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Show MONUMENT TO OEN. LAVTON. Soldltra Honor the Memory of Their Beloved Leader, In a lonely rice field In tho Philippine! Philip-pine! IkIiuhIh a monument hna been eroded to the memory of Major (iefi oral Henry V. ,awtun. It waa built by tho aoldt-.TS of the ii.--rlcan army In the I'hlllpplnea In honor of a ol dler. It In ftllttntrd about fifteen mile? from Manila near Hun Muleo, and Ii tho only rvldeneo to ahow thitt a bat-tlo bat-tlo waa ever r.aii;i ut that plnee. Il wufi hero tbut (it-ner..! l a w ton waa kilted on tlio in-. mini of Dec. 19, K'J. whllo In front of bin men leading a -r '..-. , .wyg yrr"-?.T'--- '' J imm r: r:A The Lawton Monument charge acalnst the broaatworka of the Insurgents Tho monument was built hy the enlisted en-listed men ot tho Second United Htates Intanlry, lint'or tho supervision ot Mujor II. L. Iiulley. It Is In the shape of a pyramid, IS foet hlch and mounted upon tho top la an old Spanish Span-ish cannon surrounded by four modern mod-ern shells. Adjutant General Corbln hna Jnat received from a friend In Manila an account of the unveiling of tho memorial, me-morial, and a photograph of the monument, mon-ument, which ia reproduced. Thu cer emonlos wore simple, yet very lm-preslve. |
