The National tribune., 1910-10-20

lseveral times to Gen. Sickles, and every
time walked applause which shook the
building. Gen. Sickles was loudly called
for, and after ths applause subsidized
said:
'I hesitate to follow such eIoquencs
as you have heard from my esteemed
friends. DalZell and Stewart. They have
Exhausted all resources of speech and
Language. / am here on a pilgrimage
of respect and honor to County which
has so honored itself in the erection OF
this memorial. You have set an exam
pie to the country. Two companies Of
Allegheny County were in my COM
mand. No better soldiers ever fought
on any field. In my command / had
l12 regiments Of Pennsylvania troops.
They left imperishable records Of hero
ism on every field on which they fought
Allegheny County has paid part of its
debt, a kind of an instsllment owed to
| the soldiers who preserved the Union"
| Gov. Stewart followed with a brief
speech. and Chief John
e. Gilman received an ovation when he
was called for The meeting closed by
singing America" and Rev. Father
VIM. McMullen pronouncing the bens-
diction.
| The Veteran Drum Corps.
| One OF the most cheered features OF
i the parade was the Veteran Drum
Corps. of Indiana County. which is one
of the oldest musical organizations in
the State. All of the members were
musicians during the war and have
splendid records The oldest member
is Benjamin Rochester, of Marion Gen.
ter, who served az Captain in the 74th
| Pa. J. Wilson Shields, now more than
IS years old, served as First Sergeant
! in the 74th Pa. A. 9. McGinity. DR.. L.
ahp ID II ShfaId,
Clair Thompson were members of the
first musical organization to enter Rich
mond after its fall.
At the campfire held in the evening
Senior Vice Department Commander
Bengough presided, and addresses were
made by Department Commander L. w.
Moore, Assistant AdYt-General Charles
A. Suydam, Comrade Charles F. Nc
kenna and AdJt-Gen. Thomas A. Stew
art. Original poems were read by Col.
E. Jay Allen and Past Department COM
Tapder James F.. Porter. DR.. c. p.
Seip sounded the bugIe call.
The following were the committee OF
10 survivors of the war of the rebellion
authorized by act of Assembly: VIM. j.
Patterson. President; Thomas N. Boyle,
Vice President; Frank L. Blair, Treas
urer; Herbert Fl. Bengough, Secretary;
Joseph W. Boyd, VIM. T. Bradberry,
christopher C. Fawcett, Samuel ".
Hill, Charles F. McKenna and Charles
0. Smith.
The following are the ex-officio MEM
bers of the committee: Hon. John NJ.
Kennedy, Hon. Robert 8. Frazer. Irwin
K. Campbell, ]. Denny O'Neill and
Stephen j. Toole.
The Memorial Building.
The Memorial Building is one of tho
most superb erections to be found any
where in the country. Its architecture
| is wholly and simply American. 1t con-
Sists, first, of a splendid auditorium.
which seats 5000 people. This is sur
rounded by a memorial corridor and is
lsurmounted by a huge banqueting room.
Around this are smaller committee
rooms and other necessary conven-
fences. The building has a magnificent
setting and surroundings, and the Com
missioners had the wisdom to purchase
nearly twice as much ground as was
necessary for the building to stand up
on. The main materials are sandstone
and terra Gotta, with bronze doors. can
della bra and magnificent bronze figure
| of Victory over the main entrance
This was executed by Charles Keck, a
| New York sculptor, and receives much
praise from artists. Flanking the cor
ridors are two fine Post rooms. The
auditorium is lighted by huge windows,
each of single sheet of plate glass. 1t
has fiat ceiling with huge beams, and
at night the electric lighting is wonder
| SOIt ana perfect. DdnQuetlnS
room is also lighted from above. The
scheme Of color of the whole building
lis remarkably fine and quite unequaled
| in any other building. The decorators
kept in mind that they were not TO plan
The ordinary somber Memorial Hall, but
a temple to be dedicated to brave men
and heroic deeds, and the colors sug-
gest victory, life and the militant spirit.
The splendid monumental corridor, It
Is expected. will at some time be filed
with the statues of war heroes and its
walls decorated with battle and war
scenes. All the decorations are nov
and exceedingly attractive. A fine
painting was unvailed in Post RooIe
No. 1. 1t shows a cavalry charge lie
by Col. James M. Schoonmaker in ii
battle of the Opequon. This charg
was one of the decisive blows delivere
by Gen. Sheridan. and it finally sent
Early whirling up the Valley" For
his part in this battle Col. Schoonmak-
er received a medal of honor.
Presentation of a Bust of Lincoln.
On Friday evening the event was the
presentation of fine bronze bust of
Lincoln by the Sons of Veterans. Rev.
Dr. I. n. Boyle made the invocation
and Judge Thomas j. Ford made the
Introductory address. The choir of ST.
Peters Catholic Church sang a number
of selections, and District Attorney VIM
speech, which was warmly applauded.
Mrs. V. ]. Hooper recited Lincoln's fav-
orite poem, Why Should the Spirit Of
Mortal be Proud?" Judge Charles F.
Mckenna made a fine address accept
ing the bust. 1t was unusually interest
ing. as it gave "reminiscences of the
three times he saw Mr.. Lincoln. The
first was when as a school boy he
formed a company of the other boys to
escort the President-elect when he
passed thru Pittsburg on his way to
Washington in February, 1851 The
second time was on the battlefield OF
Antietam, when he saw him standing
in troop of Generals at the headquar-
ters of the Fifth Corps The third time
was when he reviewed the Army of the
Potomac at Belle Plain, Va, in June.
1858. The last time the soldiers had an
opportunity of seeing the great Presi-
dent was when he visited Petersburg at
the time Of the fall of that city and the
capture of Richmond All the exulta-
ton and rsjoicinss of the army were
speedily changed to mourning by the
of the President, and
when Comrade McKenna marched up
avenue on the Grand Re-
view all hearts went out in memory Of
the great chieftatns