The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-16
SHERMAN'S STATUE
UNVEILED IN WASHINGTON BE-
FORE THOUSANDS OF VETERANS.
ROOSEVELT CHIEF SPEAKER.
GREETED BY VETERANS WITH
ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE.

Ceremonies Attended by Veterans of
the Armies of the Tennessee, the
Cumberland, the Ohio and the
Potomac--OficiaI Washington Also
In Attendance-Statue Unveiled by
Grandson of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tatives of Veteran Organizations
DeIiVered EuIOgies on Sherman.
washington. Oct. 15.-With impress
sive ceremonies the equestrian static
of William Tecumseh Sherman was
unveiled here this afternoon in the
rrAsence of official Washington, the
President at it's head, and thousands
of veterans, members of the Societies
of the Armies of the Tennessee, the
Cumberland, the Ohio and the Po-
tomac.
AS the two large flags enveloping
the statue were drawn aside by Will
liam Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke,
the nine-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 the
ceremonies, which were in charge of
Col T. w. Symons, superintendent of
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Before the unwilling of the statue
the President and Lieut.. Gen. S. B.
NJ. Young, chief of staff of the army,
reviewed the troops participating in
the dedication parade from the stand
opposite the statue. The President de-
livered the address of the day. A rep
resentative from each of the societies
of the four armies followed in eulogies
of Gen. Sherman.
The President was introduced by
Gen. Dodge. AS he rose the veterans
gave him round after round of cheers.
The Presidents speech was frequent
ly interrupted with applause. The
President said, in part:
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,
our nation brought forth for her pres
ervation. The Civil War was not only
in the Importance of the issues at stake
and of the outcome the greatest of
modern times, but it was also, taking
into account its duration, the severity
of the fighting and the size of the ar
mics engaged, the greatest since the
close of the Napoleonic struggles.
High among the chiefs rise the fig
ures of Grant and of Grants great
lieutenant, Sherman, whose statue here
in the national capital is to-day to be
unveiled.
There is a peculiar fitness in COM
memorating the great deeds of the SOL
diers who preserved this nation, by
suitable monuments at the national
capital. l trust we shall soon have a
proper statue of Abraham Lincoln, to
rI1y t1o1v 70 of p~ NFan mo IN
this nation owes it's salvation. Mean
while, on behalf of the people of the
nation, l wish to congratulate all of
you who have been instrumental in Sc
curing the erection of this statue to
Gen. Sherman.
1--WE cannot afford to lose the virtues
which made the men of 81 to 65 great
in war. No man is warranted in feel
ing pride in the deeds of the army and
navy of the past if he does not back
up the army and navy of the present.
If we are farsighted 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 here
after 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 volunteer armies
must form themselves, the best army
of its size to be found among the ma
lions.
The greatest leaders, whether in
war or in peace. must of course show
a peculiar quality of genius; but the
most redoubtable armies that have
ever existed have been redoubtable be-
cause the average soldier the average
Office possessed to a high degree such
comparatively simple qualities as
loyalty, courage, and hardihood. And
so the most successful governments
are those in which the average pub
lie servant possesses that variant of
loyalty which we call patriotism, to-
gether with common sense and hon
esty. We can as little afford to toll
crate a dishonest man in the public
service as a coward in the army. The
murderer takes a single life; the cor
ruptionist 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 wrongdoers, there will
occur misdeedS. This can not be
avoided; but vigilant watch must be
kept, and as soon as discovered the
wrongdoing must be stopped and the
wrongdoers punished. Remember that
in popular movement we must rely
on the people themselves, alike for
the punishment and the reformation.
Those upon whom our institutions cast
the initial duty of bringing malefac-
tors to the bar of justice must be
diligent in its discharge; yet in the
last resort the success of their eff
forts to purge the public service of
corruption must depend upon the at
titude of the courts and of the juries
drawn from the people. Leadership
is of avil only so far as there is wise
and resolute public sentiment behind
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