The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
PRESIDENT AND
OTHERS SPEAK
Wife Of German Ambassador
Pulled silken Cords That Drew
Folds Away-Baron Stern
burg Makes a Happy
speech-scene Very
Brilliant One.
nv Associated press,)

mAau1NaroN, y. G.. Nov. r.
,,.,,aa ~ a military blare OF twenty
,rumpc,s, whose prolonged note O W.
come rang out sharp on the crisp =
,..r,,cr air, and was echoed 1ar u'""
.ho potomac, the bronze statue o. 50 Z -
.r,c,, ,he Great, presented to the Amer Aitr'e.f'
Ia, reon,c by Emperor William, was
,,,,va,,od fills afternoon by the Baroness
speck Won sternburg, the VIE u -.
q German ambas ssador. THIS peautlt peaaulst. -
American woman was the central hsuAe h4ss'e
!, an elaborate ceremony, which was
marked by great miitory and O. o'llcial ''' as
,,,av The statue was presented on pc
b,,f of the Emperor by his PERSONAL en-
vov, the German ambassador. VINO MACS 1
n brief address. The President mace rlcl ttte '"i
chief address of the day and hccePee.oo 20
thc rlft on behalf OF the American pp'' peop'i'e.
pema rks were made by Lieutenant-Gen-
eral chaffce; chief OF staff aaoor-Ie,li'- zen =
eral Gillespie OF the general stan, mas l.a
Tor Of ceremonies: Lieutenant General Von '''
Loewenfcd. one OF the spec'alli AL commas
sioncrs sent to tho unyeiling by the Elnl-
Il peTOr, ana Cnd Ao'''--'s
arnbas sa dor to Germany.
The weather was Ideal, the line OF
rarch was crowded with spectators.
Roth the War and Navy Departments
z we're closed 1t noon to permit the oiiicers
TO participate in the ceremonies.
Brilliant Asscn1blage.
seldom has the national capital lal Wy, Wy,
nas..d a moro brilliant and dislnguisned
as,en,bIagc than was gathered on tne
o,and esplanade OF tho Army Var COL -
iapa., around the pedestal Of the stat ue.
irn,e dia telyI$ back of the statue, On t,,e u.
president's stand which was comple.eiy
covered. in red. white and blu bunting IN.
and decorated with American s'lae So
4 +he President and his Cabinet, the Ger
! ma = ambassador and the Baroness Speck
Z 10, stcrnbure, Northumberland Il Won
1newenfcId and Major Count von Schmet-
tow. the Emperor's special com1nlsstoiiI-3 n
i ers to the unveiling and the entire dipio- DO:
matte corps, all in full UNIFORM: IN .ii .iie
stands TO the right and ieit OF .he ssal. -.
we're officers OF the army and navy IN
mi dress uniform; the members OF the
Il surname Court members OF Congress ana
! nthnr invited guests. Directly in front OF
the pedestal Of the statue were groupeu
the members of. the German societies from
various parts Of the country. VINO CANT ca1lie
I ~ washington for the ceremony.
53,eqe along the line of march to the es-s
nlanadc. were sta toned the troops IN at
tendance.
Eanv IN the day Washington was alive
with marching troops. ana netore nom
mounted policemen gathered along ,the
line OF march. BY l o CLOCK Pehilhyissae :
MIA Avenue contained a steady stream OF
carriages filled with diplomats and army
and navy officers. whose brilliant uni
+ 1orms excited general attention and were
the signal for the gathering OF the Groves
along the approaches TO the war Col- Col--
y lego The Presidents flag was taken rom
the White House IN the forenoon aha
3 nlaced in the custody Of the commander
Of the Washington Barracks, ready to be
z raised the moment tho Presidents car
1inpe was, announced at the outer gates
Of tho post The diplomats, with inc ex-
Cepuon OF the German ambassador ana
his staff, drove informally TO the csPia,
made to await the arriva! OF nc otl,c'al .,,,
marty. which came In three groups. Ihey
arrived in inverse order Of rank, tho MIL
itary group first, then the diplomatic
rroup and lastly the presidential group,
each under escort Of troop OF cavalry.
Promptly at o'clock Troop B. Seventh
Cavalry. reported to Captain Grote Hutch-
eson. general staff for duty as escort
I - f,cntenant-Gen Won I.oewenfcld
Adiutant-Ge General to the German Emper-
n ar. From the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS apart
1nents the cavnlcade moved at a rapid
trot. The order of carriages was: First.
Lieutenant-Gcncral Won Loewenfeld and
lieutenant General Chaffee, with their
= aides Captain Dickn,an and Captain
Hutcheson second, Major Count Won
Schmettow and Major Duvall; third,
Brigadier-lienernl Grant and Captain Gal
lagher; fourth, Major Won Et2el, military
attache OF tho German embassy and
Major Goethals; fif fth, Mrs. Chaffee Miss
4 Chaffee and Mrs. Hutcheson; sixth Mrs