Show 9 dons onty a ri C 11 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON AS 3 MARCH IT 17 approaches and A thousand thousands of 0 americans it eba oot not only thai those of irish blood but other others as hall tit prepare lre pare to honor the pa tron saint of tie the lorld W tele isle by wearing a bit as a green on st pat rick a day it tl Is fitting otting that they give 1 some thought to the contribution which theae these sons of st indrick la In trick the irish have made to the building of thin this babon baon and to appreciate that significance it I 1 Is necessary necee eary to go bai la to 0 0 t a e beginning of 0 the re VL til jc ic and to inquire into the nara ber her of irish A tio ho vere la lit its tl coun try when hen the began and who remembering remember 05 the centuries ten of oppression behind them la in ireland before they came to america were am among ong he the first to alee take I 1 ip P arms in to this newest struggle eele tar for liberty from I 1 nalla domi dominatto natio the re starches of historian historians in n reent year years have brou sitt to light the fact that a surprisingly inree large percentage lare of the i of TO ere fighting irish surprisingly large tn in view of the popular idea vint tie majority of tile colonist colonists 1 were of pure aln I 1 they bare have also regaled re that tint jearly 1500 ers and 20 ax of the rank and ind file in the n nary army ri nry rity ty and militia bore irish dames indicating t that hat they were either bom born in irelnd or were I 1 of irish alcest ancestry hut but the greatest grea teet of the irish to the tile patriot cause was thai that of lea ri to ahban by the fact that in the lie list of generals in the continental army alere 1 I ere were eleven who were born la in ireland and eight other others who were tl it e 0 lona tons of irish parent parents add to that list of irish born Patt patriots lots three signers of the dee decoration tr atlon 0 oi ludepen lence the sea captain whose time Is preserved in history its a the father of the american nivy and the surgeon who served as 11 toni tells secretary in n tie tl revolution and who later secretary of war under is hIngton and adams and it will be leer seer why by there Is N I 1 A GEN EDWARD HAND lood reason to honor tl it e ne mo morlea morles tit of tiles these I 1 sons aon of st I 1 a trick atrick on march IT 17 outstanding Outs linn among anion the military leader leaders aas richard a born dwor i ar graphoe treland decera ber her 3 Z 1730 who entered the brit lah lab army at the ago age of eighteen and nd won at the siege of Loul l iburg duriac the frich and indian war ani ant in the I 1 aest est to lies but whose name 1 Is best remembered because of lid its con connetta conn eitl n with the fated esp elltion against quebec during the It devolution evolution une one of eight briga her tier generals nen crati appointed by con confess ress at the ot of the war let the tile forces arces chih cultured catu red 1014 st john an I 1 lit tint ly and v ith gin philip schuyler next captured montreal Slon treal then he and oen gen benedict arnold laid lese siege to duelee and nd when heir licit demand on sir guy carleton the british commander comma niler to de tie wa mas refused to car ry ri the ton town by it ault the at ampt nas ties tittle iiii ie darlne during a it snowstorm inowe torm oo 00 december Dece irber 1 15 1775 and 1 I nt gomery was w killed arl alle pe leading hie his IMP arc pa against a it barri cade code defend de fenden eJ by artillery three other irla born generals all elekana el erana of it tie e french and in I 1 dian who also else serve bertail 11 in li the Cana canadian dinn but atred if to vai natle services 1 for the cause of liberty herty It were willlam toa V lellam irvine 1 an I 1 wll llara ilam maxwell to liow pon born bo rn in to artlan I 1 lii id II 11 17 fell the it d ion thin of being I 1 irla in ccmmand mand of the first rols rd by order of the cl 0 neat thia this was wa the battalion of eight companies of 0 I 1 rif rIl lenen which were recruited in the lumar of t an I 1 which th bipin ai me colonel ld IJ to the siege of V lie fit was made a brIga iller general in march 17 0 and ile foll month was sent with alith aur r Imen tj its reiff for roe the catlett an in esp edillon dpn meeting the retreating ret army ri he took niman amani I 1 in place of oen gen icahn tl TI oma amas who was wa III and later over ever that c command te to oe up ani n sullivan SuHl ran in n on out 1 enter to attack the enemy memy at three utters thompson was as taken but 1 two months ejtel was a slowed lowed to ft a to I 1 on parole it i 1783 ra nearly two years before he was ro exchanged and he died la lit car alnie I 1 a ic IV the last fear year of the tb war or irvine who was born near innis kulen killen ireland november 3 1711 was a colonel in thompson pHOOl a brt bri gade and shared with him lo 10 the three nim rivera attack end and la in the captivity which followed after bla his ex chane change to a 1773 1778 be he was as piece placed in a command bf 0 the second tania brigade to triga dier re aeral tn in 1779 and netted 1 alth ath lord stirling and mad an thony wayne the following year ear 4 06 GEN WILLIAM IRVINE in 1782 1781 2 he was giren given the difficult assignment of commanding at fort and guarda C the northwestern frontier ro from indian injian attack attacks ai as wel we 1 as adjusting the differences between the tile V irgin iranian lons ani the I 1 over the ownership of that region he ile lied the th poet post tion eo so admirably an I 1 go 10 won the of 11 washington lashington that in im 1791 1704 the first bret Pred resilient ilent placed rl icet tica in command ut of the troops which cup up pressed the famous whisky tt Jh tilak isky bebe behlon lilon ol 01 0 that year lt maxwell axell was born la in ireland bat but came to this country with bis his parents who settled in hew ew jer sey ey after making a record for himself as a a gall gallatin atit an I 1 skillful settler 01 ol her during the colonial war ware he became colonel of the second new jersey regiment at tie out break of the still nl took parr part in a cai lai ad an ex lie ile nas promoted to bri general in 1770 emed served un lir beneral schuyler 0 oo 00 I 1 ake and suit in the early part of 1777 commanded th the e advance guard of the american forces near N J he ile to light brately bravely at the head hend of a vew jer sey bri brigade ade at brandy line and germanton toun spent the winter at valley torge and slid nt at the battle of Moni Slon mouth contributed largely ini iely to the american victory after aich he be hawked the enemy a it re rented treated he ile berred served andr gen john bu brillan illan in the against the tile iroquois in I 1 aj and retire retired from the ho anny army lit tol 1780 general maxwell axwell St died november So ember 1 12 1705 ihen col 71 amr son led his battalion bat tullon of lenn silvania riflemen to the elee siege of n his lieutenant coloa el was a I 1 rother tr lhman 1 hand lorn in n meigs county dt comber 21 1741 he ile had entered the tile 11 lah ilah bervice an ant I 1 in 1771 wn was a meni of the eighteenth bofil erlih regiment reel ment which he accompanied to america al as a su riene mate after the reorganization of it tie e Cotti continental army early tn in 1770 llund nn as made colonel of a ride regiment which aich so 0 o dieting itself at tie battle 0 of f long island an I 1 in the cam palan it ruah the jerrels that tha I 1 the name a hunt became become synonymous yn with darin and bal lantry tn in action in 17 hind iliad was COMMODORE JOHN BARRY via ie is a brigadier general the dell year he be belied urril guard the northern nor few new I 1 orb front frontier ler unter gen john stark slark and tn in 11 17 he distin gulshen hini stif during the duill van expect ion on la to atso hand fiend wai was placed la to charge of a brigade ana an I 1 later he be became adjutant iten enra trill of the anny army after the war er be b erred served in cons contress ress ej and died sep 3 isoe akio to the distinction of being a hand iland rif rt newen is that of be ing a morgan flemin ri after otter the expert epert marksmen ot of the conti army bad been organized lo 10 1777 into a rifle fine corps tile corn com mand of bleb was given to that lighter gen daniel slur can of virginia the lieutenant colonel of that outfit wa was anether am ther irishman nii aaril lard butler who hail had been lieutenant colonel of one of the pennsylvania regiment regiments recruited at the beginning of the tile It involution although bullers services the IOU were distinguished enough his gr r adest fame came come later in 1781 17 be lis was a appointed agent for indian affair affairs and in as major gen eral tn in the united stites states regular army ue be the right wing of gen arthur st claici army which had been lent sent against the hostile indians la in the old northwest on the morning orning a of november 4 1701 began ono one of the greatest disuse a which has ha ever befallen american drools st claire and among the alain after a gallant bat but futile de fei se against the savage horde w HI its brave gen cen richard butler one of the greatest indian fight en era this tills country baa bus ever known at least be he was commander in one of the greatest 1 findlan battles eter fought in america Americ awas as andew and ew lewis born in donegal ireland about ira IT 01 ol his ills father w was as the first white settler in augusta coun ty virginia Irgin in and the son early showed allowed a fon doces for military life serving as a major in the reel ment cornman commanded ded by washington lashIng tOll in the ohio of and 1753 ue ve led the sandy creek ex ez tou of 1750 and bile serving under the british general grant in 17 1753 M as captured by th the e french and held as a a prisoner in to montreal for some time but the year 1774 was the high point in his career for in that year as brigadier brt cailler gen eral era of the lr gInIa militia he c commanded botn banded the frontiersmen nho defeated the Sh shandes anees under their Z N V GEN RICHARD 1 montgomery great chief Cocu cornstalk stalk in to the tile ta fa mou battle of I 1 pleasant Ilca sant due ing lord war aar has been called the first all uner mer lean ican battle in history bi story since it was the first time that american tron t fort dersien without the aid of irit brit lib lab troops fought a major engagement with ith the Ird indians lans in at tit the suggestion of washington aho ho knew the ability of leals he was appointed briga her dier general in the Contine continental ital army and soon thereafter d defeated A fen ted the I 1 ngah forces under his former governor lord dunmore fa ling health compel compeli ltd tl lela lew la tion from the army before he ha I 1 a chance to distinguish himself fur ther and he died september 1 27 7 1781 the other irish born generals waller walter stewart john armstrong and stephean were ere not so outstanding as those previously but their record records were hon arable enough to bring considerable distinction to them moylan is L chiefly noted for being a member of staff and for or being appointed general a position which hy he re sinned to re to emit the kirst pennsylvania MI ment of cavalry of elch be was colonel serving at valley alley forg aith ith alayne ayne tn in the north and nith ath ow gen nathanael greeno greene tn in the he south lie ile became a brigadier dl general la in 1782 1792 and after the vier ar sorted served as united states commie stoner cf loans dying april 11 john armstrong was more noted for gallant service during the french an 0 indian we war r than durins during the ile uh h be rose to the tile rank of brigadier gen eral in thi continental army a post which be he re in 1777 I 1 roud as Is the record of the jans W of st I 1 In africk trick I 1 lo 10 13 the CD con n tin army there Is even greater reason tor for pride in their contario u tion to our naval I 1 astory for the first american officer to capture a british ship was wa an irishman rt commodore jobs john barry at the outbreak of the revolution he was a wealthy shipmaster in to philadel ladel aphis uen the continental con gross in Oct 1775 authorized the purchase of two ships and their lato into men 0 war wor parry ailed galled bis his merchantman cluck black Ir itice into the harbor and old sold tier her to coo congress vess she as renamed the alfred and later became the flagship of the first bret AOe american rican fleet store more till were oil ted el later end and carry barry as 33 commissioned a captain and slid placed 13 a comma ad ot the brig lexing a on april 17 T I 1 the I 1 ex Ington captured the tender edward rdward ile tl e first prize ever taken by a regularly commissioned obiter of the blotted state states navy bu t bis his most brilliant feat test wai was in 1781 when A hen in command ot of the al AI ilance he topped off the capture of P A JAMES mchenry isei eeleni eral by haying a tisha ith two tao british vessel vessels both ot of illich were mere better armed than his ills essel and capturing both harry barry was both tailor sailor and soldier ol iller fur for he took washington across the Del delaware anre and fought at trenton princeton and elsewhere after the Itelo lution be he tended the building of the frigate united states and commanded her until ehe she as retired from service he ile isas as th the first senior officer with the rank ct of after the of the nay navy in itol 1791 1 anil and to died in I 1 ill september 13 1803 every american meric nn knows that our national anthem the star span tied limner banner was as written daring during the british attack on fort I 1 ort mallen ry in the ajr at of 1812 but few of it etero em know that this fort was name I 1 f r an irish doctor james Mcl lenry was born in ireland november 10 rame came to amert america CA in 1771 stu ta lied fled under the celebrated or dr I 1 lush of I 1 till hit a leapt li and on in the outbreak of tie revolution volunteered la in the continental army lie ile served as jean n to a I 1 hegt n ent ats a male ma ie a pris ner mer by the I 1 british hen tort washington was as captured and a mas not ex until 1174 lie ile nas then appointed secre secretory tiry to asI In lugt tan n and from that time us as a close friend of the comman ler let in chief who hi when he became become ninde mchenry secretary of war or in lit 17 aa lie ile con I 1 dinue I 1 in this position through the of resident president john alan rell rin in 1801 and dying IQ in baltimore hay slay 3 ISIO U 0 the three irah born signers of of independence lence jamef a mel stith ceorge a taylor and thew ll ornton the latter up hell bell the fighting figl ting irish tradition by bolh both a hoiller as well as i statesman ills father at lier upon emigration to 0 o Ili settled in sach sells ivi wl ere matthew was ed dedicated edica tented ted lie ile stu lied medicine in I 1 alcester el cester and built up tip a profitable in ry N 11 during the french find and lallan war it r ja MATTHEW THORNTON he ent as a surgeon with the new e ilan pahl troops la in against I 1 burg later he wai was appointed a J estice 0 of the peace pence and anc also ano served as a militia colonel lie lit was wa chosen speaker of 0 the as in january 8 5 1770 and in li september of hat that year wa was elected delegate to the continental con great As in lit the case of the penn vanla delegates he be sins as all allocci d to sign his name to the enz rossei owe co copy py of the declaration although althou gl he was elect elected d afta its passage a and nd till not eake take his icat sent in the th con congress tress ant onell 11 november of 1 1771 td he ile w was R reel Petel for another yea year in december but retired from pal pub he tie office once to mi I 1 eventually 11 hit h be settled tiled la to Sebury ebUrY port stass he died jane june 21 ISA im X 1111 1 1 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