| Show TRIBUTE TO TOS GEN GUSTERS S MEMORY Equestrian Statue Dedicated to lo Him Unveiled by His Widow At Monroe Michigan PREST TAFT ORATOR OF DAY DAYI I lit I lilies nl I Company Cut UI 11 I 83 Irr I I tin I Curl Cum rIy I lun its ii Seoul Only One sic to 10 I Monroe Mich iichi Juno JUI 1 ullo 4 With Toft In Iii II ns as ni tho thu orator of sif If th this the the ii nn no In Inton notion tion ton state Minh city el ebb anil farming fanning district tl united hero today toda in II paying tribute to 10 the Die memory llory of ot Got Oen George utter Cutter who vho with 64 of or his hil cavalrymen wn WnM clam by Kitting band banul bane of Sioux Indians at ut the tha th hattie battle of at Little 1111 big lilg UI lIon Horn Hor In th tIle bud bad ad lands lunds of Montana June Juno 25 An All n statue of ion Uon usler Custer for or which the tho legislature of or Michigan appropriated ol wits UI unveiled by h b the tha widow Mm Mrs Elizabeth U Ii of or Non New ew York Ind criteria the tho theother theother other othol guests of at honor was Novin ln J JOuter 1 Outer tho the cavalry c leaders only surviving brother who wh niu stIll Mill HII resides relle on onn onIt R n f farm rm near hero lutro In the neighborhood wh ro tile the farmer tarm armor r and his military brothers brother pushed oMee I boyhood 00 Fred M was a Michi Michigan gnu gan a representative nt ni tho the dedication antI veterans of the tho tour four Michigan cavalry regiments that com Coin the tle r brigade In tile the Civil nar wn r noted ns as cort of ot honor to tho the provident In lii the parade An Interesting Inter i panl woe was WOI Cur Curly CurI ly I the bIte scout who at at tho the time of the tho battle batU wan n a I young oung boy antI and the only member of or Cu command to slaughter Thousands of visitors heard the Hie nd ud dreis reH of or President Taft there were niece many loan Inan dIstinguished guests tl Including Indu hll ln John A TOtted sen In Hlo Alden Smith und thud n a anum nunn num number ber huer 11 of or Oen rn Ousters Custers ufer army comrades of ot the tho Civil hit war scar Ir IrAter After Ater tins the Ih exercises liero litre President Taft Inc his Party I Nut went ent to Jackson Mich to participate In 10 the dedication of ot n a tablet commemorating tho line organization orn organisation of o if the tho party under the oaks at It Jackson on In June 1854 1354 Senator W A Smith added a 0 Ine Ing InG tribute to tn Mr II Taft Tac to his eulogy of or Ouster Custer Ho He declared that the pros pres present ent occupant of the tho House would take rank with wih the mot mod Illustrious of our presidents president you 0 remember Or Orant Irant nt Lincoln H others of ot the Illustrious line In our president of or today toda In its In of or fitness Ir determination In and love of ot countr country Is ii I the peer of ot them all 11 he said Whet When Mr Ir name 1111 was 01 mentioned thorn was yas n a ripple of ot as aR time the senators l tribute to toI Mr I Taft won was Wa concluded President Taft TI C spoke Ho lie 10 declared that Cutter Custer took rank with wih the cavalry com con menders manders of or the Uie te world From Hull lu nun Run to t In every ever bloody blood battle of the army of or the Potomac ho Ito was wal the right arm Irm of ot the commander of the Ihl forces ns as 81 the leader of or the tile cavalry brigade The Tue president declared the phase of ot Ousters career however which ap appealed aI appealed pealed most 10 deeply to Ie him bin was ivan his share har In the Indian wars Was Wash The h president said fall Ho Ito Jo wax was wa one of ot the tue 2500 O O men I n cons com composing om posing the regular army Rny whoso work we do not fully Cul appreciate n I as much muchas as we 0 did thid Tho army ary then ln and the tho army la of ot today Is II one of which the Uni United ted States may lofty well wel be he proud prou I 1 ea this merely merel to note tho the Indebtedness of at atthe the country to the army ar arm during the Ule opening of or the west und and to 10 testify to the anti Mil heroism of oC George Armstrong Ouster uster In 11 that great bottle battle balto which continued for far a 0 decade the II great gent war for tor civilization of ot dh ho he was the tho most malt conspicuous n nd shining sac sacrifice sacrifice ac |
