Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1931, Page 79

District of Columbia for two years later, when the congressional act of August 1, 1888, wens into effect. WASHINGTON, we find, figured greatly in Senator Logan's life, for when nominated for the Vice Presidency of the United States, at Chicago, June 6, 1884, not only was he living here, at 812 Twelfth street, but James G. Blaine, the Republican nominee for the presidency, was also residing in this city, at No. 22 Lexington place, in the residence later known as 22 Jackson place, and occupied by Theodore Roosevelt dur- ing the remodeling of the White House in 1902. The Blaine-Logan and Cleveland-Hendricks campeign was a warm one, and everything seemed to favor the Republicans until a clergy- man named Burchard, on bshalf of that political party, tried his hand at coining phrases, and then it was all off, for one of these in par- ticular acted as a boomerang and killed the Republican ticket, resulting in the election of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks. Blaine, the “Plumed Knight,” later served for three years as Sccretary of State in the ad- ministration of Benjamin Harrison and died in the historic Seward mansion—site of the Belasco Theat>r—January 27, 1893. Blaine had no military service to commend him to the Grand Army, but Logan, of course, was very popular with the old veterans, who re- garded him as militaristically and politically in- vincible, and when, in July, 1884, shortly after his nomination, he left Washington for the Grand Army encampment at Minneapolis, ag the guest of the District delegation, he was given an especially enthusiastic send-off. The local vet- erans secured the Marine Band and escorted hin to the Baltimore and Potomac depot, at Sixth and B streets northwest, where he boarded the train with Past Department Cormanders C. C. Royce, A. H. G. Richardson, William Gibson and B. F. Hawkes; delegates Charles King, H. S. Hunter and L. K. Brown; G. M. Husted (still living), national council of administration; De- partment Commanders Woodman of Virginia and Henninghausen ' of Maryland; Messrs, Christie, Stokes, Baxter, Roland and A. R. Grant Logan’s reputation as a soldier was not gained exclusively during the Civil War, for he served in the War with Mexico as a second lieutenant, and another thing about him is that he was not always a Republican, having been an active Democrat until the Civil War and a follower of Stephen A. Douglas. HEN the war commenced, in 1861, Logan was serving in the House of Repressnta- tives, but immediately set to work organizing the 31st Illinois Infantry, of which he was com- missioned colonel on September 18 of that year. Prior to this, on July 21, at the first Battle of Bull Run, he had a novel experince of fighting in the ranks as a private soldier in the costume in which he had been dining the evening before with a Union officer of his acquaintance. As a commissioned officer his service was as & part of the Army of the Tennessee, which he entered as a coionel and filled all the grades until he became its commander, and under his command and direction, we are told, this orga- nization was mustered out and disbandea at the end of the war, but not before he had taken part in the grand review and rode up Pennsyl- vania avenue at the head of his troops on May, 24, 1865. Gen. Logan did not survive his defeat very Jong, dying December 26, 1886—two years after the presidential campaign. He was not ill very long, and until a day or two before his death, at Talumet Place, his condition was not regarded as serious, and his passing away was generally unlooked for. The Star in recording his death at the time, said: “Senator John A. Logan died two minutes before 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at Calumet, his home in this city, at the head of Thir- teenth street. The news of his death soon spread through the city. The announcement came almost unexpectedly, as the serious na- ture of the Senator’s illness did not become public until Saturday. “About two weeks ago he was attacked by rheumatism, and this was followed by a gen- eral collapse of his health. As he failed (& recover his strength, his physicians advised that he should go to the Hot Springs, but the trip was postponed until he should be strong enough to undergo the journey. His strength, however, continued to fail and the physician became anxious. Dr. J. A, Baxter, who had charge of the case, held daily consultations with Dr. N. S. Lincoln and Surg. Gen. Hamilton. Saturday Gen. Logan’s critical condition be- came knownr among his friends and there were many callers and many anxious inquiries at the house. * * * 11| |E died a few minutes before 3, surrounded by members of his family and friends. During his dying moments Mrs, Logan, sup- ported by her son, stood beside the bed and caressed her husband's face and head, upon which the cold sweat of death was gathering. When it became apparent that the last mo- ment was at hand Dr. John P. Newman stretched out his hands over the bed and of- fered a prayer. commending the soul of the dying man to God and asking consolation for the bereaved family. When the prayer was finished death had come, and the silence of the room was broken only by the sobs of the wife and daughter. . “There were present in the room at this affecting death-bed scene, besides the members of the family and Dr. Newman, Gen. Sheridan, Senator and Mrs. Cullum, Miss. Cullum, Miss Mary Brady, Senator Miller, Senator and Mrs, Cockerell, Gen. Raum, ex-Justice Strong, Gen. Beale, George Francis Dawson, Henry Strong, A. B. Hall and Beach Taylor, the Senator's _secretaries; Gen. Thomas, Gen. Henderson and Daniel Shepherd. After the Senator’s death .Mrs.. Logan was led away from the bedside by the: ladies present. She was much prostrated by grief and exhausted by her long #igil. The ladies ministered to her comfort and induced her to lie down ‘and sleep. ¥ ‘“His death was due to acute rheumatism. % ¥/~ ENERAL LOGAN was always friendly : to the District, ‘sald Commissioner Webb this morning, speaking of the death of I agh P bhasdd s sAAaeE . Las THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 31, 1931 - Statue of Gen. John A. Logan. posed to the present form of government, but acquiesced in it, as he said it concentrated the responsibility in a few men who would be held to strict account. He told one only recently that since he had seen the workings of the present form of government he approved it. Whenever there was a measure before Congress of in- terest to the District Gen. Logan could gen- erally be counted on as a friend of the District. He could not always be counted on to support any measure, for he always did what he be- lieved to be right, followed out his own ideas, and was so independent that it was not easy to say what he would do.’ “‘Gen. Logan's death is a great loss to the country,’ said Adjutant General Drum today to a Star reporter. ‘He was not only a brave soldier, but he was a courageous man. He was not afraid of the drive when he was once oconvinced of the course he ought to follow.’ “John Alexander Logan was born in Jackson County, IN., Pebruary 9, 1828, and was the son of John Logan, an Irish physician. He attended Shiloh College for a year or two and served in the Mexican War, becoming quarter- master of his regiment. In 1849 he was elected clerk of the Jackson Gounty court, and after attending a course of law lectures at the Uni- versity of Louisville was admitted to the bar in 1852. He served four times in the State Legislature as a Democrat and was elected to Congress in 1858. He was a follower of Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, and during the secession movement gave his suppott to the Union cause. When the war broke out he resigned his seat in Congress, raised the 31st Illinois Regiment, was commissioned colonel, and joined General Grant at Cairo. “He was engaged in the Battle of Belmont, and was wounded at Fort Donelson in February, 1862. In April following he joined his command at Corinth, with the rank of brigadier general, served in Northern Mississippi, and was made a major general in November of that year. In Gen. Grant’s Vicksburg campaign he com- manded the 17th Army Corps, and in October, 1863, he succeeded Gen. Sherman in command of the 15th Army Corps. In the Summer of 1864 in front of Atlanta he had for a short time the command of the Army of the Tennessee. ‘When President Lincoln was a candidate for re- election Gen. Logan was a prominent speaker in behalf of the Republican party. He rejoined Gen. Sherman’s Army in January, 1865, and continued with it in its march through the Carolinas. He was present at the fight at Bentonville, N. C., the last battle of the war.” EN. LOGAN'S body was conveyed to the Capitol and there lay in state in the funeral procession marched up Pennsylvania avenue to Fifteenth street, thence north to Tomb of Gen. Logan, Soldiers Home Cemetery. In due time Congress appropriated $50,000 for the statue and the Grand Army of the Re- public added $15,000 to this amount. The con- tract for executing the work was awardsd to the sculptor, F. Simmons, and Mrs. Logan made 2 number of trips t0 Rome during the progress of the work there. April 9, 1901, the day of the unveiling, marked a notable event in local history. President Willam McKinley and Senator Chauncey M. Depew were the orators of the day, and other distinguished persons were present to honor the man who was being memorialized in bronze. It was also one of President McKinley's last public appearances in Washington, for it was during the September following that he was stricken down by the hand of an assassin at Buffalo, and the country lost one of its greatest and most beloved Presidents. Senator Depew lived to be nearly 94 and died in 1928. HE STAR'S account of the unveiling, written just 30 years ago, says, in part: “In the presence of the President of the United States, the Cabinet, the widow and relatives of the gallant soldier in whose honor the memorial and ceremonies were planned, and a distinguished company, the heroic bronze equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, reposing on the bronze pedestal in Iowa Circle, ‘was unveiled shortly before 3 o'clock this after- noon. The sculptor, Mr. Franklin Simmons, accompanied by his wife, was also present. The exercises began at 3:30 o'clock, and Master George Edwin Tucker, a grandson of the hon- ored warrior, pulled the unveiling cord some ‘minutes later. The figure and horse, which had been hidden during the day beneath the folds of large American flags, were revealed amid cheering by a great multitude gathered on the stand prepared for the guests of the occasion and about the base of the statue, “The presiding officer at the unveiling was Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, who was Gen. Logan’s comrade in arms, and who is the only living general represented in the group on the bronze pedestal showing Logan in council of war with his commanding officers. Gen. Dodge paid & high personal tribute to the dead soldier. “In connection with the unveiling exercises s military parade moved from the White House shortly after 2 o'clock up Sixteenth street to Rhode Island avenue and eastward on the latter thoroughfare to Iowa Circle. The column served as escort to the President and the mem- bers of his Cabinet, who rode in carriages. “Gen. Francis L. Guenther, United States Volunteers (Colored 4th United States Artillery), acted as marshal and rode immediately behind a. piatoon of mounted police at the head of the column. = Gen. Guenther was accompanied by Lieut, Col. John A. Johnson, U. 8. A, chief of staff; Maj. Harvey C. Carbaugh, U. 8. A.; Capt. P. L. Strong, U. 8. A, and Capt. Andrew Parker, District of Columbia Militia. “The last organization of the escort was s provisional regiment from the District National boro, Ii, a brother of Gen. Logan, and wife; Miss M. E. Logan, a niece; Mrs. 8. K. Cunning- ham, Mrs. Logan’; RESIDENT McKINLEY, in his address, sald: “Logan’s career was unique. His distinc- spicuous place in the annals of the country. He was great in the forum and in the fleld. “Some names instantly suggest a sentiment. That ‘of Logan stands for exalted patriotism. ‘This was the key of his success. Party politics to him was nothing when the Union was in danger. When the alternative came hg swift to dedicate his life and fortune to party of Lincoln because it stood for the divisibility of the Union. How much he did create and increase the sentiment of loyalt; and patriotism among the people of his own State and throughout the Nation can never be told. He stood with Douglas holding up the cause of the Union, and offered his own life as a cheerful sacrifice, if need be, for its preserva« tion.” ‘The statue which surmounts the pedestal measures 141, feet in height. The artist repre- sents thg horse as in action and moving forward in a gentle trot. In the rider’s hand is a drawn sword, the idea of the sculptor being to repre- sent him as riding along the line of Battle. ‘The pedestal is nearly 20 feet in height, and, like the sta‘ue, is of bronze, the exception being the foundation stone, which is of red polished granite. At the time the statue was erected it was the only one with a bronze pedestal im America, and probably stands alone in this respect today. As Gen. Logan was prominent in ecivil as well as in military life, the design of the pedestal was made to illustrate that fact. On one side is a group of figures in high relief representing the general in consultation with the officers of his command. These figures represent the principal generals of the Army of the Ten- nessee, as follows: Dodge, Hazen, Blair, Mower, Slocum, Leggett and Capt. Strong. On the other side he is represented as taking the oath as a Senator of the United States. Vice Presi- dent Arthur is in the chair, while grouped around are Conkling, Cullum, Evarts, Morton, Voorhees, Thurman and Miller. At each end of the pedestal is an ideal female figure larger than life, that in front represent- ing the defense of the Union and the other the preservation of the Union. The name Logan is upon a tablet on each side of the pedestal, ornamented with palm branches, while upon the ends are the emblems of war and peace. No reference 'is made on the pedestal’ to Logan having originated Decoration or Me- morial day. and yet the chances are that the custom established by him will even outlast his monument of bronee, for it is surely today his biggest monument on earth. Animal Actors. Continued from Fourth Page the required action. Then I send the test to the director for his O. K. and Peke and trainer are signed to appear on the set. “For Western pictures we get horses from a man who keeps them for that purpose. Some are just horses; others are trained to take falls, make spectacular leaps, count, do danger- ous and thrilling runs. “Payment for stunts varies according to what is required. Some horses make a fall for $50.” It costs $75 a day to hire an elephant to work in movies, but some trained dogs get as much as $350 a week. - “It's worth while to pay a high price for a dog that can do a scene in half an hour, rather than a low price for a dog that will take two days,” declared another official property man. “The overhead on a picture will run up to much more than the money paid the clever dog.” ‘The talented monkey you have often noticed in pictures answers to the name of Josephine. She has been on the screen for 10 years and belongs to one Gabriel Cannzono. INCE talkies came along, lion stuff must be of strang) surroundings. . “I love lions!” said W. S. Van Dyke, who