The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-11-24
A BRILLIANT
DISPLAY
STATUE OF FREDERICK THE
GREAT UNVEILED.
PRESIDENT ACCEPTS GIFT
Dwelling at Length on Frederick S
Military Achievements and the Ties
That Bind the Two Countries in
Friendship.

Washington. Hailed by military
blare of twenty trumpets the bronze
statue of Frederick The Great, pre-
sented to the American people by
Emperor William, was unveiled re-
Gently by the Baroness Speck Won
Sternberg, the wife of the German am
bassador.
The ceremony was marked by great
military and official display. The
statue was presented in behalf Of the
emperor by his personal envoy, the
German ambassador, who made a
brief address. The president made
the chief address of the day and ac-
cepted the gift on behalf of the Amer
lean people. Seldom has the national
capital witnessed a more brilliant and
distinguished assemblage than was
gathered on the Grand Esplanade of
the War College around the pedestal
of the statue.
Immediately back of the statue on
the president IS stand, which was COM
pletely covered in red, white and blue
bunting and decorated with American
flags, sat the president and his cabi-
net, the German ambassador and the
Baroness Speck Won Sternberg, Lieut..
Gen. Won Loewenfeld and Maj Count
Won Schmettow, the emperor's special
commissioners to the unveiling, and
the entire diplomatic corps, all in full
uniform.
On stands to the right and left of
the statue wre officers of the army and
navy in full dress uniform, the men,
bers Of the supreme court, members of
congress and other invited guests. Di-
rectly in front Of the pedestal of the
statue were grouped members of Ger
many societies from various parts of
the country. Within the gates of the
army war college and along the line
of march were stationed troops in at
tendance.
Maj. Gen. Gillespie addressed the
ambassador and as he closed turned
to the ambassadoress offering her his
arm, and escorted her to the edge OF
the statue where were fastened the
silken cords attached to the American
and German flags in which it was
shrouded Grasping the cords firmly,
one in each hand, the ambassadoress
had but to give one tug before the
silken folds loosened from around the
figure of Frederick the Great.
Straightway twenty trumpeters of the
army drawn up in front of the presl-
dents stand sounded military blare
of welcome-one prolonged note-and
as the flags slowly parted the Ameri-
can to the right and the German to the
left the marine band struck up the
German national anthem.
Formal Presentation.
Baron Sternberg was introduced by
Maj. Gen. Gillespie and accepting the
custody of the statue from the special
commissioner formally presented the
gift in behalf Of the emperor to the
American people through their pres
ident whom the ambassador address
ed and closing said:
"Mr. President, by order Of the
German emperor, I have the honor OF
asking you to accept this statue as
token of his majesty's and the Ger
man peoples sincere friendship for
the whole people of America"
To his address the president re-
sponded and said in part:
''It is not my purpose here to dis
cuss at length the career of the mighty
King and mighty General whose statue
we have just received. In all history
no other great commander save only
Hannibal fought so long against such
terrible odds, and while Hannibal fin
ally failed, Frederick finally triumph
ed. In almost every battle he fought
against great odds, and he almost al
ways won the victory. When defeated
he rose to an even greater attitude
than when victorious. The memory OF
the Seven Years war will last as long
as there lives in mankind the love of
heroism, and its operations Will be
studied to the minutest detail as long
as the world sees a soldier worthy Of
the name.
t'In conclusion, let me thank you,
and through you the German emperor
and the German people, for this statue
which l accept in the name OF the
American people; a people claiming
blood kinship with your own; people
owing much to Germany; a people
which, though with a national histo-
ry far shorter than that of your peo-
pie, nevertheless, like your people, IS
proud Of the great deeds Of it's maJes-
ty of its future. I most earnestly
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Morgan an italian.
Rome. The municipality Of Aseoli