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Show I KATfl MHItA II Bronze Maine of Fred- II erick lie Ureal IB Imposing Ceremonies Mark Ifl Its Unveiling in the Nail Na-il tional Capital. IK Presonted by German. Emperor's Per- HE sonal Envoy, and Accepted by III the President III WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Hailed by n Ifl military blare of twonty trumpets, the I Gil bronze statue of Frederick the Great, IIS presented to the American pcoplo by Em-IK Em-IK pcror "William, was unveiled this aftor-mta aftor-mta r.oon by the Baroness Speck Von Stcrn-II Stcrn-II Pk burg, tho wife of the German Embassa-lU Embassa-lU dor. The ceremony was marked by great II military and official display. Tho statue III was presented on nehalf of the Emperor jiff by his personal envoy, the German Em-Ill Em-Ill bassador, who made a brief address. Tho III President made tho chief address of the l(! jay, and ae'espted the gift .on behalf of 1 the American people. Remarks were MM made by Lleut.-Gcn. ChafTeo, chief of Inn staff; Maj.-Gen. Gillespie of tho general III h staff, master of ceremonies: LIcut.-Gen. Mm Loowonfold, one of the Bpcclal commls-Bfif commls-Bfif sdonora sent to the unveiling' by tho Em-HfM Em-HfM p?ror, and Charlemagne Tower, -Amerl-llli can Knil)asEttdor to Germany. II v Brilliant Assemblage. i Seldom has the national capital wlt- W j)essed a more brilliant arid distinguished 1 assemblage than wrs Gathered on the I' grand csplanado of tho Army "War col- jl lege around the pedestal of tho statue. fi Immediately back of the statue on the i President's stand, which was completely Mj covered In red, white and blue bunting. IJ1 and decorated with American tlaes, sat II. ilio President and his Cablnot, the Gcr- Hi rniin Embassador and the Baroness Speck li Von Stornburg, Lieut. -Gon. Von Loewcn- w fold and MaJ. Count Von Schmettow, the jfj h-mpcror's special commissioners to the ij! iinvelllng, and the entlro diplomatic n torps, all in full uniform. On the stard3 (li to tho right and left of tho statue were f o'llcers of the army and navy in full JL orcss uniform, the members of tho Su- w j,rtmc court, members of Congress and It t ther Invited guests. Directly in front w of tho pedestal on tho ntatuo wcro Ml grouped numbers of Germans from va-fll va-fll i-ious parts of tho country. Within the 113' sates of the Army War college, along IK' i he line of march to tho esplanade, were 111' stationed tho troops In attendance. luK President Arrives. I ffj The firing of the President's salute of ml twenty-one guns had barely rtnlahed when Si his can-lace reached tho west stairway j of the War college terrace. Tho entlro Ji; nsremblaro aroso as he ascended tho W grand esplanade and remained standing tfl until the master of ceremonies, Maj.-Gen. Is Gillespie, has escorted him to his peat in ml the front row of tho President's stand. I I The President's flag had been hoisted Im over the stand as soon as the first gun of I Ifl saluto had boomed forth. It wus low- la ertrd as tho President left, and was rc- An turned to the Whito House in tho cus- Kg tody of his escorting troop of cavalry-HHB cavalry-HHB The official programme began with tho I WW invocation by tho Right Rev. Dr. Sattei-HBa Sattei-HBa 1cc tllG bishop of Washington. Ma) -HHI Gen. Gillesplo then addicssed the Embas-HUH Embas-HUH eador. As he closed his address. MaJ.-W MaJ.-W Gen Gillespie turned to the Embassa-HHfl Embassa-HHfl dress and, offering her his arm, escorted HIH her to the edge of the statue, where wcro HU fastened the silken cords attached to the HIM American and German 'tab's in which It HIH was shrouded. Hi Statue Is Unveiled. Gripping th2 cords firmly In each hand, HM the Embossadress had but to give one tug HIH before the silken folds loosed from HIH around tho figure of Frederick the Great. Straightway twenty trumpeters of tho HjH army drawn up in front of tho President s HjpH stand sounded a military blaro of wel- come, ono prolonged note, and as tho HEM flags elowly parted, tho American to tho H right and tho German to tho left, the HjHM Marino band struck- up tho German na- H tional anthem. Insiend of falling to the pedestal the flags, by an ingenious dc- HjHw Ice, wero hoisted to tho top of the flag- HJfjH poles on either side of the statuo and un- HHI furled to tho breeze amid tho inspiring HJljH melody of the German hymn HH Transferred to Embassador. HH I-leut,-Gen. Von Loewcnfcld was then H presented by tho master of ceremonies HJnW and, as tho special commissioner of tho HUM Emperor, transferred tho statue to tho H custody of his Majesty's persona envoy, HI Baron Stcmburg, the German "Embaesa- HJI9 dor The L,iouten'nt General briefly ad- Hffl dressed the Embassador. HIH Presented to American People. ftfl Baron Sternburg, the Germnn Embas- p;ulor, was introduced by Maj.-Gen. Gll-k-yplo and accepted the ruxtndy of the statuo from the special commissioner, formally presented tho gift on behalf ot tho Emperor to tho American people, through their President, whom tho F.m-bassador F.m-bassador addressed, concluding his address ad-dress thus: ".Mr. President- By order of tho German Ger-man Emperor, I havo the honor of asking ask-ing you to accept this .statue an a token of his Majesty's and tho Gorman peoplo s sincere friendship for the people of Amor-ma," Amor-ma," ' The last notes or "DIo Wncht am Rhcln" woro drownod In the enthusiastic greeting given tho President as he aro.so and advanced to tho odgo of tho snnd to deliver his address of acceptance. Tho President spoke ns follows: President Eooscvelt's Address. Mr. Embassador: Through you T wish on behalf of tho peoplu of tho United States to thank his Majesty, tho German Emperor, and tho people of Germany for tho gift to tho Nation which you have just formally delivered to me. 1 accopt It with deep appreciation of the friendly regard re-gard which it typifies for tho peoplo of this Republic both on the part of the Emperor and on tho part of tho German people. I accopt It not merely as the statue of one of tho half-dozen greatest soldiers of all time, and thcrcforo peculiarly pecu-liarly appropriate for placing In thlB War college, but I accept. It as tho statuo of a great man, whose llfo was devoted to tho service of a groat people, and whose deeds hnstcned tho approach of the day when a united Germany should spring Into being. Played a Great Part. As a soldier Frederick tho Great ranks In that very, very small group which Includes In-cludes Alexander, Caesar and Hannibal In antiquity, and Napoleon, and possibly Gustavus Adolphus, In modern times. Ho belonged to tho ancient and Illustrious house of Hohcnzollern. which, after playing play-ing a strong and virile part In tho middle ages, and after producing some men, like the great Elector, who were among tho most famous princes of their time, founded found-ed tho royal house of Prussia two con turics ago, and at last in our own day established es-tablished tho mighty German Empire ns among tho foremost of work powers. Wo receive this gift now at the hands of tho present Emperor, himself a man who has markedly added to tho luster of his great houso and his great nation, a man who lias devoted his llfo to tho welfare of his peoplo, and who, while keeping over ready to defend the rights of that peoplo, luu. also mado It evident In emphatic fashion that ho and they desire peace and friendship friend-ship with tho other nations of tho earth. Was Great Commander. It is not my purpose here to discuss at length the career of tho mighty King and mighty General whoso status we havo Just received. In nil history no other great commander, save only Hannibal, fought so long ngalnst such terrible odds, and whllo Hannibal finally failed, Frederick Fred-erick finally triumphed. In nlmost every battle ho fought against great odds, and ho almost always won the victory When defeated he rose to an even greater altl-ludo altl-ludo than when victorious. The memory of the Seven Years' war will last as long as their lives In mankind the love. of heroism, he-roism, and Its operations will be studied to tho minutest detail as long as tho world sees a soldier worthy of the name. It Is difficult to know whether to admlro most the victories of Lei; then and Prague. Rossbach and Zorndorf, or tho heartbreaking heart-breaking campaigns after Kunersdorf, when tho great King, after having been beaten to the ground by the banded might of Europe, yet roso again and by an exhibition ex-hibition of skill, tenacity, energy and daring such as had never before been seen united In ono person, finally wrested triumph tri-umph from defeat. Not only must the military scholar always turn to tho career ca-reer of Frederick tho Great for lessons In strategy and tnctlcs; not only must tho military administrator always turn to his career for lessons In organizing success; r.ot only will tho lover of heroism read the talcs of his mighty feats as long as mankind cares for heroic deeds; but oven those who are not attracted by tho valor of the soldier must yet, for tho sake of tho greatness of tho man, ponder and admire ad-mire the lessons taught by his undaunted resolution, his lnfiexlblo tenacity of purpose, pur-pose, his farslghted grasp of lofty possibilities, possi-bilities, and his uniilnchlng. unyielding determination In following tho path ho had marked out It Is eminently fitting that the statue of this Iron soldier, thUi born leader of men. should find a placo In this War college; for when soldierly genius and soldierly horoism reach tho highest point of achievement the man in whom thoy arc displayed grows to belong not merely to the nation from which ho sprang, but to all nations capable of snowing, and therefore capable of appreciating, appre-ciating, the vlrllo and masterful virtues which alone make victors in those dread struggles whero resort Is at last had to the arbitrament of arms. Symbol of Friendship. But, Mr. Embassador, In accepting tho statuo given us today through you from tho German Emperor, I accept It not merely because it Is tho statuo of a mighty and terrible soldier, but I accept It as a symbol of tho ties of friendship and good will which I trust as the years go on will bind ever closer together tho American and tho oerman peoples. There Is kinship of blood between the two nations. na-tions. Wo of tho United States are of mixed stock. In our veins run8 the blood of almost all tho peoples of middle, northern, north-ern, and western Europe. We already havo a history of which we feel that w havo tho right to be legitimately proud, and yet our nationality Is still in the formative for-mative period. Nearly three centuries have elapsed since the landing of the "English at Jamestown marked tho beginning be-ginning of .what has since grown Into the United States. German Element Strong- in America. During these three centuries streams of newcomers from many different countries abroad havo in each generation contributed contribu-ted to swell the increase of our people. Soon after tho English settled In Virginia and New England, the Hollander settled at the mouth of tho Hudson and tho Swede at the mouth of the Delaware. Even ln'colonlal days the German elcmont had become very strong among our peoplo In various parts of this country; the Irish element was predominant In the foothills of tho Allcprhcnles; French Huguonots were numerous. By the time of the Declaration Dec-laration of Independence that process, of fusion which has gone on ever since was well under way, From the bpglnnlng of our national history men of Gcrraon origin or German parentage played a distinguished distin-guished part in tho affairs both of peaco and of war. In tho Revolutionary war one of tho leading Generals wns Muhlenberg, an Amcrlcn of German descent, Just -as among the soldiers from abroad who camo to aid us one of the most prominent was the German, Steuben. Muhlenberg was the first Speaker of tho House of Representatives, Represen-tatives, and the battle which In the Revolution Revo-lution aaved tho valley of the Mohawk to tho American cause was fought under tho lead of tho German, Herkimer. As all tho different races her.e tend rapidly to fuse together. It la rarely possible after one or two generations to draw a sharp, line between be-tween the various elements; but there Is no student of our national conditions who has failed to appreciate what an invaluable invalu-able element In our, composite stock the German Is. Here on this platform, Mr. Embassador, among those present today arc many men partly or wholly of German blood, and among the officers of tho army nnd navy who have listened to you and who now join with mo In greeting you there aro many whoso fathers or grandfathers grand-fathers were born In Oormany, and not a few who themselves first saw the light there. Nations Have Allotted Tasks. Each Nation has Its allotted tasks to do; each nation has Its peculiar difficulties to encounter; and as the peoples of tho world tend to become more closely knit together alike for good and for evil, it becomes be-comes ever more Important to all that each should prosper, for the prosperity of ono Is normally hot a sign of menace liut a sign of hopo for tho rest. Hereon this continent con-tinent whero It Is absolutely essential that tho different peoples coming to our chores should not remain separate but should fuse Into one. our unceasing efTort Is to strive to keep and profit by the good that each race brings to our shores, and at tho same time to do away with all racial and religious animosities among tho various stocks. In both efforts we have met with an astonishing measure of success. A3 tho years go by It becomes no harder but easier to live In peace and friendship with the other nations of tho earth. A- young people, a people of composite stock, we havo kinship with many different nations, but wo are Identical with none of thorn, and are developing a separate national stock as wc havo already developed a sop-arato sop-arato national life. Wo havo In our voins tho blood of tho Englishman tho Welshman Welsh-man and tho Irishman, tho German and the Frenchman, the Scotchman, the Dutchman, tho Scandinavian, tho Italian, the Magyar, the Finn, tho Slav, so that to each of the great powers of the Old World wo can claim a more or less distant kinship by blood; and to each strain of blood wo owe some peculiar quality In our national life or national character. As such Is the case It is natural that wo should have a peculiar feeling of nearness to each of tho many peoples across the wator. AVo most earnestly wish not only to keep unbroken our friendship for eaoh. but so far as wc can without giving offense of-fense by nn nppenranco of meddling, to seek to bring about a better understanding and a broader spirit of fnlrdcallng and toloration among all nations. It lias been my groat pleasure, Mr. Embassador, In pursuance of this object recontly to take with you the first stops In the negotiation of a treaty of friendly arbitration between Germany and tho United States. Thonlts the Gorman Peoplo. In closing, let mo thank you, and through you tho German Emperor and tho Germnn people, for this stntuo, which I accept In the namo of the American people; peo-ple; a pcoplo claiming blood kinship with your own; a ncoplo owing much to Germany; Ger-many; a people which, though with a national na-tional history far shorter than that of your people, nevertheless, like your people, peo-ple, Is proud of the great deeds of Its post, and Is confident In tho majesty of Its future. fu-ture. I most earnestly pray thnt In tho coming years these two great nations shnll move on toward their several destinies des-tinies knit togother by lies of the heartiest frlondshlp and good will. Led by tho President, the assemblage aroso and. with uncovered heads, ro-rr.alncd ro-rr.alncd standing throughout the playing of "America" by the Marino band. Tho next address on tho programme was by special request of tho President, who desired that Llout.-Gcn Chaffeo, fhlef of ntaff. should speak at the unveiling. unveil-ing. In concluding. Lieut. -Gon. Chaffeo sdoIio at some length of tho deeds of Washington - and Grant on tho fiold of baltlc. Their statues, to, ho said, should bo reared on tho esplanade of the Army War college. Charlemagne- Tower, the American Embassador Em-bassador to Germany, was presented after af-ter tho playing of "Hall Columbia," and mndo a short address. The benediction was pronounced by tho Rev. Paul A. Henflcl, pastor of Concordia Lutheran church. A aln the assemblago stood uncovered while the band rendered "Tho Star Suan-gled Suan-gled Banner," which closed the official ceremony. Gift a Replica in Bronze. Tho Emperor's gift Is a ropllca In bronze of the statue which stands In his palace at Potsdam, the original being the vwr.rk of the sculntor. Prof Unom. Ti statuo Is of heroic slzo, standing more than seven feet. It Is mounted on a pedestal ped-estal of massive granite. Frederick Is standing erect, his right hand resting on his military staff, and ho looks sharply ahead. Tho sculptor has vividly portrayed por-trayed the powerful vigor which wns so striking a characteristic of tho German chieftain |