The Washington times., 1903-05-30
NEW YORK HONORS
SHERhAN'S MEMORY
Statue Unveiled at Entrance
to Central Park.
SECRETARY ROOTS EUL0GY
"His Immortality Established, We Can
not Add to His Fame"
He Says.

NEW YORK. May So.-one of the prin-
cipal events of Decoration Day here was
the unveiling of the st. Gauden's statue
OF General William Tecumseh Sherman,
at the Fifth Avenue and Fifty ninth
Street entrance to Central Park.
The Grand Army veterans, detach-
ment of regulars, and the National
Guard made splendid appearance. With
Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee grand
marshal they marched up Fifth Avenue,
and were reviewed by Governor Odell.
Secretary of War Root, and Mayor Low.
The usual memorial exercises at the
tomb OF General Grant were held. The
afternoon was devoted to sporting events
Sherman Statue Unveiled.
The act of unyeiling the statue was
performed by William T. Sherman
Thackara, grandson of the distinguished
soldier The Hon. Elihu Root. Secretary
OF War, who was the orator of the occa-
sion, spoke in part as follows:
1.-The part that Sherman played in the
great civil struggle was not merely codr-
ageous loyal. devoted. brilliant. 1t was
essentially decisive. Erase it from the
pages of history and no human mind can
divine how the blanks would have been
filled. No one will dare say that an
other could have done what Sherman did
Shiloh and Corinth. and Vicksburg and
Chattanooga. and Missionary Ridge
crowned him with laurels.
THE desperate and resourceful cam
paign which ended in the capture OF
Atlanta, established his place in history
as a great commander. The march from
Atlanta to the sea, and still on from
Savannah northward through the Caro-
linas to Raleigh. and the surrender OF
Johnston. ranks among the great and
impressive military events of history.
But more than all these, in the gem
eral maintenance and conduct OF the
war, the powerful influence of his mill
tary genius, the strong support of his
indomitable Will, the forward impulse
of his tremendous energy. the singular
nobility of his unselfsh character.
which, meeting like characteristics in
Grant, enabled them to work together
like brothers-all these made the per-
sonality of Sherman an essentially de-
cisive part of the great consummation
which determined that America was TO
be free and united.
Cannot Add to His Fame"
I'VE cannot add to his fame; we cannot
contribute to his Immortality. The
statue we raise today can but point
future generations TO the pages OF his
tory, where his name and deeds are i'm
perishably recorded. Neither praise can
set UP nor detraction pull down the i'm
mortals in that Valhalla of the truly
great where he has taken his eternal
place.
He was a disciplinarian without be-
ing martinez, and his broad sympathies
with all his countrymen made him the
ideal commander of volunteer soldiers
IN peace he was constantly solicitous
for the adoption of measures for the fu-
ture welfare and greatness Of his coun-
try. He urged on to success the build
ing of the Pacific roads. which he fore
saw would pacify and civilize the plains,
and bind together our widely separated
seaboards.
"His Plans Thwarted."
He founded the Leavenworth school
OF military Instruction. and entered ac-
lively into the execution of his broad
and far-s seeing plans for utilizing the
lessons of the civil war. and improving
the military system OF the country. un-
til checked and made powerless by a
vicious organization which now in this
year we are happily bringing 10 an end.
Enjoying life to the end, amid uni
Yersal respect and affection secure in
the consciousness of great deeds lone,
he rested here in peaceful and honoreG
age. IL Is fitting and a happy thing
that here. too. the genius OF the great
sculptor who claims this city as his
birthplace and his home, should make
imperishable by his art this silent wit
ress 10 the honor that We and our chill
dren shall ever pay to Sherman. the
soldier. the patriot. and the friend"