The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

nv ANtAVWAMA 60HtG1H !W0t 0pAAN0h cd by eel. A. K. Mcclure the veteran Phfiidelphia editor. at FrsdeFicksbdrg, Va. Wednesday, at the unveiling of the monument commemorative of Gen. Andrew Atkinson Huniphreys and the Penusylvaie troops. who fought on the battle field there In the sos:
 Mfr President and Union, Veterans of rhe wcfid has ever worshipped the heroic, alike in war and in peace. It is the heroic who achieve and only the memories of the heroic are reverenced. n all the histories of the varied ar peo. s.. has dated the decay and nnalsdestruc- tion of Government True. heroisn has often been prostituted to the in- fanny of wanton Sonqpest and oppres- en the world all it's wonderful and beneficenk progress. and 1t will be ! worshipped until the last syllable of recorded time.
 ders of the Confederate artillery pro- l claimed the disastrous repulge of two hrigades of Pennsylvania soldiers who were ordered to the hopsless task of sisted Of the First Brigade of General Humphreys division of the Fifth Army Corps. commanded by Bflgadier Gen. eral Tyler. embracing the i34th Regi- the 1seth. comnianded by Colonel Prick: the l26th. commanded by Col. onel Elder, who fell carly in the move. nent, leaving the command of the reg. irnent to Lieutenant Colonel Rowe. and the s1st Regiment. commanded by Col orel Gregory. The Second Brigade was commanded by Colonel AlIabach. leav- ing bis vegiment. the l2ist, to be com manded by Lieut. Col. Shaut; the Ia1st. commanded by Colonel Speakman; the l35th, commanded by Colonel Clark, and the 1b6th, commended by Colonel Allen.
 The advance charge was made by Colonel Afiabaefl's brigade. closely fol- lowed by the First Brigade, under Gen eral Tyler, She whole commanded h person by General Humphreys. The aggregate number of the two brigades men, and fully one-fourth of them were numbered among the dead and wounded. although neither was in ac- tio1 oyer thirty minutes Hopeless this assault with tho officers in ad- vance of the men, either to gain the heights or to hold them if gained. these Pennsylvania briFades started with of death. Next to Pickett's Charge at GettysburE,. it was the most bloody and disastrous assault of our Civil We are not here to discuss the wis. dom of army comuandefs. Only what were accepted as supreme military ne. cessitiee made Pickett's charge at Get tysburg and Hunlphrey's charge al history. and win ever 50 stand, as higf water marks of the, heroism of Amer. tcan soldieryl
 Eminenf. Fseness.
 | There is eminent fitness in PennsyI. l vaniR erecting . monument on thi. | historic field to thq unfaltering hero. | Ism of her soidiegAl Other Pennsyiva. nia regiments were engaged in va ried conflicts. ,gotahly the Pennsylva
 Meade. who attacked the Confederat, E1gnt only to be repulsed with consid
 erable losss but all the other Penn sylyania regisnents eng gaged in this ac
 orized on this aeld, have. or wiIihave monuments on other fields in whbsl l they have been tt1 ehe flame of battle
 and og tue thelr omission the ceremonie | There Is also eminent fitness in giv
 ing prominence in this lasting memo
 rial to the heroisn of pennsxlvanf
 soldiers 70 General Andrew Atlrinsol
 Humphreys. the division commander c
 the bfigades which made the aasauli
 He was one of khe Fsaet herots and re spected of our peaneyivanja oficers
 Whsn hls dlklslen ef she Fifth corpl
 plents with short terms of servicee, va
 alschar8fd he wes assigned Co th
 eommand of dfvfsion of the corpl
 eomnaanqed by 6eneral sickies, an Il displayed afstin 8ulshed galIantry q
 the battse of Gettysburg. He becam
 chief of stan of the army of the Pa
 fomac under General, Meade, and wa
 promoted to Ma5or Generalship. II
 itary record sn the bloody battles {
 1884 under General Grant. particiral
 ing in all of them from the Wilder
 ness to Petersburg. and when Geners
 Hancock, by reason of his wounds. wa
 compelled to relinquish the conrnan
 Of the second corps fin the closing
 the war. General Humphreys was al
 signed 70 succeed Hancock and cor
 tinued ass It's comrnander until the wa
 practically ended by the surrender
 Pennsylvania made the most lustrov record of any of the Northern states Audrey Gregg Curtin, stood single au
 aoine In the very forefront of the VI
 executives of the North. and he is cryi
 sTsq yeSnor n SassoEy ass Tn. s soss ss Srest sT W
 was by his side, as a State Senate
 representing the Gettysburg distric
 when the terrible conflict began. an
 State government until the broken an 1 decimated armies of the Confederac , finally surrendered because they wei , compelled to choose between the sgil , render or dying In an utterly hopete'
 PennsyIvania was ever in the AC ! vance in effective measures for tf
 Care ,of those who suffered their; liv,
 for the unity of the republic. Althoug ? second in population. Pennsvlvania oi , ganized and sent to the field for ten porary and permanent service vast 7 more soldiers than any other State the Union, and next to furnishin : I troops promptly when needed. the mol important recognized duty was the syi tematic care of Pennsylvanla soldier Fl in the field. The Pennsylvania soldier
 fully appreciated the devotion of the Governor. and freely communicate with him in relation to their want
 many of which were impossible of a
 tainment. but no soldiers letter evt
 reached the Executive Chamber at Hal
 Fisburg that dld not receive a dire'
 answer from the Governor. Tn ords to facilitate the great work of meetin . every want of our soldiers he was tn
 first to place 6 military State agent {
 access to every branch of tho goverT
 ment, and the complaint or suggestio
 of every soldier was thus promptly an
 generously disposed of.
 Care Of Soldiers.
 Pennsylvania was also the nrst of tn
 Northern States to send efticient com
 miesioners to every army in whtc
 there were Pennsylvania troops, to giN
 special attention to taking care ot tE
 State provided for the return of th
 body of every Pennsylvania soldie
 who fell in battle or died in hospita
 for sepulture with his kindred, withou cost to the family or friends of tn
 our state was not only the first, bu J has been immensely the most generou
 in providing for the orphans of Penn si sylvania soldiers who fell in the strus ] gle. On Thanksgiving morning of tn
 hrst year of the war our Governor Q Il his way 10 church, was accosted by tw