The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16

Goyegnment, l. Is well for Us n NJ thAs n!a ,,;
as there are certain homely qualities the lack
alive from being useful soldier 70 his country.
lack Of which in the public servant no sbreweA-
The greatest leaders. whether in war or in
quality OF ssnSs. but the most redoubtable
redoussssIe s ssss e't The average soldier
the average officer possessed to high ! de-
gree ov sdSn comparatively s,mRlSs Hnd
80 the most successful governments are those
IN which th.N average pub!ic servant possesses -s
that variant of loyalty which we call patriot
We can az Ii hie afford to tolerate a dishonest
man in the bubble service AS coward In the
army. The murderer takes single .if e. ne
bride giver oil; bride taker, strikes at the hears
Of 1ne commonwealth. In every public
service. az in every army. there viii 9s new WronR-
not be avoided. but viRilant watch must De
kept. and as soon as discovered the wrong.
doing must be stopped and the wrons gd.oer
ipent we must rely on the people themselves
alike fey the punishment and the reformation.
" hS S%5 sA to
bar i Of Justice must be dilisent in its dis
charge, vet in the last resort the success success
their to the So1 nus hs
Of the col vts and of the juries drown from
the people, Leadership ia OF avail only 30
far as ,her,s il. wise and resolute public sen'i-
In the long run. then, it depends upon us
ourselves upon us the people :. as =, w S1ond
based upon MY faith IN the character Of our
e o y kp ri. ave Sns sR 70 'S
eri il Is we'll to keep alive the memory Of
those men who are At to serve 'as examples OF
what ia loftiest and best in American CITIZEN
shiO Such man was ten. sherman. To
render ' such Il services as he rendered. but
thing OF those qualities Of character upon
which. in their sum, tho high worth Of Sher-
man reste his courage. his kindli1ess. his
s sssa i his mani te ana tende in ne
intimate Nslations Of life., and. finally. ms
infcxible neottude of soul and his lSyait y
s1 n sym 1ho IN iP By the thee naton nag
Col. David b. Henderson. Speaker OF
the House az Represent atives in the last
Congress, fol lowed the President and ad-
dressed the gathering on behalf OF the
Society Of the Army OF the Cumberland.
Gen Charles H. Grosvenor, Representa-
tive in Congra So from Ohio, spoke for the
and Gen DAME. E. Sickles Of New York
spoke on behalf of the Society Of the Army
Of the Potomac. Gen. Thomas J.. Hender-
son OF Illinois spoke briefly for his COM
rades Of the Army Of the Ohio.
The monument to Gen, Sherman was
erected through the efforts Of the Society
OF the Army Of the Tennessee, which raised
$4,000 for the purpose. To this Congress-
added $40, 900 far the foundation, pedestal.
&c, making the total cost $4,000. The
sculptor was selected by competition. the
design Of Carl h,hl-Smith being accepted
Before the work was completed, however.
tie sculptor died, and il was finished by
I.ahritz Jensen, a Danish sculptor.
The height of the. monument and pedestal
il Il, feet and of the bronze equestrian
statue, II feet inches. The base is of
grant, and bears on two sides bronze
groups representing War and Peace.
Bls-reiefs, depicting respectively an in
cident in the battle Of Missionary Ridge.
Georgia and Sherman in camp at night.
ornament tlle four sides Immediately be-
neeth the ioo,lps.
The various veteran sociaties which nave
been holding their annual meetings here,
This afternoon elected officers for the ensuing
year. The Sc ciety of the Army Of the Ten
nessee reelected Gen. Grenv1le NJ. Dodge
Of New Yoq& president. Major William
U. Warner Of Missouri and thirteen others.
daughter Of Gen. Sherman, vice-presi
dents, A. Hiolen Cooper. corresponding
secretary, May Augustus Van Dyke treas
l,rer and Col. Cornelius Cadle recording
secretary.
The Society Of the Army Of the Cumber-
nd elected Gen. H. v Boynton Of Ohio
president, Major John Tweedale Of this
city corresponding secretary and Cen,
Frank G. Smith treasurer and recording