Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-11
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COME time before my advent, the polio,
~ had been adopted by the state of erecting
memorial stones to mark the service Of IT.
regiments upon the different battlefield'
throughout the South, and IL SO happened
that the greater number Of these monu
ments, after being erected, we're accepted
and dedicated during my administration
Tho performance Of this duty took me
over the South TO an extent that under M
other circumstances would have occurred
Early in November accompanied by tn,
Adjutant General and the staff, | set out
for Chattanooga, Tenn. n town whicl
curing the war saw many battles and mill
tary movements. and which since the wal
has grown to be thriving manufacturing
city.
Address at Sherman Heights
ON the 9th Of November at Sherman
Heights, in the presence Of the surviving
members OF the regiment, the monument
of the Scvcnty.third Pennsylvania Rcgi
ment was dedicated and transferred by me,
representing tho Commonwealth. to Gen.
eral II. " Boynton, representing the Chick
amauga Park Commission ana the nation
for preservation. | said:
Ladies and Gentlemen. Comrades:
As Chief Executive of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, representing that
great commonwealth, and as surviving
soldiers of Il war momcntous in its con
sequences, we have come from the far-
away North to the mountains Of Ten
nossoe 10 assist at the dedication of "a
monument to commemorate the services
OF single regiment upon one OF the bat
teilelds Of that war. We bare our heads
To the brceZes. and our feet tread the soil
of a typical southern state. While We
recall the events of forty years, we DO
not forget that earlier time, when the
ritiemen of these mountains. with Il brave
leader from among their own people. III
behalf of a Caus" to which we too were
committed, marched to New orleans to
deal destruction to the veterans of Well
ington. We do not forget the three
residents whom Tennessee gave To our.
common country, or the lasting impress
they made upon the development OF our
national affairs. We clasp your hands.
and as we grasp them we all seen plainly
that, no matter how much we may have
differed and no matter how fiercely we
may have cOntended in deadly conflict,
the results Of that war led necessarily To-
the advancement of the South as well as
of the North and brought all sections of
the csuntry together in a closer compact,
under a firmey and more durable Govern
ment. To bring about those results no
part of the American people made greater
efforts, endured more hardships and sub
mitted more personal sacrifices than
those who lived in the mountain regions
Of this State. What La Nehdee was to
the royalists of the French Revolution
eastern Tennessee was to the cause of the
Union during the war of 1861. No losses
could appal those brave people and no
dangers could intimidatc them. The de.
feats Of the early part of the war did not
diSmay them. and the march of contend
ing armies through their valleys and the
terrific battles fought within sight of their
homes only strengthened their faith,
Death in it's most terrible form con-
frontcd them. and they never fatcrcd.
The voice OF their fiery Methodist parsou.
as from these hiltops he hurled denun.
ciafions or sang II paean of victory.
echoed all over the United states, Civ
ing heart to the timid and encouraging
the strong. No other people hailed tn"
final triumph with more piouS gratitude.
ana their only reward was the conscious
ness of duty we'll performed and the sat
isfaction which came from the sense that
to the end they had remained steadfast.
PENNSYLVANIA may We'll offer her greet
ings to Tennessee. They have had many
like experiences, they have in the past
been upon the same side In many con-
tests, and they have had much in COM
pronounced ana indelible mark upon the
events of his time than did Andrew Jack
son, and he ever received, in all of his en-
deavors, the earnest support of the yeo'
manry of the Keystone State, With her
support he was invincible.
In the early days the thrifty Germans
and the pugnacious Scotch.Irish from
the inland counties Of Pennsylvania fol-
lowed the Cumberland Valley into the
Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and made
their homes upon the fertile lands along
it's beautiful river. These, like the
Boones the Lincolns and the TOdds.
crossed the mountains in yenturesomc
quest to Kentucky and Tennessee. Many
Of Tennessee's soldiers who have won re-
nown in the field, and many of her states
men who have won distinction III the
halls of legislation. look back to the land
of Penn. Of Wayne and of Meade as the
home of their forefathers
To these great battefelds amid your
mountains, Pennsylvania sent hfteen reei-
Inents and two batteries Of artillery. The
Scventy.third Regiment. whose monu-
ment we are here to dedicate, after nav
ing fought with conspicuous vaor in the
cast at Manassas and in the Shenandoah
VALLEY. with Hooker at Chancellorsville.
and with Meade in the decisive battle OF
gettysburg, here, upon this Held, atter II
severe struggle upon the front. where
their colonel was killed, We're nearly all
captured and sent 10 the prisons of Belle
Isle and Libby. In cOmmemoration or
their faithful services and in recognition
of their gallant careers the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania has erected this
monument. In behalf Of the Common
wealth, now accept it and transfer II
10 YOU General Boynton) as the repre-
santatiye of the Government OF the
United states, with the full assurance
that IT will be maintained and cherished
through all time to come, and that future
generations of Americans will here come
To be reminded of the struggles ana sacri-
Scas of their fathers and to gather in
sniration for future deeds Of heroism and
patriotism.
Visiting Other Battlefields
1t was u satisfaction to me in this speech
upon the land of Tennessee ana in the
presence of the Southern people TO pay my
n Of sf rennes.