The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
MEN
Soldiers Who Served Under Gen.
Geo. b. Mcclellan
Gather in Large Numbers to
Honor His Memory.
STATUE is UNVEILED.
Erected by the Society Of the
Army of the Potomac.
and Cabinet Partici-
pate i'm the Ceremonies.

Washington, May 2.-President Roose-
welt. cabinet officers, army and navy
participated in the ceremonies attend
ing the unveiling of the statue to Gen.
G. B. Mcclellan, which has been erect
ed in this city by the society of the
Army of the Potomac. Hundreds OF
old soldiers are in the city to attend
the unveiling ceremonies. OF these vis-
ftlng veterans, about two-thirds are
from the army of the Potomac, or
which General Mcclellan was comman-
der, the remainder being members of
the societies of the armies of the Ohio,
Cumberland and Tennessee.
The monument was unveiled at Con-
necticut avenue and Columbia road at
2:30 o'clock, Brigadier General Henry
c. Dwight, president of the society of
the Potomac. presiding over the cere-
monies. Right Rev. Henry Satterlee,
bishop of Washington, opened the SER
vice with prayer, after which Brigad1er
Henry G. King of New York, gave a
brief history of the statue. The un-
yelling of the statue by DR.. George Nc
Clellan was followed by salute by the
Fourth battery, United States field ar
tillery.
Addresses were made by President
Roosevelt. Major General Daniel E.
Sickles, Major General o. o. Howard
and Major General Grenville NJ. Dodge.
The parade of the troops past the
statue was under command of Major
General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff
of the United States army.
The military review which was re-
viewed by the president was the clos
ing feature of the unveiling cere-
monies. The troops. consisting of all
the regular army, navy and marine
forces near Washington, the national
guards of the District of Columbia and
the state of New Jersey assembled on
Washington Heights, north of the
statue, and commenced marching past
the presidents stand Immediately
after the benediction.
The Grand Army men formed on
both sides of the line of parade and
the troops marched through.
The TWenty-third infantry. Colonel
Philip Read commanding, which ar
rived in Washington yesterday on the
transport Sumner from the jamestown
exposition, took part in today's cere-
monies.
The regiment will return to Camp
Captain Joseph Smith at jamestown
Invitations have been extended 10
the foreign army and navy officers who
i are in the city to attend the reception
to the veterans at the library of con-
gress tonight. Early today the vari-
Gus corps meetings of the Army or the
Potomac took place and the public ex-
ercises and reunion of the society was
held in the Belasco theater one OF
the boxes was reserved for the presl-
dent and family, another for Mrs. Nc
CleIIan widow of General Mcclellan,
and her guests; another for Mayor Nc
CleIlan of New York city, and one for
the officers of each of the four soc1e-
ties.
Roosevelt Made Member.
Washington May president Roose-
Welt was made an honorary member of
the Society of the Army of the Potomac
at it's 37th annual reunion at the Belasco
theater in this city today. General N
M Curtis of Ogdensburg, N. Y, former
lv a member of congress, was elected
president of the society to succeed Gen
eral Henry c. Dwight. The other Off
GERS were reelected as follows:
Recording secretary, General Horatio
c. King; treasurer Lieutenant Frank
s. Holiday; corresponding secretary,
Colonel w. F. Fox.
Several resolutions were adopted. the
principal one being in favor OF "every
effort to supercede war by peaceful ar
bitration."
The resolution "notes with deep in
terest the approac ching session of The
Hague conference and earnestly hopes
that a great step forward in the pro-
motion of universal peace and good will
among nations may be secured through
it's delibera tions.'
A resolution urging upon congress the
prompt passage of the Fredericksburg
National park bill was adopted.
The selection of the place for the
next annual meeting was referred to the
executive committee. Washington, D.
c., Seattle Wash, and Williamsport,
Pa. We're among the places mentioned.
Following the transaction of the So
ciety's business a committee of three
was appointed to escort Mrs. George B.
Mcclellan, widow. of the general, to the
theater. Her appearance was the sig
nal for a great demonstration.
Addresses by the outgoing and the in
coming presidents, General King and
General Howard and an address of well
come by Commissioner MacFarland,
concluded the meeting.
Martin W. Littleton of Brooklyn, who
was to have delivered the oration was
unable to be present owing to indisposi-
ton