The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-22
n IN MEm0RY0 SHERMAN

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INlMEMORY SHERMAN
sresidsn Roosevelt Mskes the GhIs,8
Addrsss unsejli1g s
~NFashington8 Oct I7s-To the
Of William Tecusnseh shermanaaaI
equestrian statue Was unveiled here.
sfhis afterssoonab Il little boy Wifiiam
Tecuinseh Sherman Thprndyke. rand
Z &c the dead ch~iettain, III the pres-s
ence OF of1eiai Washington. the
ident, diplomatic corps and ths cabinet
At his head, andSthousands of veterans
q: p armies of the Cumberland, Ten
nessee, Ohio Potomac.
AASthe regular troeps In the vicinity
cf Washington,,s battalion of marines,
two b~attalions 81 ssaInen and the ais
trict nattonal guard we're reviewed by.
h president before the unyeiling be-
gan at 2..30. s
After In Invocation b Rev.
sStaffordaId music by the marine and
General Grenyille M. Dodge. president
of tile Society of the Army of b Ten
nessee and#cilAirman OF Sherman
statue commission, made8the Introduce.
tory address. Upon its conclusion the,
marine band struck up The star
Spangled Banner,p Fourth field
battery of the United States army
fired a salute and nhe. flags which hid
from view the statue We're drawn aside
by the grandson OF tle hero.
THE Presidents Address.
President Roosevelt was then intro
duced and spoke as Follows:
We meet to honor one Of the great men
whom our nation brought forth for her
preservation. The civil war was In! the
Importance OF the issue the greatest of
Sm~oderns.timesss but 1t was also in severity
the greatest since the Napoleonic srrug-
giles. ANON the generals many will he
remembered as long as this history ts
remembered. Sheridan. the Incarnation Of
sighted, cool-headed, whose courage
burned highest In the supreme moment;
Mcclellan. with his extraordinary gift For
srsaaizat e ..;a Ms e e, victor II = Of The
Logan types of the true fighting man.
High among these rise the figures OF
Grant and OF Grants great lieutenant.
Sherman. whose statue is today to be- un-
throughout the history of the civil war.
Our memories would be poor indeed IL we
did not recall them now, as We5look along
Pennsylvania avenue n think ef5the
great frihmphal march,.
There is a peculiar fitness In
Grating the soldiers preserved this
nation, by monuments at t~he7capital !
trust we shall soon have a proper statue
of Abraham Lincoln, to whom more than
to any other one man this nation owes
Us salvation. Meanwhile I congratulate
all who have been instrumental In the
erection of this statue to General sher-
a
The living can best show their respect
for the memory. of the great g by the
way in which they take to heart and act
upon the lessons taught by the lives which
made these dead men great. Our homage
today to the memory Of Sherman comes
from the depths of our being. VIZ. would
be unworthy citizens did we not feel pros
found gratitude toward him, and those
like him and under him, who, when this
country called In her dire need, sprang for-
ward with such gallant eageIness to an-
sweT that call They left us a reunited
country. incidentally greater because of
tts rich heritage in these deeds.
lips and in our deeds. it is a great
and glorious Nthing for a nation to
be stirred 10 present triumph by the
splendid memories of triumphs in the
our lives that we have learned Alright tho
lessons taught by the deeds of the past.
We must have the spirit which made the
men of the civil war, which produced
leadersssuch as Sherman; the spirit which
gave to the soldiers the tenacity and re-
sourcefulness that made the armies of
Grant and Sherman as formidable fight
ing machines as this world has seen.
We cannot afford to lose the Virtues
which made the men of I'll and '65 great
In war. No ma is warranted in feeling
pride5in the deeds of the army and navy
of the past if he does not back up the
army and nav of the present. II we are
~farsighted in our patriotism there will be
no let up in the work of building, and Of
G1y,sy,t,, ~ n + The hip1aGt r0jffb nf fH -, ~
a navy suited to the part the United
States must hereafter play in the world,
and of making and keeping our small
regular army, which in the event of a
great war can never be anything but the
nucleus around which our volunteer
armies must form themselves, the best
Of its size anon the nations.
1t is of instant need that we show pa-
triot.sm in the affairs OF peace. The du-
ties of peace are with us always; those
Of wal IRE but occasional. We need to
rests upon the man j, public life. We
meet in the capital of the nation. It is
well for us to remember that exactly as
there are certain homely qualities the lack
man from being Il useful soldier, so there
are certain homely qualities for the lack
of which in the public servant no shreWd-
ness or ability can atone. The greatest
leaders, whether in war or in peace, most
show d peculiar quality of genius; but
the most ~reaoubtable armies that have
-epEF GNlStGu nave DeGu IGuOuDldDlG De-
cause the average soldier. the average Of
ficr, possessed such simple qualities as
loyalty, courage and hardihood. And SC
the most successful governments are
those iii which the average public servant
possesses thai variant of loyalty which
we call patriotism. together with eommo
sense n honesty.
The murderer takes a single life; the
corruptionist in public life, whether he
be bride giver Or bride taker, strikes at
the heSrt OF the commonwealth. Those
upon whom our Institutions cast the duty
OF bringing Indicators to the bar of JUS
tice must be diligent: yet in the last re-
sort the success of their efforts to purge
the public service Of corruption must de-
pend upon the attitude of courts and
turies. Leadership is of avail only so far
rs there is public sentiment behind it.
Other Addresses Made.
As soon as applause following the
presidents address had subsidized, David
B. Henderson of Iowa spoke on behalf
of the Army of the Cumberland. eulo-
giving Sherlnan's career as man, soldier
and patriot.
For the Society of the Army of the
Tennessee, Representative Chas. II.
G~rosyenor of Ohio declared Sherman's
character the most faultless, brilliant
and most Astounding in elements Of
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