Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-30
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charge OF the creation OF the statue.
The work was done partly by an Amer
ican student. Andrew O'Connor
The monument stands in the court
house grounds facing southwest The
bronze figure is feet high, surmounJ-
Ing stone pedestal feet In height
The figure is erect clothed IN khaki
uniform and stands beside a cactus
bush. Modelled In New York the sta
tue was taken to Paris and cast in
bronze by the circ-perdue Qost wax
method, which has given the bronze u
beautiful tone and surface. The figure
was exhibited in the salon in 1906 and
received the jury's award of a second
medal. granted only once before 10 an
American sculptor
Maj. Gen. Henry Ware Lawton, who
was killed at San Mateo, near Manila,
Dec, 10, 1899, was born at Manhattan,
o., March H. ls43, and while boy
came to Fort Wayne Ind. He enlisted
in the Thirtleth Indiana regiment in
1861 and was mustered out in 1866 as
captain. He Joined the regular army
as second lieutenant, and in 1879 was
commissioned a captain. He served with
distinction In 1876 against the Sioux
Indians, in 1879 against the Utes, and
in 1856 against Geronimo, whom he
captured in Mexico. In the Spanish
American war he gained the rank Of
lieutennnt-cOlonel and was made a
lnajor-general of volunteers. He com
manded a division before Santiago was
transferred TO a command in the Phil
ippines, captured Santa cruz. Filipino
stronghold. April ~, 1899. gained an
other victory at san lsidro, and was
placed in command at Manila, In tho
autumn of 1899 he led Il campaign
against Aguinaldo which resulted IN his
death upon the firing line by a Filipino
bullet.
His widow and three daughters live in
Kentucky,
PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
For more than one reason / am
peculiarly glad that this year / speak
on Memorial day in the state of In
diana. There is no other class of our
citizens TO whom we owe so much as
to the veterans Of the great war, To
them it was given to perform the
one feat with which no other feat can
be compared. for 10 them 1t was given
to preserve the union Moreover, You
men who wore the blue, blessed be-
yond the ViCtorS in any other war of
recent times. have left to your country
men more than the material results
of the triumph, more even than tho
achieving the triumph itself. You
have left a country so genuinely re-
united that all Of us now in whatever
part of this onion we live, have a
right to feel the keenest pride, not
only in the Valor and solf-devotiun OF
you, the gallant men who Wore the
blue. but also in the valor and self
devotion of your gallant opponents
monument we today unveil, by his life
bore singular testimony TO the COM
pleteness of the reunion.
GENERAL LAWToN
Gen. Lawton in his youth fought
| CALAMITY in the Civil war Thirty
| three years afterward he again march
| ed to war. this time against foreign
foe. and served with distinguished abil-
| ity and success as "a general officer,
| both in Cuba and in the Philippines
When he thus served IL WAS III an
army whose generals included not only
many of his old comrades in arms
but some of mis- old opponents also, as
| Gen Wheeler and Gen, Fit2hugh Lee,
| Under him, both among the commits
| stoned officers and in the ranks were
| many men whose fathers had worn
| the blue serving side by side with oth-
| ers whose fathers had worn the gray;
but all Americans now, aud nothing
but Americans all united in their
| fealty ana devotion TO their common
flag and their common country, ana
each knowing only the generous rival
| ry with his fellows as TO VINO could
best serve the cause for which each
was READY 10 Jay uoNll ms llHtll- - ~
| Gen Lawton It befell actually To lay
/ down his life; tragedy, but one OF
! those noble tragedies where our pride
| rises above our sorrow. For he died
in the fullness Of time, serving MS
| country With entire devotion--a death
that every man may well envy
GREATEST or WAR GoVERNoIsS,
Indiana in he Civil war furnished
| oven more Than her share Of brave
soldiers. IT also fell to Indiana 70
| furnish the greatest OF all the war
| governors who upheld the hands OF
Abraham Lincoln. for when history
! definitely awards the credit Tor what
| was done in the civil war. she win put
| the services Of no other civilian. save
| alone those OF Lincoln, ahead Of the
! services OF Gov Morton, No other
! man who rendered such services as he
| rendered worked under such terrible
! disadvantages, and no man withnut
/ his iron power could have achieved
! what h achieved during the last two
/ wears Of the war. when he managed
| the state government Of Indiana
| solely on money obtained by pledglns
| his own personal honor and personal
fortune; and yet never for one mo-
ment relaxed In the help he gave tp
| Lincoln ana Chase and Seward ana
| stanton IN the cabinet To Grant and
| sherman aud sheridan and Thomas IN
! tnt ntlNr II Was Noih Allhh NllAN llA'
strongest man could have done, and II
! was work vitality necessary for tho
sake ~ the nation to do
OUR DUTY TODAY.
The men Of The generation which
| fought the Clyil war had their great
| tasks 70 perform They met. them az
! strong mon should have met them
! They aid them and we. their children
Front by their mighty deeds. But
| no generation can ever plead the
great deeds OF It's predecessors as an
excuse for falling 10 perform lts own
| duties. our duties are those Of
peace and moi OF war Nevertheless
they are Of the utmost importance;
OF importance 10 ourselves, and OF
still greater importance 10 the chill
\ rem who In a few years Will take our
place as the men aud women OF this
1 republic. II We wish 20 SHOW our
selves worthy heirs Of The men OF the
Clvil war. we must do our tasks with