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i Amid the booming of cannon. the
playing of the German National air
4 and the cheers of a great throng
4 ga thered on the grounds of the War
i College, the statue Of Frederick the
Great, the gift Of they Emperor o1
4 Germany to the people of the United
4 States, was unveiled this afternoon
I by Baroness Speck Won Stern berg.
the handsome American wife Of the
German bassador. The event
cant narking, as it, did, !, In the opin-
ion Of many, the beginning ofsa bet
ter feeling and q closer relationship
between the American Republic and
the German Empire Addresses
were made blythe German Ambassa-
dor, the President of the United
States; the United States Ambassa-
dor to Germany, the Lieutenant Cen
eral Of the United States Army, and
the Adjutant General of Emperor
William, each oyerfowing with e.
SSS1OlSa
mission to the ceremonies was by.
card only, and 1.-THE audience we're
the highest officers Of the army and
navy, the principal civil officials Of
the government and the elite of
Washington society The arrival of
the more distinguished guests was
signalled by salutes according. to their
respective ranks from the Third and
Fourth Batteries Of field artillery
Fifteen guns marked the entrance
into the grounds Of the carriage con
wenfeld, military representative of
the German Emperor, and his adju-
tant# general, and Lieutenant General
Chaffee. Following him came the
German Ambassador, Baron Won
Sternberg, who was greeted with
nineteen guns In carriage imme-
diately5 behind the Ambassador, rode
his wife and her sisters, the Misses
Langham, of Kentucky. President
Roosevelt was among the last Of the
guests to reach the
the regulation twenty-one guns, and |
the raising Of the Presidents flag
On the flagstaff Of the Washington
Barracks.
Each party was preceded by a mil
itary escort, which wheeled to pre-
sent, and saluted as they alighted I
from their carriages medlate-
" behind the President came the
carriages of Mrs. Roosevelt and those
of her various members of the Cabi
1et: AS the audience was assembling
he Marine Band and the bands Of the
Engineer and Artillery Corr play
Sd martial music. The Pres and
he others who took promin parts
n the ceremonies had seat in the
stand directly in front of the flag
;wathed statue, while several hun
lred soldiers stood at attention In
he surrounding plaza.
Z AS the Right Rev. n. z. Satter1ee, Z
Bishop OF Washington, stepped for
yard to deliver the invocation, the
immense sthrong arose, and stood with
are heads, while, with deep impres-
iVeness, he invoked the divine bless
ng Then, with a few Introductory
Major General Gillespie, as
istanttto the chiefof staff, presented
he Baroness Won Sternburg, who
topped down to the statue, quickly
ulled the cord, and released the, in
American and German flags
nat had embodied the heroic figure of
ermany's great war Emperor. AS !
ley- fell apart, the Marine Band ),
truck up the stirring notes of the
ar hymn, Hell Dir I'm Sieger
ranz," While in the distance The
rst gun OF the National salute boom {
i out3on the crisp November air. 5
Tith5 burst Of cheers. the audience s
rose, and remained on its feetSuntil !
le music ceased. u
Anbassa sternb berg's Speech. 5
In presenting the statue on behalf
peror Ham: Baron specls q:
on sternburg sal
rs9 Presid enb: s.
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