOUND
|
| The most successful governments are
| those In which the average public SER
| want possesses that variant OF loyalty
| which we call patriotism together with
| common sense and honesty. We can as
| little afford to tolerate a dishonest man
| in the public service as a coward In the
| army. The murderer takes a single life;
| the corruptionist In public life, whether
! he be bribe-giver or bribe- taker, strikes
| at the heart of the Commonwealth. In
every public service, as in every army,
there will be wrong-doers, there will oc-
cur misdeeds. This cannot be AVOIDED;
but vigilant watch must be kept, and as
| soon as discovered the wrong-doing must
| be stopped and the wrong-doers punished,
Leadership Is OF avail only so far as
there Is wise and resolute public sentl-
| ment behind 1t.
In the long run. then. 1t depends upon
us ourselves, upon us the people as a
whole, whether this government is or is
not to stand In the future as It has stood
| in the past; and my faith that 1t will
| show no falling off Is based upon my
| faith in tho character of our average
citizenship. The one supreme duty Is to
try to keep this average high. To this
end 1t is we'll to keep alive the memory
of those mon who are fit to serve as
| examples of what Is loftlest and best IN
American citizenship, Such man was
General Sherman.
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