New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
TO HONOR GEN. GREENE
Coo. Hughes to Speak at Gettysburg
Monument Dedication To-day.
tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune. !

inent New York officials arrived here this after
noon and will dedicate tomorrow the monument
erected on Cups Hill in commemoration of the
services of General George Sears Greene and
the New York state regiments which took part
In the might fight of July "A. 1863. Governor
Hughes is accompanied by Major General Fred
erick d. Grant u. S A and strangely enough.
this is the first time either has seen the Cettys
burg battlefield. At the time of the battle Cen
eral Grant. then a boy of twelve years was with
his father in the campaign before Vicksburg
and the nearest he had ever come to the famous
field was when he commanded the troops in the
nanoeuvres at Mount Gretna. Penn. last year.
A battery of the Sd Artillery welcomed the
Governor with salute of seventeen guns. and Il
squadron OF the 18th Cavalry met the dfstfn-
gushed party with honors and escorted il
through the national cemetery and along the
long line OF battle from CulSs Hill on the
north TO the Round Tops the south and
back again. The party vas serenaded tonight
by local band. Included in the party
Major General Daniel f. Sickes chairman.
Major A. J. ZabrSkie secretary; Brevet jor
General A s. Webb. Brevet Brgadier General
Anson G.. McCook. Adjutant General Nelson II.
Henry and Colonel Lewis r. Stagman. of the
New York Monument Commission; Senator John
Ranes president pro tenn. and Lafayette b.
Gleason, clerk of the Senate; Senator W. W.
Armstrong, chairman, and other members of the
Senate Finance Committee: Speaker Wads-
worth and Chief Clerk Baxter of the Assembly.
and ten members OF the Assembly Ways and
Means Committee: Congressman George r.
Malby OF Ogdensburg and other well known
New York statesmen. together with General
Horatio c. King, General Francis V. Greene and
members and friends of the family of General
George S. Greene.
The party will so over the remainder OF the
battlefield tomorrow morning
The monument was constructed under the
supervision of Major Seabriskie. 1t cost from
$4,000 to $4,000. the exact figures not be-
ing ascertainable. Major Charles A. Richard
son. Of New York a member Of the Gettys-
burg Military Park Commission. not being able
correctly to give the cost. made the above esti-
mate The monument stands about one hun
dred feet to the south of the great observatory
topping CUPS Hill and indicates the position
held by Greene's Brigade on the evening of the
second day II consists OF a solid granite foun-
daton about eight feet high and five feet square.
crowned with a lifesized figure, in bronze. of
General Greene, on one side Of the granite
base is large bronze plate carrying an inscrip-
ton Of General Greene and report of the part
he took in the hard fighting Culps Hill The
statue represents General Greene in a fOrceful
attitude, with right hand upnfted and pro-
found and intensely earnest look on his face
The party will be escorted to Cup's Hin to-
morrow at . p. m, where the ceremonies will
take place Governor Hughes delivering the ad
dress The citizens band of Gettysburg has
been engaged to furnish music in the evenings
and at the dedication.
The part that General Greene and his brigade
took In this fight proved important In the late
afternoon of the second day General Meade, who
bcinu- ~ r,rassed on NJ General
Sckles. that he must have reinforcements
from somewhere. and finally decided that Cen
eral Geary. who was his extreme right, rest
ing Cups Hill. with his entire Twelfth Corps.
should give the support. Accordingly courier
dispatched with n message 10 General
Geary Immediately TO vacate his position. leav-
Ing the New York brigade, under General
Greene. To hold the position. while Geary came
70 his support the left.
When General Meade made this move he did
not know that General Johnson. Of the Confed-
crate army. was preparing to charge this same
position with four hrigades and getting
ready 10 move forward, when he noticed the re-
moval by Go Geary Of all the troops ex-
cept Greene York brigade Johnson
waited until he had concluded that sufficient
time had elapsed for General Ceary to get be-
yond being called back before beginning the at
tack
About dusk General Johnson. at the head Of
four strong brigades OF Earlys division. charged
the position held by General Greene and on the
first attempt was repealed with great loss. He
made several more attempts. but on each occa-
sion was unsuccessful in obtaining foothold
on the knob which would have given him a
commanding position.
Another object that General Johnson had in
view was to get behind the Union line and
capture the Union army's ammunition train.
which rested TO the rear OF General Greene. thus
making the position held by the latter important.
When General Greene found himself alone he
Immediately took note Of all the important
points and careful look the entire situa-
ton. and placed his brigade in the most COM
mandng position. He had them throw up rifle
pits all along the line. which remain to this
day. An avenue guard said recently that a
portion of one had TO be thrown down not long
ago. and 1t was found to be a perfect iron hil
so full of rifle balls was it.
General Greene at the time OF his
death one of the oldest, if the Oldest
of the Union officers. He was nnety-eght
wears of age he was born in 1901 and died in
1890 The last time that he visited the scene
of his great victory against overwhelming odds /
was when he Vas ninety years old. in 1891
when he came here 10 attend reunion Of the
survivors of his old New York Brigade. It was
great time for him and it the spot |
now covered with a token in remembrance of
his services that he delivered a stirring address
to his old comrades who fought under him.
COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH DUNNE. |
Mr.. Van Week, Deputy Commissioner of Pub |