Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-19
MONUMENT 10 10 H u. r !. !, !
And in Memory Of Pennsylvanians
Who Fell on Field Of Bat
tie Dedicated.
rr,vc,y ana Calamity OF Both Sides
Is the Common Heritage Of
Whole Country.

p.tcrsbtrs, va, May 19.--Paying a
Hjdhpte alike to the soldiers of the
,orth and Of the south. President TAFT
today witnessed the unwilling Of a nc
RHO statue in bronz, erected at Fort
n uahone on the Petersburg battlehelds.
III q memory OF Gen. Hartranft and the
IA pennsy lvania volunteers who fellin the
@subborn lighting about this OUTPOST of
the confederate capital. The presi-
& dent coupled With every tribute to the
.1tnion soldiers an culogy of the valor of
81 The confederates.
n I'VE could not dedicate this beautiful
land enduring memorial" he declared
&ntn the volunteer soldiers of Pennsyl-.
#vania with such a sense. OF justice and
" anpropriations had they not been con-
4 frorted by an enemy capable of5resist-,
H ing their assaults with equal vigor and
Efoltitude. Pennsylvania's pride must
. be in the victory achieved by her men
"a against so brave, resolute and resource.
n full an enemy.
n The president declared the battle be-
Fl tween the states had to be fought and
81 that enduring good had come OF it.
81 PETERSBURG AFLUTTER.
/. Z e 10
3 The presidents visit to Petersburg,
n once the "citadcl of the confederacy,,''s
81 has had the city aflutter for more than
ia month, and the plans for, his enter
Il tainment surpassed anything of tho
q sort before undertaken here.
81 In addition to the president. many
"a o.hergdistinguisled visitors participated
A In the days events. Gov. Stuart Of
II Pennsylvania. Gov Swanson OF Vir-l
81 ginia, members of the battlefield COM
81 mission OF Pennsylvania, large delega-
d tons from Grand Army posts and o
81 host of confederate veterans. have
IA gathered wildcat tile luncheon this aft
a ternoon the speakers will include in
n addition to the president and the two
a governors, a. .Jnsserand, the French
e ambassador or: Rear Admiral Sigsbee, y.
"a s. N, retired. and President 10. A.. Al
"a tlerman OF the University Of Virginia.
u Upon his, arrival I shortly after g.
q o'clock. the president was driven at
d once to the old battlefelds, SO rich i'll
historic interest. He first witnessed
4 at Fort Stedman, the unwilling of a
4 tablet, and from there the president
1 and his party We're driven the mile
I and half to Fort Malone, where the
& Hartranrt statue has been constructed
at cost of $50, 900. Livery inch of the
\ way traversed by the chief executive
witnessed bloody battles during the
siege of Petersburg. Old soldiers in!
4 blue and gray stood side by side from
! Fort Stedman to Fort Malone.
4 The Grafton was delivered by NAL.
I Isaac r. Brown, president of the Penn
$sylvania battlefields commission. Fol-
lowing this came the address of Presi-a
dent Taft whose subject WAS 1.-THE
Union Following his custom, since
shecoming president. Mr.. Taft spoke eS-
Stemporaneously.
4 T.AFTs5 ADDRESS.
4 President Taft said in part:
Ny fellow citizens: Wesare met to-
Sday on the soil of Virginia to dedicate
Il memorial to the bravery OF the sons
/ Of Pennsylvania exhibited in contest
10 the death with the sons Of Virginia
land the south. We stand here in the
center of the bloodiest and most criti-E
ca Of rations of the last year of the
Il civil war. only r few miles distant
from the dramatic scene at Appotoma-a
4 tox between Grant and Lee. which
4 marked the great qualities of the heart 4
Il nd soulof each and which was the real
END OF the terrific struggle between the 4
1 TWO sections.
10 Pennsylvania, as one of the great
! states OF the Union engaged in the de-
termination to save it. fell the burden
Of furnishing tens of thousands of men
/ i LOT the struggle in every part OF the
/ me of attack; but especially In the
army OF the Potomac was the force of
aef people and their devotion to the
cause felt.
IN the time which has passed., the
PRESIDENT ll continued, the bitterness OF
me lntcrnecine struggle has passed
! sway and we now treasure as a com
iiloh heritage of the country the Draw
eES and the Salor OF both sides in that
ss.ontroverS. The army of the Poto-
.iiac under Grant and Meade was sec
enuee and supported by a generous
ssoVernment. 1t was hardly so with
"a az confederate forces. scantily cloth
~ ~ rarely on more than half rations and
/ .gf considerable periods reduced to an
/ s s,,.nt OF BACON and meal hardly
,ulHcient to sustain life. the long win
II through their siligering Infantry
| . .id the ever-eNtendins siege works.
/ aAu made head against the Vigorous as
s ssults OF the Union army. Their de-
1 ,s.s.cG ranks We're no longer equal to
, ,ne uetense of their attenuated lines
s,.us tney save up iLscontest which by
st s oitler soldiers but the tried and
Seasoned veterans of. the Army Of
t ,a. Virginia would long before
Hase been abandoned.
PENNSYLvANIA'S PRIDE.
~ pennsyl vania's pride must be in the
50 S'S achieved by her men against
ena ~ ave. feso1ute and resourceful an
! fa,. ". That they can come here to-
Of oaS ti ana In the presence of thousands
n N. me survivors of the gallant Army
d. y ao ,,l1rn Virginia and Of their
ino. =, elnaants. establish such an endur-
COM eas Monument by their hospitable well
Of III and acclaim, is conclusive proof
i n,ri,s uniting of the sections and a
d nnaFsal confession that all that was
hoae was done well. that the battle
h ad =. 70 be fought. that the sections
tau so PC tried. but that in the end
bana result has Injured to the common
Of Nd,,l 70 all. The men OF the Army
lrins Sorthern Virginia fought for Il
Nc ~ PIE which they believed to he
insli - ana Tor which they were wills
how ,., 10 sacrifice their lives, their
most fasn indeed. which men hold |
a ee ae e.. c,ontending forces of now half
: 5ee'isury ago have given place to
a. ~ Il Il 2 u