The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31

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speech accepting the statue while a battery
nred thirteen guns as Major-Gen-
erals salute. Hundreds Of cameras
snapped az the President and Mayor stood
side by side. The Mayor said:
SPEECH OF THE MAYOR.
A patriotic sentiment Of a patriotic people
mas conseorated this day In every year 70 the
dss Of our reunlssd '' County, ~. WI Wills the
chief purpose OF Decoration Day is to do
s hqnor to those who by their deeds made pos.
chief result Is to inculcate a lesson which
serves for the guidance Of our people through.
OF ot all the other tn days Of the
strength and Of American manhood.
have been Selected for the he'd dedication Of the
Warner slooum. 1t is fitting that the Chief
soldier, should be here to do honor to. the
a memory Of brave brother in arms 1t is
lorsville and at Gettysburg should be here to
bear testimony by their presence to the de-
e, than h: ali to that the peope
Of Brooklyp,the citizens OF the city ne
an be here to show hoy Go1 only he
citizen. Henry "; slocum.,
war know sloeum tho soldier only as ws
have read Of him In books. but we loved
sioeum the man as we met him IN the ordinary
fearlessly honest man. kindly and a simple
hearted gentleman. ~
His id,s words H. which will live
endHrss. stay and fisht Il He out epitomiSea
The whole character q the man. lie stayed
Of Scsory the Of
neighbors and his friends in Brooklyn.
civilization. he voiced the sentiment OF every
motto for It's guidance in its onward and up.
more in helping the children to be taught
And 50 in dong honor to slocam We are
to the highest ideals OF American manhood;
are TO the rss Of Ta9
And now. on behalf OF the people Of the city
OF New York. ]. the Mayor. accept the statue.
PRESIDENT TO THE VETERANS.
Before the President began to speak the
veterans OF Slocum Post. G. A. r., marched
up to the stand. Part Of his remarks were
addressed to them His speech was not pre-
pared. He said:
Day before yesterda y listened to a sermon
EXERCISE ie to ee be held throushout the Union
to-day. preached on the text which COM
memorates the altar raised by the command
Children OF Israel over, the Wild tribes OF the
desert who sought TO IMPEDE their progress
to the Promised LA Land They raised it to
principles for which israel warred. They
raised II to the principles Of righteousness,
h That Mr. Msyor. Is the he pripeipls which you
developed in the excellent address to which We
have just listened. We meet to-day to
i was : victory, but because / wqs a victory
sprtnal WeIfars Of FL" mankind see before
comrades in arms Of Gen. slooum. There
more than they the fact that forty years
after the war the GROWING triumph Of what
they did to be N she lses Ss
in which the man who wore the blue stretches
out the hand, Of genuine good fellowship
to his erstwhile ,S enemy ars now his friend the
A short while ago passed through Texas.
Wherever s,opped in that great gre state was
walking side by side and intermngling with
men clad in thu, gray uniform, men who had
field, men who knew each that the other had
been ready when the hour OF supteme appeal
came to show his worth. men who left as
those who fought under Grant and those who
fought under Lee for now. because Of the
right to feel like pride In the vaor and
devotion of those who fought against the
stars in their courses as for those who finally
saw their efforts and their offerings crowned
in their triumph.
Think Of ny feow tS Mhat bs
greatest war that the nineteenth century saw
after the Napoleonic struggle should have
left. not as most wars. ulemories OF bitterness
and anger and shame to Offset the memories
OF glory. memories which make men on one
side hang their heads because the men on the
other side won; should have left not that,
alike the same right to feel the greatest salts
faction in the fact that the Union, was saved.
S en- ea de6 de ALIKE By Who
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primarily upon raising this statue. because
that they ought to do, but upon the oppor-
tnnity OF having it 70 raise fon Nr az,
low citizen who IN war and peace alike knew
his duty. who served the people so well a. 70
make it their duty to erect statue ,nat nn
Applause
LESSON TAUGHT by sLocrM's LIFE
And. my fellow citizens. | am sure we all
realize the peculiar approprlatrness, $40. OF naSins
York by its Chef Magistrate. whose father
was Gen. Slocums ustrious commander
Cheers;l Surely there Is need for ne me to say
s pu, OF Gen. Slocums career, He
was a great soldier and most gallant and BILE
commander, Once the war was over he
az he turned il when the need was to the side
of arms Gen. Socum was one Of those men
upon whose career we can dwell In its en-
tiretv I'VE don't have to dwell upon or en-
phasize certain part of it because we don I
care to dwell upon the other part, We Ware are
able to point TO him as a type OF what neCe h
was an example in his family life and in his