Show TUFTS TRITE TO WAR HEROES President is Principal Speaker Unveiling of Monument to Men Who Fought at Gettysburg I 1 i i Declares That Services of Regular Army Have Never Been Commemorated Commemor-ated Adequately by Congress f or the Nation It Gettysburg PaThe dedication of a luouu lent to tho regulars who fought at Gettysburg was the occasion whlchi brought President Taft to this clt yjon Monday May 31 a grateful congress having somewhat tardily causid to be erected a 200000 shaft In the bloody angle where the regulars bore the brunt of tho lighting upon the lllst day at Gettysburg The Imposing shaft of granite was unveiled by the presidents daughter MlssHolen H Taft while tho president paid tribute to officers and men of the United States army past and present Tho president put himself squarely on record as opposed to any reduction in the standing army Ho told of tho prejudice that often has arisen against the possible aggressions of a regular army and a professional soldiery sol-diery and of the corresponding difficulty diffi-culty In arousing that love and pride of the army which expresses itself today and has frequently expressed itself In tho past in behalf of the navy The president asserted that the services ser-vices of tho regular army have never been commemorated adequately by congress or the nation The profession of arms always has been an honorable one ho declared de-clared All honor to the regular army of the United States Never In ita history has it had a stain upon its escutcheon es-cutcheon On the way to Gettysburg from Plttsburg the presidents car was sidetracked at York for two hours and during his stay he made a brief address III which he declare again his hoje < for the earlV < enJWltmontjot a 1 tariff law If the Lord will only bo good and send some reaj hot weather I in June Four regiments of the regular army wore here to participate in tho exercises exer-cises There also was a personal escort es-cort to the president composed of veterans of the regular army who fought in the Gettysburg campaign Tho president arrived iihortly before 10 oclock and was taken for a drlvo over the battlefield At Several points he alighted and stood on the promt nences overlooking tho valley below and the mountains In the far dts tanco Returning to his private car for luncheon he remained until the arrival ar-rival of his daughter from Washington Washing-ton Miss Taft came with the secretary secre-tary of war and Mrs Dickinson In the party from tho capital were also many distinguished officers of tho army The ceremonies of the unveiling were simple Miss Taft pulled the silken silk-en cord that released the flags draped about the monument and tho magnificent magnifi-cent shaft ot granite was exposed Id tho view of the applauding throng |