Salt Lake Herald | 1907-10-20 | Page 1 | Statue of General Franz Sigel Now Adorns Riverside Drive, New York

STATUE OF GENERAL FRANZ SIGEL NOW N W I ADORNS RIVERSIDE DRIVE NEW YORK New York Oct 19 The dedication and unveiling of oC the statue of Franz SIgel at Riverside Drive and andOne andOne andOne One Hundred and Sixth street this aft afternoon af t was made the occasion for an Imposing military and civic parade In which over Oooo men were expected fo to participate General Steward L Woodford chair mana of the monument committee presided The oration in English by Governor Hughes an address In tn Ger German German German man by Herman RIdder of ot the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Staats Stoats and singing by bythe bythe bythe the United German Singing societies of 1000 voices were features of oC the ceremonies The unveiling of the stat statue statue statue ue which is the work of Carl Bitter was assigned to Franz Sigel son of ot the famous general The parade started from second street and West Vest WestEnd WestEnd End avenue and proceeded up River Riverside RIversIde RiversIde side Drive past the reviewing stand The organizations in th parade in I eluded detachments of the army and navy national guard and naval mili mill militia militia tia Grand Army Arm posts Spanish war veterans and various civic bodies General widow widows her three chil children children children dren and several relatives were In the reviewing stand With Governor Hughes was General Frederick D Grant The members of ot the Old Guard acted as escort to the governor General Woodford in turning the statue over to the city paid a tribute to General SIgel for his valiant services servIces servIces ices in the civil war and for his lay loy loyalty lo alty aUy and devotion to his adopted coun country country country try Governor Hughes in his address paid honor to General Sigel Sig l 1 and others of foreign birth who have served the na nation nation tion In war and peace Many tInny of tho those s who attended the un unveiling unveiling veiling were Germans and to them the remarks of Herman RIdder were addressed a sed In iii the mother m ther tongue on 10 1