Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

The state of Indiana will honor the
memory of Gen. Lew Wallace and rec
ognize his services to his state and
nation by placing a statue of the general
in statuary hall at the Capitol next
Tuesday.
The attendance of the grandsons of
Gen. Wallace-Lew. jr., and Noble Wal
lace, sons of Henry Lane Wallace
Gov. Thomas Marshall OF Indiana,
James Whitcomb Riley, the commission
|ers. Messrs. Megrew, Fox and Wood,
representing the state, the Indiana sena-
tors and representatives in congress. and
many other distinguished visitors,
together with exercises BETTING the oc-
casion, promises to make the event a
notable one in the history of the
Hoosier state and its people.
The unwilling of the statue in the Cap
litol will be local. national and inter-
national in character. Indiana will hon
Tor a favorite son. distinguished as
soldier, lawyer. diplomat and author, the
nation will pay tribute by addresses
in Congress when the statue is officially
received and foreign country will recog-
IniZe his worth as diplomat and author
iby authorizing the Turkish ambassador
to represent that government at the ex-
ercises.
The statue arrived at the Capitol De-
cember %.
The Program.
The official program of the ceremonies
attending the unwilling has been COM
pleted Capt. John p. Megrew, who
served as an officer in Gen. Wallace's
command in the civil war and who Is
president of the Lew Wallace statue COM
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invocation by Rev. George Dudley. Then
William Allen Wood will formally pre-
sent the statue to the state Of Indiana
on behalf of the commission. Lew Wal
lace. jr., grandson of Gen. Wallace.
will unveil the statue. Gov. Thomas r..
Marshall of Indiana will make the adj
dress of acceptance on behalf of the
state. James Whitcomb Riley will read
an original poem. There will then be adj
dresses by Senator Beveridge. \. Rus
| teml, charge d'affaires, Turkish en-
bassy. William II. Andrews, delegate
from New Mexico. and the benediction
by Rev. Lloyd Douglas.
| The statue is the work OF Andrew
lOConnor of Paris. 1T is of heroic size,
being seven feet in height. The figure
| is clad in the uniform of a major gen.
eral Of the United States Army.
Acceptance by the Senate.
| The statue of Gen. Wallace will be
| formally accepted by the Senate be-
half of the United States Immediately
after the morning hour Wednesday. The
Governor of Indiana and other distin-
glished guests from that state, including
the statue commissioners, will be pres
ent and listen to the addresses that will
| form the major part of the ceremony.
Representative Edgar d. Crumpacker
| of the tenth Indiana district will present
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viding for the formal acceptance of the
statue by that body. the date of the
! exercises to be stated.
| Indiana's Two Representatives.
Indiana now has one representative in
statuary hall-the war governor of In
diana, Oliver p. Morton. 1t was deemed
fitting by the people OF Indiana. speaking
through it's legislature, that Gen. Wallace
should be the other representative from
| that state. The sum of $1,000 was APP
propriated by the legislature in 1903 for a
| statue of Gen. Wallace, after a spirited
contest. in which the names of eA-Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrisan and eX-Gov. and
| Former Senator Thomas A. Hendricks
were considered with that of Gen. Wal
lace
| Gov. Hanley. in accordance with the
| act of the Indiana Legislature, appoint ed
a commission to select the artis> to make
the statue and to decide on the "Details of
the work
The commission is composed OF Capt. ].
p. Megrew (presidenO of this city, who
served In Wallace's regiment from April.
1861. to July. 1865. holding the rank of
captain the last three years of service.
and who was appointed at the earnest
request OF Mrs. Susan Wallace widow
of the general: William A. Fox, secretary.
director of the Heron Art Institute OF
indianapolis. and William Allen Wood.
treasurer. OF Indianapolis.
Indiana Society Plans.
The Indiana Society. composed of In
dianans residing al the National Capital
has taken the initiative in arranging en-.
tertainment features preceding and fol
lowing the unwilling ceremonies at the
Capitol.
The society has arranged with Manager
Rapley OF the New National Theater Il
make the opening night of this week:
engagement of "Ben-Huh'' ''lndans
night
| The Wallace meeting, arranged by the
Indiana Society at the Arlington Hote
for Tuesday evening, promises to be one
OF the largest end most pretentious meet