Show GALLANT SOLDIERS S NEVER FORGOTTEN President and arId Secretary Dickinson Pay ray Tribute to the Memory of f Pulaski and Kosciusko Kosc usko WASHINGTON U ASHINGTON May 11 President Taft today paid aid tribute to the V V foreign soldiers who helped the United States win independence He lIe attended the unveiling of the statues of or Pulaski and Kosciusko the former at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue and the latter in Lafayette Square Mr Taft delivered the eulogy of the Pulaski Puia statue while Secretary Dickinson was the principal speaker at the Kosciusko ceremonies t I It is idle to speculate on what might have happened in the war of the revo revolution revolution lution had we not been assisted by foreign nations and subjects of ot for foreign foreign eign countries conn tries said the President It Itis Itis Itis is sufficient for us that those who as assisted assisted assisted us in that struggle contributed materially to our success Hence to 1 La Fayette to Bocham Rochambeau Rochambeau beau to Von Stuben to De Kalb Kaib to Pulaski to Kosciusko and to others I it Is fitting that there be erected monuments like this that it may be understood America is grateful and holds in sweet memory those who came cameto cameto cameto to her in her hour of danger and of trouble 11 When hen Count Casimer Pulaski came I here hore the American army practically I had d no cavalry and to him with the permission or Washington and with the vote yote of Congress was turned over the question of o the organization of o a cay cavalry cavalry alry airy force Le Legion lon Subsequently organizing an inde judo independent independent pendent legion known as legion he fought his way from north i ito to south until finally after atter taking I part In the campaign about Charles Charleston ton he lost his life in a brilliant charge at the siege of Savannah Chivalric and of knightly form i brave dashing courageous but gentle 1 as a woman sweet in all the associations associations of life Ute there hangs about him all the romance of ancient knight knighthood knighthood knighthood hood Could he lie have looked forward to the coming to this country of three I millions of his Polish fellow citizens could he lie have haye seen them tae ta e their honorable part In the American elec electorate electorate electorate could he have seen the welcome they received the prosperity they have aided the strength they the have given this country and the happiness they have found under the starry banner he la Ia labored labored bored to make triumphant he would indeed have felt his labors were not in Secretary Dickinson Address In his tribute to Kosciusko Secre Secretary Secretary tary tar Dickinson said Of ancient and noble lineage an accomplished soldier trained in the best military schools of Europe Thad Thaddeus Thaddeus Thaddeus deus Kosciusko at the age of ot 30 in inspired Inspired inspired by a love of human liberty came from Poland to America merica to fight as he declared to Washington as a volunteer for tor American independence at once by Congress a colo eolo colonel cob nel nd and assigned to the duties of en engineer engineer engineer for which his technical knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge well Qualified him he ho began a career of valuable and effective services services servIces ices which continued till victory crowned our arms As valorous in action a as he be was skilled in the technique of ot his protes profession Mon sion by his conspicuous bravery at Saratoga and Yellow Springs he es established established established between himself his fellow soldiers that sympathy which com corn comrades comrades rades in arms always cherish for those who have with honor stood together in battle batHe It was a fitting recognition of a his unselfish devotion that he should receive the thanks of or Congress and be brigadier general Heroic In his prolonged service in a cause that often otten nearly perished he became familiar with endurance and This inspiration infused later into his own countrymen stirred them so that the bondsman and the lord tender youth and tottering age and even women disguised for the combat fell side by side in 10 battle From the beginning of his career to the fatal fields where he fell tell covered with wounds exclaiming with prophetic voice Finis there is not a blot on his fame It is no wonder that when he the Idol of his people fell men and wo women women women men ran about the streets shrieking Kosciusko is dead Our motherland is lost His place is with the worlds heroes and his name will be coupled forever with those of or Washington and William the Silent The people of the United States re receive receive receive with no mere formal courtesy this statue presented by their fellow citizens of o Polish blood Their thanks are spontaneous and warm their ap Continued ou On Pane e Iwo wOo n GALLANT SOLDIERS NEVER Continued From Page One Oae I genuine The Te only ony regret is I that it I was wa not long since erected and as a a tribute by the tha entire American I entre people The monument to Pulaski was wa erected by an act of ot Congress but the statue to Kosciusko is a gift git to the nation naton from the Polish National Alli Alliance Al Alliance ance and other organizations or of Poles who have made their homes hoes in the th free republic for which their distin distinguished distinguished countrymen fought There Tere was a double d uble significance to t the un unveiling unveiling veiling of the monument to Kosciusko for It I marked the opening here bere tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row of the first Polish national con congress congress gress to attend which thousands of Poles from all al over oer the United States have bave come The purpose of the te congress is to discuss in all al Its It it phases the te condi concH tion ton of the Polish nation naton to acquire familiarity with wih the te needs of the Polish national life and find ways and means mean of ot fulfilling them tem The ceremonies which preceded the dedication of the statues were long planned and very elaborate A mili military mi military tary tI parade parde In which all al the regular troops stationed at Fort Myer yer as well wel as the National Guard of the District of Columbia Columbia marched was one of the features Brigadier General Tasker H H Bliss U S A 4 was wa in command Statue State In the heart of the busier section of the city the te monument to Pulaski stands fourteen feet from the side sidewalk sidewalk walk In a triangular green green In the tha the saddle of a charger is mounted the figure of the hero bero in the Polish Hus Hussar Hussar Hussar sar uniform in which he be won command ccmmand of a brigade of cavalry for his gallant conduct at the Brandy Brandywine Brandywine wine always wore the uni uniform uniform uniform form of his beloved fatherland and it clothed his breast brat through three tree years year of valiant fighting on American soil soi until he fell fel at the siege of Savannah in 1779 and died on the United States Wasp In the harbor two days after ater The sculptor gathered material for his work in Paris Berlin BerUn and parts par of Poland and secured from the descendants descendant ot of of Pulaski Pula k a of the hero mounted painting on a te horse done by sister Monument Monument In Lafayette Park a beautiful shaded square across Pennsylvania avenue from the White Thie House the monument to Kosciusko with wih the te ex cx exception ot of one completes the set of ot five ve planned there The others are to General Lafayette and Count Rochambeau Rochambeau Rochambeau beau who commanded the French Fench al allies alles allies lies at Yorktown On the remaining les corner corer will wIl be erected the statue of Baron Von Steuben An Immense sta statue statue statue tue of ot General Andrew Jackson Jacson Is In Inthe inthe inthe the center cent r of the te park park is represented in Iu the te fig figure fg figure ure as the hero bero of two hemispheres as ashia his hia countrymen love to refer reter to him A map of the United States with wih the American te eagle guarding is on the front of the pedestal On the other side Is the outline of Europe and Asia attacked by the snake of ot despotism with the Polish eagle fighting in de defense wih tense A Polish soldier wounded and and falling is being defended by a Polish faling farmer with a a scythe Opposite an American soldier Is cutting the shackles of an American farmer fare which bind him to the foreign yoke Mount Mounted ed on the pedestal is the statue of Kos Kosciusko Kosciusko Kosciusko a map of West Vest Point on one band hand the other on his sword The Tha Tb valiant deeds of the man who fought consistently for liberty lbert In an anold anold anold old world and a new so consistently consistently that he be refused to lend himself to the te plans of Napoleon for the restoration of Poland are recalled by ly the tho to inscriptions inscriptions tons on the monument monument Unfortunate In Love LOTe Driven to this thi country c by an unhappy DJ py love loe affair atair he saw the new republic lie lic established and did not return to his lc native Poland until 1786 When Rus attacked Poland in 1792 Kosciusko ko with men held beld against wih Russians In a famous Q s battle After the second partition Of batte Poland in Ater 1794 he put himself himsel at the head of a national movement and was proclaimed dictator and commander Covered with wounds he fell fel into int the hands of his hi enemies and was restored to liberty by the Emperor Paul Pa l two years ears later Alexander in 1814 refused to grant an amnesty to Poles In foreign lands and to make Kosciusko constitutional king of ot Poland and for the remainder of his life Ife he lay aside aide his sword and lived the peaceful life Ufe of a farmer farer in France France lve until he was s killed when his horse hOne plunged over a precipice The Emperor Alexander later moved his body b dy to and had it laid be beside beside beside side John Sobieski |