The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-01
MONUMENT TO
REGULARS At
GETTYSBURG
Magnificent Shaft Erected by
Grateful Country on Fa-
nous Battlefield.
PRESIDENT TAFT PAID
TRIBUTE TO THE HEROES
SITE OF MONUMENT NEAR THE
BLOODY ANGLE WHERE PICK
ETT'S MEN MET DEATH.

Gettysburg, Pa, May 31.--This was
the day of tardy honor to the regular
at Gettysburg. An imposing shaft of
granite erected by congress to the mem
CRY Of those of the regular army who
fell in the three days battle was un-
yelled by the presidents daughter, Miss
Helen H. Taft, while the president paid
tribute to officers and men of the United
States army, past and present
The president put himself squarely on
record as opposed TO any reduction in
the standing army. He told of the
prejudice that often has arisen against
the possible aggressions of a regular
army and a professional soldiery, and
of the corresponding difficulty in arous-
ing that love and pride Of the army
which expresses itself today, and has
frequently expressed itself in the past
in behalf of the navy. The president
asserted that the services Of the reg
ular army have never been comment
GRATED adequately by congress or the
nation.
All Honor to the Army.
THE profession of arms always has
been an honorable one" he declared.
"All honor to the regular army of the
United Statesi Never in its history has
II AAd4 d siam ullOlA Alo CoLulNAtCDAA
On the way to Gettysburg from Pitts
burg, the presidents car was side
tracked at York for two hours, and dur
ing his stay he made a brief address,
In which he declared again his hope for
the early enactment OF a tariff law, If
the Lord will only be good and send
some real hot weather in June"
Four regiments of the regular army
were here to participate in the exer-
Cises. There also was a personal escort /
TO the president. composed of veterans !
Of the regular army who fought in the
Gettysburg campaign.
Drove over Battlefield.
The president arrived shortly before /
10 o'clock, and was taken for a drive /
over the battlefield. At several points he 1
alighted and stood on the prominences
overlooking the valley below and the /
mountains in the far distance.
Returning TO his private car for
luncheon, he remained until the arrival |
of mis- daughter from Washington. Miss
Tafe came with the secretary Of war
and Mrs. Dickinson. In the party from
the capital were also many distin
guished officers Of the army.
The ceremonies Of the unwilling were /
simple. Miss Taft pulled the silken
cord that released the flags draped
about the monument and in falling one
of the flags caught on bronze eagle
one Of the inscribed tab
let's. A trooper gave the flag tug,
but it could not be released until a large
hole had been torn in the folds Of the
stripes.
Monument Presented.
After the presidents speech Secre-
tary Dickinson presented the monument
to the Battlefield commission.
Following the unwilling, the presi-
dent reviewed the troops In the mar
tiaI column were the Fifth infantry, T
from Plattsburg, n. Y, the Fifteenth
cavalry and the Third field artillery,
from Fort Myer, Va. and a provisional
regiment of the Coast artillery gath
cred from different posts and marching
as infantry.
A mountain battery Of artillery which
recently served in Cuba was source of
much interest.
When the review was concluded, the
president hurried to his train. He was
by a troop of cavalry, which
had to go at a fun gallop to keep up
with the presidential party. The pres
ident left at 3:45 D m. for Washington.
An Imposing Shaft.
The monument erected on the battle
field Of Gettysburg to commemorate
the services Of the regular army Of
the United States in the Gettysburg
campaign in 1858, which was unveiled
today, is situated on Hancock avenue,
a little south of the bloody angle
where Pickett's fearless men struck the
union line with such disastrous results
TO the invading army The memorial
is a shaft s. feet high from the ground,
and is made of light color granite from
the quarries at Mount Airy, n. c,
The base plinth Of the monument is
i41b feet square and II feet high, and
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