The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-16
IA SHAFT TO SHERMAN
UNVEILED IN THE NATIONAL
 CAPITAL,
President Theodore Roosevelt Among the Orators, as is D. B. Tender son, Ex-Spealker or House
 Representatives

~NS>>e>@eSfA 'trfan statue was unveiled here this af- ternoon by a little boy, William Tecum- sch sherman Thorndyke, grandson of the dead chieftain. in the presence of of- hofal Washington, the President, the diplomatic corps and the cabinet at it's head.
 Thousands O. veterans. members of the societies of the armies of the Cumber- land, the Tennessee, the Ohio and the Potomac, all the regular troops in the vicinity of Washington, a battalion of marines, two battalions of searneu and the District National Guard were review cd by the President before the unveilins ceremonies, which began at 2:sO o'clock.
 After the invocation by the Rev. D. J. stanord and music by the Marine band. General Grenville M. Dodge president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. an dchairman of the sherman Statue Commission, made the introductory ad- dress. Upon its conclusion the Marine band struck up ''The Star Spangicd Ban- ner." the Fourth Field Battery, U. s. Army. fired salute and the flags which hid from view the statue were drawn aside by the grandson of the hero to whose memory it was erected.
 President Roosevelt said:
 Speech of Roosevelt.
 Today we meet together to do honor to the memory of one of the great men whom, in the hour of her agony, our na- ton brought forth for her preservation. The civil war was not only in the import ance 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 armies engaged, the great est since the close of the NapoIeonic struggles. Among the generals who rose to high position as leaders of the various armies in the field are many who will be remembered in our history as long as this history itself is remembered. Sheridan, the incarnation of fiery energy and prow- ess; Thomas. far-sighted, cool-headed whose steadfast courage burned ever highest in the supreme moment of the crisis: Mcclellan, with his extraordinary gift for organizations; Meade, victor in one of the decisive battles of all time; Hancock. type of the true fighting man among the regulars: Logan, type of the true fighting man among the volunteers the names of these and of many others will endurse so long as our people hold sa- cred 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 statue here in the national capital Is today to be unveiled. It is not necessary here to go over the long roll of Sherman's mighty feats. They are written large throughout the history of the civil war. Our mem ories would be poor indeed if we did not recall them now, as we look along Penn sylvania Avenue and 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 na- ton they had saved.
 Fitness of the Thing.
 There Is a peculiar fitness in commem- orating the great deeds of the soldiers who preserved this nation. by suitable monuments at the national capital. trust We shall soon have a proper statue of Abraham Lincoln, to whom more than to any other one man this nation owes It's salvation. Meanwhile, on behalf of the people of the nation, I wish to congratu- late all of you who have been instrument tai in securing the erection of that statue to General Sherman
 The living can best show their respect 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 today to the memory of Sherman comes from the depths of our being. We would be unworthy citizens did we not feel profound gratitude toward him, and those like him and under him, who, when the country called in her dire need sprang forward with such gallant eagerness to answer that call. Their blood and their toll their endurance and patriotism, nave made us and all who come after us Tor ever their debtors. They left us not merely a reunited country. but a country incaIculably greater because of its rich heritage in the deeds which thus left 1t reunited As nation we are the greater, not only for the valor and devotion to duty displayed by the men in blue, who won Ill the great struggle for the Union, but also for the valor and the loyalty toward what they regarded as right of the men In gray; for this war thrice fortunate aoove all other recent wars in its outcome, lert to all of us the right of brotherhood alike with valiant victor and valiant van quished.
 = Homage in Deeds.
 Moreover our homage must not only find expression on our lips; 1t must also show itself forth in our deeds. It Is great and glorious thing for nation to be stirred to present triumph by the splendid memories of triumphs In the past But 1t is a shameful thing for @ nation if these memories stir 1t only to empty boastings, to pride that does nor shrink from present aDdSeHenI, lO lhdI self-satisfaction which accepts the high resolve and unbending effort of the fath- CT as an excuse for effortless ease or wrongly directed effort in the son. 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. We must have In us the spirit which made the men of the civil war what they were the spirit which pro- duced leaders such as Sherman; the spirit which gave to the average soldier the grim tenacity and resourcefulness that made the armies of Grant and sherman as formidable fighting machines as this world has ever seen. We need thier rug gedness of body, their keen and vigorous minds, and above all their dominant quality of forceful character. Their lives teach us in our own lives to strive after not the thing which is merely pleasant but the thing which it is our duty to do. The life of duty. not the life of mere ease or mere pleasure-that is the knid or lire which makes the great man as 1t makes the great nation.
 We cannot afford to lose the virtues which made the men of '61 to 6o great in war. No man is warranted in feellng 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