Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-15
Camp Fire at Metropolitan
M. E. Church.
DISTINGUISHED MEN
MADE ELOQUENT ADDRESSES TO
LARGE AUDIENCES.
Ex-senator Thurston the Principal
Speaker-Mrs. Logan's Brief
but Effective Talk.

Scenes of enthusiasm, speeches of mar
tial import and eulogies of the heroic dead
and their living companions in the great
est internecine strife that the world ever
knew marked the gathering at the camp
fire last night of the immortal Army of
the Potomac within the historic walls of
the Metropolitan Memorial NJ. e. Church. =,
A list Of speakers of national fame drew
large attendance of people, whose inter-
est was plainly that of participants in the
great conflict which was being memorial
lied in song and story. Such men Ad
miral Dewey, Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard, for
mer Senator John NJ. Thurston. Gen. John
c. Black, commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic; Corp. James NJ Tan
ner, Gen. G. w. Baird, William +. An
drews, Maj. Moses Veale, Mrs. John A.
Logan and other eloquent orators of the
country has been invited to address the
veterans. and all but the admiral of the
navy were able to respond. 1t was with
regret that the chairman, ]. d. Croissant,
made the announcement that Admiral
Dewey had sent his regrets and that the
hero of Manila Bay and companion OF FAR
| ragut al New Orleans would not be able to
take the chair. With this exception, there
were no disappointmentS, and the evening
was made memorable by the laudatlon OF
| the achievements of the men of 81 and of
the great deeds that they had wrought.
MRS. Logan tdlk 10 Lie HtetiiS touiu
not be called an address. but 1T was a
heart to-heart talk with the veterans with
whom her famous husband had 1ought Ior
the preservation of the Union, and she was
received with much applause. Gen Baird
read his original poem entitled Sixty
one" and all the speakers rose fully to the
occasion.
Ex-senator Thurston's Address.
The church was decorated with the flag
of the country and the badge Of the Army
of the Potomac, and from the reveille call
by a trumpeter of Troop E. I'd Cavalry. to
the sound Of taps the evening was fiat
tering success. The Grafton of the evening
was that of former Senator Thurston, al
though the others were by no means out
classed by the famous speaker who has
made many halls ring with his eloquence
He referred 70 Sherman as the greatest or
generals in many respects, and said that
his fame would outlast that of other IA
nous soldiers in the history of the world.
"Often a. pass along the street., he said,
IT meet men who wear in the left lapel or
their coats little bronze button. The face
of the wearer Of that badge may be scanned
with years and care, his coat may be worn
and rusty his gait hating, but whenever
1 meet him doff my hat in the presence of
that man, for the dust he treads is sacred
and holy ground. He was not born to
strife, he was not soldier in spirit, he
was a lover of peace and of the institu-
tons OF the nome ana the nfeSlQe, MS glory
was not of the field of flame, but of the
hearthstone Yet When his country called
him he laid down the tools of his trade, he
broke the clasp Of clinging arms, he tore
himself from the lips of his dear ones and
went forth to meet the foe many des
perate fields. For-four long, frightful years
he fought. and then he came back to his
home with the knowledge that he had done
his part in holding together the threatene
disruption of the Union. He came back
better citizen for having been so good a
soldier.
1.-THE war in which you fought. you heroes
of the great struggle, left you with loftier
idea of the institutions of our land, it en-
abled you to become better citizens of the
country you had saved from destruction
and it left you with noble purpose which
you have nobly carried out to its natural
destiny For Of all the noble victories
achieved by the American soldier the no
blest was this, that he took up the work of
rebuilding of the country with the same
spirit Of devotion that he took up arms
when he heard the bugle call to rally to the
defense of his country.
Tribute to Sherman.
SHERMAN. the man we are to honor to-
morrow, was one Of the greatest generals
of modern times He was not alone great
soldier, he was a great citizen and would
have made conspicuous mark in any field
to which he might have been called. When
you sit In that STAND tomorrow and see the
serried ranks pass before you In review,
when you the flags dipped in the pres
ence of that statue of the man who led you
to magnificent victory, you may know that
there is not heart there that will not be
throbbng in unison with yours at the sight
of that figure wrought In imperishable
bronze of one of the mightiest men in the
history of American achievement.
'They have said that the recent war In
which your sons fought with their fathers
and with their fathers foes side by side to
conquer a foreign foe was but series of
skirmishes in comparison with that ire
mendous conflict which you fought and
won. That may be so, but It. was long
enough and strong enough to see the men
who wore the uniform OF the north and
those who wore the uniform OF the south
standing side by side in the ranks that
challenged to combat the hosts of Spain:
it was long enough to wipe out forever that
bitterness that was but the natural Sc
quence of the rebellion and to make Of all
the men of this mighty nation brothers in
very truth. 1t was long enough to make
Yankee Doodle and Dixie the national
songs and to add to the list OF our war
music There'n Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight
1--WE honor you for the cause in which you
fought that the American republic might
forever be dominating influence In the
world The noble three hundred at Their
mopylae, who held the pass against an army
until all but one were killed. Napoleon's
grand Old Guard. whose cry was The Old
\
six hundred at Balaklava who charged an
army-your glory will not pale beside these.
Rome which sat proudly on her seven hills
Caesar triumphant monarch of the world.
later crumbled to decay; Napoleon, whose
sword builded the mightiest empire of the
earth, died prisoner, his empire vanished.
''These men and things are dead, but your
glory will not die and from the Atlantic to
the Pacific you will yet have been the force
that will make an imperisable union of
states that shall live when the names Of
Caesar and Napoleon are forgotten. You
added no stars to the flag. but you saved
them all to it and you made 1t possible for
your sons to extend the boundaries of the
country until on the east they reach to the
rising sun. on the south are bounded by the
American conscience on the west by the
orient and on the north by the aurora
borealis. My father fought with you and
died for the cause. a private in the ranks.
Your glory is more lasting than even that
splendid bronze that you will tomorrow
dedicate to the memory Of the great man
under whose leadership you achieved your
great victories"
Other Speakers.
Mr. Thurston was followed by Mr.. Will
lam E. Andrews. auditor of the treasury,
who made fine address devoted principally