Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-06
ION FIELD Of SHILOH
Indianas Dedicate Monuments
to Heroes Who Fell on the
Battlefield
eEvERIDeE AND SANGER SPEAK

leEvERIDeE AND SANGER SPEAK
Interesting Ceremonies in Connection
With the Dedication-Governor Dur
bin and Staff, Gen. Lew Wallace, and
Other Distinguished Persons Were
Present-The General News.
1 Shiloh, Tenn, April 6.-The state OF
Indiana today presented the United
States government twenty-five monu-
ments, erected at cost of $4,000, in
honor of twenty-five Indiana regi-
ments that participated in the Battle
of Shiloh. General Lew Wallace presi-
ded and in his address said that the
army Of Tennessee had no commander
at Shiloh and was needlessly surprised
by General Albert Sidney Johnson. Tie
monuments were presented to the state
by Colonel James Wright OF the Ind
| lana Commission, which had charge OF
! their erection. Gov. w. T. Durbin then
presented the monument to the Gov
ernment and they were accepted by
William Carey Segner, Assistant Sec
retary of War
| Shiloh, Tenn, April 6.-The Indiana
monuments on the Shiloh battlefield
were dedicated today with interesting
ceremonies. Several hundred Indian
ians. including Governor Durbin and
staff. General Lew Wallace and other
prominent citizens of the state were
present. Addresses were made by Uni
ted States Senator Beveridge. Assist
ant Secretary of War Sanger. Cover
nor Durbin and others.
Senator Albert B. Beveridge, OF In
dianapolis. followed with an address.
Sanger's Address.
"In the absence of the secretary of
war, 1t is my privilege to receive on be-
uments which have been erected to
perpetuate the heroism of the soldiers
Of Indiana. It is fitting that the state
should make an enduring record of the
part which her sons took in battle, and
of the courage and devotion with which
they poured out their life blood. Older
men here will remember the enthus-
se saHfI HfIh 81 rMelsh iaalaas responded .o
volunteers. and students know the his
tory Of its soldiers III Che armies of
Grant and Buell., at Mills Springs, and
all thru this region in the operations
leading up to the occupation OF Cor
inth. We cannot think OF the state
and its soldiers without remembering
the splendid work OF the governor and
It's soldiers, without remembering the
splendid work of Governor Oliver p.
Morton, whose patriotic and effective
labor left legacy for which this state
is Justly proud, and as we stand here
today on the battlefields and think OF
the suffering Of the wounded. who can
forget that he started on it's mission
of mercy the first steamboat to arrive
here forty-one years ago today, with
surgeons and medical supplies. Shi-
loh was not the only great battle field
of the war, but it was the first battle
field which gave the country realiz-
Ing sense Of the magnitude OF the
struggle. Time does not permit me to
refer to the names of Indtana's heros
who died here, or of those who lived to
bear with modesty thru later years
the laurels which they won on this
battlefield.
"The federal government In accept
ing these monuments, becomes charged
with the duty of guarding them and
keeping fresh the memory of the heros
and the records Of the deeds which
they commemorate. The memory OF
brave soldiers who fought on this and
other battlefads will never die. for
so long as the country endures their
examples will help men and women In
years yet to come to strive courage
ously toward that high standard which
every American should aspire.
Beveridge's Speech.
"Since all must die, how fortunate to
die for an undying cause and under the
approving eye of history. So fell those
who gave their lives to save the life of
the nation; and history recites no no.
Bier story than the story OF their sacri-
flee. Their blood was shed to make the
American people a single nation and
for no lesser purpose. All other results
of the civil war were an incident to
that. And SO they died, no less for the
of the south, for the American people
undivided and individually.
Their martyrdom was to establish
forever the brotherhood Of the flag, a
relationship so lofty that 1t can not see
sections within the boundaries of the
lrepublican. Let us who live be tolerant
| of the views of those heroes OF the 9th
er side who died before the guns of our
heroes here and elsewhere. How little
! are those words southern and northern.
Let us forget them. How much grand
er the single word 'American!'
| But when men die for ideas, who
dares denounce them a! and utterly!
The loftiest quality of human charac-
| ter is tolerance, the loftiest but one,
and that one is justice. To tolerance
and living kindness and charitable for
giveness on both sides, and thru all
sweet reasonableness.
| James w. Riley recited "Old Glory
Several thousand of persons, includ-
| ing great number of confederate vet
erans, were interested spectators.
With the Indiana party was Miss Nell
| lie Grant, of San Diego, California, and
daughter of Gen. U. S. Grant.
Thinks Beef Charter Legal.
| Trenton, N. j., April 6.-The state
corporation bureau believes that the
|amended charter of the beef trust will
stand a judicial test of the section
prohibiting stockholders from examin-