The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-22

owing much TO Germany; 4 people
which. though with a national history
far shorter a that OF your people.
nevertheless. like your people. is proud
OF the great deeds OF its past. AID is
confident in the majesty OF its future.
! most earnestly pray that IN the COM
ing years these W. great nations shall
on toward their several destinies
kniJ together by ties OF the hsartiest
friendship and good VIII.
America" is Played.
Led by the President the assenblage
arose and with uncovered heads re-
nlained standing throughout the play
ing OF America" by the Marine band.
The next address on the programme
was by special request OF the President
who desired hat Lieutenant General
Chafee. Chief OF STAFF. should speak
at the unwilling.
Charlemagne Tower, the America,
Ambassador TO Germany, was present
ed. after the playing OF Hail Column.
bia."
The beneG.ction was pronounced by
Rev. Paul 4. Mcneil, pastor Of Con-
cordia Lutheran church
Again the assemblage stood uncover
ed while the band rendered The Star
Spangled Banner" which closed the
official ceremony.
After co~ngratulating the German
Ambassadors and shaking hands with
the foreign Ambassadors, the President
and his party left the esplanade, fol-
lowed by the German Ambassador and
his party and Lieutenant General Loe-
wenfeld and his party. In the inverse
order in which they came, the Presiden-
tial cavalcade leading, the official pro-
cession was reformed and left the
Washington barracks, while the field
batteries were firing the second Presi-
dental salute of twenty-one guns.
Site of the Statue.
No more appropriate site for the gift
of Emperor William could have been
! found thar that selected for II on the
grand espianade of the Army Wan COL
lege at the Washington Barracks over
looking the Potomac river. Il is this
part of Washington which was the Off
cial center in the time Of the first Pres
ident and here the army VIII a a
magnificent war college, on the espla-
made of which besides the statue of
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Of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon,
the our great military gen.uses OF the
worlds history.
The Emperor's gift is a replica in
bronze of the statue when stands in
his palace at Potsdam, the original be-
ing the work of the sculptor Professor
Uphues. The statue is of heroic size,
standing more than seven feet. 1t is
! mounted on a pedestal of massive gran
lite. Frederick is standing erect. his
right hand resting on his military staff
and he looks sharply ahead. The sculp-
tor has wildly portrayed the powerful
vigor which was so striking a charac-
teristic OF the German chieftain.
Lieutenant General Won Loewenfeld,
one of the special commissioners of the
Emperor is the son of the we'll known
General who commanded the advance
guard of the Prussian army in the VIC
torious battle of Nachod in the war of
'66. He entered the army in 1869,
fought through the war with France
and participated in the siege of Paris.
He has received from Emperor William
the iron cross, in recognition of his
bravery in the field. He is now adju-
tant general on the staff of the German
Emperor and accompanies the Emperor
on many of his journeys. He was re-
Gently promoted to the command of
the first division OF the Prussian
guards.
Major Eberhard Count Won Schmet-
tow. the other special commissioner, is
also the son Of a distinguished soldier,
his father having led the Bismarck
4 w., .-;.-- - H. oo -
General Won Bredow's cavalry brigade
at the battle of M~ers-la-tour. Since
1902 Count Won Schnlettow has been
personal aide de camp TO the German
Emperor.
Both officers cordially congratulated
Lieutenant General Chaffee upon the
appearance of the troops participating
ia the unwilling exercises. These troops
consisted of the following:
The Engineer Band, Washington Bar
racks, End Battalion Engineers, Com
pany a. Hospital Corps, Company r
Signal Corps 3rd and 4th batteries
Field Artillery. 18th n Attn compa-
mics coast artillery Fort Washington,
103rd company coast artillery Fort
Howard, Md, Dist and 39th companies
coas artillery Fort McHenry, Nd,
fourth band, Artillery corps, 9Th, 18th,
41st n 13rd companies coast artillery,
Fort Monroe, Virginia, companies G
and H, Sth Infantry Forty Jay, N. Y.
city and two companies Of blue jackets
and two companies of marines, the
former from the Hartford, ordered to
Washington for the unveiling and the
latter from the Navy yard, Washing
ton.