Show BARON STEUBEN An mpo ng statue of Baron Steuben was uuve led at Ut ca NT on Mon day and t s ell that the memory of the gallant Pruss an officer who unsheathed h s sword n the cause of Amer can 1 berty should be perpetuated n the country he helped to free Baron Steuben can e to An e ca n 1777 at the sol c tat on of Ben am n Fran 1 n and at once offered h s serv es to conoress He was an nvalu able acqu s t on to the army of wh ch he mpied ately became dr llmaster be ng g en the rank of nspector general Ste ben had reee ved spec al nstruc t ons f om Freder ck the Great and he made sold ers out of the Colon als dur n" tl e awful w nter at Valley Fore He took part m many battles and served the country well n the field and n the counc Is of the ofacers H s manual of tact cs publ shed n 1 80 was long the offic al manual n the Un ted States army Tho Germans n this country are very iroul of Steuben ustly so we h nk He was one of that mmortal band of fore gners who crossed the ocean to a d the stragd ng colonies n the r struggle for ndependence from pure love of 1 bert and with no thought of reward In the dark days of the revolut on Patr ck Henry told the people that the God of hosts would ra se up fr ends to fight the r battles The appearance of Steuben Kosciusko Pulask De Kalb and Lafayette n the Auier can army proved the truth of Henry s prophecj Steuben was not the least sumon.o' them and although a strict d seipl nar an was loved and trusted by officers and men al ke w th whom he served. He d ed on his estate near Or skanj NY n 1790 |