Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
In Memory Of Two Hundred
and SiNty-scVcn Men and
Officers Who Pcrishcd
Enduring Memorial is
Dedicated
BATTLESUP GUNS
BOOM TRIBUTE
AS Salute Rings Out Floral
Counterpart Of the Old
Maine is Released to IIud-
sons Waters From the
Shore
ASSOCIATED PRESS nIsPArcHI

/ ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl
! NEW YORK, May 3o.-In memory
, Of the ;Wo hundred and siXty-seven
officers and men lost with the bat
tleship Maine in Havana harbor fiji
teen years ago. the National Maine
monument was dedicated today From
dozen American waships. units of
the Atlantic fleet at ar chor in the
Hudson river, salute OF two hun
dred ana fifty-tWo guns echoed from
the palisades as the wells were swept
aside that revealed the country's tri-
butte. a I.lon, forty feet high that
stands in Central Park. overlooking
Columbus Circle
Noted citlzens spoke words Of
praise TOR the dead heroes Of the war
with Spain and for those who live
Former President Taft. the secretary
OF the navy, governors Of Maine and
New York, ~cf resentat-Vcs of the Gu
ban iepubEc and others took part
in the exercises. y military parade
along Fifth avenue preceded the Ger
emonlas. Headed by Rear Admiral
WinsloW. as grand marshal, We're
five thousand soldiers and many
thousand holiday siGht-seers, Amer
lean infantry. artillery, bluejackets
from battleships. state militia. cavalry,
civil and Spanish war veterans, Gu
ban troopers and sailors from cuba
and the island republics ana others
We're in the line of march.
NJ thoughts Viii tc very much
with YOU. as viii. I am sure, the
thoughts Of the whole country the
president wrote. "Americans must
look back to the tragedy Of the
Maine with profoundost sentiments
Of sorrow for the fine men who 50
tragicaTy and unexpectedly lost
their lives and must always feel that
has been one Of the turning points
in our consciousness of what is in
volved in the struggle for human
liberty"
1t was late in the afternoon when
George Heatet. young son Of VIII
liam Rancclph Hearst member Of
the NationaI Maine monument com
mission unveiled the monument. As
fleet guns doomed their tribute, a
floral counterpart Of the old Maine
was released to the Hudson's water
from the shore Around the pylon.
the crowd sang America. Mayor
Gaynor accepted the memorial in be-
half of the city. Wreaths We're plac-
ed at the monuments base one from
President Wilson was laid by Rev.
John H Chadwick, chaplain Of the
Maine when the explosion occurred.
The principal part Of the monu-
ment proper consists of a pylon
1S15x21 feet, and 40 feet high, with
panels on its four faces It is flank
ed by two colossal figures, repre-
senting the Atlantic and the Pacific
oceans, suggestive Of the national
scope Of the memorial. The Atlantic
is typified by a young man in the
fulIness of his strenth, the Pacific
by an old man half slumbering. The
figures standing would be over four
teen foot high.
At the fCct of the shaft and fac
ing the circle is group Of sculp-
ture ante-belIum in idea-Courage
awaiting the flight of Peace, while
fOrtitude supports the feeble. These
are figures nearly twice actual life
size Above the group is the follow
ing inscrip ptiOn "TO the valiant
seamen wac perished in the Maine
by fate unWarned, IN death una
fraid."
On the lower part Of the pedestal
supporting this group is conven-
tional boat PROV on which knels
figure Of a boy holding wreaths Of
era inaugurated in Cuba through the
Spanish war y low fountain basin
extends toward the circle from this
! side Of the monument, approached by
three broaI steps forming stylo-
/ bate.
The corresponding group on the
side facing the park is post bollum
/ in mOtif-JUstice, having intrusted
her sword to the Genius Of War, re
ceives it again at his hands, while
History records its deed. The in
scription over this group reads as
! follows: "To the freemen who died
| in the war with Spain that others
might be free
The pylon is crowned by group
! representing Columbia triumphant,
drawn in a sea car by three plung
ing horses. This group is in bronze,
cast from guns recovered from the
sunIlen Maine, and is heavily gilded
The group is seventeen feet high,
making the monument fifty seven
feet in height All the other sculp-
lures are Of Knoxville marble. In
panels on the lateral faces of the
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