Show V t MONUMENT TO GEN N. N L LAWTON fi Soldiers Honor the Memory of Their Beloved Leader In a lonely rice field in the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines Islands a monument has been erected to the memory of Major General General General Gen Gen- eral Henry W. W Lawton It was built lIy by y the soldiers rs of the American arm army in the Philippines in honor of a sol sol- dier It is situated about fifteen miles from Manila ManUa near San Mateo and is Is' the only evidence to show that a batHe battle bat- bat tle He le was ever fought at that place It was was' here that General Lawton was was was killed on the morning of Dec 19 1899 I while in front of f his Is men leading leading- a i leading I miLl Ri l A The Lawton Monument charge against the breastworks of the 1 insurgents The monument mo was built by the enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed men of the Second- Second United States Infantry under the supervision supervision- of f. f Major H. H L L. Bailey Balley It is in th the shape of a a. a pyramid 15 fe feet t high and nd mot moisI rai tJ u uin ern the top is an old Spanish Span Span- Spanish ish cannon surrounded surrounded- by four modern mod mod- ern sn ti Adjutant t Corbin has Just received fr m a friend in Manila an account of Qt the unveiling of of the memorial memorial me- me morial mortal ant anu a i. photograph of the monument mon anon which Is reproduced The ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies were simple yet very im im- |