The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-16
TN HONOR
OF SHERMAN
Monument to Great Warrior I'm.
yelled In Washington.
PRESIDENT CHIEF SPEAKER
Mr.. Roosevelt, EuIogixing civil war
Hero, Pleads For a strong Navy
and Denounces dishonesty
In omciaI Life.
PRESIDENT CHIEF SPEAKER

Washington, Oct. 1e-To the memory
Of William Tecumseh Sherman an
equestrian statue has been unveiled
here by a little boy, William Tecumseh
Sherman Thorndyke, grandson of the
dead chieftain, in the presence of the
official body in Washington, the presi-
dent the diplomatic corps and the cab.
met at its head Thousands of vet
Grams, members of the societies of the
armies Of the Cumberland, the Ten.
nessee, the Ohio and the Potomac. all
the regular troops ia the vicinity OF
Washington, battalion Of marines,
two battalions of seamen and the Dis
trict national guard were reviewed by
the president before the unwilling cere.
monies.
After the invocation by the Rev. p,
J. Stafford and music by the Marine
band General Grenville M. Dodge, pres.
ident Of the Society Of the Army Of the
Tennessee and chairman Of the Sher-
man statue commission, made the Ia.
troductory address.
Upon its conclusion the Marine band
struck up "The Star Spangled Banner,
the Fourth field battery. e. S. al. fired
salute and the flags which hid from
view the statue were drawn aside by
the grandson of the hero 10 whose
memory 1t was erected.
President Roosevelt was then intro.
duced aud spoke m part as follows;
1t Is not necessary here to 90 over the
long roll OF Sherman's mighty feats. They
are written large throughout the history
of the civil war Our memories would be
poor indeed II we did not recall them now
az we look along Pennsylvania 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 Tho nation they had saved
There Is a peculiar fitness in commend.
rating the great deeds Of the soldiers vino
preserved this nation by suitable monu.
ments at the national capital. but the lv.
ing can best show their respect for the
memory Of the great dead by the way Ii
which they take 10 heart and act upon the
lessons taught BY the lives which made
these dead men great Our homage today
70 the memory Of Sherman comes from
the depths Of our being We would be
unworthy citizens did we not feel pro.
found gratitude toward MN and these
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. have
made us and all who come after as for.
ever their debtors They left Us not
merely a reunited country but country
Intellectually greater because Of It's rich
heritage IN the deeds which thus left II
reunited. AS a nation we are The greater
not only for the valor ana devotion II
duty displayed BY the men III blue who
won IA the great struggle FOR the Union
but also for the valor and the loyalty to
ward what they regarded as right Of the
men In gray for this war thrice fortunate
above all other recent wars In its ont
come, left to all OF us the right OF broth.
erhood alike with valiant victor and
valiant vanauished
Homage Must Show In Deeds.
Moreover our homage must not only
find expression on our lips 1t must also
show itself forth in our deeds. IL is
great and glorious thing for nation tt
be stirred to present triumph BY ths