With Military Pomp

Washington, T. C, May 13.- With Imposinc; ceremonies the neroic equestrian starue of Maj.-Gcn. Winti 11 Scott H&ncock was unveiled hcre Tuesd.iy before an immense gathering, whicli ini'hiflcd President Cleveland, Vice-President Stevenson and representatives of the supreme court, the diplomatic corp3, both bodiea of congress anrt army vete. ans and colleaguei ot the late general. Tlie un'seiliiig was preci ded ly a jr.Oitary demonstration. Four compalies of artillery marching ns infantry. four oonipanie8 of marines, wlti Marine band, llght battery C, 3d artillTy, a squadron from the Cth cavalry, ihe full district militia and numerom military organizatlons, Ineludlng the 2d army corps, at. the head ol which Gen. Hancock achieved his greatest victories, participated iu tbe parade. Brig.-Gen Brooke, commandlr.g tbe department of the Dakotss, U. S. A., v;ia the grand marshal of the day. The excrciees opened wlth a prayer by the Rt..-Rev. James Y. Satterlee, bishop of Washington. The principal address was delivered by Senator John '1 Palmer of Illinois, major-genoral ol the United ilunteera during the war. A salute was flrcd s the unvelling of the ctatue look place. El 'juiidro.'l Invited friends gathered st the scène, neluding many relatlves an, friends of tbe deceased genoral. The statue stands in the hf-art of tha business dist.riot of Washington. It is theworkof Henry .J. Blli :ott, the note.l sculptor, and its total height is 33 feet 8 inches. Tbe distance from tho plint!; to the top of the hat is 14 feet G in umi the height of the pedestal from the ground lo the plinth is 19 feet 2 inches. The proportions of the riilor are such that if standing c-roct he wuuld measure ten feet in hcig'at. Senator Palmer in jis address said in part: "Thi military qualilies of Gen. Hancock are well kpown to the country. Tiie story of his brilliant services has been told in detail, by biographers, bar Gen. Grant has conilensed his rea! cluiracter and reputatioa into a few Ben ten ces: " 'Hancock ;tando, the most conspicuous figure 0 all the general officerr who did not exerciso a separate command. He coTimanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioaed as havlng committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicnous personal appearance. Hifl genial disppsiiion made him frienda and his personal conree and his p ence with his rommand in the thickeet of the fight won for him the confidenco of the troops strving under him.' " Continuing, Senator Palmer said: "I have said that Hancock had an 'eye for a battlefield.' The terms I usi are not technical, but they describe a quality in an officer that every practical soldier understands. It has its application to a field like that of Gettysburg and in a less degree to Chickaoiauga. When he reached Gettysbnr?; Hancock found the position held by th union forces menaced by startling dangers. At a glance he saw the advantages of the position and boldly resolver ihat this great battle should be fouglit 10 determine the fate of the continent. To be great is to be equal to the requirements of great occasions, and it is to the skill and courage ?.nj ihs resolute cooJness of Hancock that Gettysburg was seleeted as a batt)c2eld, aod it is to the ofiinp"-; of all ""ank? atjd grades atid to the hnrdy, rtcolute courage of the private soldiérs of many states that the country owes the crushing repulse of the confedérate forces. "I will not intrude myself into the invidious office of Inquiring whel Gen. Hancock possessed all the qualities whieh are by universal consent conceded o other great command It is enoi'gh to say for him that he was great, acording to that best definition of greatuess- 'He comprehended and seized gr-at opportunitics.' "