The Washington herald., 1921-11-15
HARDING PAYS
TRIBUTET0U.S.
HEROESN WAR
Dedicates Memorial to Be
Erected at Sixth and
B Streets.
WASHINGTON WILL
IN CORNER STONE
ENJOYS He ar President
Give Credit to Father
Of Republic.

raging double tribute to the
memory Of George Washington and
To the service men of the world
war, President Harding yesterday
dedicated the t10.000000 Victory
Memorial. to be erected at Sixth
and B streets northwest as a ma
donal monument to the Father of
the Republic and to the heroes OF
the war with Germany.
-Four million service stars, each
with the initials Of every American
soldier who served in the world
war, will be one of the features OF
the memorial, the erection Of which
VIII fulhl a provision OF the last
will Of George Washington. provid-
ing for AN institution to dissent
nate learning. culture and a proper
understanding Of right principles Of
government"
Exercises Held In Museum.
Because of the incIement weather
the distinguished audience gathered
in the National Museum, instead Of
the place at Sixth and B streets
northwest, where the exercises
were scheduled to be held.
Foreign delegates to the arms
conference. members of the Cabi-
members of the Diplomatic Corps
were included in the vast audience
that crowded the museum audito-
rum and listened to the nations
Chief Executive eulogize Wash
ington, the Man"
shortly before the hour set for
the ceremonies the President, with
Mrs. Harding, Secretary Of War
weeks, Gen PershIng, Admiral
Coontz and other government on
cials entered the auditorium, while
the audience, already assembled,
rose to its feet. ~.
Pays Tribute to Mrs. Dtnoek.
Secretary Weeks presided, and in
his Introductory remarks paid
glowing tribute to Mrs Henry, r.
Dtmock, president Of the George
Washington Memorial Association,
who Is chairman Of the committee
in charge Of the erection of the
Victory Memorial Building.
President Harding drew the main in
spiration of his address from WASH
ington's last will and testament, a GER
tined copy Of which he laid IN the
cornerstone of the memorial. This
document. he said, should be studied
in connection with the famous Fare
well Address" The latter, he. said,
was ''the final adjuration OF the soldier,
the statesman and founder" while
the will was the last word of the
Christian citizen. the loving husband,
the devoted kinsman and the provident
man Of business"
Crowd AppIauds PershInE.
OF peculiar significance was the ad-
dress of Gen. Pershing. The com
mander Of Americas armies in France
l stirred the audience 10 repeated ap-
plause in a touching tribute to- the
nations unknown hero who was buried
at Arlington. He said:
THE nation now turns to the fulfill
ment Of its obligation to him aud his
comrades. At no time in history has
humanity been confronted with more
stupendous problems. The supreme
test of the Judgment OF man is about
to be made. IL this world conference
should fail. then we but hand down
to posterity strife more bitter than
that through which we have passed,
and leave our boasted civilization
weil-nigh stranded.
Praises Hughes stand.
But we shall not fail. The hearts
Of our people are filled with good will
toward all other people. A frank.
clear and open declaration OF our at
titude and desires was made by the
Secretary Of State. Without doubt
kthese sentiments will fnd their full
.,cbo I'm the breasts Of all peoples"
The land upon which the great me
,nosal will be built, was given by the
government, and the funds for erec-
tIon will be raised by popular sub
scription, under the auspices Of the
George washington Memorial Associa-
ton.
Under command Of Cadet Col. o. NJ.
Shaw. twenty-four cadet officers from
the different high schools. at the re-
quest Of the committee. took part in
the ceremony.
Presidents address,
The text Of the Presidents speech
follows:
There begins here today the full
hIlment of one of the striking con-
tempIations contained in the last
will of the Father of his Country.
II is an impressive fact, worthy of
our especial thought, that in the
century and a half since Washing
ton became the leader, the heart
and soul of its struggle for inde-
pendence and unity. this nation has
so many times found occasions to
record devotion to the precepts
which he laid down for its guidance.
So today, after moro than q CEN
tury's delay, we are come to pay
tribute to the foresight which first
ENCOURAGED and endowed the institu-
ton here established-an institution
which Is to be alike q monument to
those who sacrificed in q noble
cause. and a beacon to shed afar
the light of useful knowledge and
grateful understanding among men
For 1 need not remind you that
washington. IN his last will and
testament, first conceived the idea
which we here see shaping into
forms that shall combine Hottest
sentimept and truest utility.
To Found Institutioa.
He proposed and gave q bequest
TO found an institution to dissemi-'
nate learning. culture and. q proper
understanding Of right principles In
Government. In furtherance Of that
karpose, patriotic women and men
have made possible the institution
Of which We are now to lay the cor
ner. Very properly they have con-
,eived washington's impelling