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IN CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, said party of the first part agrees to pay to said parties of the second part, in full for furnishing, constructing, erect- ing. placing and completing all of said monuments and markers, and in full for all labor, materials, freight and other charges and expenses connected in any wise therewith, and in full for the placing of said bronze tablets and seals and the inscribing of said markers. the total sum of $32.585.00. to be paid as follows :
Fifty per cent. of the cost price. as determined by said Indiana Vicks- burg Military Park Commission, of such of said monuments and markers as shall be shipped by said parties of the second part to said Indiana Vicks- burg Military Park Commission, and delivered in good condition to said Commission, f. o. b. cars at Vicksburg. Mississippi, shall be paid by said parties of the first part to said parties of the second part from time to time as said shipments are delivered : but in no event shall such payment be made upon shipments of less than four car loads at one time. The bal- ance of the contract price shall be due and payable when all of said inon- uments and markers are erected and completed according to the require- ments of this contract. and are approved and formally accepted by said Indiana Vicksburg Military Park Commission.
It is mutually agreed by the parties hereto that any changes m the plans or specifications aforesaid, whether relating to additions to or de- ductions therefrom, shall be agreed on between the parties hereto before the same are made. and such changes and the addition to or deductions from the contract price in consequence thereof, shall be indorsed upon this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals this 30th day of January, 1908.
THE STATE OF INDIANA,
By The Indiana Vicksburg Military Park Commission.
By Henry C. Adams, President.
Approved this 13th day of February, 1908.
J. FRANK HANIT.
Governor of the State of Indiana.
ANGOLA MONUMENT Co., W. T. LAZENBY, E. M. HETZLER.
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INDORSEMENTS.
It is hereby agreed between the Angola Monument Company, of An- gola, Indiana, and the Indiana Vicksburg Military Park Commission. that the bases of the two, "four regiment monuments," to be erected by said company, in Vicksburg National Military Park, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, may each be divided in two equal parts, and in consideration therefor, the said Angola Monument Company is to give a credit of one hundred and fifty dollars on each monument, making a credit of three hundred dollars, on the contract price set out in contract hereto attached, for which said company is to furnish and erect monuments in said Vicksburg National Military Park, for the State of Indiana.
THE INDIANA-VICKSBURG MILITARY PARK COMMISSION. By Henry C. Adams, President. ANGOLA MONUMENT Co .. Per E. M. Hetzler.
CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN BRONZE FOUNDRY CO.
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 23rd day of January. 1908, by and between the STATE OF INDIANA, acting through the Indiana Vicksburg Military Park Commission, constituted by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved March 2, 1907, and consist- ing of Henry C. Adams, George F. McGinnis. John W. Sale, Lewis C. Moore and M. M. Lacey, hereinafter designated as party of the first part. and the American Bronze Foundry Company, of Chicago, a corporation organ- ized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois and having its principal place of business at Chicago, Illinois, party of the second part.
WITNESSETH : That said party of the second part, for and in consider- ation of the agreements hereinafter made by the party of the first part. hereby agree to furnish complete to said party of the first part certain bronze tablets, approximately thirty in number, and certain bronze state seals, numbering approximately twenty-three, the exact number of each being indicated in the plans and specifications hereinafter referred to; and to deliver the same free on board cars at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on or before July 1, 1908, consigned to the Indiana Vicksburg Military Park Commission ; and for each and every day beyond said first day of July, 1908, during which said tablets and state seals, or any of them, shall re- main undelivered as aforesaid, said party of the second part agrees to pay to said party of the first part the sum of ten dollars per day as liquidated damages and not by way of penalty.
Said party of the second part further agrees to make an exact clay model of the state seal of Indiana. as the same will finally appear in bronze as provided herein, and to send the same to Henry C. Adams, President of said Commission, on or before thirty days from the date of this contract.
Said party of the second part further agrees to prepare and furnish to the satisfaction and approval of said Commission all of said tablets and seals, in strict accordance with the plans and specifications prepared there- for, which are now on file with said Commission and are identified by the signature of said Henry C. Adams, President of said Commission, which
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plans and specifications are here referred to and made parts of this agree- ment as fully as though incorporated bodily herein ;
Said party of the second part further agrees to furnish to said party of the first part a good and sufficient surety company bond in the penal sum of $2.366.85, with surety or sureties to the approval of said Commis- sion, conditioned for the faithful performance of this contract.
IN CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, said party of the first part agrees to pay to the said party of the second part, in full for all labor, transportation charges and material furnished in connection with the work aforesaid and in full for all of said tablets and seals, to be made and delivered as afore- said, the total sum of two thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty-five cents ($2,366.85), the same to be paid when all of the said tablets and seals are completed and delivered, and formally approved and accepted at Vicksburg, Mississippi, by said party of the first part, acting by said Commission.
Said party of the first part further agrees to furnish to said party of the second part on or before thirty (30) days from the date of this con- tract, certified copies of all inscriptions to be placed upon said tablets, with the tablet on which each is to be placed, distinctly indicated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals this 23rd day of January, 190S.
THE STATE OF INDIANA, By The Indiana Vicksburg Military Park Commission. By Henry C. Adams, President.
Approved this 13th day of February, 190S.
J. FRANK HANLY, Governor of the State of Indiana.
(SEAL.)
AMERICAN BRONZE FOUNDRY COMPANY, By C. A. Tinkham, President. Attest: L. D. Burns, Secretary.
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Financial Report
Of the Indiana-Vicksburg Military Park Commission.
Appropriation, 1907
$38,000 00
Expenses of the Commission
$693 93
Telephone, telegraph, postage, advertising and steno- graphic work
137 44
Printing
46 80
H. L. Ogborn, plans and additional drawings
327 00
Photographs and framing
103 50
Expenses of the dedication
1,575 13
Recutting granite work
37 00
Angola Monument Company
32,285 00
American Bronze Foundry Company
2,420 85
Balance
373 35
$38,000 00 $38,000 00
(Signed)
JOHN W. SALE, Treasurer.
I have examined the above report and have found the same to be correct.
W. H. O'BRIEN, Auditor of the State of Indiana.
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Dedication Ceremonies, December 29, 190S.
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Dedication Ceremonies.
Owing to labor disturbances in the granite quarries, the Angola Monument Company was unable to comply with the contract to complete the monuments by September 15, 1908. This necessarily postponed the dedication of the same. November 21, 1908, after consultation with Governor Hanly, the time of dedicatory cere- monies was set for December 29, 1908.
On December 27, 1908, at 8 p. m., the Commission, with Gov- ernor Hanly and staff, ex-Governor Durbin and a few others as their guests, and many others from various points in the State, boarded a special train and departed for Vicksburg, over the Penn- sylvania and Illinois Central Railroads.
The party arrived at Vicksburg at 5:40 in the evening of Decem- ber 28th, and established headquarters at the Hotel Carroll. They were later guests at a reception given in honor of Governor and Mrs. Noel, at the home of Colonel Scudder. The citizens of Vicks- burg, on the day following, after the dedication ceremonies, ten- dered a reception to Governor and Mrs. Hanly and the Commission in the parlors of the hotel.
The morning of the 29th was spent in sight-seeing, and later the party went to the park, where, at 2 p. m., the dedicatory ceremonies were held, the program being as follows:
PROGRAM.
Governor's salute, by the Warren Light Artillery, Captain Dennis Hassley, commanding.
Music Band, 12th Regiment Cavalry, U. S. Army Invocation. . Rev. W. T. Stott, Captain 18th Indiana Song, "America" . School children of Vicksburg Call to order Henry C. Adams, President of Commission Song, "Star Spangled Banner" Miss Clarissa K. Koons Delivery of Monuments by Henry C. Adams to Governor J. Frank Hanly,
representing the State of Indiana.
Acceptance of monuments by Governor Hanly, and delivery to the United States.
Acceptance of monuments by Captain W. T. Rigby, Chairman of National Park Commission, representing the United States.
Song. "Just Before the Battle, Mother" Miss Clarissa K. Koons
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Address. . Governor E. F. Noel, of Mississippi
Song. "Dixie" . School children Presentation of flowers by Mrs. E. F. Noel to Gen. George F. McGinnis, a representative of the Union veteran soldiers.
AAddress. Ex-Governor Winfield T. Durbin, of Indiana
Song. "Taps"
Miss Clarissa K. Koons
Benediction
Rev. W. T. Stott
Volley. Company A, Volunteer Southrons, Capt. James E. Gorman, com- manding.
Music, Patriotic Medley .12th U. S. Cavalry Regiment Band
National Salute.
Warren Light Artillery. Capt. Dennis Hassley
Rev. W. T. Stott delivered the invocation as follows :
"Our Heavenly Father-We gladly recognize Thee as the God of the ages and the nations. Thou dost give the people of the earth their boundaries in time and place, if largely they may seek after Thee and find Thee, though Thou are not far away from every one of us. Thou wast with our fathers when they came to these shores ; and Thou wast with them and hast been with us in all our struggles for liberty. As we gather today to dedicate these monuments to the memory of our comrades who gave their lives that the Republic might live, do Thou bless us, and help us to resolve upon a deeper devotion to the welfare of our common country, so that these dead may not have died in vain. We thank Thee for the patience and perseverance of the men whose work made these exercises possible. Bless, we pray Thee, the many in all parts of our land whose eyes and hearts turn towards this place ; bless the children and soldiers and friends who kindly unite with us in these exercises; and bless, we pray Thee, this city and commonwealth into whose keeping we commend these sacred places. May our whole country, North, South, East and West, join to make this nation one whose God is Jehovah and whose task is to carry the light and truth to all the nations of the earth. May the panoply of Thy presence and power fall upon those who today guide our thoughts and dictate our emo- tions. We ask all and offer all in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and King. Amen."
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ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT HENRY C. ADAMS IN PRE- SENTING THE MONUMENTS TO THE STATE OF INDIANA.
GOVERNOR HANLY, COMRADES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : The first steps taken toward the ereetion of the monuments which we have met here today to dedicate were by the Sixty-third General Assembly of the State of Indiana, who, upon the suggestion of Governor Winfield T. Durbin, passed Senate Bill No. 107. approved by the Governor March 9, 1903. The act provided that the Gov- ernor of the State be and is hereby authorized to appoint a Commis- sion of five members who were from Indiana organizations partici- pating in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, said Commission to ascertain and exactly determine the positions of each Indiana organization in the siege of Vicksburg, and to make full report to the Governor on or before the 30th of January, 1905.
The Governor appointed as members of this Commission, E. L. Semans. Sth Indiana; M. M. Lacey, 69th Indiana; Philip Lester, 16th Indiana ; A. B. Crampton, 48th Indiana, and Henry C. Adams. 26th Indiana. May 18, 1903, upon call of the Governor, the mem- bers appointed met at the state house and organized by selecting Henry C. Adams, president, and Thomas M. Hardy, of the 16th In- diana, secretary. After correspondence with Capt. W. T. Rigby, president of the Vicksburg National Park Commission, the Commis- sion visited Vicksburg November 21, 22 and 23, 1903, and again November 16, 17 and 18, 1904, and with the advice and assistance of Captain Rigby designated and appropriately marked the positions of the various Indiana organizations, which were the 8th, 11th, 12th. 16th, 18th, 23d, 24th, 26th, 34th, 46th, 47th. 48th, 49th, 53d, 54th, 59th, 60th, 67th, 69th, 83d, 93d. 97th, 99th and 100th Regiments of Infantry ; Company C. 1st Cavarly ; Company C, 4th Cavalry, and the 1st and 6th Batteries of Artillery. The selections of positions were made in perfect harmony by representatives of the National Commission, the Indiana Commission and representatives of nine- teen different Indiana organizations who had served at Vieksburg. and who were present in November. 1904. At the time of the selec- tion of the positions of the organizations, the Commission desig- nated, subject to the approval of the Legislature of Indiana, a posi- tion for a state memorial, and the place we oceupy today is the one so selected.
The Commission made report of the same to Governor Durbin, and in his message to the Sixty-fourth General Assembly, which
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convened in 1905, he recommended "That an appropriation be made of an amount sufficient to permit the erection of monuments and markers of the simple but massive character adopted by the National Military Parks at Shiloh and Chickamauga." A bill to carry out the provisions of this recommendation was introduced in the House of Representatives, but no vote was taken thereon. In 1907, at a meeting of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly, a bill was introduced in the Senate, providing for an "Act for the appoint- ment of a commission to procure and supervise the erection of monuments in the Vicksburg National Military Park as the memo- rials for the organizations of Indiana soldiers who took part in the siege of Vieksburg in the year 1863, and to provide for the dediea- tion of the same; and to perform all other duties naturally inci- dent and pertaining thereto and make an appropriation to pay therefor." This aet, which provided for an appropriation of $38,000, was passed by the Senate without a negative vote, and by the House of Representatives with but three dissenting votes. And was promptly signed by Governor Hanly March 2, 1907.
Governor Hanly appointed as members of the Commission, Gen. George F. McGinnis, John W. Sale, 67th Indiana; M. M. Lacey, 69th Indiana; Lewis C. Moore, 93d Indiana, and Henry C. Adams, 26th Indiana. Upon call of the Governor the Commission met at Indianapolis May 29, 1907, and organized by electing Henry C. Adams, president; Gen. George F. McGinnis, vice-president ; John W. Sale, treasurer, and M. M. Lacey, secretary. It was de- cided by the Commission that the best effect could be produced, in the erection of monuments, to allot to each organization a propor- tionate share from the amount appropriated for monuments, and when there were two or more organizations serving in the same brigade, to unite the amounts allotted to each regiment and erect monuments costing the total of said allotments. Single monuments to be erected for the 23d. 26th, 47th, 53d, 83d and 93d Regiments, as these regiments were not in brigades with other Indiana regiments. Two-regiment monuments to be erected for the 8th and 18th Regi- ments, and for the 48th and 59th Regiments. Three-regiment mon- uments for the 16th, 60th and 67th Regiments and for the 49th, 54th and 69th Regiments, and four-regiment monuments for the 11th, 24th, 34th and 46th Regiments, and for the 12th, 97th, 99th and 100th Regiments. Single monuments to be erected for the companies of cavalry and batteries of artillery, making in all six- teen monuments. Specifications were prepared, and the Commis-
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sion secured the services of Mr. Harry L. Ogborn to design the monuments, and this he has done to our satisfaction.
On the 9th of November, 1907, the Commission, after corre- spondence with Captain Rigby, visited Vicksburg for consultation with the National Commission, and in company with Captain Rigby, chairman, visited the National Military Park and carefully examined the positions which had been assigned to the various In- diana organizations and found no occasion to change any one of them.
We then agreed upon the style of fifty-three markers, which should mark the various positions of organizations during the siege.
The Commission desires to testify to the skill, efficiency and ability of Captain Rigby. He has been actively engaged in this great work for about ten years, has become thoroughly acquainted with the location of the earthworks of both armies and with the topography of the country surrounding Vicksburg, and by careful and painstaking studies of the reports of regimental, brigade, di- vision and corps commanders, and those of the generals, chief in command, of both armies. He has acquired a wonderful knowl- edge of the movements of the troops in all the battles which pre- ceded and led up to the investment and siege proper, and the part taken by all in the siege, and we express our grateful appreciation of the unfailing courtesy, kindness and patience which he has shown to us on all occasions.
After the preparation of specifications and plans had been com- pleted, notice according to law was given that bids for monuments, markers and bronze work would be received on the 8th day of Janu- ary, 1908, and upon said day there were received for the granite work thirteen bids; and for the bronze work nine bids. The bids of the Angola Monument Company for the granite work, and of the American Bronze Foundry Company for the bronze work, were deemed the best, and contracts were awarded in accordance. Bonds were filed, and approved and accepted by the Governor and the Commission, February 13, 1908. Owing to labor disturbances in the granite quarries, the completion of the monuments and markers has been delayed beyond the time provided in the contract for the same.
In the judgment of the Commission, the granite work and bronze work both have been well done, and we hope will meet the approval of the representatives of the State of Indiana and of the United States.
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At all times during our visit to Vicksburg, we have received from the people of the city a cordial welcome, and the deepest inter- est in our labors has been shown by all whom we have met, and on this day of the finality of our labors, we wish to make acknowledg- ment of the same. To Governor Noel, who so kindly and promptly accepted our invitation extended to him to be present today, we extend our sincere thanks. To Professor Carr, superintendent of the Vicksburg schools, and to these school girls, who have added so much to our ceremonies with their sweet songs, we tender our grateful appreciation. We are much indebted to Captains Gor- man and Hassley and their splendid companies for their presence and assistance, and we wish them continued success in the days to come.
From the representatives of the local press of Vicksburg we have always received kind and courteous treatment, for which we ask them to accept our continued regard and gratitude.
And now, Governor Hanly, the work of the Commission in the matter of erection of these monuments, has been completed. We have, at all times, and in all matters, acted in perfect harmony. We greatly appreciate the honor which you have conferred upon us by appointing us members of this commission, and we thank you for the same. Our sole aim has been to render to our comrades, to the State of Indiana, and to you, the best service in our power to give. The law providing for the appointment says that the Commission shall be subject to the direction and control of the Governor, and to you we have often gone for advice and direction. This you have always given us in the most kindly manner. You have shown more than official interest in this great work, it has also been personal and patriotic, and we now deliver to you, as the representative of the people of Indiana, these monuments, which are commemorative of the valor and patriotism of the men of Indi- ana who served here more than forty-five years ago.
HON. J. FRANK HANLY. Governor of Indiana. 1905-1909.
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ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR HANLY.
AT THE DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENTS ERECTED UNDER TIIE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, AT VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, DECEMBER 29, 1908.
MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE INDIANA-VICKSBURG MONUMENT COMMISSION : To you this is no new stage. Its re- motest confines were once familiar. You looked upon it, front and rear. You stood before its footlights. You knew its comedy-its tragedy. You had honorable and distinguished cast in the great drama that gave it fame in every land beneath the sun and place in the country's every annal-a drama as real as human life in tensest mood-in which every character was a hero; every actor an inspired patriot, and every word a deed-a drama, the memory of which is enduring, fadeless, and the scenes of which take form and color even now and rise before you vivid as a living picture. How clear the outline is :
Time-The Nation's natal day, forty-five years ago.
Place-This historic field; yon majestic river; that heroic city there-a beleaguered fortress, girdled with these hills.
Scene-The rivers' broad expanse; Admiral Porter's fleet-grim engines of war, with giant guns and floating batteries, facing deep- mouthed and frowning cannon on terraced heights; the intrepid Army of the Tennessee, with camp and equipage, occupying a line of investment twelve miles in length, with sap and mine, battery and rifle-pit, marking a progress that would not be stayed, fronting a system of detached works, redans, lunettes and redoubts on every height or commanding point, with raised field works connected with rifle-pits; numerous gullies and ravines-nature's defenses. impas- sable to troops; all in all more impregnable than Sevastopol; with here and there ensangnined areas where brave men met death in wild, mad charge against redoubt and bastian, or fell, in the de- lirium of frenzied struggle, ou parapets. where torn and ragged battle flags, borne by valorous arms, leaped and fluttered for a mo- ment amid cannon's smoke and musket's glare, only to fall from nerveless hands, lost in the chagrin and grief of repulse, crushing and disastrous.
Denouement-Fortifications sapped and mined ! A city wrecked, subdued by want! An army in capitulation ! A mighty host, surrendered ! Flags furled ! Arms stacked ! One hundred and seventy-two captured cannon! Sixty thousand rifles taken ! Twenty-nine thousand. four hundred and ninety-one men, prison-
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ers of war-hungry, emaciated, broken, dejected men, worn by sleepless vigil, the ordeal of war, the alarm of siege-men who suf- fered and endured but would not yield until dire distress com- pelled-men whose gallant valor challenges admiration and re- speet, and gives them equal claim to fame with their invincible captors, whose iron grip and ever-tightening hold they could not break ! Vietory complete and splendid! And over all-river, field and city-where crash of musketry, roar of cannon, scream of shell, and all the tumultuous din of war, had reigned-the hush and awe of silence, unbroken by cheer or shout or ery of exultation !
Result-The fall of Port Hudson, an impregnable fortress, 250 miles below; the disenthrallment of the Mississispi-unvexed by war-its waters free to seek the sea in peace; the bisecting of the Confederacy-cut in two-severed completely-its doom decreed- its fate forever sealed-all thereafter dying in its defense going hopeless and in vain to sacrificial altars; the establishment of the Union's indissolubility-its power made manifest east and west- faith in its ultimate triumph, though the pathway led through toil and blood, became assured, the Nation saw the end, distant but sure-it found itself and it found a man, and that man had found himself and had found others, too-Sherman, McPher- son, Logan, Hovey, Osterhaus, McGinnis-a quiet, silent man, of grim determination, who "looked upon side movements as a waste of time"-a man of immovable purpose, who went to his object unswerving as a bullet-a man of sublime courage, who wanted "'on the same side of the river with the enemy"-a man of calm confi- dence, who relied upon himself and the disciplined, hardy men who followed him, who, under him, knew no defeat and who were un- willing to learn what it was-a man who knew the trade of war, its science and its rules, but who dared ignore its long-accepted axioms when occasion required, who, when he could not protect his com- munications with his base without delay and the diminution of his force, could ent loose from all communications and have no base, though moving in the heart of the enemy's country-a man of daring brilliancy, who could fight in detail a force superior in the aggregate to his own and defeat in turn its seattered fragments before they could consolidate-who had no rear, whose every side was front-who knew that "time is worth more than reinforce- ments" and that delay only gave "the enemy time to reinforce and fortify"-whose strategy, celerity and rapidity of movement threw confusion into the councils of opposing generals, in a land strang-
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