The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2o 1904

the German hymn. The Ambassadress was gowned in grey velvet and wore hat of chinchiila.
 Addresses Are Made.
 Lieutenant General von Lowenfeld was then presented by the master Of missioner of the German Emperor. transferred the statue to the custody of his majesty's personal envoy. Baron Sternborg. the German Ambassador.
 Baron Sternberg was introduced by Major General Gillespie. and, accept ing the custody of the statue from the special commissioner, formally pre- sented the gift on behalf of the Elm peror to the American people through their President The last note of "Die 'wacht Am Rhein" were drowned in the enthusi- astic greeting given the President as he arose and advanced to the edge of the stand to deliver his address of accept ance.
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 Through you I wish on behalf of the people of the United States to thank His Majesty, the German Emperor, and the people of Germany for the gift to ns msln deIivsred nage aeospt with deep appreciation of the friendly regard which it typihes for the people of this republic both on the part of the Emperor and on the part of the Ger as na sae o o the h nSs @ SSsss greatest soldiers of all time. and Therefore peculiarly appropriate for placing in this War College. but I ac- whose life was devoted to the service of a. great people, and whose deeds hastened the approach of the day when q united Germany should spring
 As a soldier Frederick the Great ranks In that very, very small. group which includes Alexander Caesar and and possibly Gustavus Adoiphus. in modern times. He belonged to the ancient and illustrious house of Iio- henzollern.. which, after playing & ages. and tafter producing some men. like the Ereat Elector, who were among the most famous princes Of their time. founded the royal house of in our own day established the mighty German Empire as among the fore most of world powers. We receive 1sis gift pmnor nSw at t..s the bands Of the has markedly added to the luster of his great house and his great nation. man who has devoted his life to the keeping ever ready to defend the rights | of that people, has also made 1t evil dent in emphatic fashion that he and they desire peace ana friendship with the other nations of the earth.
 Hannibal and Frederick. IL Is not my purpose here to discuss at length the career of the mighty we have just received. In all history no other great commander save only Hannibal fought So long against such terrible odds. and while Hannibal umphed. In almost every. battle he tought against great odds, and he almost always won the victory. When defeated he rose to an even The memory of the sv&en Years war VIII last as long as thelr lives in man kind the love of heroisin. and it's oper- stions will be studied of the minutets detail as long as the world sees a soldier worthy of the name. 1t is dif- ncult to know. whether to admire most the victories of Leuthen and Prague. Rossbach and zorndort. of the heart breaking campaigns after Kuneredcrf when the great King. after having been beaten to the ground by the banded an exhibition of skill tsnacity. ener- gy. and daring such as had never be- fore been seen united in one person, finally wrested triumph from defeat. | always turn to the career of Freder- ] ick the Great for lessons on strategy and tactics: not only must the milt- tary administrators always turn to his career for lessons inorganizing suc- cess: not only will the lover of heroisfn 1 read the tales of his mighy feats as 1 long as mankind cares for herioc deeds; but even those who are not attracted by the valor of the soldier must yet, | for the sake of the greatness of the man, ponder and admire the lessions taught by his undaunted resolution, his sighted grasp of lofty PSHi PpossiSi1itIes s and his unfiinching. unyielding determine marked out.
 of this iron soldier, this born leader of men. should md a place in this War College; for when soldierly, genius and soldierly heroism reach the highest point of achievement the man in whom they are displayed grows to belong not merely to the nation from which he | sprang. but to all nations capable of preciating. the virile and masterful writes which alone make victors in 1 those dread struggles where resort is at last had to the arbttrament of
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 | But, Mir. Ambassador, in accepting the statue given us today through you from the German Emperor. accept 1t 
 a mighty and terrible soldier, but I accept 1t as symbol of the ties of | friendship and good will which trust as the years go on will bind ever clos CT together the American and the Ger man peoples. There is kinship of blood between the two nations. We of the United States are of mixed stock. In our veins runs the blood of almost all the peoples of middle. northern, and western Europe. We already have a history of which we feel that we have the right to be legitimately prouj, and yet our nationality Is still in the formative period. Nearly three cen turies have elapsed since the landing of the English at Jamestown marked the beginning of what has since grown into the United States.
 During these three centuries streams of newcomers from many different countries abroad have in each genera" tion contributed to swell the increase of our people Soon after the English settled in Virginia and New England, the Hoilander settled at the mouth Of the Hudson and the Swede at the mouth of the Delaware Even in colonial days the German element had become very strong among our people in vari- emant was predominant in the foothiilS of the Alleghenies; French Huguenots were numerous. By the time of the Declaration of Independence that pro- cess of fusion which has gone on ever since was well under way.
 From the beginning of our national history men of German origin or German patronage played a distln- guighed part in the affairs both of peace and of war. In the Revolutionary War one of the leading generals was Muhl- | 0f German da-