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Pursuing^ the "Redcoats" MINUTE MEN'S DAY OF GLORY The Minute Mm Pursuing th? "British Redcoats" Across tho Old North Bridge at Concord, Mass., During the Re-enactment of the First Episode of the Revolutionary War, Before 20,000 Persons, as Part of the Massachusetts Tercentenary Celebration. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride llavared Is tha nam* of Paul Rever*, But listen, my chlldran, and you ahatl haar rb? truth about that midnight rid* That roused every maa In th* country Bide. So tha Immortal Longfellow might hare ooramenced bla historic poem and gone on to relate that the lan terna were hung la the North chnrch fewer only to warn the Charlestoni committee of safety, so that In caae Revere were captured crossing the Charles river from Boston, other mee eeogers might be sent from Charlee town. For, It wenld appear. Revere hnpw the Intention of the British even before he crossed the river. In Revere** own words (a letter to Rev. Jeremy Belknap, dated January ]. 1798, and published by th* Old tauth association, Boston): "The Sunday before, by desire of Dr. Warren, I had been to Lexington, to Messrs. Hancock and Adams, who were at the Rev. Mr. Clark's. I re turned at night through Chariestown; there I agreed with a Colonel Conant A some other gentlemen, that If the British went out by water, we would shew two Lanthorns In th* North Church steeple; and If by Land, one, as a signal; for we were apprehensive It would be dlOcnlt to cross the Charles River, or get over Boston Neck." Rtviri at MnimL But two friends rowed Borer* across the rlvsr, put the BrltUh man of-war Somerset, and successfully leaded him. After he (ot going on hi* horse and had evaded two British ' segtlnols, he made for ModfOtd where, he says. "I awaked the captain of the Minute Men; and after that, I alarmed ellboet every house, till I got te Lex ington." There he found Messrs. Ban rock and Adams and told them It was believed the British soldiers were either on their way to Lexington to take them prisoner or bent for Con cord for the purpose of destroying the Colonists' store of gpns and muni turns. But another messenger had been dispatched by Doctor Warren before Bevereleft Boston. WUllam Dawes had gone by the longer land route, via Boston Neck to I-extngton. through Itolfcury and Cambridge. At the time there were no bridges from Boston to the towns en the other side of the Charles river. Dawes reached Lex Ingten about a halt hour after Revere. Bitting out together for Concord the two messengers met a young Dr. * Samuel Prescott who agreed to accom pany them and help spread the alarm amebg the people, many of whom he knew. But halfway te their destina tion the trie were held up by mount ed britlsh officers and forced off the road lato a pasture. Again, la Re vere'* own words, "Doctor Preacott Jumped his bore* ever a low stone walk and got te Concord." Dawes slso pacapod and reached Concord soon lifter the doctor. Beak la Lexington. Revere, however, was gusstlooed thoroughly by the British adhere and conducted beak te Lexington, whore bis captors, alarmed by ths Bring of 5? a volley of guns, released Revere and redl off with hie horse Then Revere far the second time .. that night sought out Hancock and Adam*, told them what bad happened and helped Hancock's secrets ry, a Mr. La men, carry a trunk of papers from the Invent to, another house whither Hancock had Adeem had fled. After i* -Revere and Lowell had passed through our mOMa, numbering some Afty or ginty. "wbe were pn a groan behind the Miattighnnse" they sew the redcoats appear and heard the Rnf Shot flrod hp the British. Than vonsgs at shots, and Urn Ant battle & ? ? v. - VM Hwt "4b ww two by the village clock when he (Revere) came by bridge In Concord town," the great poet Juggled tlw facta somewhat, for Revere didn't >go to Concord on that trip. Nevertheless, Paul Revere per formed a great service to the future United States of America that memo rable night of April 18-19, 1775. And he, no doubt. Inspired his companions, Dawes and Prescott, who were, per haps, luckier than he In completing' the ride from Lexington to Concord. I John Stark :: X Revolutionary Hero Who ! ! Won Commendation > | of Washington. I | Geo. John Stark, hero of Benning ton, Banker Hill nnd Trenton, wu one of the outstanding figure* of the Bev olntlonarjr war. Waihington had Im plicit faith In hi* patriotism and abil ity. HI* soldiers loved him and woahl wade through nnythlng If he gave the command. And New Hampshire baa always looked upon him with deep pride as one of her most distinguished sons, and Ideal soldier and dtlsen. At Bennington he had 1,750 men In his command. He was opposed by a force of veterans under Colonel Baum. a man of military skill and experience, who had a battery posted upon n com manding position. Stark had no can non and scarcely any bayonets. The battle was fought several miles from Bennington, on New York soil. U lasted two hours and resulted la the complete rout of the British with a loss of 207 killed. 750 captured and an unknown number wounded. Four cannon and much other equipment were taken by the Americans, who lest thirty killed and forty wounded. As showing the Importance of this battle, Washington said, oa hearing the news: "One more such stroke and we shall have no great caase for anx iety as to the future designs of Brit ain." The "one more stroke" cane sooner than he expected?the surren der of Burgoyne. - Stark fought la the battle of Spring field. N. J. In 178tt He wu a mem ber of the tribunal that tried and con victed Major Andre as a spy. Wash ington sent him with twenty-five hun dred troops to surprise the British *a Statea Island. He was given charge of the northern department, with head quarters at Saratoga, and while there learned of the surrender of OocnwaMa. In 1788 he was ordered to headquar ters by Washington, and received the warm personal thanks of the rnmmfin der in chief: He was given the rank of major general by brevet. He returned hoam and resumed farming and aaw milling. He Head forty-five years after the battle et Ben nington, surviving all officer* at squat rank In the American army He was the father of eleven chil dren, five sons and six daufibtmu. . Ha lived until hp wan nlnety-feqg years qW.dytmMay^im ; _ i&n ?"Ben Franklin":: < ? " M I < ? | Statue at Philadelphia J Recalls Memory of Great Patriot. on January 17 all rennsyivania, ai well as other state*, pays tribute to the memory of Benjamin Franklin, on his birthday anniversary. Here la his statue at the Post Office building in Philadelphia, and It marks the spot where he stood when he flew the kite In a thunderstorm and discovered the first rudiments of electricity. Benjamin Franklin lies In a little cemetery at the oorner 0f Fifth and Arch streets In Philadelphia. The burial ground la somewhat neglected. The claim has been advanced from time to time that Franklin's remains should be removed to Boston, the city of his birth, or to Washington, where a memorial should be erected In his honor to match that of Lincoln. Ow ing to the fact that this was known to be contrary to Franklin's own wishes, the movement never progressed far. It Is one of the paradoxes of man kind's reverence for dead heroes that the simpler the memorial the less at tention It receives. And yet there Is much to commend this simplicity, all the more so when It expresses the character and wish of the man him self. Great and varied as was Frank lin's life, be never lost the unaffected naturalness which was his birthright, even when be was the Idol of the most sophisticated court in Europe. Sim plicity was part of his charm when living. It Is part of the distinction of bis final resting place, ?????????????????????Wet , , < > :: John Sevier i: I ? < ? ????? * ? II < ? 1! Forever Remembered for I Glorious Victory at ;; King's Mountain. ;; i \ >iiTm m f nhi The battle at Klng'a Mountain, S. C? Is known to historians as one of the most brilliant victories In the dev olution. Henry Cabot Lodge described Its effect as "electric." King's mountain country, still wild and picturesque, was stark wilderness la the days when the MO backwoods men, wearing leather Jerkins and bearing flintlock, muzxle-loedlng fire arms, charged up the seemingly Im pregnable slope hi the face of Are from 1,100 welt-armed troops under CoL Patrick Ferguson, a crack olllcer of Oeorge in. Under leaders such as Col. John Sevier, who bsd come from warfare with the French and Indians in the West, the valley pioneers gathered to turn the loyalists back to the sea. Their answer to Ferguson's about of "Crush the rebels," was to gala the top of the ridge and take more than half his Stan captive, With Ferguaon out of the reckoning, Cornwallls had to concentrate his army. Torktown was then only a year away. As a military exploit despite the thoroughness of the victory, the battle la Itself was of small Import Tat In Its effect It was another Bennington, coming as It did at a time when hopes were lowest and It seemed the low burning flame of the patriotic cause was about to ticker and die. ft heart ened and stimulated the whole coun try and pat aa asd to the wanton cruelty of Tory groups which had persecuted patriots and driven them frees their hawse throughout the ?wth - h'' ,De Kadib'""j | | i I i , t > 4 > < ? ;; Volunteer Who Gave Hi* ! > I Life for American Freedom. j; Th'e brilliant Ideology of the Ameri can Revolutionist* and their military Inexperience attracted gallant or needy soldiers whose hands were free and whose courage was bright, or whose necessities were great and whose prospects were dismal. Great Britain drew upon the German reser voir and the French helped America. Johann de Kalb was born at Hut tendorf, Bavaria, July 26, 1721. He bad military experience in Europe, chiefly with the French army, which he entered In 1743. He served through the seven years' war and came out of It with the rank of major general. In 1768 he was sent to America as a secret Agent of the French govern ment, and that visit accounts for his subsequent service In the Revolu tionary army. Like John Paul Jones It was his acquaintance with the Col onies and with the American people and their ideas that made him sympa thetic and eager to be of service when military service was needed. De Kalb joined Gates, the general la command of the surviving American army In the South, at Camden, S. (X, In August, 1780, just In time to be In volved In the final collapse of that general's reputation and pretensions. In the defeat the Delaware troops were almost annihilated and the Mary land regiments lost half their number. The desperatene8s of the resistance offered by De Kalb In this shocking ( disaster to the American army In the ^ South is shown not only by the cas ualties In his ranks but by the fact that be was wouflded eleven times and when taken was dying. A monument to his memory was placed at Camden In 1825. Lafayette laid the corner stone of this memorial to his old comrade In arms :: Kosciuszko :: :: ;; Patriot of Poland Who ! I I Fought for Liberty > of America. ;' i ? 1 ( -11 More than ? century has pasted since he died in exile, an Impover ished and broken-hearted failure, yet the world still thrills to the name of Thaddeus Kosciusxko, the beloved Polish patriot, who. Incidentally, was one of the most useful and popular officers In the American army during the Revolution. Be was less than thirty when In the autumn of 1775 be left Poland for France, where the conversation was all of the struggle between Brit ain and her North American colonies. 80 enthusiastic did he become over the prospects of fighting on foreign soil for a freedom denied bis own country, that In the spring of 1778 be sailed for Philadelphia, where he vol unteered bis services and was accept ed by the American forces, which, he faithfully served during the six years that followed. Bis first }ob was the fortification of Philadelphia against possible attack by the British fleet 80 wall did he do his work that congress gave him the rank of colonel In the engineering corps. A second achievement of his -was the fortification of West Point on the Bndson, the site of which he Is said to have chosen. Be threw up the forilflcatlons which saved Saratoga and fought brilliantly there and at Tet low springs. Later, In the Booth, he sneceeded Laurens In Charge of vU 1 i ! Hecky's Club Dance ! I Was Success : B7 CORONA REMINGTON ;| < ? O (A by McClore Newspaper Syndicate > (WNU ferrleai Maria NBWCOMB opened the door of ber friend'* bedroom and walked In. She waa greeted by a chor ua of voice*. "Hello, Toady, you look aa If you'd been eating spiders." "Feel worse," aald the newly ar rived. aullenly. "It'a a man," declared Heckflre, oth erwise Florence Wlllla. 1 can always tell when there's a man In the case." "Right, first guess. Where'd you get the box of candy? From the pres ident with bis love f "No, It came from the folk* back home. Today's my birthday, you know, and you needn't think because I'm the boas' stenog. and be gives me a Uft In his ear once In awhile that he's ready to meet me at the altar." "But tell us about your man. Toady," said Alice Williams as she removed a chocolate-covered nut and passed the box. "N?nothln' to tell. That tow-neaa ed Jimmy Langs ton's going to take Clara Carter to the dance tomorrow night, nnd after Pd given him a strong hint Pd like to go, too. . . . And to think I made blm six linen handker chiefs for Christmas I Wish Pd put some sneezing powders In 'em." "Don't cry, honey, you'll have com pany. 1 predict that Miss Alice Wil liams will spend a qnlet evening at home." "Here's another," came from Setty Watson, sitting on the floor In her kldtono with her back agnlnst the door. "Girls, I have an Idea," Beck lire said suddenly. "Speech, speech," they cried In chorus. Heckflre jumped Into the middle of the bed and addressed her eager lis teners. "Ladles, this Is a serious situation. 1 was counting up last night and there are exactly Ave girls In this plant to every man. Of course, I'm only count ing the men In the office and the girls In the office. Now then, there are no other men to go with except the ones In the company and the consequence is they're spoiled." "A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y I" agreed Alice Williams. "All right, we're goln' to fix 'cm. We're goln' to boycott them I" ' "Hooray !" exclaimed the girls. 3 "We've depended upon them too much for' our happiness. Now, we're going to get Interested In something else. We could have a dancing teach er come out from town two nights a week and teach us the latest steps. Then the men'd be wild to learn 'em from us." "Great I" "We'll let 'cm see we can do with out 'em I" said Alice excitedly. "When does this boycott go Into ef fect?" asked Louise Foster. "Oh( we won't make anyone break a date, but they mustn't make any more." The girls had hot been so excited In months. Heckflre called up New tonvtlle the next morning nnd engaged the various Instructors. She succeed ed In getting the gym trainer to come that evening and all the girls who were not Invited to the dance spent a happy hour going through the exer cises suggested by the teacher and In listening to plans for a basketball team and biking club. Social activities quieted down the first few days after the dance, and It was nearly a week before any report was made. Wednesday evening Maria burst In to tbo room where the girls were as sembled. "Say, folks," she laughed, "Jimmy Langston asked me to go to the show tonight and I could Just feel his amazement when 1 turned him down. He couldn't believe his ears." "He called me op at lunch time and asked me," said Alice Williams, "and 1 Just knew he'd been turned down before. 1 heard blm say under his breath, 'Well, I'll be darned!' "I got a bid to the next dance this morning, but I told him I belonged to the Self Improvement club and we had an Important meeting that night." Tor nearly three months the girls kept their pact. They worked at their orchestra?studied the latest steps In dancing?took gym and were altogeth er busy and happy. Then they decid ed to give a dance and Invite the men. It was a tremendous success, hut not so much dancing was done as might be supposed, for many of the couples war dered out onto the cool veranda and down the moonlit path to the lake. "Hang It all, Hecky, dear," said Mr. Dayton, the boss, "I suppose HI have to marry you. Ton girls have become so eonfoundly clannish and wrapped up In yourselves." _ Not even ten yards away in the shadows Toady was weeping and laughing oo Jimmy Langston's manly chest and promising never to desert him again. The report tar the evening was Ave engagements and three "understand ings." The dub In a fever of exdtement gave three cheers for Heckflre, but Hecky remained silent and thought ful. ? "Our experiment proved a lot ad things." she sold after a while. "Wa learned that are must depend upoa ourselves for happiness, that the mora things we know the more we ran give ethers and the mora Interesting we are le them, end that . . . men Kt lovely tWagp, left tn hfc gbla PhriMi Ascribed to [ Great Men All Wrong The Detroit News la responsible tor this "debunking" ot some great men of the past: Washington did not make use Ot the phrase "entangling alliances" in any of his speeches. Iu his farewell address he stated: "It Is oar true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the forelgo world." It was Thomas Jef ferson who In Ills Inaugural address spoke of "peace, commerce and hon est friendship with all nations, en tangling alliances with none." The saying about "fooling the people" Is commonly attributed to Lincoln, but is not mentioned In bis biographies; It was probably a common proverb long before Lincoln ever used It, If he did so. Herbert Hoover never used the expression "noble experi ment" with regard to prohibition. In a letter to Senator Borah long be for the Presidential campaign, Mr. Hoover stated: "Obr country has deliberately undertaken a great so cial and economic experiment, no ble In motive and far-reaching In pur pose." Woodrow Wilson never said this country was too proud to fight. In a speech to newly naturalized citizens In Philadelphia, he said: "Peace Is the leading and elevating Influence of the world and strife Is not There Is such a thing as a man heing too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that It does not need to con vince others by force that It Is right." Back to Primitive Age Chinese railways, and consequently the farmers, are always the first to suffer when civil war breaks out. The first task for the military chief tain is to seise as much rolling stock ae he can for the transportation of his troops. 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