Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-25
THE Monument Of genera
sheridan UNVEILED TODAY
ATTENDED BY P1EsnEN1 nNDERs OF CABINET muATono Auo
REPRESENTATIVES, 1H0UsAnDs or soxDu1s Ann uA1r f
THE HEROIC STATUE or THAT FAMOUS oy1lcrs ~ ~.
vEuED

cavalry leader. whereas ho Wo1 -
reality not only that but also :
great commander. OF coarse. -
tact In his career most readily rns
ogntsed was his mastery In the noer
ssrily modern art Of handbag mon.
60 OF modern cavalry % = q ~
them the. fullest possible eject. -
only In the ordinary operations y
cavalry which precede ana follow n
battle. but In the battle itself. HI
IN addition he showed IN the etv1E
war that he was Z llrst-class asnv1
commander. both - ! subordinolo
81 Grant and whom ID indepsn &c
command. His record Ia the YalIov
Forks to Appomattox, 10 one difleulk
tc parallel In military history. Aftor
the close Of the great war. In AojG
where there was scant glory 70 ~
won BY the general II chief, ~ -.
dered : signal service which ~
gone almost unn0ticed: for II -
tedious. weary Indian wars % e.
Great Plains It was no who dsvelop-
cd IN throroughgoing fashion ~
system Of campaigning II wintev.
which, q the cost Of bitter hardsAfps
and peril. nnally broke down -
banded strength OF those 1ormideb1os
warriors. the horse indians.
His character was typically A..
erican. for. from plain bsginninoD
he rose to the highest military pogg-
tiOn In our land. We honor hin rn
ory itself: and moreover. - 81 ~
case Of the other great comman16 16s0
Of his day. his caress symboliaea ~
careers OF al those men who ID ~
years Of the nations direct neo1
sprang to tho front to risk Svery.
thing. including life itself, ana ~
spend the days OF their strOnaooe
young manhood IN valourous 60
flict for an ideal. Often W Ameel.
cans are taunted with having only
. material ideal. The empty folly
Of the taunt 10 sufficiently shown W
the presence here today OF you men
OF the Grand Army. you the Com-
rsde Of the dead general. the MN
who served with and under him. n
all history we have no greater ~
stance OF subordination Of self. u
the exalting Of a lofty ideal ovsr
merely material weAl being AMONG
the people Of q great nation, than
was thus shown by our own people
in the civil war.
And you. the men who wore the
blue. would be the first to say that
this same lofty Indifference to the
things OF the body. when compared
to the things OF the soul. was shown
by your brothers who wore the gray.
Dreadful was the suffering. dread
full the loss of the civil war. Yet it
stands alone among wars In this
that. now that. the wounds are
healed. the memory of the mighty
deeds of walor performed on one
side no less than on the other hrs
become the common heritage of ell
our people in every quarter 1T shis
country. The completeness with
which this is true is shown by what
is occurring here today. We meet
together to raise a monument to .
great Union general. in the preseu-
ce OF many survivors of the Union
army; and the secretary Of war. the
man at the head Of the army. who.
by virtue of his once occupies sepc-
ial relation to the celebration. y
himself a man who fought in the
Con federate service. Few indeed
have been the countries where such
q conjunction would have been pos
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