Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-12
HICKS Gift TO
OSHKOSH UNVEILED.
BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT IN MEM
DRY OF SOLDIERS OF THE
CIVIL WAR.
WORK OF TRENTANOVE.
The Famous Artist Considers Memorial
the Growing Effort of His
Career

OSHKOSH, Wis, July 81 Special.
With simple, impressive ceremonies
the Hicks monument to the Wisconsin
heroes Of the Civil war was unveiled in
Opera House square this afternoon. 4
vast crowd Of citizens assembled to lis
ten 70 the programme and to gaze upon
the beautiful column presented to the
city Of Oshkosh by Col. John Hicks,
American minister to Chile who com
missioned Chevalicr Gaetano Trentanove
of Florence, Italy, to design it. The
monument complete represents cost OF
$4,000.
Monument Is Unveiled.
The programme this afternoon was in
two parts, the opening exercises being III
the square ut the monument and the
closing features being given in the opera
house, adjacent. At / 10 O'Clock, while
the crowds were gathering upon the
scene the AriOn band of this city rem
dcred a concert of about fifteen minutes
duration, the crack musical organization
playing 4 variety Of spirited. patriotic
airs At , O'Clock bugle sounded As
Scmbly' and directly after this the drap-
cries concealing the group of three hg-
urcs were unfastened by Mrs. John w.
Hume Of this city, sister-in-law of the
donor, aud the splendid memorial stood
unveiled TO the admiring eyes OF the
spectators. housing cheers of an I'M
usually demonstrative character greeted
this act Of freeing the monument from
its covering, the crowd overcoming re-
straint in expressing its appreciation OF
the generosity Of the donor and the sue
cess of the sculptor in placing i'll en-
during bronze and exquisite marble an
expression of the bravery and spirit of
the union soldiers in the great civic
strife which will be Il source Of pride
s.TlYtY i1.TttI Ilr,, CHI stlnH
In concluding the out-of-doors pro-
gramme Cos. i and + of the Wiscon-
sin National guard presented arms and
went through few maneuvers and the
Arion band played ''The Star Spangled
Banner.
Gift Accepted by City
Adjournment being taken to the opera
house, the exercises were continued
there. Rev. John Il. Greenwood, rector
of Trinity Episcopal church, gave the in
vocation and j. Howard jenkins, presi-
dent of the German National bank and
q veteran Of the Civil war, delivered the
presentation address, paying an eloquent
tribute TO the patriotism the monument
represents and prasng the gift. The
address Of acceptance on the part Of the
city was made by Mayor John Banderob.
Licut-Gen. Arthur Macarthur of Mil
waulee gave brief address appropriate
to the occasion and was followed by the
song The Red. White and Blue" by
chorus Of high school young ladies, led
by w. II. Babcock.
The principal address was delivered by
Bishop Samuel Falows of Chicago,
whose experiences in the war were var
led, and who is one Of the leading pulpit
orators of the country.
America" was sung by the choir and
audience and the concluding number was
the pronouncing of the benediction by
Rev. Edward Ill. Smith, pastor of the
First Congregational church and chap
lain of the Second regiment, w. n. G..
Seats in the fore part of the opera
house were reserved for the veterans and
in addition to the general invitation, spe-
cial invitations were extended to the
members of the two G.. A. r. posts, John
w Scott No. 241, and Phil Il. Sheridan,
No. 10; the Phil Ii. Sheriadn Relief
Corps; the ladies Of the e. A. r.; the
Spanish War veterans; the Oshkosh
guard COS Il and +, to be present in
bodies at the unveiliHg and they all re-
Sponded WITH large representations
The donor, Col. John Hicks, was a
conspicuous figure ut the exercises. addi-
tional interest in his presence being from
the fact that lie returned but Il few days
ago after spending two years in Chile in
the diplomatic service oil the United
States government, having journcyed
about 14,000 miles amound Cape Horn
and through ports of Europe in order to
take a two months vacation and reach
his home city in time for the unveiling.
Trentanove's Fine Work
The Hicks monument is considered the
best work Of Chevaier Trentanove who
is the designer of some of the most noted
monuments in the United States. The
model was made in the studio of the
sculptor at Florence, Italy, and the cast
ing, in bronze, was accomplished at the
foundry of Cali Brothers, at Florence