Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-06
WILSON TO ACCEPT
THE KEARNY STATUE
Dedication of First Equestrian
Monument in Arlington
Wednesday.
COMMISSION MEMBERS
ARRANGING DETAILS
President, Garrison, Col. Hopkins
and Corp. Tanner Will Make Ad-
dress at Cemetery

y life-size equestrian statue OF Maj
Gen. Philip kearny. one of the heroes
of the Mexican war and the civil war.
has been erected in Arlington national
cemetery and will be formally dedi-
Gated Wednesday with appropriate eN-
ercises- 1t is the contribution of the
state of New Jersey and will be &C
cepted on behalf of the government
by President Wilson, who. as Governor
OF New Jersey. took an active part IN
the movement which resulted in the
enactment of legislation for the trans
fer OF the body of Gen. kearny from
New York city to Arlington national
cemetery and for the erection of
suitable monument over his grave. He
appointed commission specially
charged with the execution of the Will
OF the state.
Two members of that commission.
Col. Charles F. Hopkins. president, and
Gen. John W. Bodine, secretary, are
in Washington to complete arrange
ments for the dedication of the statue.
They have been III conference with Col.
John L. Glenn of the Quartermaster
Corps. who has. charge of Arlington
cemetery. and with other officials of the
War Department.
First Equestrian Statue.
Heretofore there has been rule
against the erection of equestrian stat
ues in Arlington cemetery, and 1t de-
volved on President Wilson and Secre-
tary Garrison. both of whom are citi-
Zens of New Jersey. to waive the oper-
alton OF the rule for the erection of
the kearny statue and give it the dis
tlnction of being the only statue of its
kind in that reservation.
The dedicarOrE ceremonies so far as
arranged include an GRAFTON by Corp.
James Tanner. register OF wills, who
served under Gen. kearny in the civil
war; brief address by President Will
son; presentation of the statue to the
government by Col. Hopkins as the
representative of the Governor of New
Jersey, and response by Secretary Gar
,ison of the War Department. Patri-
otto music will be rendered by the band
OF the 9TH Cavalry. at Fort Myer, and
regular troops VIII be present.
Gave His Arm, Then His Life.
Gen. kearny lost his left arm at the
battle of Churubusco. Mexico, in Au-
gust, 1917. and was killed at the battle
of Chantiiiy, Va, in 1862. For many
years thereafter his body rested in the
cemetery of Trinity Church in New
York city. Fifty years later the re-
mains We're brought to this city and
reinterred in the Arlington cemetery.
near the graves of other heroes of the
civil war. The reinterment took place
April y. 1912, and was attended with
civil and military honors. Eulogies
We're delivered by President Taft, Sena-
tor Prince of New Jersey, representing
Gov. Wilson. now President and Corp
James Tanner.
The kearny group was DESIGNED by
Edward c. Potter of Greenwich. Conn,
and is regarded as a fine piece of
sculpture. 1t shows Gen. Kearny with his
empty left sleeve pinned to his breast,
sitting in an easy position on the back
of Thoroughbred horse moving at an
easy lope. The group is made of bronze
and stands on large pedestal of gran
lite, which together have an extreme
height of about eighteen feet
On a Beautiful Site.
The site is one of the best in the