Evening star., 1903-10-16

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nor underestimate the distinguished serv-
| Ice or the Grand Army of the Potomac I
40 not want that army to forget or under
estimate ths equally distinguished service
| or the Grand Army of the West composed
| as 1t was of the Army of the Tennessee
the Army of the Cumberland and the Army
| or the Ohio, under command of that great
soldier and hero whom we honor TODAY
William Tecumseh Sherman The Grand
| Army of the West in the Atlanta cam
| paign-the greatest campaign I think OF
| the war for the Union If not of all wars
| fought its way, day by day, week by week
and month by month, for more than three
months, from BuZZard Roost and Tunnel
| H1ll to Atlanta, and on to Jonesboro' and
LoVeJoy, some portion of the army under
! fire OF the enemy every day. and some
| times at night and then II took possession
| of Atlanta and Decatur. 1t pursued Hood
! when he recrossed the Chattahoochie with
| his army with the purpose of cutting Sher-
| mans communications and capturing his
supplies with so much Vigor and force
| that Hood was unable to accomplish his
purpose and was driven off into northwest
! ern Alabama. One corps of this grand
army, Gen. Schofeld's, was then sent back
| to support the 4th Corps, under Stanley,
and to help that grand old hero, Gen.
Thomas, the Rock of ChlcKamauga," take
care of Hood and his army, and Scho1eld
and Stanley, with their commands, under
| Gen. Thomas. when Hood recrossed the
| Tennessee, resisted his advance upon
| NASHVILLE with great bravery ana gal1an-
try, fought the battles of Franklin and
Nashville, two of the great and most de-
cisive battles of the war, put Hoods army
! to rout and substantially destroyed IT and
| ended the war in the west.
In the meantime Sherman and the rest
| OF the Grand Army of the West were max
! ing that famous march from Atlanta to
the sea, and up through the Carolinas,
fghting at Bentonville, 1 believe, the
last battle of the war for the Union. And
so, my comrades of the Grand Army Of
the Potomac, the Grand Army of the West
had prepared the way for your great work,
and by it's brilliant movements and heroic
action made it possible for the Army OF
| the Potomac to occupy richmond ana DE,
mand the surrender of Lees army. And
| say all honor and all glory to the Grand
! Army of the West and TO Sherman. its
great commander.
| Comrades of the grand Army of the west,
let me ask you, Do you remember the last
review Sherman made of his great army at
Raleigh n. c.? l remember it we'll as one
of the most interesting events of my lie.
The war was we'll over. There was sweet
sense of peace in the air. as we'll as in the
hearts OF the soldiers of the entire army,
and everybody was happy; l know L was
happy; and how well l remember Sherman,
as he reviewed his veteran army, corps by
corps. and army by army, until the Zo'h
and last corps, as L remember, to be re-
viewed was reviewed by the Immortal
Grant! What a review that was, ana
when it was over. what shout
went up from the vast multitude or
officers and men. who had come together, W
witness It! 1t was a shout of triumph ana
of gr, 1T low l never saw Sherman look so
tall before as he did when his veteran ar
my was marching by in review. ftis
face was radiant with Joy. the JOY which
comes from the consciousness of duty nobly
done and well performed. l never felt in al
my lie before deeper love of country nor
did / ever have a stronger faith in the 1u-
ture greatness and glory OF our country
and the perpetuation of our great free gov
ernment than 1 did when witnessing that
review of Shermans great army.
l am proud, if l may be permitted TO say
So of the fact. that [ was an humble SOL
der of the grand Army of the West ana
that l served under Sherman. l am proud
also that | served in the Army of the ONO,
from its organization until the end of Its
distinguished service. l might have been
equally as proud to have served in the Ar
my of the Tennessee. or in the Army of the
Cumberland. both splendid armies-but no
prouder 1 am proud also to have served
| under the command of that great soldier
and brave commander. General Schoield, of
whom General Sherman said. at one time In
speaking of him and his service, Where he
was. there was security" He was a great
soldier. and the Army of the Ohio has n
right to be proud of its service under his
command. l am glad to see him here to-
day in such good health. participating in
| the dedication of this statue to Sherman.
whom 1 know he loved and honored, as we
| all do. so much God bless him! and spare
| him for many years to come to enjoy the
| distinction and the happiness he so well
deserves.
| In a notable speech made by General
Sherman at the first annual reunion of the
Army of the Cumberland he spoke these
commenda bic words: Il claim to be of the
Army of the Ohio of the Army of the Cum
berland. of the Army of the Tennessee. l
care not in which you throw me fo- fame:
my title there is heritage enough for me,
but bound together. all in one, the grand
Army of the West. the commander is q
title of which I am proud indeed and hav-
ing that title this beautiful statue has been
erected and dedicated to his memory. and
trust it will stand here in the capital Of
the nation he contributed so much to save,
for all time to come. to honor and to per-
petuate his great name and fame.
Concluding Ceremony.
At the conclusion of General Henderson's
speech General Dodge made a short ad-
dress, in which he expressed thanks to Col.
Thomas w. Symons, superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds. for the excellence
of the arrangements for the unveillng and
the tributes paid the veterans by the
scheme of the decora ton. He said he eX-
pressed the sentiments of all the veterans
present. and his remarks were heartily ap-
plauded Bishop Satterlee then advanced and
pronounced the benedction, and the cere-
monies for the day were over. President
Roosevelt remained until the benediction and
then escorted back to the White House
in the same manner as he had come to the
stand. His escort consisted of a guard of
honor from the Department of the Potomac,
G. A. R., which included Department Com
mander I. G. Kimball and the members or
his staff. detachment of Minute Men was
also included in the escort. Before leaving
the stand the. President met and shook
hands with number of the distinguished
persons who were on the stand with him.
Gen. Daniel Sickles also held an informal
reception before leaving the stand. veterans
crowding about him for the purpose OF
shaking his hand. When all the guests had
departed the decorations were taken down.
and transferred to Rauschers, where they
were used during the reception last night.
Tonight the same decorations will be used
at the joint banquet.