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MARYLAND'S FOUR HUNDRED.
Heroes Who Fell at the Battle of Ions
Island Honored.

Heroes Who Fell at the Battle of Long
Island Honored.
The monument to the memory Of Mary
lands 400 who fell in the battle OF Long Isl
and, August 81, 1776, wa: unveiled in Pros
pect Park, Brooklyn, with appropriate cere'
monies.
The celebration was in charge OF citizen
committees OF Brooklynites In conjunction
with committee from Maryland, compris-
ing the Sons OF the American Revolution.
and the Fifth Regiment Veteran Corps, to-
gether with delegation OF citizens.
The MARYLAND delegation, numbering sd,
arrived in Brooklyn by the annex ferry from
Jersey City, at II o'clock. The members
were met by members OF the Committee OF
Arrangements and escorted to the Montauk
Club. Eighth avenue, where luncheon was
served.
Immediately after luncheon the procession
was formed, In charge OF Colonel Partridge.
In the line were detachment from the reg
ular army stationed at Fort Hamilton and
Governors Island. company OF marines,
followed by the Fourteenth Regiment, to-
gether with the Fifth Regiment Veteran
Corps of Baltimore. Sons Of the Revolution
from thirty-thres States, the Long Island
Historical Society, and the Society OF Old
Rrooklynites, followed by u long line OF civil
ians.
At the reviewing stand in Prospect
Park the line was reviewed by Lieutenant
Governor Saxton. Governor Brown. Of
Maryland; Mayor Strong. OF New York City,
and Mayor Schieren. OF Brooklyn.
When the line reached the monument 1T
Battle Pass the troops were massed about
it and at given signal the flag with which
laI 4
the shaft to view. Then followed salute OF
twenty-seven guns.
The exercises following the unveilinc
were in charge of General Stewart L. Wood
ford, and comprised prayer by the Rev. DR..
r. R. Meredith, singing OF America by the
audience. presentation by the President OF
the Maryland Society, Sons OF the Revolu-
tion, Colonel William Ridgely Griffith. ofthe
monument. and the acceptance by Mayor
Schieren, who confded 1t to the custody OF
Park Commissioner Squire.
The latter made short response, after
which an address was delivered by Colonel
George C. Paerre, OF the Maryland Society,
Sons of the Revolution. The Grafton was
delivered by General Horace Porter, Presi-
dent General Of the Sons Of the Revolution,
| followed by Governor Frank Brown, OF
Maryland, which were replied to by Lieu
tenant Governor Saxton.
The exercises We're brought to close with
the selection, "Auld Lang Syne," by the
Twenty-third Regiment Band.
! the monument which was unveiled Is in
the form of graceful Corinthian column
twenty-seven feet in height. The shaft is OF
Tennessee marble. highly polished. sixteen
feet high, surmounted by bronze cannon,
the base resting on ornamental bronze sup
ports. The tie block on which this shaft
rests is Of polished granite. The whole rests
on a mound twelve feet high. 1t is on what
is known as Lookout Hill. Battle Pass. The
scene Of the desperate fight in the battle OF
Long Island, in which the Maryland soldiers
fell while holding the British army in check
in order to allow the American troops a
chance to retreat was at Third avenue and
Eighth street, a mile distant from the site o1
the monument unveiled.