Show GRANT JN IN r MARBLE 4 o Shroud Torn From Statue in Capitol Rotunda da 1 e ft r GOT OF o THE E Gf A AI B R Rt t SENATE ACCEPTS OP y BENTON DEN ON AND AD SLAm BLAIR 6 Eulogistic Speeches Are Made Nade in Honor General and the Two Deceased Senators Grosvenor Raps British For Strategy In Boer Baer War I IT T u May ray 18 The statue of General Grant presented pr ted by the G GA GAR A AR AB R B to the nation was waa unveiled in the great rotunda of the capItol today to y Elaborate ceremonies commemorative of the event ev t were were ld in the hall bli of representatives tattles in the presence pre ence 01 OJ i a avast avast vast concourse of ef f people p pe who included the widow daughter fa and descendants of the hero of hundreds of his hi comrades comrad in arms the officers and committee commItte of the G A R and n many distinguished in military political cal and social circles In the speech making General Gros Grosvenor venor took occasion to rap the British strategy gy in the Boer war and contrast Wolseley with Grant The statue of the preeminent chief of the Union forces in the civil war WU represents the th contributions of thou thousands thousands thousands sands of his comrades of the G A m it none of whom was allowed to subscribe more than 15 15 cents It is the result of ofa a movement started shortly after Gen General General eral Grants death dath at McGregor in m July Franklin Simmons an American is the sculptor tor Of marble of heroic size sire it stands on ona ona ona a granite pedestal emblazoned em with a R bronze seal of the tho t G A R IL rei r ing the grim old hero in the full uni uniform uniform uniform form of Gf a general equipped for the field with top boots and gauntlets his cloak over his left Ifft arm and his right hand testing resting on the hilt of ot his sword Pew Few See the Unveiling The unveiling took place ploce shortly be before before before fore noon in the presence presenceS of Mrs Sartoris Miss Sartoris the officers of the G A R Speaker Henderson HenderS n and Senator Frye president pro te of the senate The fact of the unveiling was kept secret and a few people wit witnessed flossed it f There were no ceremonies cremonie Mi Ii s Sart fIs in white witHe dressed d V the lanyard that uncovered the statue Mrs Grant inspected it carefully and smiled her approval Tha party then en went to the hall bali of the house bouse where the ceremonies took k place Ceremonies in the House The ceremonies In iii ii the house were profoundly impressive i p e lve They con consisted c n J SJ t af addresses by y Mr Mc gry l 1 1 Ir r O 0 MIt ieh h hardson I ardson Tena Teun Mr liE 1 r Warner W le III Mr TX y Gardner cMich Mr BrO sl Penn and Mtv t t a 7 The gallery opposite oP si e the th th speakers B rostrum had been reserved tr for the members of the G A R Ro and was w s I crowded with grizzled veterans wo came o 0 pay Ply tribute to the memory of their loved comrade In the area in front of the speakers desk sat mem hers bers of the Grand Jinny my and a d the corn com committee oom appointed by the grand army anny encampment at Philadelphia who wh had ia been granted the privilege of the he floor for the occasion by a special s resolution r sol in the house Exactly at 12 Speaker Hender Render Hendersons Hendersons sons gavel fell feU After an Impressive prayer pra er by t th blind chaplain the eera of or the Grand Army among I whom were Irvin I Albert D Shaw General S S General R B Heath S V Com Command Commander man d er f Irvin Robbins Chief J L Li Grimm were ushered into the house Aft After r the speaker hadan badan f flounced the order of the day Mr Mc Me McCleary Cleary of Minnesota Chairman of the committee on library sent to the clerks desk and had bad read a letter Jetter addressed to the speaker presenting the statue f fG G A K E Formally Thanked Mr lIr McCleary then offered the follow following following ing resolution Resolved by br b the house hoUlle the senate concurring That the thanks of con congress congress congress gress be given to the Grand Army for tor forthe forthe the statue of General U S Grant Resolved That the fhe he statue be accept accepted ed and placed in the capitol and that thata a copy ropy of these resolutions signed by py presiding officers of the of representatives ana nJ the senate be forward forwarded ed eo to the chairman of the committee of the G A R on the Grant memorial The eloquent eulogies of General Grant which followed were listened to attentively and several times wrung f round after round of applause a olau e from floor and galleries Mr Warner Ills who sewed eved ed under General Grant spoke Grosvenor Apes British General Grosvenor Gro venor of Ohio said Grant has been criticised ed somewhat by one of the great generals Deras of Europe great In jn the amount of pay that he draws great in the high rank that he be beholds holds great in the splendid decorations d that he has bas but I ask my countrymen hie h e today when we are considering I something of Grant in the Jt ht of years whether we may not I w with ith a pride that Is enjoyable contrast J the career of Grant and all aU his mis mistakes f takes if he ever made any compare re I them with the most critical eye with the best thing that HAS hs hI been done by bythe bythe bythe the British army in its ita great campaign against the Boers and tl me ne whether Grant does not shine like a meteor I think the strategy of ot Grant that cen en centered entered in the wilderness and in front of Richmond the magnificent organization tion of the army of the Potomac will li 11 live ve e as an exemplar of military strategy and perfection long lon after Wolseley his I critic long after Wolseley the th man who had deprecated him ton long after Wolseley the hero of in Egypt and the planner of ot the th strategy of Jf South Africa will have been rele relegated relegated gated to his proper position among the th ih great generals of ot the world Ap An Applause pI au |