The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20

Paul "a Mcneil, pastor Of ConcordlaS
Lutheran Church. vs.
I Again the assenlblase stood uncovered
| while the band played The Star Span
gled Banner" which closed the official
ceremony. " 5ss
After congratulating the German am
bassadress and shaking hands with the
foreign ambassadors, the President ard
his party left the eNplanade.t followed by
the German ambassador and his party
and Leutenant-Genera Loewenfeld and
his party. In the inverse order In which
they came, the presidential cavalcade8
leading tho official procession was res
formed and left the Washington bar
racks, while tho field batteries were firing
the second presidential salute OF twenty
one guns 81
The Enperor's Gift.
No more appropriate site for the stft
of Emperor William could have been
found than that selected for 1t on the
grand esplanade Of the Army War Coll Il
lege ut the Washington Barracks. & over
looking the Potomac River. 1t Is this 4
part Of Washington which was the official
center In the time OF the first President,
and here the army will have a magnifl-
cent war college, on tho esplanade OF
the Great Will stand statues OF Alexnn-
der, Caesar and Napoleon, tho four great
military geniuses OF the world history.
The l1mperor's gift is a replica In
bronze of the statue which stands In his (
palace ut Potsds,un, the original being the
work of tho sculptor. Professor Uphues.9
The statue Is Of heroic size, standing
more than seven feet. It Is mounted on +
a pedestal OF massive granite. Fred
erick Is standing erect, his right hand
resting on his military staff, and he looks
sharply ahead, The sculptor has WILDLY
portrayed the powerful vlgor which was
so striking Characteristic OF the Ger
man chleftain, F5t
Lieutenant-G General Won Loewenfeld, bne 4
OF the special commissioners OF the EN-
peror. Is the son of the well known gem
eral who commanded the advance guard
Of the Plussian army in the victorious
battle Of Nachod In the war Of &c. He
the war with France, and participated
In tho siege Of Paris He has received
from emperor William the iron cross, in
recognition of his bravery In the field. 4
IIe Is now Acknowledgement on the staft
OF the German Emperor and accompanies
the Emperor on many Of his Journeys. 1
He was recently promoted to the conf
mand of the first division of the Pr,issian
Guards. #sl *
Major Dberhard Count Won schmettow.@
the other special commissioner, is also
the son Of q distinguished soldier, his
father having led The bismarck aCulraS-&8
siers In the famous charge OF General
Won Bredow's cavalry brigade at the bait
tie OF NIers-a-tour, Since 1902 Count Won
Schmettow has been personal aIde-de-
camp to the German Emperor
Both officers cordially congratulated
Lieutenant-G General Chaffee upnn the ap-g
pearance of the troops participating In
the unveiling exercises. These troops con- Fl
sisted OF tho following:
The Engineer Band, washington BAR
racks, Second Battalion Engineers Com
pany A, Hospital Corps CompanN p,
Signal Corns Third and Fourth Batteries
Field Artillery; Seventeenth and Forty
fourth Companies Coast Artillery, Fort
washington; One Hundred md Third
Company Coast Artillery, Fort Howard
Nd; Twenty-frst and Thirty-ninth COM e
panies Coast Artillery. Fort McIIenry
Md; Fourth Band, Artillery Corps; Sixth
thirteenth, Forty-irst and Seyenty-thtrd
Companies Coast Artillery. Fort Monroe.
Vat Companies q and II. Eighth Infantry; "a
Fort Jay. New York city. and two CONS
panes OF blue Jackets apd two companies
OF marines, tho former from thu Hart N
ford ordered to Washington for the un- 4,
Yelling, and the latter frons the navy yard,
Washington