Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-20
TRIBUTES To SOLDIERS Of
BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH
Paid by Pres. Taft at dwelling Of Statue to Gen:
Hartranft and Pennsylvania Volunteers
Who Fell at Petersburg, Va.

rarely on more than half rationS and
| for considerable periods reduced to an
allowance of bacon and meal hardly
sufficient to sustain life, the long win
ter through. their Shivering infantry
manned thu overwhelming siege works
and made head against tho vigorous
assaults of the Union army until their
depleted ranks We're no longer equal
to the defence of their attenuatcd lines
and they gave up contest which by
any other soldiers but the tried and
seasoned Veterans of the army of
northern Virginia would long before
have b. en- abandoned.
Prnns.lvania's pride must be in the
victory achieved by her men against
SO brave rrSolutc and resourceful an
encnv That we can come here today
and in the presence of tens of thou
| sands of the survivors of the gallant
army Of northern Virginia and of their
| desc 'nGantS establish such an cndur-
| inG monument by their hoSpitable well
come and acclaim, is conclusive proof
of the uniting of the sections and d
| universal confession that all that was
| done, was well done. that the battle
had to be fought. that the sections
| had to be tried but that in the end
the result was Injured to the common
| E"ncht to all"
| Petersburg. Va, May 19.-President
| Taft today was the guest of both
| Pennsylvania and Virginia, when ne
| delivered an address ut Fort Malone
| following the unwilling of a monument
and statue of General John f. Hart
| ranft erected in memory of P2nnSYl-
vania soldiers who fell in the fighting
about Petersburg during the war be
between the states and later bccam"
The guest If this city at a luncheon
and reception rendered in his honor.
The Presidents visit to Petersburg.
once tine citadel of the Contcdcracy.
has he'd tine city a nutter for more than
Il month and the plans for his enter
tainncnt have surpassed anything of
the sor; ever undertaken here. The oc-
casion Of Mr. 'raft's first visit into tn"
South as President was taken adVAnt-
ag. Of by the Nirginians for a display
of hospitality for which the section
long has been noted.
in edition to the President, many
other distinguished visitors participat
ed in the days events. Governor Stuart
of Pennsylvania. Governor swanson OF
Virginia, members of the batticfieldS
commission Of Pennsylvania, large del
cgations from Grand Army Posts, ana
a host of Confederate veterans have
gathered here. while ut the lunch"or
this afternoon, the speakers included
in addition to the President and the
two governors NJ Jusserand. the
French ambassador; Rear Admiral
SlgSbee, T.. S n. retired; President +,
A. Alderman of the University of Nir-
ginia; Fur.nur Govern pi.> William T..
Cameron and Andrew Jackson Mon
tagnc of Virginia.; Mayor Jones and
w. e. McIlWanc of Petersburg.
Upon his arrival shortly after ::
O'Clock tn" President was driven to
the historic old battlefield. He first
Witnessed al Fort Stedman the UNI
yelling 81 d tablet which stands on the
SPOT W here the I'd division of the 9th
army corps, commanded by General
Hartranft, later governor of PcnnSyl-
vania, recapturod the works on March
81. 1868. after they had been taken by
General John b. Gordon and 100 pick
cd men before dayhrcall of the same
dav Milton A Fmbick. secretary of
the PENNSYLVANIA Battlefield Commits
sion, delivered the Grafton and Miss
Elizabeth Jones of Boston pulled tn,
silk"n string which released the flags
around the tablet,
From Fort Stedman the President
and his party were driven on the mile
and half to Fort Malone. where the
Hartrarft statute has been construct
ed at a cost of $4,000. Every inch of
the way has been bloody battles dur
ing the siege of Petersburg. Old sol
diors in blue and in gray rode side by
side from Stedman to Nahonc.
Col Il f. |. Goddard of Providence
presided ut the unwilling of the statue
The cnvcloping flags We're released by
committee of women selected from
the North and the South, among them
Mrs. William Malone wife OF the con
federate general for whom the Tort WAS
named: Mrs Clarence G. Fowler OF
Harrisburg. daughter of General Hart
rant. and Mrs William II. McGill,
daughter Of General Malone.
The Grafton was delivered by Major
| Isaac Brown president of the Pennsyl-
vana battlefield commission. Next
came the address of President TAFT,
whocc subject YVES THE Union. Fol
lowing lis custom since becoming Pres
ident. Mr. TAFT spokp eXtemporaneous-
| ~. Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania
/ then turned the monument over to the
state Of Virginia, the speech of ac-
ceptance being delivered by Governor
Swanson. With the sounding of taps
cludcd and the President and other
distinguished visitors returned to
| Petersburg as the guests of the city
| for the remainder of the day.
Tho luncheon arranged for the Pres