The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
MONUMENT
IS UNVEILED
Thousands Pay Tribute
to Gordon.
CEREMONIES In ATLANTA
Statue Of Confederate General on
Capitol Grounds.
General Evans, Lifelong Friend of
Soldier and Patriot, Delivers
Stirring Eulogy-MiIitary
and Civic Parade.

Atlanta, Ga, May 25.--The splendid
equestrian monument to General John
B. Gordon. who died January 9. 1904,
was unveiled here today.
Despite threatening weather and &C.
casional drops of rain, the program
was carried out without hitch.
Thousands gathered from all parts OF
the State and from many sections of
the South to pay the tribute of respect
to his memory.
Preceding the unwilling ceremonies
q parade, largely military in character.
passed through the principal down
town streets. battalion of the 18th
Infantry. United States army. the 9Th
and End Regiments. Georgia State
Troops, beside a large number of unat-
tached military and civic organiza-
tons. Joined the parade.
The program of exercises was as
follows:
Description of Statue.
The equestrian statue of General
John B Gordon, cast in copper bronze,
which was unveiled today, stands on a
broad pedestal of Georgia granite at
the northwest corner of the State
Capitol grounds Rising twenty 1--WE
feet from the base of the pedestal to
the top of the head, II occupies a COM
handing position overlooking the bus
mess part of the city some distance
away.
The figure of Gordon is represented
seated on his favorite mare. his head
barred. the left hand holding the reins
over the horses neck while the right
hangs at his side. The pedestal raises
the figure of the horse and rider about
A.. rAxarw xg.-k
surrounds II. The name Gordon" In
raised letters is placed on the front OF
the pedestal, while on either side will
appear a bronze bas-relief, one repre-
senting Gordon at the battle of Spots
ylvania, when before his division. he
insisted on General Lee going to the
rear; the other bears figures typical oil
three phases of Gordon's life, typifyinl
the soldier. the statesman and the pa
triot
The statue Is the work OF Sculptor
Scion II. Borglum of Norwalk. Conn.
The plan of erecting O monument Il
General Gordon originated with CamJ
Tige Anderson, Confederate Veterans
which grew into the organization OF
the Gordon Monument Association
Through the efforts OF this organiza-
ton, SIC, 900 was raised by private sub
scription, the remaining $4,000 of the
cost being an appropriation by the
Georgia Legislature.
The program for the unwilling cere.
monies was the following:
Invocation.
Music.
History of the Gordon Monument AS
ISOLATION. by Captain william l.. Cal
houn.
Oration-General Clement A. Evans
Unwilling by Mrs. Francis Gordon
Smith of Atlanta, and Mrs. Caroline
Lewis Gordon Brown OF Vermont
daughters of General Gordon.
Music. Dixie" by band.
Dedication Poem. by Charles w.
Hubner.
Music. Sunny South" by chorus.
Delivery of statue to state, by Cap
tain Nathaniel Harris.
Acceptance for State, Governor J.
M Terrell.
Introduction of Sculptor Borglum
Benediction.
The grafton of General Evans, like
the rest of the program, was In the
open afr, in the shadow of the State
Capitol.
General Evans Remarks.
General Evans gave an interest
ing history of General Gordon from
the time he entered the Confederate
ural temperament" as captain of com.
panies from Alabama and Georgia I'M
til the end of the war. He instanced
Gordon's Characteristic promptitude in
battle and said this was never more
needed nor more conspicuously .is-
played than in making the charge al
Gettysburg.
He insisted that history should not
class the Gettysburg battle as more
than a technical Confederate defeat
on the one lone ground that Lee with
drew across the Potomac
General Gordon's activity. not only
in battle. but in all campaigns Gen
eral Evans said. was a notable fea-
ture of his military career General
Rober f Lee. he said, was impress
ed by Gordon's aggressiveness, his
enterprising spirit his Judgment in
planning a fight his general prompti-
tude his quickness in taking advant-
age of turn In the tide of battle
and his daring courage in executing a
command.
He discussed Lee and Gordon al
Appomattox reviewed General Cor
don's steadily ascending fame during
the war and declared that his supe-
rior military talents were brilliantly
disclosed in many battles and were
efficient in all his positions from cap
tain to lieutenant general.
General Evans told of conference
he had with General Gordon in Geor-
gfa after the war when they found
their minds to be In accord upon the
resolve that they would stand by their
peopIe for veal or woe. that the state
must be honorably restored to its place
in the Union and that friendship be-
tween the people of the South and
North must he regained and put upon
a patriotic basis. so that the fires OF
sectional hates would be extinguished
General Evans said he called tho
country TO witness the faithfulness
with which Gordon carried out these
high resolves during his entire life
they were the burden of his early add
dresses to the people and to the re-
turned soldiers who were earnestly
peacefully and thriftily at work ,, every cry,
where He had the heart and hand
OF the south and his Confederate com
rades because of his unfiinching hdel-
ity to their cause and he won the good
win Of the North by his broad and true
patriotism
HunserGOrd Resigns.
Atlanta Ca. May 25.-lt Is announ-