Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1896, Page 11

MORTONS ON PARADE They Made a Fine Appearance and Won Southern Hearts. ARRIVAL OP THE (GLETHORPES TODAY Pleasant Boys Caught the Crowd. ——— THE RANGE The Mt. MARKSME) although fully 50 per cent of the be wared with the Mow Bar The engineer rifle- keeping quict, but at the n some telling work, y will forge an shington, temporarily in Savannah, spread it- 2 an immense ing at the is late y rnoon. The usici their pictur- esque m. We and th pusands of Taking seats in the grand stand the boys jon drill time th mish ous ard thande: « that follow wes maret 4 t to glean that the spectat: er bef etation of the Ss not S en- alized such a perfect ri ulations to be then held with two wwannah Cadets, the n Light Artillery, the uaves pa sound of again the wit onsor, who the th the and An- turn from pr: until a la srs of the o evening as guests ry A short exhibition a n Cadets, aud the spl ich the dri!l was Eone.t 1 the admiration of th ution of the move- ments was beautiful, as was also the mab- ual of arms. Those who saw the cadets r ly to put their money on them Work of the Mount Pieasant Band rial mention, not only bec: of the good music furnished, but bec: of its handsome appearance. thirty-six members of the bani ably over fourteea ye sir showy zouave u ite a handsome picture, m Major is oniy eight year les his stall like a veter sithe fellow march up wi ominissioned offi use use There are , all young rs of n. the line to salute the major Was a sight that caught the crowd. Th and, and the drum m e envy of the cnure ¥ d the boys in the er yesterday Kave almosi their entire time om Ti 1 dazzl ne formed by the and § au on of sponsors mpanies Was net witnessed yes- me: hav prior to that time and in an ormal manner. Is Arrive. The Mortons’ Riv: The Oglethorpe Light gusta, Ga. which will compete with the Morton Cadets in the big drill, reached Savannah this morning. Notwithstanding the early hour, the entire Mount Pleasant band was at the d d orted the in- Infantry of Au- to camp. am made an un- edly fine appearance as it passed through the streets, and the probabilities are that the Mortcns work in order to pull strife for first plac Capt. Shilling had his company out again at 5 o'clock this m for pract.ce work, and wi tinue the pian until the com- petition occurs. It is imposs:ble to ie must do some fine out ahead in the rn anything regard- ing the details of the iuterstate contest, such as the ins . Program and length of time allowed. The matter is entirely in the hans of the judges, and up to date the all-iciportant trio ma‘utains a silence and ¢ : creditable in @ clam. : The Mortons will appear in ina lress parade erent uniform each di h rumors to the contrary have th Galve is not in Savannah, but on the contrary is believed to t ing a commanding position in the Thurston Rites at received from On the Range. The Derenne troy match is the match of icday at the Avondale range. Owing to inability to secure interstate teams from either New Je or the District, it was finally de 1 that Georgia should shoot against a team consi of six men from Jersey and six from the District, itself “the Alaska cavalr: team, hall due respect to 3 and the other charier members hat famous organiza- tion The personne! of the teams started for the range was as follow: Feorgia—Capt ge T. Cann, L €. Wison, Thoras Hunter, J. Lieut. Wilson, W. risoi zs ustin, Capt. A. S. Eichberg, C. S. Richmond and Capt. J. C, Postell. "Altern: 1. T. Shuptrine, J. B. Miller, Lieut. Henry McAlpin and R. C. Fettzer, jr. jeut. A. O. Hutterly, Lieut. F. L. Graham, Sergt. J. M. Stewart, Corp. M. Apple! p. KR. H. Carlete E. Cook. 1 from y J W. Spencer, Maj. Currie, Capt. W. V. Clark, Capt. J. Clime, Lieut. Charles Chinn. The regimental match is booked to fol- S. Jones and Sergt. low the Derenne, with teams made up as follows The Georgia Hu: Hunter, eS nd F.C. The Ne m will be the as that in the me match. The Di t team in this match will be M. Apple W. W. Cook- . G. E. Cook. B. Young, A. O. Hut- teriy and F. L. Graham. Visited by the Sponsor. ‘The Morton Cadets were honored both yesterday and tot: visits from their spcnsor and her mais of honor, who ride out to camp on bicycles. ‘The boys when the call was made today established a record for themselves in getting into clean coliars, the suppiy of which, by the way, is running skort because ‘of the hot Weather. The Mount Pieasant Iads have named their company street “Paradise Alley.” Arrangements are in progress for a re- cepiion and bail in honor of the entire vis- {ting military at Tybee, an island just off the seacoast, eighteen miles distant from Savannah. It will be held during the latter part of the weck, and a large srowd is expected to attend. All the commissioned officers of the troops stationed In Savannah yesterday attended the funeral of Capt. J. D. Johnston, the event being of more than passing interest, for the reason that the deceased, had he not resigned his commission some years ago, would have been the ranxing officer of the United States navy at the time of his death. Nearly 10,000 persons attended the fire- works and vaudeville performance at the drill ground last evening. The enteritin- ment included many attractive features, the fireworks being especially fine. The zouave contest occurs this afternooa, to be followed by balloon ascension, an ex- hibition drill by the Indianapelis Light Ar- tillery, a zouave exhibition drill, dress parade and the usual evening enterrain- ment, arC ——-__ CALLED TO ORDER (Continued from First Page.) be adopted, and that the order will be ar- Fayed in the coming fight against MeKin- ey. While this confidence is mua one side, + opposition equ: fident. Vice President Jackso: candidate for supreme presid ifested by ly as con- who is a , and who is one of the leaders for. McKinley, said that he had predicted how the matter would e and he believed- he was old enough as @ politician to know that he was right. It will be remembered that in an in- y in yesterday's Star he said that the gn committee would be defcated. Secretary of State Dunbar ts also cpposing the committee. How It Will Be Do The men who are fighting the campaign committee say they have no desire to hu- miliate the members of the committee and to charge them with improper conduct in promulgating their opposition to McKin- ley. They say that it can be proven that A. P. A th e not conden: t of the committee men will simply introd make the i, the neil a res= paign com= . therefore, fhe adopti the order. rlaimed, affidavits in 7 committee. ide Will Do, and its friends After present- s rebuttal testimony will, it i contradict a number of th: the possession of the campaig t the Other The campaign commit ea plan of their own. a comratttee of five Me- r stions to straddiing or he shall a nandwrit th you t f I? this pian isn't fair, what It Will Start Tenight. fight will star ight when the ull ory board will meet to hear the re- nmittee. Then the port of the amy divisory boar report to the Supreme uncil tomorr r next day. None but embers of the advisory board will be al- lowed at tonight's meeeting. One rule of the order is be attendei strict ht in For instance, wa cil is in session, a member of the advisory board cannot be present unless he is a delegate from his state. No person who Is not a deligate is given admittance. There will be several sem!-open sessions during the cenventions, which will be attended by members of the order who are not dele- gates. The Financial Question. While the McKinley and anti-McKinley men are lining up for their little affair the financial questions are being brought in. A certain element which believes th: neither the republican nor democratic pres. idential rominees will be favorable to the A. P. A. wants the order to unite itself with the various silver parties to meet at St. Louis in July. One of the leading men ad- vocating this {d is said to be Col. E. H. Sellers of Detroit, president of the Asso- elated Patriotic Orde: Col. Sellers is eve! said to be cocked and primed tor a call for a convention of representatives of the pa- trigtic orders throughout the country, to be held at St. Louis on July 21, a day in ad- vance of the conventions of the silver and populist parties. Col. Sellers, it is hinted, ig loaded with political ammunition to in- duce the supreme council to take this course. President Traynor is understood to be favorable to such a movement. He pelieves, it is sald, that this is the opportunity for the order. The fit ial question will not enter into the selection of a supreme presi- dent, but Mr. Traynor is said to be favora- ble to the election of Col. Von Fossen of the state of Washington, who is a silver man. Something of Mr. Traynor. President Traynor was born at Branford, Canada, July 4, 1845, and came to this ceuntry whei: he was twenty-one years old. He says he was born among the Six Nation Indians, and was educated in a log school se. He was elected president of the American Protective Association in 1893. At that time, he told a Star reporter, the membership wi about 7,000, Now, he says, it is over 2.00,000. He says there are js of the order in every state and ory in the Union, and that it has been firmly established in England, Germany and the Netherlands, besides in Hawaii, where it is flourishing. —$—- COPYRIGHT CASE. Mr. Robert Downing'’s Samson Taken Into Court. Robert Downing, the tragedian, was the defenc in a case placed on trial before adiey, in Circuit Court No. 1 to- Charles D. Koppel of New York, claims $7,200 damages from Mr. Downing because, as he asserts, the lat produced in 184-95 for thirty-two times, the tragedy of “Samson,” which Mr. Kop- pel claims is his property. The play, it is said, was translated from the Italian by W. D. Howells, the novelist, for pel, who thereupon duly copyrighte this country. Mr. Downing claims that Mr. Koppel, not being the author or translator of the pI as not authorized to r the Ame opyright of it, and that he was, the at liberty to produce it. Mr. Koeppel's counsel, C. C. Lancaster and J. H. Ralston, took, of course, just the opposite position Mr. Downing was rep- resented by Edwards and Barnard. The trial may be concluded this afternoon. —— Officers Elected. The first annual grand conclave of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar, the District of Columbia, was heid the asylum of Masonic Temple last even{ng, Rt. Em. Sir Noble D. Larner, grand com- mander, presiding. The following sir knights were elected of- ficers for the ensuing templar year: Right eminent grand commander, Frank H. Thomas, V. E. deputy grand commander, R. W. Derby; E. grand generalissimo, F. G. Davis; E. grand captain general, W. F. Galliner; E._grana senior warden, Alex. McKenzie: E. grand junior warden, Geo. E. Corson; B. grand treasurer, E. H.Cham- beri; E. grand recorder, I. L. Johnson, EB. grand prelate, H. K. Simpson; E. grand standard bearer, R. B. Consiant; EB. grand sword bearer, Joseph Br B. grand warder, A. M. Kelley. At the conclusion of the business of the evening the Grand Commandery were tendered a_ contpli- mentary banquet by the ladies of Esther Chapter, No. 5, Order of the Eastern Star. > Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: William Goodman and Mamie Allen; Charles Hall and Elizzie Brent; Frederick Fugitt and Mary J. Glasgow: Charles W. Stetson and Elizabeth C. Ship- man; Isaiah Wells and Eva Shaw; Rich- ard Dunn of Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., and Kate Murphy of this city; Bartley Ni- land and Mary Keady; William D. Haven- ner and Mary E. Norfolk; Francis Lithgow Payson of New York city and Mary Isa- belia_ Stewart of this cit Jenn C. Bell and Dinah E. Brent, both of Benning, D. C. TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. HANCOCK IN BRONZE >) (Continued from First Page.) . R.N. Batchelder, Gen. Francis S. Smith, Gen. Henry were A. Watke i. John G. HW ‘ad, Col. | «Ke A. Shal- Hancock, Col. James | vton McMichael, Col. Charles Smart, Maj. rv, Maj. George A. s, Cept. John G. Pelton, Capt. Rich- ard P. Strong, Capt. Israel Thicksteen, Capt. Charles S. McEntee, Cavt. Albert Hunter. Behind the staff were three rows of seats resery navy 1 fer Senator fer army oMleers and four for other invited | guests. The arrangement across the aisle was the same, three row rved fer Rey uintives in hose entitled to s | not long in seeurin, the presidential 4 no de in cow President Cleveland the exercises. ‘The Prestdcats Address, The following {s the text of the Presi- dent address: . A grateful government today pays tribute AN to the memory of one of our country’s nobiest sons and bravest defenders. Wil- ingly prompted by patriotic inclination, we have assembled io witness a nation’s appreciation ef valiant deeds in time of var and its recognition of civic virtue in | time of peace. i but We give this monument to the dead; the deid endows our gift 3 cance which makes it of pri the living. It is an open bow! teaching the lesson of sit.cere and love of country grand proportion: With this monument before our | yes, those in public station, who are arged with the people's interests and with the making and c ion of their laws, can hardly forget that honest effort io secure the public weal and a stern in- sistence; at all thmes, upon a faithful and unselfish discharge of public duty in the places they occupy are as esseniial to the and preservation of that Ameri- hold dear as bravery and heroism on + field of battle, he perpetuity of our popular government depending upon our fidelity to the prin- ciples upon which it rests; tie vast interests of a contiding people, promoted and guard- ed only by honesty and faithfulne their €; and obedience to those ational obligations which our membership in ihe family of nations exacts, should be sufficient to enforce upon those trusted by the r coun- trymen the lessons which this monumcnt . however, open our minds and entiments especially appro- sion; and let our sense of pudile duty and our patriotic aspirations be quickened and stimulated by a voice from the grave, admonishing us that our obligations as servants of the people are made more sacred, atd our incentives to vigilant citizenship more impressive, be- cause we have in our keeping the fame and glory of our country's heroic dead. The Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Epis- copal bishop of Washington, offered prayer, and at a the Marine Band struck “The Star Spangled Banner As the last sirains of the national hymn died away youns Cadet Gwynn Hancock arose, and stepping to the front, grasped the slender cords which were to loosen the knots that held the silken national banner in place around the statue of his sllustrious erandsire. He gave the lines a sharp tug, and as the flag fell away, exposing the striking and magnificent mass of bronze, the hoom of a cannon was heard, followed by ancther and another until a major gen- eral's salute of thirteen guns had been fired. At the conclusion of the salute Mr. De Witt C. Sprague read an original poem, dedicated to Gen. Hancock, and was fol- lowed by the orator of the day, Major Gen- eral John M. Palmer of United States vol- unteers, and Senator from Tilinols. Gen. Palmer's a: is as follows: Senator Palmer's Address, ator Palmer said: Pre Sen Mr. ident and gentlemen: According to the terms of my invitation, I am to deliver a short oration in connection with these dedicatory services. I accepted this invitation I prom- ised myself an easy task, for I had met ut. Winfield Seott Hancock in St. Louis e than forty years ago, and was then impressed by bis soldierly appearance and his 1 sant, genial manners. m2t him after he had won such inction that he was empowered » War Department to raise a special wn corps. IT had watched his course | 5 war with profound inter sid formed the most favorable opin- rons of his sold'eriy qualities, by co Influenced iderations Hke those I have men- and by my sincere reverence for the memory of him whose statue is to be ‘unveiled today, I accepted the duty. It has no doubt been observed by others, d not occur to me at the moment, life and the services of Gen, Han- better known to the American people than are those of any other of the great soldiers who won distinction during the eivil war. So much has been written and spoken of his great achievements that what I will be able to say today will, I fear, sound to my audience like an imper- fect’ echo of what has been often better told. : The domestic and social phases of the fe of Gen. Hancock have been described by that biographer whose delightful story commences at the time she became his wife. She shared much of his barrack and tent life. She followed the sagacious advice of Major, afterward Gen. Robert E. Lee, which she quotes, and accompanied her husband to California. She describes the main incidents of their voyage and of ther long residence upon the Pacific coast. She studied the charecter of her husband, and with intelligeat, wifely intuition, she came to understand him as others did afterward. She says: “He understood himself. The talents and acquirements of a professor at West Point did not belong to him. He re- quired broader fields for his nervous, ener- getic character. Otherwise h's profession would have become irksome and profitless.” So much of his correspondence with her as she has given to the world shows how much he loved and contided in her, and when she speaks of him as a husband and a father she is eloquent Grant's Tribute. The military qualities of Gen. Hanvock are well known to the country. The story of his brilliant services has been told in detail by biographers, but Gen. Grant nas condensed his real character and reputation into a few sentences: “Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not and | 2 | phe exercise a separate command. He com- manded a corps longer than any other one, nd his name was never mentioned as h: ing committed in a battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. His genial disposition made him friend. and his persona! courage and his presence with his command in the thickest of the fight, won for him the confidence of the troops #erving under him." It would not be just to the memory of the dead or to the well-founded fame of the surviving officers of the Army of the Poto- mac, to say that Gen, Hancock exceeded them all in the possession of high soldierly qualities. He commanded brigades, divisions and corps With brilliant success, but he tood himself so well that he never nd of that great arm is one of the wisest and most useful of all of the p rbial imjun tions, and Gen. Hancock oj dand obey ed it. I have already mentioned one incident re. lated by Mrs. Hancock which illustrat the thoroughness of his self knowiedse. He knew he could command men. “His personal courage and his presence with his command in the thickest of the fight won for him the confidence of the troops serving under him.” He could con mand men, and fn addition had a quick for a battlefield. er Ha ock at Gettysburg, Both these strong points In his character established by the story of his app the fleld on the first day of the tysburg. One of h blogra- Beautiful as that landscape appears to the eye of’the peaceful travele it is now a scene of terror, strewn with thé and dying and with the wreck of the in it Is painful stlil to witness are the dis- orderly groups of fugitives hurrying from the fleld, or skulking behind cover. Down the Baltimore road to th rear pours a stream of panie-stricken mon,mixed up with led horses, artillery, ammunition wagons and ambulances loaded with wounded, In | front, across the vailey, Seminary Ridge, on which had occurred the sanguinary bat- tle of the merning, is bristling with the Ellicott, the Sculptor. battalions and batteries of Hill's corps, while Ewell, having seized the town with his right, is extending his left to grasp Culp's Hill, from which he would command the road to Baltimore. To hold Cemetery Hill, thus threatened, there is a single brigade, not yet engaged, that of Col. Orlando Smith, about one thousand strong, which had been left in reserve when Howard went forward to support Reynolds. Here and there remnants of other brigades have halted, unwilling to retreat farther, yet surveying with gloomy apprehension the fast-gathering mass of the confederates. To the left, adown the crest of Cemetery Ridge, the broken bands of the first corps, which have done transcendent soldierly service during the long hours of’ the day, stand firmly in their places to keep their position for which they had made such aw- ful sacrifices. In front of them, and still further to the left, fs the one inspiring fea- ture of the scene; Buford's splendid divis- fon of cavalry, drawn up in line of bat- tallons, en masse, unshaken and undaunted in the face of the confederate infantry. Upon this fleld of wreck and disorder ap- pears Hancock. And, as the sun, shining through a rift in the clouds, may change a scene of gloom to one of béauty, so the ccming of this prince of soldiers brings life and courage to ail. At this call the braver spirits flame to their height; the weaker souls yield gladly to the impulse of that powerful, aggressive, resolute nature. At once wbtful halt on Cemetery Hill is transformed into the confident as- sumption of a new lire of battle; the fear- ful stream adown the Baltimore road is peremptorily stopped; shattered _regi- ments, as they reach the nill, are reform- ed; on every side men seck their colors with alacrity; commanders rectify their }res; ammunition is brought up; troops are nt to occupy Culp's Hill, threatened by Ewell’s divisions; skirmishers are thrown out on the frent and right: batteries are planted alcng the crest; every position of advantage is occupied with the bravest show of force that can be made, with a view to deterring the encmy from attack- ing until the reinforcements now rapidly approaching the field shall arrive. * * ¢ An hour had sufficed to make a great change within the Union lines; a vastly greaier change, as seen from the enemy's ground. Though ‘not 4 man besides Han- ecek and his staff-had come upon the field since Seminary Ridge was lost, Lee hesi- tated to give the;order to attack positions naturally strong, which appeared to have heen suddenly occupied by fresh troops, so brave was the show ‘of force everywhere made. He instructed Ewell to feel our line on its right, but not to bring on a general engagement. That delay saved the field of Gettysburg to the Union arms. An Eye for a Battlefield. I have said that Hancock had an “eye for a battlefield.", THé terms I use are not technical, but they degeribe a quality in an officer that every, practical soldier under- stands. It has ite application to a field like that of Gett¥sburg, and, in a less de- gree, to Chickamauga, At Gettysburg por- tions of two great armies svddenly and un- expectedly collided. The confederate forces were of pecessity aggre: , While the Union army could accomplish its proposed resuits by a successful, defensive battle. Whin h2 reached Gettysburg, Hancock found the position held by the Union forces menaced by startling dargers. Ata glance he saw the adventages of the position, and boldly revolved that there the great battle should be for.ght to de:ermine the fate of the continert. The corfederate general in- yaded Pennsylvaria for the double pur- pose of relieving his own people from the strain of a Union army constantly menac- ing Richmond and producing discourage- ment threughcut the north and the pres- tige to b> given the confederate arms abroad. It was, at that stage of the war, a bold resolut:cn, which nothing but positive success could virdicate. If the itvasion was successful even to the extent contemplated by Lee, it might have resulted in the overthrow of the Union. But that is not probable, for the resources of roe northern states were far from extaus' If it failed, as it did, the cause of the confederacy would be ruined. It may be that Gen. Lee felt that defeat, and, as Longstreet intimetes, ordered the final charge at Gettysturg from feelings of sheer desperaticn. To be great is to be equal to the require- ments of great occasions, and it ig to the skill, the courage and the resolute coolness of Hancock that Gettysburg was selected as a battlefield, and it is to the officers of all ranks end grad and to the hardy, resolute courage of the private soldiers of many states, that the country owes the crushing reptlse of the confederate forces. His Greatnes: Mr. President: I will not intrude myself into the invidious office of inquiring wheth- er Gea. Hancock possessed all the qualities whick are by universal consent conceded to other great commanders. It is enough to say for him that he was great, according to that best definition of greatness, “he comprehended and siezed Great opportunities.” Mr. President, it Is a source of satisfac- tion to every patriotic mind that the fame of General Hancock is cherished in all por- tions and sections of this nuw perfectly United States, No confederate soldier envies the honors paid his memory today. They may com- pare him with Jackson, whose greatness as 4 corps commander is recognizes, and of Whose fame every American who has the instincts of a soldier is proud. They may find in the long lists of fumous confederate officers and soldiers, some of their great names, who in their estimation is the equal of Hanccek, but they respected him while he lived, and honor his memory now that he is dead. Mr. President, our elvil war had its origi in opposing opinions er tertained in the dif- ferent states of the relative powers of the federal government and of the stat There were also irreconcilable social end industrial conditions, and there was als the challenge of the two great sections cf the Union, addressed to the manhood of each other. The suppression of the doctrine of the right of any of the states to secede from the Union at pleasure and the abolition of slavery in the states where it existed, fully compensated the American people for the enormou; of blood and of treas- ure, m ure those ends. But the war had beneficent consequence, without which the suppression of the the- ory of the constitutional right of the states to secede from the Union, and the aooli- tion of slavery, woulc have !een » yr para- tively valueless. Tho war settle] not only the quality, but ine equality of Amc n manhood. I cannot say with absolute confidence that it was the southern misconception of the martial qualities of the people of the hern states which caused them to. yt, if not to invite, war, Zor the adjust- ment of the pending ti al controve Whatever infliience imp fave upon the people of the and writers 0: an ‘le to norihern valor may it south, their ora expressed their belle e destitute of ei fight. We in t the languag. Way to the gulf, ot in to “eu hat the Mississippi river should unfettered to the s how about the men of the eust, the ” would they it for the defeuse of the Union? » after the name was baptized in the blood of th. v England regiment on every field where they fougnt, and wa: sloriied by their valor, ev. soldier ac- cepted it and wore it with pric The Proof of Valor. After Donelson, Shiloh, Murfreesboro’ and Chickamauga in the west, and the numer- ous batiles in the east, including Gettys- burg—the crowning struggle of the war— there remained no doubt but that Ameri- sans of all secUons, north and south, east and west, were equally hardy, equally brave, and equaily ready to offer their lives in defense of their convictions of right. Now that we have ceased to struggle against each other we know with absolute confidence that the men of every section and of all parts of the great republic are equally pitriotic and alike willing and ready to defend the integrity of the Union and the honor of the nation against all and every foe. Americans of all sections and of all parts of one common country now know, respect and confide in each other, and we will transmit that sentiment of respect and confidence to our children, which will afford a sure guaranty for in- Saeed peace and the defense of national our. Bat at the beginning of the strife between the sections the officers of the army were embarrassed by difficulties of an altogether different character For ihe most. part they had been educated together in the Na- tional Military School; they knew each othr well and none of them doubted the courage or the resolution of the others. They were citizens of different states, and some of them were overcome by the delu- sion that their paramount allegiance was due to the state of their birth or of their domicile. When I characterize the theory of primal allegiance to the states as a delusion, I confess that the embarrassments of the army officers born in the seceding states were crvel. The war very soon assumed the apparent aspect of a struggle between rival goy- ernments supported by substantially the whole population of the opposing sections of the Union. If some of the officers of the army erred gven to a criminal extent, it must not be forgotten that their homes were threaten- ed with invasion, and they only shared the fortunes of those they loved. Mr. President, we stand in the presence of this appropriate monument of a hero, Col. J. M. Wilxon. we do all that we can to perpetuate his fame, conscious that as the centuries re- cede, his great name will be less and less known, and less and less frequently men- tioned. The great Napoleon, realizing that though his deeds then filled the world, said, near the last: “All that he had done would be condensed into the pages of history.” We know, too, that “The cload-capp’d towers, palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insukstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rock behind.” But we feel that “No pyramids set off his memories, But the eternal substance of his greatness, ‘To which I leave him.” When Senator Palmer concludes the Marine Band will play “Hail Columbia” and benediction will be pronounced by Rev. W. H. Gotwald, D. D., post chaplain of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R. The troops and militia and the various organl- zations participating in the parade will re- main In the positions they held during the exercises until the President and his cabinet have departed. They will then proceed to their respective armories. HANCOC! the gorgeous x IN 764, An Old Pictare in Possession of Col. Shallenberger, Large crowds were attracted yesterday and today to Saks & Company's store by the photograph of Gen. Hancock, which wes exhibited on the ground floor. The photograph showed tiie famous commander of the secend corps as he appeared before Petersburg on the 14th of June, 1864. Gen. Hancock was then in the prime of lusty ard vigorous manhood, and was handsome far beyond the usual gift of man. In the photograph there were slight lines under the eyes which are (houghtful and serious, and plainly show the intense mental strain under which he was laboring. The hair is brushed away in graceful waves from the fefehead and the mustache and chin beard show a silken texture. The right hand ts resting knuckle-deep in tae lapel of his military coat, while his left toys with b: hat that rests in his lap. Sue photestare is the property of Col. George 8S. Shallen- berger, the superintendent of the reform school, who was a member of Gen. Han- pore staff, and one of his most intimate riends. Gen. Hancock presented the pho- tograph to Col. Shallenberger while in the field before Petersburg, and the colonel cherishes its almost as fondly as he does his personal recollection of his beloved commander. Col. Shallenberger’s Recollections. Col. Shallenberger is remarkably well equipped therefore to give intimate view of Hancock's character. “No words, said Col. Shallenberger this morning, “how- ever judiciously or eloquently they might be woven into sentences of praise and panegyric, could be made to tell more than the simple truth concerning the achieve- ments of Winfield Scott Hancock. Both as a soldier and a man he was conspicuously marked by sterling qualities. Hancock was a@ man of moods, changing with the cver- changing conditions with which he was surrounded. War with him was a reality. When there was the smallest evidence of the enemy at his front there was litUe rest day or night for his personal staff from its chief down to its boy heutenant serving as a favorite aid. Under the pressure of a contemplated movement, Hancock was as restless as the ocean in the storm. I have been called myself under such exigencies in the small hours of the night, and I can hear his voice today, sharp, emphatic in its pointed inquiries, repeated often to the third time, ‘Are you sure everything is ready in your department” ‘Yes, gencral, everything 1s according to your orders. Then instantly would come the inquiry, ‘How de you know, have you seen it your- self? One lesson in such a catechism was generally enough to bring from any one who tried to serve him a direct and un- equivocal answer.” No Such Word as Can't. “To me,” continued Colonel Shallenber- ger, “he has often said in the most om- phatic manner—and there 1s not a member of General Hancock’s staff today who does not know what emphatic means in this relation—he has often said, I repeat, ‘You must not forget that in your department there is no such word as van “In his preparation for a forward move- ment everything was made doubly sure. Hach officer was held to a rigid reeponsi- bility, and woe be to the man who sh or in any sense failed to mee: and per- form his duty. rk had no use for either laggards or cowards in hi: Trice. I still believe that the peculiarly persist- ent and the determined character cf the man whom the nation is honoring itself in honoring this day was the seer «af his rapid advan-ement and of all his great military succes: He never took any- thing for granted. He was always clert und ready to take advantage of the occ: sion: while a very lion in baitle he was enue as a woman when the ly Was over. is personal qualities were admirable one out in those milder moods our- e intervals of quiet that came ce- and ing Nn casionally as sequences to the storms battle, 1 him now, as | saw him after thc ter contest on the Weldon ruad, in ihe dim st of a closing au- tumn at his h arters in tront of tier in his hand bear- his far distant home, ar his almost plaintive wish th struggle might soon be ended.” Mane Years Axo Today. @ many in the vast assemblage vho had probably been present at a similar ‘ which occurred nine years ago Certainly two of them were, and they were President Cleveland and Col. John M. Wilson, and the event referred to was none other than the unveiling of the tue cf Gen. and ex-President Garfield hich stands in the e:rcle between the gardens and the Capitol grounds With the exception that the Garfield statue was erected by the Army of the Cumberland, Hancock's owes Its being to the general government alone, the two events are almost identical. At both President Cleveland presided. while both tues were erected under the direction and supervision of Col. John M. Wilson. The unveiling ceremonies, too, were pre- ceded on both occasions by ‘magnificent parades. Written for The Evening Star. There Hancock. Dedication of the Washington Equestrian Monu- ment. Today we proudly dedicate A monument of matciless mold To this grand hero of the stat. Whose heart was pure as virgin gold. The victors crown rests on his head, No more his serried columes jar; He views the heroes whom he led Ou many & bloody field of war. Long ages yet shall look upon This glorious warrior, brave and true, Who drew tus sword in “sixty-one” And battled for the Union “Blue; A ‘Blue that yet knew fear Of foreign or domestic foe, And with its stars from year to year wall shine as centuries come and go. And even when brass and bronze shall fade, And granite crumbles to the dust, His decds shall shine o'er sea and glade, ~ Unsullied by corroding rust. And while the Keystone State shail live To bind the arch that spans this land, Our praise and love we'll freely give To one so noble, pure and grand. Old Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Gold Harbor with tts bloody name, Shall still our minds and hearts impress To glorify bis well-earned fame; Aud Gettysburg with all its woe Shall keep his deeds as fresh and bright Within the souls of friend or foe As glittering stars In arctic night. And while for freedom we shall sing, We'll not forget our Huncock’s name; Among grand mei—a Priuce and King, A towering crag of earthly fame: ‘The man that Spgttsylvania’s tleld Shall long embaim in song and story, A bery who world never yield— A blaze of Wars uuiading glory. At He heid bis onward, u Where crater fires we And Satan ruled the f With charg ‘To tly like "Twas all be ‘The Union shot and shell, ward way, pelching bell rful Bay; © faced the foe, leaves before the blast. ktew or cared to know— cause must win at last. on charg: Hancock, the type of manly mold, Shall teach to men and states unborm That Liberty is our stronghold wou. darkest night to brightest mormt ‘That this Kepublic, now as then, Gan stand against the world at large— With leaders aad loyal men ‘To face the tiercest, wildest charge, No slave pollutes this glorious land, No tyrant breathes our radinnt air, From shore to shore we still withstand ‘The growling Livn in his lair. And to the soldier we shall give ‘The Victor's wreath and inurel crown— Imperial honors whtie we live— immortal glory and renown, He stooped not to the rabble crowd, Nor cringed before a party lash, He did bis duty plain and proud, A Sidury in bis charge and dash; A mind where valor reigned alone, A cavalier of God-like form: A bugle blast of purest tone— A Bayard im the roaring storm, And when the fires of war had ceased, ‘The Constitution was his guide: To all mankind he spread a feast, bots tar aud wider And ail his acts from day to day Were bonest, broad and kind and true, For Justice for the conquered “Gray,” And Justice for the “Boys in Blu No monument, however great, Can synibolize his word and deed, He lovks the soldier of the state, Bestride that bronze, heroic steed. And Bilicytt may well be proud To gaze upon his matchless art, While cheers and prtises from tie crowd Find echo in bis heaving beart. Wile iauding Hancock to the skies, And standing round bis sculptured form, Tet's wot forget to recognize The rank and dle who braved the stor Who bared their breasts where bullets fle And fell in valley, glade and glen; Who died in shot-torn rags of blue; Who starved in loathsome prison pen. Let's rear a towering shaft of stone, To pierce the blue and arching sky; To some dead pieket, name, “Unknown,” Who, gave our land ils parting sigh; And on the top we'll place his form ‘To catch eternal, morning light, To stand throngh sunshine and ‘hrongh storm, For Freedom, Union, God and Right! JOHN A. JOXCE 11 NATURAL FAT. Getting Fat is Only a Ques- tion of Eating Proper Food. Thin people who want to get fat should cat Proper food and digest it. ‘That is the only natural way. ‘The trouble with most thin people Is that they suffer from indigestion. They don’t digest thelr food. ‘They don't get enough xcurishment. They are slowly being starved. 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Anglers who are In- terested in the black bass are those who making the lo t complaints, be- use, they say, many black bass of dif. ferent varieties are being taken by the net- ters w! ate after su Harbor- naster Sut! and his crew have made a mber of efforts to api end these un- 0 0) lawful fishermen during the past few reeks, but without success, He says he gladiy prosecute any of those who have violated the law ‘f the anglers will furnish the names of witnesses. The har- bormaster’s force is small, and cannot roperly cover the entire river fro: view of this the angler think, the © patrolmen on the seme attention law. r front should pa: to the violations of this Minister Taylor Seex Canovan, The Spanish premier, Senor Canovas Del tillo and the United States minister to in, Mr. Hannis Taylor, had a conference the result of which Is not known. It is reported that Captain-General W + has cabled the Spanish government that t ts impossible for him to proceed with the war as he should, as the Spanish author- s at every moment are hampered by the ing mediling of America in Cuban the United i tresh claims heavy ini rough losses on sygar plantation ming to Americans which have been burned by the insurgents. It is expected that se demands will lead to further complications. oe “ is Filed Today. The will of the late Edward Hawkins, dated June 30, 1884, filed today, appoints Charles Roller and Wm. M. Stuart, sons- in-law, executors. Premises 1244 Sth street and 1214 13th street ure given to Kute E, B. Hawkins, a daughter of *he testator. Susannah H. Stuart, another daughter, is given premises 1246 Sth street, and the house et Dumbarton avenue and Green street, Georgetown, is given to C. F. H Hawkins, a son, Miss Kate Hawkins and two grandchildren, Anna and Bertha Rok ler. The residue of the estate is left to the said Kate Hawkins. A :oilictl, dated November 13, 1895, accompanied the will. The will of the late Edward Taylor, dat- ed April 8, 1896, was also filed today. Geo. A. Carter is appointed executor, and the widow, Maria Taylor, is given the estate, including Iot 10, block 21, Effingham pince, for life, with the remainder at her death to Bertha Carter, an adopted daughier. irs. Taylor is requested to give Robert T. Carter, an adopted son, a home. Sensop. Snapping-turtles, soft crabs and live frogs are among the seasonable delicacies found in the market et present. This is the month of the year above all others that soft crabs come in good condition, and in large quantities. Some few soft crabs are coming from down the Potomac river now, while most of the supply is coming from Crisfield and Annapolis. The Cristield crabs are considered better than others early in the season, while later on the Potomac furnishes as fine as any other water. Crabs are now selling as low as 5 cents @ dozen, while the more select stock sell as high as a dollar. Live frogs and frog legs are plentiful, the live ones selling at from $2 to $3 a doz- en. Legs sell according to size, from 25 cents a dozen to nts each, Snappers sell at 10 cents a pound, and they make the richest soup, so the fishermen say. a Tonnage Tax on Foreign Built Yachts. Senator Frye, from the committee on com- merce, has submitted a report on the House bill requiring a tonnage tax to be levied on yachts built abread for Americans. He sub- mitted a written report, with the bill, in which he says: Americans of wealth, taking advantage of the present law, have joined foreign yacht clubs, have had yachts built on the Clyde and elsewhere and brought them into our where they enjoy all the privileges . are given the owners of yachts built in o} tonnage ta nd there are now four am yachts, which will cost about being built on the Clyde for American citizens. Théminority of the com. mittee, Messrs. Vest, Caffery, Berry and Pas: unite in propos: hamendment to 1 providing for peal of all laws refusing American reg’ to ships built abroad and belonging to citizens of the United States. — -- Asks a Divorce, Elizabeth Brown, who was a Miss Di- marzo, today applied for a divorce from John Brown, to whom she was married here in January, ISS7, Mrs. Brown charges her husband with being addicted to strong rink, so much so, she claims, that his em? ployers, the Adams Express Company, re- duced his salary to $50 a month, detailing bim for duty as a driver. She charges that he frequently atused and cruelly treated her, compeiling her to leave him for the safety of herself and little daughter, final- ly, after he had repe: omises of reformation, in She last prays for alimony and counsel fees, and February. also for the custody of the child. She is represented by Attorneys W. L. Cole and R. Newton Donaldson. ++ Disordgr at Rio Jancire, RIO DE JANEIRO, May 12.—The students of the polytechnic raised a eerious disturb- ance on Monday. They maltreated the pro- fessors, shouting “Death to the director.” “Down with the monarchy.” “Long live the republic.” National bank notes received today for redemption, $: From 2.101. Government receipis— internal revenue, $340,812; customs, ; miscellaneous, $46,439, Naval Movements. Word has reached the Navy Department that the Charleston has sailed from Che mulpo for Cheefoo and that the training ship Alliance arrived at Fort Monroe today. 2+ ited Effortn. w From Brooklyn Life. She—“Poor Mrs. Weed! She regularly at- tends those spiritualistic seances and tries to communicate with her husband's spirit.”’ He—“That's silly. The poor fellow never