Evening star., 1903-10-16

times to peace and good order. Sometimes
Its existence created friction. Sometimes 1t
was said that the enforcement of the Con-
Sutution was oppressive. Sometimes the
executive failed to assume the full powers
and duties conferred by the Constitution,
and Sherman pointed out all these fncon-
gruities and absurdities, and made per-
fectly clear to the intelligence of the United
States that our system was fundamentally
wrong, and 1t is a matter of high congratu-
lation today that in the hands of the pres
ent executive the first real enforcement
and execution of the Constitution is being
found. Thanks to Congress for the change.
SO 1T is we'll that these four military So
cieties, comprising those who remain on
earth following the great war. should come
mere Jointly, all as one society, to do honor
to the great commander. He commanded
an Army of Ohio before the Army OF the
tennessee or the Cumberland or the Po-
tomac had an existence, He commanded
the Army of the Tennessee Immediately fol-
lowing the departure of Grant. He COM
manded the Army of the Cumberland in
connection with the other armies and en-
bracing In the grand column portion of
the Army of the Potomac on the great
campaign to Atlanta and the famous march
to the sea.
His genius is not the property of any of
these armies, but all of them. His renown
is the common heritage of US all His fame
will go forward to future generations as
the fame of a great American soldier, not
confined by the limits of any society but
expanding and growing and glorious as the
honor of an American soldier ever shall be.
Gen. Thomas J. Henderson.
The last speaker on the program was
Gen. Thomas J. Henderson of Illinois
During the war of the rebellion General
Henderson served with the Army of the
Ohio, and he appeared as the orator for the
Society of the Army of the Ohio. He said:
1t is a great pleasure, as well as a great
honor, to me, to be called upon by my old
and beloved commander, Gen. Schofield.
and by my comrades of the Society of the
Army of the Ohio, to stand here today in
this august presence. and on this great
historic occasion, and speak a few words
in their behalf. And yet in the brief time
allowed me in which to speak what can
say worthy of the occasion and worthy of
the great soldier and great commander of
the Grand Army of the West. in whose
honor and to whose memory this beautiful
equestrian statue has been erected?
Shall l speak of Sherman and of his
glorious deeds? 1t would consume most if
not all, the time l am to occupy this
caSiOn to even name the great campaigns
and the great marches he made: the great
battles he fought and the victories he won,
and which have made his name and his
fame more imperiShable and enduring than
is the bronze of which this beautiful statue
has been formed and fashioned into his
own image.
The name of Sherman and the memory Of
his illustrious military service will live
forever in the hearts and affections of ell
who served under his command and of
every lover of this proud republic, which
his valor, his patriotism and his great gen.
erGlshfp contributed SO much to preserve
and perpetuate for us and for the genera
tions which to follow after us.
Shall l speak of the Grand Army of the
West which Sherman commanded, and CT
Its glorious service? 1t a great army,
and it would require volumes to tell the
story of its great deeds and glorious
achievements in defending and maintaining
the union of states and in preserving this
great free government of the people estab-