Show 5 TO OU t I I r i I I n i I 1 w k o j Y important addition wW be AN A mad fC early rl in n to the II which hA have 8 1 e Ia 1 by F of the Ot of the Th The newest n national work of 0 tit It Is a statue of Baron Broft vo beD U the r hero and 4 It laM has ubIA la In that thaC uWe from I Us wn awn Importance tt It the theu u ee of tributes In marble and aDd 1 bronze ro n hi h the th grateful republic has halt erect I to It its foreign foreign r officers who for tor the therk rk I of nf at love lov for the he ea cam or of liberty r f heir lot lots with the nd to In ita itaI I I r f n y and nd Aided the Continental fr fm h war fur la Independence notable group or of oc ples pt principally the tour four corners or of orf r f perk park or 01 square reo 1 House at r fr r tM the most bOe p phase In InA InAm A Am Th Tb of each or of t r fl ments In turn has been m mods lon for tor elaborate c ceremonies t tI It non ann rf of the te p ut that have ye yer PS r ben prevented win will bear r with Ute the DOl DOll t l lr r and civic exer which will the fOrMAl Oll or of the ther r f W Steuben statue Large bodies of i 1 States tat troop are to be beI sun I II nil to tn to take part IR in inI I pAra which will be a feat feature un of I I and d because or of the fact I a oa a f ron von volt Steuben wu was a T ton prom meat t It Ie and 1 la In laI InI I ran of it the CO Dby will t ate al Secretary or of War Dickinson r III at the to be held r th the shelter of oC covered rant the Ole new ew statue Pr Tuft TAft win will ear deliver Ua the prin print t r l I bUt will In be other rs coils s them hJ L el Count you OR the pres Ph PhIt present ent It to the United Ii 1 f frh rh to pay ar perhaps rather t tribute to the or of r nhen dater back Rek to 10 11 In Inh It h r CO Congress authorised the theIn I In nf f the statue which has h but Men n completed A n d of nf prominent government w waS appointed to arrange for fort I t and AIMI this n i ito to r f all A the leading sculptors to I I lit a eom n J In n were submitted and andt I II t I rr er art experts had gone over oYer t them h tm I IU the COItt contest narrowed down tr r three deI I the re IT Ir or of which wore asked keel to submit I r and rn revised designs gas Wh When n t tc this is c the award went to Albert AlbertT T r r the of the Tf rr showing 81 standing tp In his military cloak which w 1 t fn n M be In bronze In InIn f nations In reel r Al ban Ralf of ta tame Th i won the th endorsement h tat A ell the ther r r I 1 rf 0 Ali I A eal ton nr r present and It has halll ben n so n 1 4 hy by all tIM the art that ee hu has appropriated nr to tn a r replica Uca or r the statue tatu In bronze which h b I pree to the eMperor of and In will be glen given 11 pis la in RerUn Perlin Albert Albertn n r th the of oC this th newest r Art bled la ia a 6 native of G GOT but rk es brought to Cincinnati h and aalt t his hie education f hs It Ity He H studied art At a night aul 01 end la in at th the eat age of to N New Tot k to tor r sr upon h his dIn chosen career He h hII has r II ut t important port I public works work In r m f 1 rt s an and was th the winner of nr the ther r hn Inaugurated by the th Na a I tJ Sculpture 8 society to obtain sn an anen Ideal en for the United States sil silver il yer ver dollar General Baron Daron Frederick William i Augustus who M nw t l be represented among the tte a nip toyed Ido Idols we was a nan I and had been all an adJutant on onI i the stag Kat or of Frederick the Gre Great l ing the UtI seven years WAr njamin H I Pr induced him to come com t the 8 of General George Wash WashIngton i ion Ington on In 1777 1117 and shortly ft Ir h arrived In this country tb the continental Con Congress eM appointed him Inspector gin gen genal I Ive oral al of the revolutionary army and an gave ve him a commission as II major gen general i eral fie alA energy and experience en enabled n bled him to perform wonders In rear the ragged troopS of Wash Walh army anny left In deplorable eoa condition lUoR 0 oy the rigors of the hardest her t winter or of the whole struggle le u ua ben a wa was a man m n of wealth when he be took up this labor of love loY but he almost beggared himself forthe for the benefit t ot of the soldiers who had come under uDder hk his tare care years y Ars or of age when he be CAme to tn A Baron Baroa Steuben had been a soldier Idler since nee hi his MV seventeenth when ea he ente entered tile the Prussian p as a cadet and won early distinction hI by his bravery at the MUle battle of R Mch Av Af a man fighting In he h wu was la In one of the battles In that country captured I by the and taken to St Petersburg but there h won the favor i of Grand GraDd Duke Peter poter sad w was soon lOOn I exchanged It has haIJ frequently been sand lei that Sta skill All as an en ea engineer Ineer a and aad a tactician was u worth more to the American cause taU than a whole regiment of sol soldiers 1 dl diers but It must mUll not be supposed that t Ueal knowledge was w the only contribution ot of this officer er who had been personally trained by t the great greatest t est m master of nC Of el his General G I ubea t tOk k port rt In tile the bat battle t tl tle of oU ether encounters II n nand and wan R sat to Virginia Micro h he aed trained the be mil so 80 that When turned redcoat the Old Do Dominion Minion SteaM forces quickly drove ZOe the traitor from the Matt Mate After th the siege at Yorktown In which h he took a prominent part pari teu WIt ien d to make his hiI permanent home hom In this country It lie wu was with without out nut funds rund a as a result of oC hit his generosity to tn th soldiers but bat Congress Con voted him an n annuity of and the Mat of New York p prevented him with 1 or of land In Oneida county I where h rp he built the town of for forerunner ranner of Steubenville In Ohio and oth other states Itt just u as that oth other foreign hero It a city or town nam named after him In al almost most mOlt f every state In the Union With Ith I loyalty Steuben gath gathered ered about him hila In his hili new home a I number of nc those who hAd served on oa his start dart during t the war However he I enjoyed this peaceful existence for tor a f four weans y dying In 1714 at the thease age ase of years and bequeath 1 lag an all h his property to his hl military aids ald aldand and hi his old servants By ht his own r re quert h he ws buried barted upon his hili own tat fate In the th dl distinctive military cloak I to tn which h he was w an the one that In th the new statue The funeral was wa th the occasion or of great cere moa but Steuben s grave 1 un UD unmarked marked to tn this day ria Of the th statues thAt graM grace the pr parks And avenues or of the Amer X i sr ww ra rae I t e i l j I f M y 1 I I I II I The eu c o err I can capital some hAlf n a dzen are to 1 the men Inen who gave their swords and In i instances their lives lIp In the th cause ca or of freedom for the first I great rt republic Lafayette Rochambeau Pulaski Kosciusko and now Steuben are the principal warriors to whom gratitude h has thus been All or of th these heroes heroM etUDe cane as to the American Amerlean cause with the exception or of and he d deserves rv none the I lets credit for the services ren rendered d dered recI because 1 h he was wa sent by th the French king With the placing or of the Steuben n statue the there will be In place enduring of all 11 the best known foreigners hn fought for tor our hide hade pende with the exception of Count Coant jf and Daron De There M Is In the public places or of our ourI seat I lt or of government one statue or of a fe fA moue mou foreigner who had no hand inthe In Inthe the war that attracted to our shores in o many highborn soldiers ra or of fort fortune ne neThe The exception Is b by the statue e of Frederick the Great which stands I overlooking the Potomac river on the terrace In front of the United States army war particularly ap appropriate appropriate location h since Frederick k was in n eminent a roaster of the science of warfare This statue WAS presented to this nation S a few cow years ear ago by the thep p prevent nt emperor of Germany who hoe ha always been known as a most ardent admirer of his hiM tamo famous ancestor and the statue itself is III a reproduction of on one n the fatherlAnd Indeed the replica of the new Steu Steuben Steuben ben statue which ns II abo above explained Congress hu has provided shall hall be sent Hut Hutto to the kaiser kal r Is In effect a return gift Ift for tor this statue or of Frederick and Il ft seems particularly fitting that the fig of Steuben euben should have hae been chosen for this pur because of the clue ne lation which Baron Steu Steuben ben during durin the major part of his hi military Clr career r with Frederick the Great He was one of a small group of young oun men whom the great rat p t took under his hla own wing so to speak and personally Instructed to In Inthe the highest refinements or of military science clence History records also that Frederick strongly encouraged his friend and aid Baron Daron Steuben to come cometo cometo to America And give Ive Washington the benefit of his hie technical knowledge e ac acquired acquired In the school chool of pro prolonged longed 10 European an warfare Closely identified with the nw new Steu Steuben hen ben statue In one re put is 18 the spies pleD did new n statue of Count Pul Pulaski kl the gallant pole pol who gave up hi his lire life for this republic while leading a charge charre during dunne the siege tR of r Savannah On the day thAt Con Congress or ordered dered the new Steuben statue It set slid for the statue to 10 Pulaski 1 and for all that there were many delays de lays In securing this latter ft figure one model hlin been discarded altogether tr er the Pul Pulaski akl statue was M finished and In pIA place months aheAd or of its dUAl having havinK l been n dedicated d b by President Taft last 18 spring pring It shows the Polish poll n warrior on ho eb ek be lug the only equestrian statue Matue In our gallery U ry or of foreign heroes although a al almost most moat all or of the numerous statues In Washington to civil war leaders leaden show how the warroo am mounted on chargers The Pulaski MI statue Is likewise unique In that It I is located on Penn lenn Pennsylvania sylvania avenue a third or of a mile away from that stretch or of warR before the White Hou House which has come to be looked upon as the special I of the memorials to the fa faI famous I moue for foreigners The eft case or of the Pu PH Pulaski laski statue strikingly illustrates what I A long time Uncle Sam sometimes I tak takes to do a thing that he has bu made I up his to do tot ot so IJO very long after arter Pulaski l fail ll In battle Con Congress voted thata that a n monument name ibe be reared to hi his memory but years yean went by and nothing was done In the matter Then the city cl of S Savannah where Pulaski met his dh death that It w was a me Ito 0 ands 1 hell been Wit ft to el erb a ru rn was laid b tAt Ut tt l ft this ln It was waa not how however ever until thAt re redeemed deemed its andIn and andIn In wi with th the order r for tor the tk Steuben statue set Nt aside for forthe forthe the Inspiring 8 statue tUI or of Pulaski mod modeled modeled by Cazimir the Polish sculptor On the Ole same Mme day the Pulaski statue WM was unveiled there was wall dedi dedicated dedicated an equally imposing statue ot of Thaddeu I Kosciusko elu ko that other Polish patriot who gaVe his hla In behalf be halt half of the ea cause ot of American free freo freedom dom The Ko Kosciusko statue stands stand almost in fn line with that or of Steuben at atthe atthe the north aide de or of the park opposite the White Housea park long known as 8 Lafayette Square or as Jackson Square because or of or of General AIl AA AAdrew drew Jackson that Mande In the tho center or of It but which It is now suggested should hould be Independence Ind Square because of the statues that I have hae latterly found homes there Oc Occupancy ot of the most attractive site inthe in inthe the worlds most b beautiful city insures these theM statues a ar great degree dree of if prominence prominence nence for all time and they are re In a am m measure re unique because In the city or of statues there are re far more monuments mOnumento to the leaders leade In the WA war for tor the Union than Ihan to the captains or of the earl earliEr r wars wara Facing the pre presidential mansion man ion at atone atone one corner of th the park abovementioned Is 15 a 3 stately statue or of Lafayette probably the moat beloved or of all n the foreign officers who gave JICIle their services to t this republic In Its most moet trying 1 This Thill monument which like cost S Is the work or of the French sculptors and Met Ier Mettie tie Ile Mille lIe the whole conception is IA primarily a tribute to Lafayette LafAette whose figure clad In the continental uniform surmounts the lofty lorty pedestal It is I an acknowledgment or of gratitude to alt th the French officers who aided In th the revolution and anel In dischArge or of this function there have been placed near nearer tr er the base bronze figures of beau and or of the Ule French army and and Do De Grasse of the French nA navy In the fourth corner orner or of the tho park before boore the X U tine mansion stands a statue or of Ro no the girt gift of our sister re republic republic public ot of France The dedication or t this statue was Wat made the occasion for tor ceremonies most closely approaching in magnitude the tho pomp and pageantry that will characterize the tho Steuben statue pUblic show how In which moro more than German Gt Americans will march shoulder to I shoulder with American soldiery soldier |