The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-23
TO THE memory
OF GEN. sherman
Magnificent Monument to the Fa-
nous Soldier Is Unveiled
at Washington.
President Roosevelt Uttcrs ~ Tribute
. ofPraise to the Dead W~arriOr-AIso
Lands Other Heroes of the Civil
war-Has Faith in Citizens OF
United states.

Washington, Oct. Ito the men,
DRY of William Tecumseh sherman an
equestrian statue was unveiled here
Yesterday afternoon by a little boy, Will
liam Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke,
grandson of the dead chieftain, in the
presence Of official Washington, the
president, the diplomatic corps and the
cabinet at its head. Thousands OF vet
Grams, members OF the societies OF the
Armies of the Cumberland, the Tennes-
see, the Ohio and the Potomac, and all
the regular troops in the vicinity OF
Washington were present. Gen. Gren-
vile M. Dodge, president Of the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee and chair
man Of the Sherman statue commission,
made the Introductory address, after
which he introduced President Roose-
welt.
Address OF the President.
President Roosevelt spoke in part as
follows:
In opening, the president eulogized
the generals Of the civil war, Il said
there was q peculiar fitness in COM
memorating the great deeds OF the SOL
diers who preserved this nation by
suitable monuments at the national
capital. Continuing, he said:
THE 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. Our homage to-day TO the mem
Dry Of Sherman m from the depths
or our being. We would be unworthy
citizens did we not feel profound graf
itude toward him, and those like him
and under him, who, when the country
called in her dire need, sprang for
ward with such gallant eagerness TO
answer that call.
Show Homage ia Deeds.
Moreover, our homage must not
only find expression on u lips; it
must also show itself forth in our
deeds. It is d great and glorious thing
for a nation to be stirred to present tri-
umph by the splendid memories OF tri-
umphs in the past. But it is a shame
full thing for q nation, if these memor
les stir it only to empty boastings. We
of the present, If we are true to the past,
must show by our lives that we have
learned Alright the lessons taught by
the men who did the mighty deeds of the
past"
Our Army md Navy.
He lauded tho virtues which made
the men of 81 to '65 great in war, and
said: III We are f~ar-sighted in our
patriotism, there will be no let up in
the work of building, and Of keeping
at the highest point of efficiency, a
navy suited to the part the United
States must hereafter play in the
world, and of making and keeping our
small regular army, which in the event
of a great war, can never be anything
but the nucleus around which our vol
unteer armies must form themselves,
the best army of its size to be found
among the nations.
Depends Upon Ourselves.
I'm the long run, then, it depends
upon us ourselves, upon lis, the peo-
pie as a whole, whether this govern
ment is OF is not to stand in the flu
ture as 1t has stood in the past; and
my faith that it will show no falling
off is based upon my faith in the char
acter of our average citizenship. The
one supreme duty is to try to keep this
average high. To this end it is we'll
to keep alive the memory of those men
who are fit to serve as examples of
what is loftiest and best in American
citizenship"
The ceremonies closed with the bene-
diction pronounced by Rt. Rev. Henry
Yates Satterlee, bishop Of Washington.