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PENNSYLVANIA'S TRIBUTEm..■ • ««i•v I* _£ 4*•. —9r.':- fb JIM*'-lt; .;=r r .%f .. -•' -lt;*%- * e? ?r a m?' ■■ '-Tax«.'■—v,• »m* dM$*k**lt;WIWK -Monumentto67th, 87thandK$8th PennsylvaniaVoiunteers, Unveiled on Mono cacv Battlefield Today.I lit monument to t he t hrelt; . aniit regiments which tookrennsv -part int heI 1111 * * of Moiioou v, arid v\ hiili was#* .crretcd by tbt* State ol I Ynnsvlv.mia :ika memorial of their valor, was unvfat 12 30 o’clock tod ty in the presence of a large number of survivor oi the regiments.A special train wm - ran idom York Pa., this morning, an 1 on it came most of the veterans wli » attended the unveilmg. ()a the rear cod of th* train was a Puilman car, coni aining I at a i emu at ( a\* f . » r » * *( i no. .»i u t j»* t . , •»i i i a 11y i \ a 111a , aria 111(.overnor stalT, baveruor Stuart, vvhuw as expeetc 1 to lm prlt;s* •; t, ha ving beenprevented from coming.Many other veterans came upon regular t rains, a numb- r having arrived y esterday.[ in* apt cial train reached i redonek j shortly before' 1 I o clock this morning,I nod there was n big e: o w lt;1 at the North | ero (.Vnt ral st at ion to greet, it, t he public schools having been dismissed in order ; bat the pupils might greet the part^’. Reynold* Pott, lt;L A, R , inarched to tin* atatnu , e»lt; uted bv thlt; B addockII eight h Hand. 1 da local vet cram and j a number of other persons wl n had beeninvited to attend tat * ei en. onu*r- ,bo irded the special train here and li \\g then | switched to the Baltimore and OhioI track and run on to 1 rederiek•■r- -j J line lion. At li. d point a nuinbei of carriages wire waiting, but manyperson?* walked to the site of tin monument vvhu h is about three-quartersof a milt* fioia the Junction on tic northI side oi t la* t rhana tuinptk**, opposite j the K tab v church. lie* 1 eutenant gov ernor and the members of tlie stall in i he p? ivatt* chi were at lunch when the u tin reached the Junction, and kept the .crowd at tlu* monument waiting for some time, tin* exercises, which had been expected to stall at II 0 o’clock, being | delayed until after ! J o’clock.1 he -peaking was done from a plat' foi in erected beside tin monument i n the platform, besides tin membcrsof the stall, ladies with them, and others, l were member* of tin* local chapter of tin* 1 daughters of the American Revolu turn, including the regent, Mrs 1 IIMarkeli,J lu* ceremonies wa re opened with mi invocation ly Rev. |)r. Osborne Ingle,rector of Ml Saints I puscopal chnnh,M ivor Smith was then introduced and inadt* a briel addrcrt# of welcome, alter vvlii* h In sang ‘ the Star Spangled Ban nei, ’ the audiem e joining in the chorus ( aptain \V. Ill .rubus, chairm an oit lie monument commission then, in abrief speech, in which he quoted from( .eneral lt;irant memoirs a pass age icfcring to the importanct* of tin* Battle ofthe Mouocacy as a fact**? in t lu» sa\mg ot the national capital presented tin tnoriument to the State ol Pennsylvanialaeut lt;my. Mui phy, who acei |)ted the monument on b(*half of the State, eplained that (iovernor sunail had hem prcv ented, by the press of public business, from being pr« slt; nt at tie unveiling and had asked him to cxpn s to the veti rans, his regr(*t that he was not able to meet them personally Lieut (in\. Mu i phy then proceeded, in a most el jucnt splt;*eeh# to lt;*ompliment tin vcttu* nun upon their part «n tin* important ! battle of the Monoe.u , and in the winning of the victory foi the t nion in tin con tlu t between t lie St at i s. bin* irpub lie which they had helped pn serve,Ju*said stood as a beacon of lihert v to other* ..count ties throughout the world, and was the inspiring force in theprogo -\vhilt; li had been made in the course ofblt; c ipivernment. in all parts of the vvoil i since the lt;ivil War. “Whit you did her e, he said, ‘ vvdl h v e lone dim \ ■ usder noble shaft has diHiritegt tied andbecome a Hhilpdi ;• mns nt clayA fI c L i e 111 (i lt;»\ Murphy', a 1 lt;11 lt;the band played a m lecticm, and tlicnbapt IoJmi! I. i ornvw li, of \\ ♦ s! fins-ter, Pa was intro i iced and madt theprincipal address of thednv.\flt-r (apt (Vunweli ha 1 «aa.rlndtsjh .s fiddrcss. Major K. V. lt;lotd^hoj-oughof 1 reder id , who looked after th* localarrangements for the monument com mission, \vjlt; introduced and math* abriet addrej-fl.Soon afterwards the party returned to Frederick Junction, boarded the t;ain,j and star to i back to N lt;u 1;.I no to moment is built o Bine \\h terh‘y lt;1 raniti* and wan furniHhclt;i l»v the Smith («ran b* ( o , of \\J*sti lv, R 1 ,whose representive, Mr. II 1 Slieufon hail eharg*‘ of its erection It i a ^ I»• 111 3 fe**t in height. standing on n b »»e tenIcet 8tj i ere. I he ba i* a single stone, i v leer in thiekneH* mfilt; 1 weighs twel em F ^ *tons. Surmount mg it e a [ciisln*d die,with four Doric * *»1 nuns at the cornerh,and on the die hiruP a cylindrical shaftwit ia a carved lt;i|lt; bearing on its top (ground poiislu’d ball of n lt;1 Wc-terlv granite, A feet c, rtclic- in diamett*r, lt;nthe front of which »s cut a Maltese eros« the embhan ol tin* S xth Anny i *gelt; hi the four .sides of t he die upon vv hi* hM'sts Me cylireineal shaft are the follow*ing mseriptions:1 t ont F ccPa 1 Bv the ('omm er enlt h of lYnmulvmia in einitnunui ition of t he ' »\ cry, s ua ifi.-es an i patriotism of t he id t ;. . \ U and I I M h I! *g niiuihti lt fought o?i t'l S b i 11 iefj »*k I July ohr : . ('i)iii i.iSM(ifi ts Mbn i i 1 tni11a,(dipt t o. I s,t.■»; ilobcrt T, Cornwall,t apt. ( o 1, I 7th ; d\ i Ilia in t ippkb-uger, Priv . bo. \ Id,stii.Right IIan i Si !c HTth Reg t., Pn ,\ o! Ini , 1 i ling , drd I )iv»un t -up •t hgani/.ed at \d k Pa., September H, lM*l Must* li d out. June 2U, bMda la :t Hand S k 1 ;sih id gd . Pa A ol. Ini 2d B ng . dr 1 1 )iv , m h Corps f \rmy of th** Potomuc. (hganioal at llanisburg. Pa , August 2lt;». ISUg, tiniH bar* a I out, June 2d 1 si» nc 11 W as 11 ngton. 1 . lt;dRear Side b# 711 Rcg’t.Pi. \ol. Inf, dm! idic., trd Div , hthbnrpp, Army olthe Potomac. Organized :i| ppjladc!phia, Pa , in summer and fall of lSol.MuMi refl out, Julv I 1, I Stid.lt; hi the C st of t.if twelve-ton base of the monument is the coat of arms ofIVnnav 1\ niain !»;• ^ *■wiSu ! n i Hiding the* mo nun if m t is a fence*,wit!) graniti post* and two rails of gal vanized iron piping, making an euelo Miie do Pa t .-'juare. I hc j)lot belongingto i lo* three regime ids is inark(*d on lt;a ehof tin four eorncrn by granite posts,wcighii gat*in eaeh.'M. MM.t he Maroons Lead in Contest.Si nee t he opening of 1 hr contest in t hed M lt;A. the Maroons have b«cn in the1*.aid ami last night at 0 o clock werealicalt;l by YO point • I he White* nudes Mb lt;d O ( dirber held n scerct Incetife;last night arid « dlined a plan of earn pnign for the* o mainiug days of th* contest 1 ho Maroon? have aim’d a leg lead hut the vvhitt * an* hopeful ot having then color* (lying in the near future 1 he Maroons will hold a secret of their side in the Y. M, C, K to ont line 1 urther planii of the c i hei ontest will (dose Monday, her U)f and t he fight from now on will la t he ha rdest |ossihlenu’id if ;•tonight mpaign. Nov e 111HYMtNtAL.iU Dlt\ iKB-* lt;«l{ A MS,Roland lt;irant Ihdding*a and ia halt; H»v e b ram lt;*f \Ydi 1 k«a s\ 111 e% were *, t alt; tlv married on Sum la v afteinoon it one. .0 cloe k , at I * a r k i 11 s v i 1 le, by R ♦ v ( d ui t\L Smith.Won I urk eys.J bc three turkeys which wore rallied* !! h\ Mr ( a Lin Zellers were warn by Mr. living 1. ALII* i , whose number waul; M . Paul \\ dlard. who *• number w a -1 lt;a!»«I M f err-,.1 r M R Iio.*h|h w ho ■ hum be i vs e J ley weight i*2U pounds« a* h.
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Frederick News
Frederick, Maryland, US
Tue, Nov 24, 1908
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