Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1887, Page 2

i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY MAY 12, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. be 3 1ELD IN BRONZE. he would, on spectal occasions, calmly assume re-| star of progress, continue, with the best light ays — Sponsibilities ethers Soran trom, ‘within us, to perform toward our fellow-men and [Continued from First Page.} ‘AS CHIEF OF STAFF our country the full missiOm of the purest life; jeard the a) z wail of the slave-mother | ®t the headquarters of thte Army of the Cumber- nued oeteneriench any aust ‘Time makes ancietit g tor hr land, he counseled an early aggressive movement | “™ ae i and he was entrusted with most responsible | 1884 they met at Rochester, Major W. H. Lambert | use for the promenade concert fixed for the oven- duties, Walch he performed. faithfully and to | being the orator. “The lact me wigs held tn | ing of Cue, g0cn. Tn this dfemtua, when the s0- great purpose, When be reported jener ISSS, at Grand Is, and Gen. R. D. Mussey, clety ki hot which w: to tw er Ran- en at Louisville. Ky., he was at once given im- | this city, who ene eifictent tn the work of | dali came to ite relict with an offer of the rotunda mense responsibility. Left to conduct cam- | Making che arrangements for the present meeting, | of The Capitol. As sp r, he ax-umed authori pha good uncout ’ BREB on his own plana and fo,trust entirely to | delivered an cogent address There was Ho mee grant the vee of the rotunda, Ac was scorpted, oof ah te : : They" ail who would keep own judgment Was given . held last year because the metbers of Une S0- wmenade Concer Wak a RUDERA, PERed ENF 2455; 2ape nai |e ema, ent a tr ot em | EA cd nee woud Bw ciarae Gav Rie geet gS | kone een, emer te | sae nen ceva ace foal lareeny, his crime consisting ‘ing men and | Givivioncoumanders of that army. In tks was | L°-PfGre as eles erie Gr Htumpnree Marchal, wee eine to bring about | in this ity. ‘The wanion thieuess, Ger it ieee Sctive and diligent ene toe eee Tthegrent % exhibited ullar light the bold and inde- | Launch our Mayfower, and steer boldly through the . IS year, as it is stent 4 forum, priests and statesmen | pendent spirit Sta man ready to act when all te 2 the secession of the State. He performed this | the occasion of the unveiling of the Garfield | success of Che tueeting and unveiling of the with promptness, and his movements were | statue. has pecullar significance and nportance | statue were due to his excellent judguneut aud attended with great success, Though the odds | to the members of thes pet 5 = that slavery was Of divine richt. Holy it was invoked to deny a law of the human soul. desperate winter sea, hesitated, and willing to stand or fall | Nor oan "Future's portal ‘with the Past's blood- x Of the society, They have achieved | ability. The Bible was quoted to prove Ita Book of Death; ‘oin was murdered, the people inthe |. Gen. Kelfer, at the conclusion of his oration Theee Services Urea BAR UNF Commune GF | tee eter ee aa only the preservation, of SONGS AND SPEECHES. x Bot a Book of Lite. great cities, awe-struck at first soon changed into | turned to Gen. Sheridan and sald: “I now, on be brigadier, “As Gene kosoerans’ chict Cf steff, lus | they have erected atthe eave ee eee “Seer Bren the orizinalty designe Statue of Liberty lenin, tureatening to rise up and | Ralf of the Ariay of Che Cumberiand dad 10, the Bislom and soldicriy qualities were displayed | two illustrious men, wilch will testify to coming | 7¥C Mewmton Exercises at the Congres erowning yonder dome of the Capitol id not ct General Garfield was | Sociaty, tra president of the ay gational Church, eweape the desecrating hand of ropoiis ew Yor) of the Hepubie. “Ho | Soctety this beautil and enduring monument." poe renee ge 7 ene pep tig fe Cumberiand for the yeah ee oa , seal on Meta Vediaial pine eeeacinerrer ene Pm epetegpenien dag ; 4 pen — THE ORATION BY COL. HM. DUFYTELD—#PRRCHES The then Secretary of War, «lsat, onterea | Vempest toned With indignation, and with fear {0° | Ay Gen, Sheridan undertook to reply a band on \ Sented the Armpot the Cumberland before Pres | “The arse commander of the Army of the Cum-| "Er Coat emia ene AxD Rommomame, the sculptor Craw ford’s ee wt a ea Co Maryland avenue struck up. Col. Nelson shouted N dent Lincoin as an advocate. berland Was Robert Anderson, who was in com-| gx.gov, CURTIN. AND comMietoy feces patephanis mode! of that | viewed the threatening, stormy scene. Ne knew ap IN In December, 1863, he Was called to represent | mand of Fort. Sumter When It wee fred Use a: her F) Statue the “liberty cap.” because that cap, in art, | the awful power of the uncontrolied and un- | An order forthe music to cease. Quiet was re LN hin -aiuo a ‘Where @ man of bis | Then followed Gen. Sherman for & slot Cave ten | STIRRING SCENRS AND INSPIKING MURIG, had an “established{origin in Its use, as a badge | guided people. stored and Gen, Sheridan spoke as follows: i=. thought was needed and his service to the Army | Gen. D. C. Buell, then Gen. W. 8 Rosecrans,” and freed slave.” ‘Slavery, jealousiy watching | , Standing intheir presence, with head uncov-| wrnis statue, which has been unveiled in your ‘could bo even greaver than in the eld. finally Gén. Ged. H. Thomas. = The interior of the Congregational church, Seenusuemaven ths ssmudion a acinies hands uplifted and face turned heavenWard, | presence to-day, waa erected Dy the Comrades of . aa in solemn, reverential voice he proclaimed Gen. Garfield’ bel of asymbot of | “God reigns; and the government at Washing- | the’ Gumberand eee © geen AY OF freedoth in art, though tn brouze, would pont the | ton will Live merit “a8 a soldier and. ‘they Slave to freedom. A nondesc hood, e He thus, invoking the Supreme power, in imita- | wisn to some testimony to that merit and to Jess in art or nature, was, under oMlet ton of the Son of God, who’ stilled the tempest on | nis worth asa man, 1 have the honor, sir, 10 be- Juctantiy substituted by the artist. ¢ the Sea of Galltee ninéteen hundred years before, | nalt of the society of the Army of the Gumber feld’s appeal in Congress to the lovers of Stllled the tempest raging over that sea Of DU- | tand to ask You as the representative of the Amer- to surrender their dol, while th manity, and With his wor{s eciolag from ocean | tean people, to accept tne statue from their hands abolish it was under consi: chore to shore, brought peace and hope to the | ay it was given to me. (Applause,) a3 his Mberty, feared that the “liberty cap, usually So suggestive of the Sabbath peace, was “PAP” THOMAS’ BOYs, MERIDAWS FIRST REGUMENT. | civen, forthe tim, a very warlike ‘Appearance A Sketch of the Socicty of the Army | How He Took Command of the Second | !45t night. At the corners of a temporary stage of the Cumberland, Michigan Cavairy. two brass fleld howttzers frowned down upon the — — large audience that assembied there, Muskets HOW THE SOCIETY Wa® ORGANIZED—ORN. THOMAS | THE STORY AS TOLD BY HIMBRLY AND SUPPLEMENTED | were stacked along Une frout of the stage, and ITS FIRST PREGIDENT—STATCES IT HAS ERRCTRD | BY GOV. ALGER—GEN. SHERIDAN ON TAR ARMY OF | from one stack WAS suspendeda dugie. In the IN THs CITY—THE ANNUAL REUNTONA, THE CUMBERLAND—STORMING MIBSIONARY RIDGE. | center waS a drum, and about {t stood three mu cum! a Gen, Sheridan, it he did not win his spurs inthe | Kets that served as candie-sticka. 1) capaci pated Roles A ieee aa Son Army of the Cutnberiand, became famous there as | ©" behind the stage or pulpit was conpleteiy maintained a continuous organization since that | #boldand dashing leader in that army, by Lis | Coucealed froin view by @ large screen, upon date. There have been seventeen annual reunions | Partin the historical battle on Mission Ridge. | Wich were placed lange portraits of Gen. Gar. held, and during that long period the member- | At the last meeting of the Society of the Army of wl and Gen, Thomas, surrounded by a galaxy of ship has increased and the interest of the early | the Cumberland, heid at Grand Rapids, Micb., mere acorns and triangies The gallery meetings, when the scenes and associations of the | Gen. Sheridan gave an interesting Uttie account | Nilincs the pillars and the wails, War were stil fresh in the minds ot the memberg, | Othis experience on first taking a coumand iu |!" around the auditortum, were brliant seem to recelve an added impulse as the years go | the war. ing ererywnere walle ercaed testis ee by. Age has whitened the locks and made leas} Gov. Alger, In his address of welcome to the | or diferent army corps wore mithed Ine ae active the steps of “the boys” and many have | Society, referred to the fact that It was at Grand | designs. This prep: answered the last roll call, but the spirit of com-| Rapids that the old Second Michigan Cavalry, Ceanion of the army Cumberland. Ths radeship which prompted the organization of the | Gen. Sherflan’s first command in the war, was | Gf'Uha cyan Ty 4 ngs rd society still exists, and each yearly gathering | born and cradled. Gen. Sheridan in his response sublimity. On January troubied spirits of his coutrymen. ‘The President arose last speech on thot He had his enemies, some personal and moge | aqgress and Taced the genezai of the Arms The “To me it is a matier of prise that gen- | political. He had done too much good not fo | president replied that accepted tue as a Slemen on the other side should wis to delay the | incur the displeasure of the devotees of evil. He | girt to the Ration. sri death of slavery. [es for 1t on the | had, through honesty and personal integrity, at- Ground of long continue. and friend- | talned too exalted @ place tn thhe hearts of his ‘The President's Address. ship. I should be glad to hear thet say of siavery, | countrymen not to incite the envy and jealousy | Fellow-citicens: In performance of the duty as- thelr beloved, as did the jealous ‘yet she | of thgse Whose highest ambitton in life and whose | signed to me On this occasion I hereby accept, om must die, else she'll betray inore men hopeS for popular recognition rest upon their e eect eer tiiy tt bedinand sesatre as tetera | Dealt o the peopl of the United tate, this cbs- Bet the Moloch already gore others, He was at Umes Violently, unjustly, yea, | Pl feast? Its best friends know t cruelly assailed. He knew, however, that such | Amid the interchange of fraternal greetings be- fast approaching. The avens! re on its | enewles were like the diseriinating mongrel- | tween the survivors of the Army of the Cumber- track. ‘Their feet are not ne hod with | curs that neglect to bark at the .sluw moving | and and thelr former foes upon the battle-fleld, nor siow and stately winged | freight train, but become fiercely demonstrative | and while the Union General and the people's lke Mercury's to bear the swift me=s: at the Dying express. He was strengthened by | President awaited burial, the common grief of geance. No human power can aver: the these assatlits as the sturdy’ oak is sirengtuened | these magnanimous soldiers and mourning citl- he. by tue storms of Heaven careening through its | zens found expression in the determination to How true and prophetic these words were! bughs. Through all the assaults, born of envy | erect this tribute to American greatness; and thus =e eee sponse | Oppestte thein, ia the lecture-room opening Out ot - eg ote brings together from all parts of tue country the | Said, +4 might say, Youknow. from Grand | tue gallery, was stationed the Marine Bean With Lincoln, Stevens, and others, long since | lous¥, Wiich Were made upon hin, he pre- | to-day, in its symmetry and beauty, it presents - tae wegi= : registered with’the immortal dead, Garfield Wwit- | Served a herdle cauaness and equanlinity Of Spirit, | kage OF MalnvTIe Porte ae eb aes comrades who fought and suffered togethor im the | Rabel git, the, guvernoi, has suid. the rox | _GREETING THEIR OLD COMM essed the death of slavery. ging only to the truly great. brotherhood redeemed, and a token of a nation re- great conilict, which a new generation now studies | raised in this place, and I was appointed its col. | AS distinguished soldiers or guests of the evening ‘He supported the 14th amendment, securing cit-| He declined to let his enemies control his | stored. as history. onel. Ido not know who recommended me; alll] 4Ppeared upon the stage they were grvcted wth the 150 ing universal | thoughts ana sesions or Gee hie eae Coe, Sie palit ate or ‘THE BEGINNING. know fs that I Was in my tent down at Shile applause, First there came Gen. Sheridan, who purposes, and moved steadily on. le Was, - e lang jcting lustrative the love anc i- rf Maj. Alger came ese c 1 Ever, swiit to forgive them. fection of our grutetul people and commemorating In December, 1867, an address was issued from | #34. Alser caine in and presented me a te greeting. ‘Then, in turn. Gen, Rose General Garheid was nominated and elected | brave and patriotic Sacrifices in war, fame 10 President of the United States In 1880, after a | peaceful pursuits, or honor in public statlon. more than usually exciting campalgn, He did not | * But from tis day forth there shall stand at our Tavored | seek the nomination; it came to his, seat of Government this statue of a distinguished e nation | While he did not personally enter the political | citizeu, who in his life and services combined all betore | canvass succeeding bis nomination, yet, at rail- | these things and more, which challenge admira- Way stations aud 1a response to delegations and | tion in American charaeter, loving tenderness in committees, he made scores of short addresses, | every domestic relation, Bravery on the fieiu of Dat- ‘ ; BYE | 0 Governor Blair appointing me colonel of the Loulsvilie, yy the following oMicers: Bvt. - 4 Maj Gen' Wee w. Whipple, Maj Gen Ke We Jonn- | Teiment. I went to see Gen, Halleck, aind he said mst rative evidence of Lhelr popularity on, Bvt Ala). Gen, wot Ward, rt. rig. Gen, Sen fleet oh gemetae | GPa omerman's appearance ewpecially’ secured GP. vt. Brig: sou, d aver som conrereace he se emthustasin, and many of The old ve Cape as Oud Tewasaddrvased 10 the olngers | COWS*DLG UO iny taking command ofthe regiment. | Grant beausen cutee, ag MARE, OF ERE od Ve of the tate Ariny of the Cumberland, and was as | / Was quartermaster then, and a commissiry t00, | threw up their hats, yinhug seemed tovadt age! vs “4 T think; and I turned over my property as quietly | to the enthusias Occasion, TI follow ‘ilaving been addressed by’ many of our cheb atees eae Pinta the aa ‘he enthusiasm of the occasion, T naan were Buman race. Next’ to these thi legislation looking to the prospe: nanctally. In any crisis in Con the people his voice was to be heard 4 Justlce fo the oppressed, and tor the | © xpee : Any Of OUF | 8 1 co1 Were stirring and the musi : former comrades, from ali portions of the country, after “3 wa single man - = LO Music Was inspicimy. of the nation’s honor. subiaely “beantint in sentiment, grand in | tle, iame and distinction in ourhalls of legislation, Ja relation to the'yormation of an orgunizution tobe | rie eee i Co Mating Bend Guing the crening rend If he were absent in an impending danger to his | vuought, noble fa ideas and sound in principle. and the highest honor and dignity in the Chief 7 Known us ihe Society of the Army of the Cumber- | 9° 4' took a piece of bacon and hard-tack, and Late | Which was, inost loudly an —— country, his friends would ery as the hust of Clan | “He was elected to the United States Senate be- | Maglatracy of the nation, THE GARFIELD STATUE. land, we uve finally decaned tt best 0 issue a cr. | fd (ack a picce of bacon and hardctack, and fate Fas en lOUdlY 4 applauded wad Alpine at the battle of Beal-an-Duine: foe lls nowination to the Presidency, but on | — ‘This stately effigy shail not fall to teach every. Cular suggesting that immediate action be taken | 71 qj The pomuinel of my saddle, and we started out Are en aienet © day in camp. The Uiast upon his bugle horn were worth a | yeing elected President, ne resigned a3 ’ Senator | beholder that the source of American greatness, = | for the speedy consummation Of tRI8 most BODO | Setaod eo gut along prey srelltoreanen and we | Cus UCEAN Wath, the 2 evetile and ended with the Bousand men.” and hever took huis seat'in that body. confined to no condition, nor dependent alone for able and desirable project. We owe i}, to ourselves, 2 . S guard moun: aud dinner ea We are yet too near the events of war, andthe ; t01 c ss that mouth; jn ‘ is coihe uh ree han ja its growth and developrient upon favorable sur- | evidence of Mr. Wald's genius as an imaginative / elght Case Poe rants wanes height of the | to the country at iarge, to the t TT mete te eh tee eg ame grees porate, vaste, qallg ‘and drum beats, immediately succveding reconstruction micastres. | yearn g eet, Ne was leueurated President of | Toundings. The genius of our national hfe beckons | artist. bronze ornamiénts, and near the base are three | ue our sides in evar stoner hed Woke ne ee, | MeutT was'a brigadier general. “Now, it is singde | arueut Nas helgte yee ef the Salient nee Sepodeace: unenan wee conan cnt heranas | tie Unie itsien at tactante kaon tage or an | ye pe Ee A TALK WITH MR. WARD. brackets upon witch wre placed three recumbent | hes or the army of tie Cumberiand waved inthe | 1am DUEL never. Was mustered into the service | Aye Chutes te eae ae the chanesnene Gthers of his day to do him ‘und them and thelr | Departments of the Government and his ripe man- | tion and sturdy, flonest effore, enastened and co A Star reporter found Mr. Ward comfortably npr ae the Soldier, and | roretront of the batile, to the malmed veterans all | UDU @ few days i had command of the 24 | “Tenting ou the Old Camp Ground” and deeds complete just ‘hood qualified him for this high office, but in the | Secfated by patriotic hopes and aspirations. | enjoying a fragrant cigar in his hotel quarters. id . Thee t They were great among the gre arc are | over the land, Lo the sanctified les fourtiied in those | Michigan cavairy, but Tuever was mustered in; I | ing through Georgia.” Gen, Ordway, ns chatern give nyt e figures el 7s Which br dig have ume Gov, Robinson Knows thal | or ihe local exect e four months, during which he exercived the func- | A8 long as this statue stands, Jet ft be proudly re- | He had come to Washington to be present at the | £iven.in the uecompanying cuts. These figures | Hitter days Which brought out the manhood and not have time. And Gov. Rol n Knows Chat | of ihe local executive commit things and call the mevting ind the statue itself are highly praised tor | Dit hiealorees - I was Meutenant general before 1 asked bim to | to onder, events of their day, and consummat | Yous of President, he had not Ume to deal with | membered that to every American citizen the Way | unveiling to-day of the Garfield statue, his iatest | thelr artistic worth, — Above Ries ze purest ars Se Se ae ae poet aes jon me as colonel of the 2d Michigan cay- sik ea ts i comparison with great men of ot laany of the graver aifatrs of State. ‘The Congress | 18 open to fame and station, until he— Work. When asked by the reporter about a num- | tablets in the form of a shicid, on whlch rests | Dyin tac ery or the Toinensee Easloagainee | AY.” — 4 WrLCoMR. Somme ty (anna thae wosld be iasieenane to Repent Seer te ion ot tha ‘assassin lata ee pe eee (ard slope ber of particulars connected with the statue he | 2 gicbe sae Ce Si TremIpes ae ns rmed 1a a manner so crediiabie to 1s GOV. ALGER ADDS TO THE STORY. vaecregggr th Gelivered the sdaress ot 6: = = in July 2, 1881, ui Se Ce : . for the soldier, and a faurel wreath, enclosin; 4 . Gor, after this ch, remarked: “By | Welcome on Of Uhe city of Washington, ‘this age. iow, ‘he pillar of » People's hi Was loth to speak at any lengtl about his own proud record. Not only the historic 7. Alger, ‘speec! ‘AS a public debater Garfeld excelled. He ae The ente ole Wels eee pe ay lengtl abot the scales of Justice, for the statesman. Loop . rhetorteian iter he ‘The joys of life of a still strong man; the most splendid sel a fine rhetortcian; as a writer he | The Joys of It had rare pow but it was bis sin rood for. | Driilin pectutions ofa man of singularly buoy- nd ~ BATS We tu and uae up WS pe: | an ops he ut cent pacoagae a ua | Ad and utrening fewon and he chugutta |, el a Nishest. governmental eifice inthe Worle ene | to recall the tragedy of a ‘death which brougut | evolved the statue which was unvelled today under the exe of pubile speech, rather | hight ic a ee ae or bat permission of Gen. Sheridan I want to correct his sea referring Uo the services of tue armies of the mph an 07 sa Story. He means well and he always intends to | Union, Mr. Webb closed by saying: “Without your pulse Of the heart, every sentiment of patriotisin, | he took a piece of bacon and tied it to the pommel | Jace becn a pocsioiits 3 preferring to let the pubile be the judge Of} bands of oak leaves, alternated acorns, Nor can we forget thatit dt arate its merits from to-day. He jinally consented, | in bronze, encircle the shaft. The inscriptions: alk about his ideas from which was | !!n9n, (he shaft are placed upon three sides, as mn Tis beautiful screets and n v1 al: | grief and mourning to every household in the land. “Tl wa Southwest face: every principie ot Wixdom and Of manhood, make | Of bis le he did not say where he got it, The | squares would have been desolate, Its nobie Dulld> than with his pen wen 1m bis ext. Its specs | ae cig aoa ea ae ony ig | Hus whlle American eltizeuabip stands aghast and | for the Qrst thine. ot. ine orogens Jaines A. Garfield, 18311881. it incumbent upon us that ts matter benolonger | (rue story would not be mentioned by tue Dit for | ince ruined, Hts statues and. fouutalne sudjecie ok Seb Go pee ee Le Te ower Was SO great aioe hieralhoeet Geceatede aoe ed that murder and assassination should | the statue, and I commenced tmmediatcly to Work On the southeast face: deierred. It 13 needless uowever, to multiply | the fact that the general has spoken about tt. In | curiosi.y, but no longer ubjects of: pa DE . ae care beboel ¢ He was told he bad one chance in a | 1urk in the midst of a tree people and strike down | out tie desi Eee ec j ‘Major-General, U.S. V.3 Words on thls subject, ‘“'uelustrous remembrances | May, 1862, after I’ had been acting as Uckduilleer | Tver. You need’ no 1rmal Weleowe to thus on F t dhe knew the | thousand for iife. Buoyantly and almost cheer- | ‘te head of their Government, a teariess search | steadily undihewent to the Lounary last tall, with Member of Congress; of Chickatnauga, stone itiver, Franklin, Perryville, | of the day all night in front of Corinth, I reported - acts weil suuumarized be knew the ciL¥, Bo Words of mine to make You feel an inter- ; re c-plAact e Preside mt > ahd Ouer Bel glory whe j- | toGen. Gordon Granger at headquarters. Gen. | erin itsweitate. Tubs cl Se cee aah toncetare an tanee ta tte Meeeiaey | TALLY Bie SANT = "F will take Chat one Chance? and une clscovery of the origin and lulding- piace of | cue exception of the time necessary to complete a | Senator and President of the United States of | Nasuviule wud ocucr elds of glory where Our COM es “i . welfare, ‘This city YOUrS, becatse Your ¥ * these hateful and unnatural things should be tol- ¥ =m cr tons viel as ‘America. Wins Laced Lhe Borrors of & reveillous War, speak | Granget said to me: ‘Capt. Aiger, 1 bave just | yaior made Mt what itis.” Every home within tts git his ofutorical powers Often his, best friends | _ TUED, ‘with Gen, SUCMISE A aot MErTiaN Tith | lowed by a solemn resolve to purge forever trom | orvsimauler cominigstons upon, witch, X was e On the north face: forks most foreefuly.| Yur own iuemories, Your | thought of a man who will’ maxe "you a good | border is open to You. every cart warion to ou appealed te his uot to correct the notes of his | ‘The pallor of death Was on his brow, “iis | Of Political methods and trom the operation of | Fuld not avvenpt toy sivcn neetied representation ‘Erected by his Comrades own outs WL plead most evoquentiy and | colovel. It is Capt. Pull She seen ees ereeee | oy ee BS Spr beh Ce ints ran back tothe House of Repre-entatives | yn which, guve birt, to passioaae and biegy | Of aby Particular incident in Gea, “Gurilelds} of thesociety of the Anny ox the Cumberland, | elfctively “in its Melial, | In “tule further. | Ureaktist bere; the osticr will toed your horse timony of the affection of pure Gesoa, he would eave thea shora of some | Witch Ne badso louy served. ls inal request | Hons wnien gave bired to passionate and bloody | earest, A that would” be too. conventional Ee Tully. sigcest’ thet ku “edioers’ of the skeay | by, noun aut aud Gor Buu Welk we | NESS OL greet you as sin ‘Sur dstenders, Out rest diction, he would leave the! o1 e tich he r ; thought: \ Gas : ‘ ully sugzest tb i ic r 0 3 ss © | met ers; We hail you as our defer ur Poruouot Old Howse, Keajencer me #0 the meubers of the | riFoa this hour our admiration for the bravery | #24 commonplace, jand | would be apt HOW IT CAME ABOUT, of pte “iste Caiboriund, wherever they are | started off, | and we "rode omits to | protein our hour of pert, aid as seek sud a id House, Keife ‘Of Americ: hood. 3 2 : Bane —— and Whatever their cecupation, Wuo can possibiy a pi ca | in that sacred name we weicole You uae abd all Garesd wan ky secure lect hanted, and’ some. | eee en $ of fin outraged people ascended on | ifs position sad Cpe CIS edith Of dalivering bis Inwugurad Madre Wake MUNee | ake Movement that Resulted im Toe | 124." wit heck in coat eee Cachan aa Blair, He did not like ese regular army oMicers | to our city, au tiaidet Gel GrAdA. acbuidcnes wilesl hn tee ts Spent Bea Bastne: emacs Oar oc uncomplaining heroism | *lt!zenship be renewed, if our appreciation of the | senting tls endeavored. to avoid meking ft so dny’s Ceremonics. | Gui Oc Peo wars, 1808. “Let us, be laggards uo | very weit; Dat atterward be sad: “Well, you may, eit aaah: & = ro ae disuppeared | he suffered; then, by the sea, symbolic of his great, | Dlessing of a restored Union and love for our Gov- | renlistic in detailas to detract trom the yeneral — [ee I i I | 5 ENO Tphtkaeecereenenior: Sheridan, as president of the soctety, made de at first seemed awkward. This aif disappeared |} turbulent existence, with high duty | €rment be strengthened, and if our watchfulness | idealistic efiect I desired to produce, 1 wentso| The movement which resulted in the ceremontes | beckon us to follow it,’ pole paper he wro is the appointment ordering a Saeed, tn ees ek Poa ask, bole Cae pepe in dats Jereld, masterly | nobly fuitilied behind him, and with the soundiess | #alnst the dangers of a mad chase aver partisan | far, however, in this direction ag to represent him | to-day and addea anoth. tue to the ornamenis | THE FIRST MEETING. a peer or cg = 4 ~ Featment of bis subject. He then anpeared , waves of eternity before him, his nobie life went | SPOlls be quickened, the dedication of statue | inthe attitude of delivering an address out of | rs er and started back. We traveled | Of Washington myself, I want to emphasize the 7 of Washington had tts beginning on the day Presi- | ‘Tis address met with suc an encouraging and st On tue Way, and Une next morning just | warm welcome given’ to youl by comaben dratorical giant—a superb hun out, and his finmortat spirit winged its way to join | & the people of thé United States will not bein | doors, Tis ‘idea is “convered by tne | Of Was aaa i Ay GEL oak Tee . ; cae 1 | Wel xe boll oar Sea: action, deiichiful to Denold: His rest his twin Presidential mareyir biedead comreaorcy | Wald. top coat and the flaz draped pitiar, | ¢°3tGarficid died. The soctety of the Army of | eathuslastle reception tha: in a few re daylignt—I had ihat order in my pockel—I | Webb. I served in ulmost everybudy’s army Irn 4 . ° + WHEN THE CEREMONY WAS OVER and the left hand extended in gesture. By the - thé Army and faithful dead Congressional col- ge Smphatic by striking it down, sometimesclenc leagites and frieads before the throne of God. the President went at once to his carriage | way, it is rather strange that his lect-handed je- into bis open upturned right hand. He had amag- | "Sir Comrades: lle how inusters With coat iarger | atter shaking hands with the Justices | Cularities were so litule known, He remarked to] nual reunion at Chattanooga, Tenn, It was a | llarris and Hunter brooks we nifleent ¥olce,. resonan modwatad, tall | parc or the Army of the Cumberland, WhO, having | of gna aes emt me once ihat he was one of the most left-handed | tmooting of special interest, as Lae ox contederates | cammitine nitek eed te ad under complete MS eeene ta tenet | puld the penalty of devotion to cause aad ‘country oe men he ever saw. He was inclined to make his a Sumber. | ReCeSSAry arrangements for A one spoke up and sald ‘Sheridan; it 1s ouly one had our ups aad dow: id We had ‘Srfat yehemence, Yet always pleasant to the ear. | And fuliiited life's earthly mission, have passed ob, | 90d was driven away. Mrs. Cleveland | most emphaile’ gestures With his lett hand, | Of titat rezion, in v the Army of the Cumber- | Tirvaly attended meeting was held al liopsing dep coward trigeties abe te ekoaabow re and gr oueteama Wnt he elt ae ee pls, was nos eral oF uncertain In is speeches | tYoin the Grand Armny Of the Republic teyoud Cue | Femained untilthe crowd hid clearéa somewhat | and this: particular habte oh Gocerad eemuceg | and foushests battles and won its fame, lad | sul, Cineinaat, on tue date named in the call | woR,owands Drigadien” and it showshow Witte | verwes and our sucooween, {applause} —cheve wes. je comman attention 2lways, an y reas neant in the statuc. talked with General Gartiei Stee it clety h | the acee iu ons. u ef i nert 7 i vs ve "1 — ot a Se ae on | grave. w surrounded Z d wit United In an Invitation to the Society to hold ts | out the accoutodaticns of this uaul betug found | Sieriaan remarked: “No, geutlewen, Lain now & | hobody that I have kwown ae ey who Ww. CST ee seca se ee wiriimas, your beloved commander, who. stood, << ener onenen a TO, knew, het] when I was here at-the unveiling Of the | reonionin thelr midst. ‘They wanted to mneet the | Iuasiequats sue subsequent meetings were held 1n | coiouel of cavalry—i have got ali’ the rauk 1! nor willug to help his ncighbor, and alway Cumberland to victory up the rugged heights ot | Ane of police stood near the carriage door to footag Mvercourse. (den, Garfield heartliy ap-|]i Thomas, tne loved commander, was chosen | arerwatd, henad kent, USTOONg urOUnd, Done | 1ve next thing on the prograim was the oration, a most frequent particl. | StiSionary Ridge, and uuder. the beikentienace | keep the crowd back. In the carriage with her proved of this reunion of soldiers of both sides, | pre.tdent, and Gen. Henry 3 Cist, at present the | Megha te Had Kept, Us racing around, preity’ Col. H. M. DuMeld, tue mind it up Uniformly, and | 145 or Siierman, with his army, held the center | Were ber mother and Miss Bayard. Gen. Und Bad promised to be present; but he was | corresponding secrecary of the society, Waa chosen | Droccedines minds honed. Sshetdeae nde orator of the reunion, was Made him always seem at his best. He was never | in “the bloody campaign. troin Chattanooga to | Sheridan, Gen. Sherman and Gen. Rosecrans Sirickem down by the assassin’s bullet, and the | roccruing secretary. ‘ihe oration, Walch hassince | Droccedinys & lady. recited sheridan’ Hide,” Was a Heutenant and ade fad geuehafy wich telcaenee, TN MBUSISM | Atianta, aud at Nasliriile defeated und destroyed | Tode iu 8 carriage (ere erie ere relly Rowsof nis deaaee ©) WS AeeubiNE, meeelved We | eon a rcature of aul mevtings of tue <octeLy, Was | black Morse eaume’ (foal Gratd. Kapids, aid Was Jutant of the Oh Michi ral ehemence. ie tase reat CONTE “ y much atten- news Of his death, o coast en. K.W, Johiste on to bila by the 4 con Seong ich ie loved “ive and. parliamentary contro- | theres MePherson, the gallant, FONG nomad: | ton Was shown the Garfield boys by people on tie ‘THR FIRST SUGGESTION wquentiy. Shetened. the history and wing | £iveH Whim Uy “chez Michigan cavalry, | This an, which was eetallea ersy, Duc be loved still more, by his great PeF- | or the Army of the Tennessee, who won laurels | 6Tand stand. of a stone in commemoration of Gen. Garfield was | aclicvinculs Of the Aimy Of the Cumbertaud. | Afterward inwas peclaisteced Winchetee as provost guard at ae power oC oratory. to sway the masses. | on many flelds and who fell “booted and spurred” SUNSHINE AND SHADE, contained tn the following telegram trom Gen. I. ip part: “Fe Army of the Cumberland 13 Serna scam eae Gen, Thomas’ headquar- His speeches eee ee et bs sreatness. | amid tie clash of muskets and sabers and the | ‘The heat of the sun was very great at the hour y, of this city, to the Society in season at | Me Mame Which Was bestowed in the latter part | spe sate ak i tera, He remained in Gapeivatings eympathetlc and. iasteheGee tags | cAnDOD'S Toar, JS tere; Meade, the modest, | of the beginning of the ceremony. The rear of the itanooga:. “Washington. members propose | Qiks, Fear ANGE upon the command assigned at} Gen. Sheridan commanded a diviston at Chatta- that position until the antagonists fell by the precision of bis blows and | thoughtful soldier, who, within seven days of Ubé | piatrorm was bullt about the trees that shade a ern elinG iderormeter Tae Uhat time to Major Gen. ws. 8. Rosecrans, and | nooga. Bragg, the Confederate 1, held a ies ares war, He ls A practicing lawyer at Detroit, where he is tme he was elevated to the command of the Army W | Was composed In good measure of that cid Army | stro; ion on Missionary Ridge, aud Gen. from the weight of his metal. yt the ma juarter of the circle, but the seats in front ar- by our Soclety.” ‘This dispatcl ‘ Rabe onbal vhistes y | strong posit > lils orations over the dead in the hails of Con. | Of the Potomac, met and overthrew the best army | # oer 2, LSS and Fees Ch Was | of ‘the “OMlo Whose real history lad already regarded as an orator of no inean ability, He 1s Le y é el i . 5) ade a strong but unsuccessful opis ne atl the whore ae of the Confederacy under its idolized leader, Lee, | Tanged for the distinguised guests were necessa- s been Wiitien ‘so. bravely et Mil Springs, | Suerman had made a st “ gives ate Ruuieroas. He ranged the whole Held of | 2: Geetysburg, and surely led his army through | His exposed to the full glare of the sun, puLY adopted Uy the'Soctety. ‘we Tennescee | Leip, hae ne anthers ner ing eee eafors to varn his ragat- ‘There was soe weling Po bestow as Cribut-+ to tue tstaory of his dead | te bloody Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, | | The arrangements wereall admirably made, and Le PURpOSe aad ene Gee denon Ge mnarbie f0F | ad alfeady veteranized and disciplined it in tue | ia She Army of the cumberland, which had beca frends "ie wus bis custo to Feise Cs tuewuid hall | A7o¥Nd Petersburg and Av Appomattox, 1s there! | the assem Diy soon Rad the plattorm rooted over pared apa coe ce trae tee aay of having iC pre: | pest acts of war, ‘The ardor nd courage of the | GONE gallant, service, what Ud Gen, Suerman's rte ‘Representatives Hooker, who tought the Army of the Potomac a pared and sent ashing: as comuil tO | cld Army of the Olio belong the Army of Lately come i roo wa the mie 4 gan State Troops, hold- d House wherein a thelitile pink and bi ets, began to arrive d that instead of a Di ot lea thin stud . o - Jack, io be won by the Army of the Cud- a - - Mountain, and in the mist and above the clouds, = I = at instead Of & block oF ‘ble a thin sliY |mony of this organization. Dauntless Jackson of fo relieve -~ . Sher. | ing a commission on the staif of thegovernor with of statues of the Untied dea TAO | of the skies, ts there; Burnside, who, while com- | Uder the spreading button-ball trees which sur- ‘THE SOLDIER. better be forw ans Want ne would have It set | Son, and Bob ‘Mcoook, with the Whole hast of tale | HH Gea. Grant ordered tet four aivtsto 0 SS a ae Bis beautiful tity, will ve spoken ot Se the mute | Mauder of the Any of the Potomac, gallantly | Tound the circle. Ail the space where it was pos. in the monuunent, at the helght it bad reacued | jen herves who siecp On the Wooded Danke oe oes raly of the Cumberland, Sheridan's, Wood's, | as Meutenunt, the ran! ig the War, nd, of which Gen, Garfield was a | Gens. El Long, Durbin Ward and Henry M. Cist, | lay down in camp, and when I woke up my horse 9 Appomattox. Iwas down there even bright and conspicuous member, had met in an-! Cols, Stanley Matthews, N. L. Auderson, L. a. | W8S Sone, and Gen. Sheridan has never patd fu: mun. But there was no army 1 yet. “1 went over to headquarters, Lieut. Wal- | became so much attached to as the Arty of the ted by the | bridge was with me, and I found Uere that t Cumberiund, aud iny attachment arises from a the | thought considerable cf Captain Sheridan, Some that we were always faituful to ea Ue Cumberiand, Aea’s filustrious men, as “The th | gicloriously “up” the craggy sweeps of Lookout | lie, who had not the spectal privilege attached to . Col. Casey, When consulted about the ma’ work In 1891-62 under Gen, Buell are tie pacrt. | Peued, atter all, tat tue glory or the bate was con, DUFFIELD. oh comtains so many marble Chancellorsviile, and subsequently led his corps | platform soon after 12 o'clock. The outside pub- ens. H. Wilder, Houk and Pettibone, of ‘Tennes- Tis gallant bearing and giorious | “Be fowning work of the campaign. Buc it nap- power i ate fought tt at Fredericksburg, and who, later | sible for them to stand without getting upon the | Thomas equestrian statue, my only other statue | wnen Gen. Gurileld died. on ceeard b, Dppoatts wer in the nation’s cap > o: a ¥ 76 Cl ‘Tennessee, and who Went down ‘on thatred autume : 4 Col. DuMie! delivered his ciean-cut sentences tm - tity | OM; Tolled = backs trom” = Knoxvilié_the | reserve for the military was nicely shaded, yo (hat | at the Capital, several years ago, and we con- A MONCMENT COMMITTEE. nal day at Perryville,’ belong as truly to the epee grep yep er peed clear, penetrating and musical, and with alle has ip no was ap uneven man The AUMURY | rebel hosts aud tock and. held East | they could get a cool and comfortable view of the | versed con-idetabiy about art matters, partic At the session of the Soclety, and immediately | Stainless lists of the -Afmy of the Cuimivrland ag | Wan ana take ube rifle plis at tie iv0t of tue 7 ig ss e " ceremony. They seemed to reciate their ad- | larly with regard to the ancient staiuary. I wa 4 re chit * Which Was five or six undred tev Ss, aspirations able; I 3 E cl in all the space uj e curd, jes al ntle- | mal a p we ‘a the memoris Lieut. John B. Rubi, | Heh Sliver lpix math oe ne! ae Signal ven the 10u) sions advances his genus, equal to lls ambition, enabled him to | the Cnemy at Malvern Millar aces, eeieee: | men and many ehildven crowded Uneead in oe | statuary of the presene ace My irotme tents tg | Sard to thememorial-stone, Lieut. John B. Ruhm, | Ur chisiers and of entlewen who ieucned eae manner, He gave a rapid review of the Arm i Springs, civil War In Which at rberlar’ 5 7 = - ipon the ridge, Kept on tarough & Lerit¥ie fire aud . ’ rts f Nashville, submitted resolutions, wich were | not only througa the 1eeking horrors of the bate | UPOD the ridge, bie fire Teacu the sumuit of Well-carned tame. -oek, sup ‘to get a good view. commonplace, and that if possible a littie more | Of Nas J s ss a “inlocks ve | S40 gained the Orst Line of rife pits. ‘There was pea pend ues toueteAwonte Sen eeed eae Hancock, the superb, who fought vallantiy for the | forts to get a gu rc a Symbolic effect 1s preferable, such as is ‘shown in | 2d0pted, providing that a committee o: nine be ap- | shock, but the Unlocked portals ul uegrave We se ‘28 to goad him to strive for iz at expense of | TRTSeEae nt Gani ee 7 ‘a q i halt ior a few minutes, A wember of the Army le eee polnied to report a plan for the erection of a | cluim’tiem aii as a matter of simple rigut. It waa, | 2 Suraberla a ep 4 ~ Bis flowmen. He would have rejectod “a crown | (uguisned lumselt at Gettysbury, 1s theres Logan, | Mr. W, W. Corcoran was the next distinguished | the snclent works, without, however, sighting | Tonitiene and to colievt subscriptions however, during the long days of baviie at Stone | Of the Cumberland told a stax reporter to-day i M7, and IOs op aeons . - suid only be | “il tery spirit, the Chevailer Bayard of our war, gi BI ‘The monument comumitice, appointed by the | River that the Army of the Cumberland Orst bap- ee a sarmy, | mmo eevance of Granger's and Ghoedman's treeps Or a diadem for his own she ad, if 1c could only be Uge hero of hard-fought fieids on the Mississippt, Person to arrive, and he was given a seat to the | him that a sculptor should rd such matters president of the Socte’ onsis of the following | tized it e in blood. We were In the midst of not siay there, and tae whole army, elief at Chickamauga: Uhe assault and ‘Worn at the expense of the people's Welfare, afound Vicksburg, at Chattanooga, from thence to | left of the President, the 1 arm chair intended | With all due reverence, but, if possible, should Inembers: Jas. Barnett, chairman; Henry M cise, “= iioa more hostile and unreienting than | Wich a sudden impulse, 1oved, not to tae rear, | cayture without or ders of Missionary Ridge by we Se Hie Wis Unseen ia his estate aeuish- | Atlanta, fs there; Grant, Grant, wio, from theday | for the Lieutenant General given him. “He | endeavor to work out some symbolical suggestions | secretary; H.C. Corbin, treasurer; W. A. Ror ich surrounded Xenophen tn his famed | Dut forward up the step and seated side of the | Army oi the Cu e Sberuan in Bess. He Was unseifish in bis estimate of others. | ine caused the eagles of the Union to soar to vie, | Was conducted to his seat on the arin of Col, Wil- | in connection with it, which would prevent a son, J.C. Sinith, J. G. Parkhurst,” Anson @. Me. | march from the disastrous plilns of Cunaxa, or | "ge. Gen. Fullerton, 1a an account of tae | his trouble at the northern end; and last, but Bp the struggle for power oF DPiace along med, | tory above the ramparts of Fort Donelson, mar. | £00. Spportuntty. U ‘carry out, These Ades ees | Cooks ano. B. Kubin, and A.B Underwood. This | the Swedish Guanies, when bis hitncrtoiuetabae | Duodtshed by the Century, says the brave wen in | Moa eymcal of all the faulitess Support ena eo fi mien to se the full wortu/or utters who my be | SHANDY With cadenced step, later oa, a malllion of | | Séeretaries Whitney and Endicott did not arrive | Opportunity vo carry out ‘thes ideas. in. tius | COO%, JOB. Rihm, and A. iinmeately. ‘Tae | iezions were shattered by the Muscorive at Pui. | +#¢ Tanks thought the thine had come to Muisa the | operat ail men to see the full worth of otuers who may be | Tovar soidiers in battle array, to the supreme mo- | Until Gen. Keifer had begun his address. Secre- | instance, for I considered that Gen. Garfield's committee proposed Washington a3 the place of | towa. We fought a skillful and determined enemy | battle. Nota commanding oficer hud wiven the | ing pattl: TO General Garfezd this was tm an eminent | M¢Bt When he unostentatiously took tue sword of | tary Fulrchlld was accompanied by Mra, Fairchild. Gicrent stages Im an Uncen eee ee ees | the monument, und this action was approved by | LOnertm eed Sr his wa ee ere enemy | order to advance, pane welt who carried te mus: | the unived and cordlal Poet bE a ce Fae tna yCminent | Lee at Appomattox, was the central Mgure of the CLOSE OF THE CEREMONY. endeavored todo this in the ‘three nguos-about | the Society at the meeting held. al Miwa | of batties unsurpassed In the’ whole, histor et | § Winakor thea oun acvord. Oniocrn odsenieg | cess of others gave him inore gratification than | Wa 18 there; Farragut, who taught new tessons | wien the rendition of Hail Columbia by the ma- the pedestal. ‘They are not so realtstic as to be | kee in 1882. At the mext annual meeting, | warfare for their Herceness and tenacity, deteated their spirit, Bret followed, ten lel To Cape, Gid bisown; aud his work was not to eclipse | 1 Naval wariare Jn taking forts und batteries 1n | rine band and a benediction by Rev. F. D. Power, ie ree tl nim, whist he was yet flushed with the under Gen. #uell; the evidence ail branches = 1 1 in 1883, Gen, Barnet a = ‘THE ASSAULT ON MISSIONARY RIDGR. ao = : iting the student, | held in. Cinctanat Avery, an alde who Was seut from headquarters to “ ‘Gamum.wan tavenentho bah. - the mouth of the Mississippi, and who, lashed to onies Ww yr ee reported that the design prepared by Mr. J. QA. | excitement of his supposed success, and | A‘&TZ. “ ae vo | “After Saying Ubat the character of the Army of Saher, bat toreachthe high and worthy stand-| tne ‘mast of his Bagohip, amid shot’ and shel, [So eC ie TELCO wa earepic tucinternen aan, Yet that is the gen- | WHA ‘the eminent SCUIpCOR had been accepted Grenched’ the garlanio, of Se ey [ae ag [tented 4 He was sovial by nature, porsessing the highest | siiled into Mobile hat vor eneurern ret conversational powers, wet ‘or im the fatally or social circle. He was respect- begin ‘ceremot : wal y ridan said: “J dida't order | the Cumberland was but slowly appreciated, and rt the head of bis daunt- | “Ac tue beginuiine of the mies the runnii s some Kind, Iny | aud iat the pedestal and statue would cost $00,000, | appeared, almost’ from the. very ands of | be movement, Mpeg yee} se.” evements was na F Wishaw individual | 159 Dusout, who cael: majestic eet gushing, | of street cars and passage of vehicles alon rad Nrup an intel fcctual proven: the seeont ‘war. | The mext annual reunion of the Soctety was eid | ute. ‘Then came the weartsome marches through Hee or eee sted Averycior fig | Me greatness of its achievements Was not at the and Dupont, who cach majestically trod the sip | street and Maryland avenue were stopped. “From | “elt roused as by a truinpet call to immediate ac. | &t Rochester, N. Y., 1 the faliot 1884 Atthat| the mountains and gorges Of ‘Teanessse | Hck’ and wraved vat = group of Contedrass om fat and geniet ave Ustle heed to | US Gultowy sear ane theres veh lake, gulf, und | tue unvetling of the statue there was “no” further | Hof, "nse goutic comune is a hea te ae: | ineeting the tnonunient cominittes reported that | ten ane coaseless Bkirmisiing and strategy. at | 828k - ueror, Gra ne ea, are ~ "nick! 21 cers Standing in front of Bragg’s headquarters on | 4 i ierman “that the men of Thomas ‘he mere forins of polit when In | te villowy sea, are there, | restriction us to the crowd in front. ‘There was a | Soron-G ancesexy: rd figure, that | tle amount of money collected for the monu-| Chickamauga the nerve, stubborn courase, and and told , a Society. Me was always toubusy withmorentous | . AM that long ‘ist of dead omcers and soldiers | Push forward and sitcost instantly the circle and oe eT eid indomitad! Salutation: “iere’s at you!” eus0rs y ¥ : fm 7 ment, and subject to the order of the Society w: ‘spirit of the Army of the Cumberiand | the Tidge, with tue army had beea demoralized by the baile 0: Cuick= Sifairs or ia pursuit of kuowloage to give much at- | ANd sillors ofthe Army and Navy of the Union | the street wore packed with a minss of sweating | Sy, SACSSINAD, 18, of mature. Intellede’ cone. | $25,039.15. . That Included the interest upto dace | were vindicated more signals than Atom aes | Ab a ee eee Tah and the gto goa | amnauga, and that he feared they c Yention to purviy social matters. oe humanity, But the crowd stood it out. But few | meindrating his judicial, legal and ‘states. | /2é committee also reported that Congress had | period of its existence. Mow can I portray the | 53 Te ae Gun eietl otrack oe ‘as tp | OULOT Lielr trenches % assume Che off ‘He had no rough element In nis character. Hts WHAT A GALAXY OF HEKOIC DEAD! leit because of the heat. Manlike qualities, ‘These figures “maybe | appropriated $50,000 toward the monument,wiicn | wonderful story of that Sabbath ays velisne ee ee eettan and Avery. “Any sag | When Wood's and Sheridan's divisions moved ous Eiudiy bature ude im surink from personal | We are all soon to be there, and muster again as | TMEE STATUE AND THE SCULPTOR, ing omoersy also, that Congress had appointed | NOS Orie age Baer a eager ay ge | tho Goneral, uuat 1s ugenerous, T shail taue | Of Matton on the 22 of Nov suber, Yi ey Great piysical powers uewas Mase aspeeee te | ONE Feunted host, Mr. Ward Tells the Story of the Bronze golamission to select a site for the monument. | swei? ‘Then back through the bitter night we nied | ‘hove guns for that!” Wetore Sheridan received | Teyeis imougut it Was but the beginulus ot afore Field to the demlands of au shiperivus or auzaina’ | More people mourned the death of James Abram : i sts ‘The report asserted that the commission would | and pitched our camps at Chattanooga, and then the message te cramer te Inquire | wal review. ing friend, than wo coutead with Lim, tusugh in | Garileld than ever before mourned the death of Garfield, soon be able to report the acceptance of a work of | for long woeful weeks the Army of the Cumber- | 9e0t Se given to ‘take Tine | , Gcv. Howard, who had but justarrived from the the right. seh 1D | military hero, statesman, scholar, king, emperor art sallsfactory vo the committee and creditable to | land held its position in the face of the beleaguer. | Whether Ume fully realized, Col. Duffield said even the con- doubted us a tue at Chattanoog ¥ Army of the Potomac, cries out in aduirailon, pirit his utteranc orruler, The 50,040,000 of cliizens Of this re- | THE MEANING OF THE 8YMBOLICAL PIGURES—GAR- ‘we Society. ing enemy without and griping famine and mortal | Tifle pits meant those at the “This is maguificent. is this the way your West anid would be soolaing to the ncres OF Tact | Publ stood arousa tis bier and shed. Burning | FrELD LEFT-UANDEDNIse rosea, “Wont ts ‘THE CONTRAOT MADE. tigease, grim and uustering ints, very maida thetop of the ridge, | Then we AgWting contin- | ern troops go into acilon®” Umid; but when moved byt of indigna- | ars of Sorrow; and the good of the worid | xrmLLRCT—THE SCULPTOR'S FIRST MEETING Wire ‘This report was accepted. The next annual re- | And next came Lookout and Ridge, where | [he up the steep, will at SX different. points tuo | , NeXt day tiey vook the lower line of rifle pits, on or required by the sacredness of duty, uis | MOUrned siucerely with them. Bpitain’s proud 1d in Grand Rapids; Mich,, in ‘We wiped every stain of defeat trom our sliredded | {Bg UP the Steep, Nine a at a ods ditions | BY agaliant assauit, under a murderous fire, and Voice could be raisedabove tue din, tumult and | (Ucem laid a floral tribute on his ruueral casket, | @ABFIRLD. union, heid in Gri I ch., in 1885, the | Tha riven batiners, After a brief. breathing men of Sher thunder of battle. He belonged to | Phe most humble citizens of Lhis nation were the oer ‘spel . . WItbout orders, With a dash and an evan that even: Garfield Monument Committe reported that a con- | we pushed downward into the very vitals of the | DPOKe over ine crest, Sheridan's frst. | near | te terans of Ney might-envy, they pusued thelr tract had been closed with Mr. J.Q A. Ward, the | Confederacy, keeping step with our brothers ot the | 85 = B regiments like wedges, with the colors at ihe artist of the Society, for the erection of the statue | Army of tie Tennessee, the Veterans of vicksbang See ee ne Fan as captunnd Been | points, steadily up to thie second line of ric pits; Sincerest mourners at his Lomb. In the hour of the nation’s deepest sorrow, how \y, from th ‘aish of their souls, cried out: Mr. J.Q.A. Ward, the Sculptor of the Garficid THE COMMON CAST OF MAX, Father than to that dangerous class of exceptional | x nd that the work was progressing satisfactorily to | and the MississippL itmight almost be >. then over these, on to the strong entrenchments geniuses. His genius Was of the true kind, end be- | “God reins: and the Government af Washing. statue, stands almost the eonmintttee; that the comuntssion designated by | during hose lug mouths of combat thas cunt. | He enemy eee due ras covupled by tie Iago? | at the top of the ridge, and even these chey car longed to him as part of bis perfectiy rounded man- | 7 atité lives?” ‘Without rival in the first Congress to select a site had chosen Maryland Cir-| nated in the capture of Atianta and Northern -_ Missionary Tied by their flerce assault. sek t “Vide x whirts Gartield dead! Commanding the highest art of ; Tank of American sculp- cle, ut the head of Maryland avenue, opposite the | Georgia, that, like the Israelites of old, we fotlowed | Tal troops. So Uniform Was the change, so universal was the hood. He did not seek to “ride upon the whirlwind | the most gifted sculplor-artist. of Uuis advanced. F tors, He has his studio House of Representatives, on the west side of the | a cloud by day and a pillar of flame by night, for ‘THE REUNION OF °79. Rene at Stas inom, tihat 50 eas Gey icon Raney and direct the storm.” age, bis comrades OF the field, aided by bis coun- ag in Ne Capitol; that the commission appointed by Con- | in that time Dalton, Resaca, Kenesaw, New Ht be said to be decided wach hi or Which @- He Was a thinker rather than an agitator. try, have placed this statue here in commendation New York, in which greas had made a contract with Mr. Ward tor the | Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro, and Altoona and all | Gargield’s Consplouons Part in It~The | Vision Was first to the crest, “Indeed, it 1s almost He was @ patron of advanced selcace, and was | Of lls good deedsin life. What he so willingly fi city some of his finest erection ofa pedestal. This anticipation was not | those other crimson names of battle had been never known to wi ; hold bis sup formers oiten helped todo for othe>s of his come works can be seen, He an empty honor, so near were all alike. in less reallzed. ‘The statue was not Nnished by the time | traced bioodily into the history of the Army of the | _ Umvelling of the Thomas Statue, = / than an hour Wood's and Sueridan’s division lost measure that would e =A we now reverenty do for him. 4 ed for the meeting of the Societ last a " ‘At Atlanta our legions: — 2,287 in killed and wounded, but not one straggler. ‘but delighted in-ave ana and vent es fore the periods of Which authentte hist aS modelled the statue of aap decided to defer the meeting until ey Cinierla ever oo inset a this aidoat the disk im | _On the last and only occasion when the Soctety | Aii without orders. It has uo parallel in. history, spise ig! wr? § the Was irksome to Lim which veai a | Speaks; earlier than when the history blends oi ri £3 ¢ Puritan in Central was completed and ready to be unvelled. Gen. | waters of death, and the old Army of the Cumber. | of the Army of the Cumberland met in this city it |“ We who know that ridge, t Bae Gs Sees, ee. hitherto | tuto tradition; at the frst dawn of civilization, and / Park, a gift to the city Sheridan, the president, was authorized to con-| land was never together az.in a8 aconstituent | was to unveil the equestrian statue of Gea, the dreary months ber ween Chickamiuga and Youder 0 already bursting its | her Slee eres der os of dis |g ‘ from the New England vene the Society for the unveiling exercises, whole. ‘The Fourteent nd ‘Twentieth Corps with ‘Thomas, now occupying Thomas Circle. Gen. Gar- = ~ oan oe ge at ore. eo. sagece TRS the areal collections of ine-tuuabie | UeCou, ciaerors and Mags have‘ =m pespet Soctety of New York. He GEN. GARFIELD AS A SOLDIER, | MOS ot ine Coried’ march dowd to the ser, as | fleid was a conspicuous figure in these ceremonies, | 4°%, Tsing Almost prockpitousiy Sy feet. 4 monument to his wise wht. As a regent | Monw jetty of their own creation. was the sculptor also of Ledinieemeris Famdus Ride ki et pipe peg eo | lace pay everett etait, | heavy batteries: Which dally aud migiily poured of the Smith : F any suececive | Kulersin tue past bave, in life, ab the public the statue of Shakespeare | siso interpreted as representing force and | His sai at, Gaickamanga— | the lofty repute of the old spe and aaa | which arranged all the prelsal oe als. | Gyeir iron hail upon our beleaguered arp, Set fears be did vhand fo | €Xpense reared their own monuments, InCentrat Park, and the | intellect. is earlier boyish ile i indicated “by 4n Camp and Ficid. tt another plume to its ¢ and made | iii associates on the committee were Hon. sie naperdecepie dao wn Setive: |. Unlike these, thls one springs from the hearts of statue of Washington, | the frst figure. I the boyish character- ready for that resistiess and mm thomas L. Young and Gen. A. ¥cD. McCcok, and swe <ederehoaghvespeed cated liberal ald to eburitabie institutions. {its | @ grateful people, ie, | istics of Gariteld were never obliterated during his | General Garfield's historians record him as] witirwiich the environed army swept ouL ofits | T L. Young and Gen. . Suk do We weaned that thee ths Uneat Sale Sour thrilied with a Comrades: Tis splendid statues worthy of you | €rected in front of the sub-treasury in New York, | etinse. ‘They. made lime gonial ea teee | yee nad oegeotous On the battlefield; his com- | forufications at Nashville afew weeks afterward | Col. H. C. Coolin as secretary. Dublicand private instr ‘ved it, aud IC 1s Worthy of the great | to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary | minded, but they sometimes got him inte ditveat 3 and bis generosity and philantrophy was ctually and utterly annibilated the veteran ‘met on the 20thot 3 . general—hero of Donelson though he was—saw the “Uiplor who crvated its and I& 18 also worthy of | of the evacuation of New York by the British, fe was not, & born comInAnder, DUE De ad eee the woclay Gee one | tanks of the enemy.” she, paneth te we pee 0 Sas oe m | charge begin, pregnant with such y Taal results Gescribed by ine, aitd 30 granaly syinbousea by the | AMONG Other Notablo WOKS of his are the bronze | tl plysleul force Of soldier, as indicated by the | of “the pest Fem speaking with 9 Stam reporter kids omaylgay nied multtee established its headquarters at 1221 H | US f setesenh sane quienes shops tee 1 | artist. z Statues of Lafayette, presented to the University | “ithe third, by its repose and wanllkobess. | last night: “He Was whole-souled, cordial, and a| , TRC society sat down to a banquet Detore| street northwest. Circulars were seat out. by the | ETHy asked: Thomas, who ordered tose, men Enduring 9s this Bronze statue may be, the ruth. | Of Vermont, and of Gen. Morgan, erected on sae sees nut Not, Particular ex- | coneral good fellow in camp, He was friendly | Sally adjourning, and this pleasant custom ‘has | thousand to ex-soldiers, to public oMictals and pride, and Without insinuation of criticism, ques- tie was | tat destroyer tall tung oe fusauoned hy | Cee Uatenel of Cowpens. Tatas cy, the equew | acy how the poesia Agutes are iterate, 20 | Contra fee, Ted mn saa yg egy a an there was a great garnering of veverana at Gut | Getamth Seta reacncae ‘Tee gait, Uae | Hon what be thought then about “ruc Bde ot al hipotence, Ww fy x : ; mg a ae | As aa, SeamMts HUG, dust, QWaAE te | ety or tue Aray ofthe Cumberiand in sy, ehemar: | perieting coe Geuen {had in ind thesitechosen | us in our Songs and merrymaking. ile was im. theWoctety of the Cumberland held ite | the army of the Cumberland would. be hela and Chickamauga,” and whether he stili “feared they | cue and. the one ‘ober. | mensely popular. ‘body liked cago, and. ree the orator of tue | on” the loch and 20th of November, ane ‘OuLor their trenches to assume the Uriag Ue: | (0 preserve and perpetuate bis naine or tame ble bust of Mr. W. W. Corcoran, at the Washington pend Of Ast eurect, wince “4ine, other. | mensely popular. Every! him, and we | second meeting at ‘time, ‘of on ‘be got OUL Of their ue Fi #0 moved that he would ave pe for their reitef all the treasures of earth Deen at his command. Je~ Wo speak and the deaf to Judea, but the ambition Deconie so great that he ear at hand wie Bations of the world could i ‘Through public benefuction he wou may The inter- his high abilities. He aston being Gen. Chas. ‘In the following | that the prominent feature of the ‘meet- | Creusive.” Torgotten. But the sun of fis r. J. | sected by M: avenue, € all respected sebongucligny [m= of the that LE Saco sca, full ora, higit tn he fmamment | G'orboen AePtui, ad she marble bust of Dr. 2 | sected by, Maryland, syenue, enabled ‘me to | ho gould throw his arm across sour showers Year ao) Lanna waa ie ening acy | ing wold te the,anreing, Of Ae ts | Tt wan chews etme “Thoma oder” that had “The car eoqurstrete, ex: the tunclons tongue | ciGiermal taut aud justice, there to shine on and | tebor tte fauna with | Sgures should be in full view as the statue is ap- | and be a good companion, witn never a shadow of $00 Ge. 3 Nee Ld at Chovciana tb Geis badge of the society on the left and a picture of Srowe~end as brave Gen Tom Wood. told them rior ed, by on throug the ages. Congress, Placed room from any direction, Iean only malice or jealousy in his nature. His presence | being delivered by Gen. J. M. Palmer. This re. | Gen. Thomas on the right was enclosed with the when they nad reached the had all rendered pen ad } | Socraies was condemned to drink the fatal cup | the Toner collection, given by Dr. Toner to the work Will prove satisfactory to the publ urage and good feeling. He was pene- | union was saddened by the it loss Which the | clreulars. themselves Mable to But they dia of the tmsane cvuld be | Of Leimiock, and thus give up his mortal body, bat “While engaged upon ‘this work an Incident of firm, and eee His advice was | society had sustained in the of its | Garfield, as chairman of the local executive | not much fear that, for they had seen him and su-| hs philosophy the poison could not kill; it was former years was called forcibly to mind,” said Mr. | good and hé commanded confidence. His firm Gen. Thomas, and Gen. J. A. Garfield Gelivered ag | commitiec, wus Kept very busy from about the | sperigan ina neck and neci: race climing up the ay oy citer duensses egtoenie tis eon ek whee daeges en Snot avs Tq ps woo ras Ce | Sue We SatstSea to | See “Ga ae | Mame Reo ea we na ter tue maniac So Garies a at it Far At from. wo my tar 3s stl they Beto eer abowne pes png Lee | Wa nha ln oA | gL ey et | eg lg Sal Sno Sr Ws | ra ap nope teats es ‘Steak ang oavenaic they, too, are iminortal, 2 Deard and blue eyes ent ‘Turning tome, tion “and the rew 3 iors im 2eTe ae be ‘Serious difficulties the committee en- | 7.720. ” ‘And far be it from me to omit eae ott atc te erupt er dei rh nf cae | ogee aT eee | ns wo, Meee | share cae eg omar | cea ut pled mp So Opes an ms sm” tn ds ” a danger, and the wi Pa., Gen. Durbin W: a at Co- ry vomac ‘aeuranion on duty, Which, in the providence of God, became furning to the newcomer, ‘Mr. Ward 1s a promis: | tay between him and Thomasadmirably lumbus, Ohio, Col. Stanley Matthews the orator; | their to the society at its meeting here the | us on the right, and-as the Tirst act of ts stir lagerea ours to perform, and knowing that we shall soon ing aculptor.” Ferliaps one of these days he | HS noplequalities as a coldier, 1 eanzoe inaBrs at Utiba, N.Y Col Gea, F. Waterman thé | comiities stated that ‘though tey made every | PORtwE Tight and as tke Hest oct oF Tis 5 en capeet y | have to answer'the final roil-call on earth and may have an opportunity of immortalizing you in | nis coming gave Thomas new courage, orator; and in’ 1876 at Philadephia, Col. W. ©, | effort the high rates of railroads prevented many | Oia Lookout. ‘True inem and tried were they. fotend up t | awake to the reveille call in another let us, ‘bronze, rae proticcion has come true, but now | never ‘cannot say that son being the orator: % residents of distant States from attending. In ‘men never moved to battle. To the undy- for the nation's wards: the widows aod ‘orphans | ere consecrate ourselves ance te the successfully I have performed the task Femains 1 | ReverA acura. cgnae ony iinpossttiost Wor te tw following years the annual reunions | tis connection the comimittes advised that, the | Braver men be ‘glory they have won we add our Paee wt «ae j tomeet ‘him and’ ode dew cworuny and prepared ks UR. for Thomas needed ng advice. "Thomas pose | resent a gt or Tention, hey abaen | ar ther ene Army of the Cumberiand too Beved in the al 3 grave. ier ee judgment, almose vo | Mods for che erecta ‘tribute to this | in their ‘that the embarrassments ‘Ridge, and ‘ad their testimony gua Saviour of the wor 4; in God. Heb My countrymen: The duties of educator, ‘The large cut printed in today’s Stan, mate Porection, wichin himselt; bee ‘Garneid's arrival 2 a Sale wunek ist them could Eve boon overcome had | to the ee, at ev ataa Soe goes. Learning inn te example ot Cte, | pole geatesman, and alr, singel” failed HE cB. Cap ty permaon te snus | arn wank? “ener Tess |e eo of Go ee game | ta hs ars Sma tee ace | Saal nas ie pra Ct Am led tbe hus ore he minister in Be believed tu satisfying the suffering peopie be: | much to them ‘0 give us courage and hope;'much flies Good representation ot predated = GEM. GARFIELD'S WAR RECORD. fon o Massachusetts and Vermont avenues and | the meeting im Washington was, fielangest the for 1ts commanders, and in these It Was most for- General Garteid silt and practiced taw, | Céad, were and ef as te te o¢ General seatuss that dere CoeatGh naa ‘© the | General Garfield's blographers speak with pride | i4:n scree. ‘Tho statue wag un lary as oa Aer = pt eee tte oe es Garfield 5 and practic > me aad that the city, and the one of wn. baemeeh edcommea onsen wen | Garield’ was; much as there isin it to emulate should, be moat pat which | of nis military record and refer to his ride to ‘pronounced ‘The society. ‘were held in ‘of the Cumberland men’ FoR note protein te cr, nopeared aud foliom, we miust_Bot forget that we ive In an ae ia a 10. feet Gr arxnc | Thomas’ camp a8 “tar more momentous and try. | Pathocs sithougt at the meeting ofthe laf nk oe tat as not larg, cogugh fr the ioe! afecuoasie praise for Get. Toman, te toe Some Luportant cases tn the eme Court 3 ‘ future being io and stands on Phil, Sheridan’s famous ‘ride to Winches. | ciety the usual address was 2 fhe Culted States cud In oracr courts and thade | Paraunount to thoseot the past, ay frota ‘the Capital down ak aed eonses | ing tan PALL Bee thas on Char TOs enn | Coe States Snr halt ene contin doting vo rol aarge een arguments worthy of his erudition. Had he hero cared ifttle for past example compared > ri Gardeld ina. graceful wneneeee: shot from under him, while an. Twas | The next meeting was held at Toledo, Ojo. Gea, | tens va tno lot south of the After the oration Gen. Sherman spoke briefty ana Srrotes Bs time to tue Jealous mistress of unelaw | with prosent duty: any i {morning Star | Congressional Library, atvest bis art, His work Hondas, with his, top ‘coat tirown back | wounded near him. Tis service inthe el Core Benjamin Harrison being the orator. | in 185 the evening fp od stirringly, thanking the citizens of Washington would nave <S becouue as exatnent before | of progress reignilg perpetually firmament from his hls ered ot only two in that time | society met at moth tent was a ‘the bar as in the forum. of Gur Kepublic, to set ouly when— has not been confined to portrait sculptare. ‘The right upon s 2, period ozeare, eaten 8 fa 3 te sey arabe Bat | tor their welcome to the Army of the Comberined enteneral Gartieid was rong ta tempest as well| “asiasaglone an aici moraine, | Drone Agure ofthe Indian Hunter tm Cental Pars, fag bene him w manuscript cetr abner erga | Ne, snowed bie Genius, He-wad activo im rating | maria! exper Ta law they met m3 raat Se eae vA terms | suppose,” he said, ‘turning. to the, veteramy, mather. Preserving bis equanimity Pales in its glories: ‘an ideal work, and the three figures that ornament {he people, he ‘which was Sanita Seucenane-coloaek, war Gen_c. H. orator: ryth Pape. ‘When others did not, but turuugi ne inuilference, | So may we, guided and controlled by this bright ‘the pedestal of the statue unvetled to-day, give | Mr. Ward and Mr. RM. ‘i about, toot August, nis sucess Degan trom the aie Cincinnatt, Gen. 8, ‘Rukiha boing the oratory in ound and 80 injured it as to render it angt for [Continued on