The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
Bronze Statue Of Frederick the
Great Is Unveiled.
President Roosevelt Made Chief
Address of the Day.
HE PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE
To the Life and Character
Of the 1llustriOus German.
No Other Commander in II istOry
Was Equal to Him.


military blare of 20 trumpets, the bronze
statue of Frederick the Great. present
ed to the American people by Emperor
| William, was unveiled this afternoon
| by the Baroness Speck Won Sternburg,
the wife of the German ambassador.
The ceremony was marked by great
military and official display. The statue
was presented on behalf of the emperor
| by his personal envoy, the German am
bassador, who made a brief address.
The president made the chief address
of the day and accepted the gift on be-
half of the American people. Remarks
were made by Lieutenant General
Chaffee, chief of staff, Major General
Gillespie, of the general staff, master
of ceremonies; Lieutenant General Won
Loewenfeld, one of the special commits
sioners sent to the unveiling by the en-
peror and Charlmagne Tower, American
ambassador to Germany.
| Seldom has the national capital wit
messed more brilliant and distinguisht
ed assemblage than was gathered on
the grand esplanade of the army war
college around the pedestal of the stat
| ue. Immediately back of the statue on
| the presidents stand which was COM
! pletely covered in red, white and blue
| bunting and decorated with American
flags, sat the president and his cabinet,
the German ambassador and the Baron
esS Speck Won Sternburg, Lieutenant
General Won LoeWenfeld and Major
Count Won SchmettOw, the emperor'S
special commissioners to the unwilling
and the entire diplomatic corps, all in
full uniform. On stands to the right
and left of the statue were officers of
the army and navy in full dress uni
form, the members of the supreme
court, members of congress and other
invited guests. Directly in front of the
pedestal of the statue were grouped
members of German societies from var
iouS parts Of the country.
Within the gates of the army war
college along the line of march to the
espIanade were stationed the troops in
attendance
Great Crowd Out.
Early in the day Washington was
alive with marching troops and by 1
o'clock Pennsylvania avenue contained a
steady stream of carriages filled with
diplomats and army and navy officers,
all moving in the direction of the war
college. The diplomats, with the excep-
ton of the German ambassador and his
staff, drove informally to the esplanade
to await the arrival of the official party
which came in three groups. They ar
rived in inverse order of rank, the mill
tary groups first, then the diplomat
rank, and lastly the presidential group, |
each under escort of a troop of cavalry, |
Troop B,Seventh cavalry, escorted Lieu |
tenant General Won Lowenfeld, adult |
ant general to the German emperor. |
ments the cavalcade moved at O'CLOCK |
al a rapid trot.
Ten minutes later, escorted by troop
D, Seventh cavalry, the ambassadoria1 /
party left the German embassy Tor the
To troop A, Seventh cavalry, fell the
honor of escorting the presidential par
ty which moved at rapid trot down
route followed by the preceding caval-
cades. The presidential party left the
White House in carriages at O'Clock.
AS each party started the escorting
troop formed in line and rendered the
appropriate hOnors.
The firing of the presidential salute
of 81 guns had barely finished when his
carriage reached the west stairway of
the war college terrace. The entire as
semblage arose as he ascended the
grand esplanade and remained standing
until the master of ceremonies, Major
General Gillespie had escorted him to
his seat in the front row of the presi-
dents stand. The presidents flag had
been hoisted over the stand as soon as
the first gun of his salute had doomed
forth 1t was lowered as the president
left and returned to the White House
in the custody of his escorting troop of
cavalry.
the invocation by the Rev. Dr. Satter-
lee, bishop of Washington. Major Cen
eral Gillespie then addressed the am
baSSadOr.
As he closed his address. Major
General Gillespie turned to the am
bassadress an doffering her his arm
escorted her to the edge of the statue
where were fastened the silk cords to
the American and German flags in
which it was Shrouded. Gripping the
cords firmly, one in each hand, the
ambassadress had but to give one tug
before the silken folds loosened from
around the figure of Frederick the
Great Straight way twenty trumpet
ers drawn UP in front ftfae presi-
dents stand sounded military blare
of welcome, one prolonged note-and
as the flags slowly parted the Amer
lean to the right and the German to
the left, the Marine band struck up
the German national anthem. Instead
of falling to the pedestal the flags by
an ingenious device were hoisted to I
the top of flag poles on either side
of the statue and unfurled to the
breeze amid the inspiring melody of
the German hymn. The ambassadress
was gowned in gray velvet and wore |
hat of chinchilla-
Lieutenant General Won Loewenfeld
was then presented by the master of ]
cerem onies, and as the special COM /
missioner of the German emperor, /
transferred the statue to the custody
Of his majesty's personal envoy, Baron
Won Sternburg, the German ambassa-
dor. '
The Presentation.
Baron Sternburg, the German am /
bassador, was introduced by Major {
General Gillespie, and accepting the !
custody fthe statue from the special
commissioner, formally presented the
gift on behalf of the emperor to the
American people through their presi- +
dent, whom the ambassador thus ad-
dressed: