The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-09
LETTER
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They have mounted nat FAMOUS war
rior, William Tecumseh sherman. on
what seems to be Il head1ess horse and
hoisted him away up In front OF the
treasury department on one OF the pub
lie squares, This headless horse i'm
preston is gained by those who ride on
the street cars, and il is from the cars
that ninety-ninc out OF every hundred
will view the statue, As the cars so
Hown Fifteenth street the statue
In view, and there is Sherman, bare
headed and seated on 4 horse without
n head. You stare and stare ut the
phenomenon. and rs the ears swing
into Pennsylvania avenue You get Il
faint Impression OF the head of the
horse. bur il Immediately disappears,
hidden by the trees. and You go on
Wondering whether it was intended TO
represent the old warrior in the thick
OF battle mounted ON 4 Steed which
has just had its head carried away by
a cannon ball, Hut the horse is no
headleSS, The artist. in IN endeavor
to give n pose 10 the equine part OF
the statue which should be different
from others in this city. has curved
the neck around 10 the right, so that
the body only is outlined against the
sky AMI the head Of the animal is not
visible, Ii is the most slightly statue
in the city and the most improperly
located, Owing 10 the diSagreeahle
effect produced, some effort may he
made 10 renove il 10 = more appro-
pirate location,
"At the Front"
judge Advocate General Davis has
decided that Washington was the
;ront" during the civil war and that
the various District OF Columbia vol
uugeeVS who defended the capital be-
fore the regulars ana the state Troops
Gould SET here were ST the front,
The question anne up IN The case of
au nld mechanic who had applied at
the Navy San for employment and
gave sa his civil service answer the
facts " his service in Il local militia
oau0gaaNy which guarded President Lin,
cGt9a 0a thS Way fTuG the Baltimore
land OA&a STATEN 10 the White House
ami ~ his inauguration day WAS post
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