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der of Santiago and witnessed the event
from the hills with the greatest enthusi-
asm. as was well testified by their Justly
cheers. Accompanying the regiment the
company changed camp and located on san
Juan Heights. where il remained until or
dered home. The quota of sick in Company
G. has been largely in. excess of any other
company in the regiment, and ii has been
so. unfortunate as to lose one of its most
popular members. Socrates Maupin, by
death. He was sincerely mourned for by
his comrades. with whom he had nanfully
shared the hardships of the campaign.
The news of going home was joytully re-
ceived by every member of the company
The So of September saw the realization of
their dearest wish. They were again on
United States soil and would be home i'll a
short time.
Changes in the Company.
in Company C since leaving for the front.
These changes follow:
A. ]. Mathews and w. a. Reiss. dis
charged May p.
G. II Beche discharged June ).
Sergeant Dawson, detached June H.
Corporal H. F. Patterson, appointed as
sistant sergeant June -.
E. A. Ferris, Joined company June Il.
Thomas Kerr discharged June l.
J. H. Ontrich and q. F. ThurstOn, de-
tached July = and assigned to hospital
duty.
Lieut.. D. V. Chisholm. detached as adju-
tant LIST Battalion July Fl
Corpl -. H. Lyman, transferred TO Com
pany F, July "A.
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with the regiment to Alger. then to Chick
amauga and then to Tampa, where its men
underwent all the trials and joys of the
other members of the command. When at
lamp. the company was severed from the
rest of the regiment. Capt. Black, late
Commissioner of the District, secured the
company as part of his engineering force.
The company was taken to Picnic Island
Nbsre it was thoroughly trained and it
afterward went on the expedition to Porto
Rico where 1t MADE record OF which the
men have every reason to be proud The
company will return shortly, and will have
a reception of its own. In the meantime
many of the cheers today were for The alb
sent boys.
Original Roll.
The following is the original muster rol.
Of the company:
Company H-captain, Henry b. LOCKER:
first lieutenant, Charles L. Lanham; second
lieutenant, Alfred A. Smith; first sergeant
Bert s. Michigan; quarteimaster sergeant
r. B. LOCKER; sergeant, Hilary r. Wine; SER
geant, Orion w. Hyde: sergeant Walter
p. Keene: sergeant Albert II. Stevens; cor
porais, VIM D. Campbell VIM j. Month.
John A. Bresnahan. Charles C. Butterfield.
Frank B. Gordon. Samuel G. Skinner: mu-
sicians, Charles E. Burner and Earl B.
Stetson, artificer, George A. Short; wagons
er, Alfred F. Hooper. Privates-Oscar S.
Armes, James o. Bear. Frank 8. BressIer,
Charles F. Bryant, John G. Carr, John Col
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An hour after they reached camp the
company again went out to continue the
work it had begun the night before,
many of than not having had a bite of
breakfast
After continuing the work for an hour
or two they were ordered to assist Com
panies A and on some other new works,
still nearer the Spanish lines, in fact, with
in 125 yards of their trenches. As they
were only partly shielded by low brush
the Spaniards soon guessed what they
were doing. A Spanish officer, with q
couple OF men, came outside their lines
with flag of truce and asked for par
ley. The captain of Company Z, being
the senior officer present, went to receive
the flag of truce. He was accompanied by
Captain Dorner and Sergeant Tidestrom of
Company c, the latter acting as inter-
prefer.
Working on Trenches.
The Spaniards claimed that we were vio-
lating the flag of truce by working while
the flag was UP between the lines, and in
sisted upon our disseminating our digging.
Captain Graham called the officers atten-
ton to the fact that they had been work
ing all night the night before, but the
Spaniard maintained that while they were
strengthening and improving their trench
eS, they were not extending them or max
ing any new ones. They finally agreed
to stop the work and withdraw the men
until they should receive further orders
from Col Hsrries.
The result Of this parlsy was conveyed
to Col. Harries by Capt. Domer. and the
men were all withdrawn to safe places in
the rear four main intrenchnients. The
rain continued until nearly noon, and doz-
ems of men and officers, too might be
seen lying down on the water-soaked
g1cund, sometimes actually In pools of
water, with nothing but rubber blanket
to protect them. and sometimes not that,
sleeping soundly. Yet with all this expos
urs, lack of food, ETC., the general cheer
fulness of the men was astonishing On
the evening of the 18th the company went
to bed. Their bees consisted of a rubber
blanket, or poncho, with no tents or other
covering.
Carrying Equipments.
On the 18th Company e with Companies
D and L marched back to their Camp at
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William Lowe and j. F. Hodgson, ap-
pointed corporalS.
Socrates Maupin, died August IL.
T. T. Page. transferred to Company L.
Duncan Davenport transferred to Com
pany G from Company T.
Lieut. Clarence b. Sayer, transferred to
Company G from Company F.
The present officers of the company are:
Capt F. S. Hodgson and First Lieut.. c. b.
Sayer.
There were no reductions to the ranks
Original Roll.
The following is the original muster roll
of the company:
Company G-Captain. F. G.. Hodgson;
first lieutenant, D. V. Chisholm; second
lieutenant, Leroy Heron: first sergeant,
John Chisholm; sergeants. A w Shilling
Floyd Brewer E. c. Dutton and c. L.
Dawson; corporals, Charles Lyman, c.
Smell, +. Kimmell, II. F. Patterson and T.
Nj. Petty; priva.es, c. ]. Neis, J. H. Ont
rech, Nj. Z. Goring, T. Marshall. J. F.
Bethune. A. H. Chase, G. F. Thurston, l.
w. Clark, E. P Yoder, T G. Page, O. B.
Curtis. ID. c. Fithian, C. V. Church. s
Maupin, J. w. d. Maupin, G. II. Beebe. 7.
H McHenry, G. F. Shilling, ". II. Reiss,
G. B. Graves, Lee, Ross. B. F. Rainy. A. B.
Adams H. D. Weiss, G. Eichelburger, c.
E. Cross, H. f. Scott, E. F. Smith, H. w.
Macauley, g. H. Gilman. n. z. Norman, T.
NJ. Bird, c. P. Brewer, H. II. Manning, L.
L. White, w. l. Lowe, I. B. Gladys, g. c.
Hutton, H. A. Mathews, c. c. Mathews, C.
c. Winans, T. A. Kerr, E. Barbour, r. s.
Claiborne E. B. Richmond, D. A. Bliss. L.
@. Hienline. c. B. Hart, ]. c. Allen, G.
Chamberlin, F. Cornish, E. c. Clark, H
Oldham, c. Pitman, b. Reynolds, II. A.
Shinn. ]. Frank Hodgson, G. H Phelps, c.
H. Skinner. R. Merson, ]. c. Hyse Will
Hoffmaster, E. A Weiss. H. o. Weiss. E.
Richmond and H. McGiven-
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following changes in its personnel have &C.
CURED: Capt. Otio IL Simonsr,n. resigned
First Lieut.. G. V. Sayer, transferred to
Company u; "rivAss George III tioisten,
discharged; private Theodore ~ R. Tan
(once sergeanb, discharged, Private has.
Anderson, tranSs red to Hospital Corps l..
s. VI; Private John w. l;recn, transferred
to Hospital Corps, Z. S. V; PriVa.a Dun
can davenport (once ms. sergeantl, trans
TERED to Company e.; Fist Lieut.. Jas. L..
Mock, assigned tc 'coGl,n.,nd OF company
pending receipt D. comm: SStan as ,-aptaID
First Lieut.. Fred erick q. Stui2, r1nsfe: red
from Company Al; Pr "a a CHARLES II. Ly-
man. transferred from Company q and r, O.
noted to sergeant and assigned as first
sergeant; Private Frank E. Barrows, trans
ferred from Company NJ; PriYata Thomas
J. Page, transferred from Company G and
promoted to sergeant; Private John w he
Maine, transferred to Company X and pro-
NOTED to corporal. - <.
When Mustered In.
The roster of Company F when it was
mustered in on Mayzl 1885, is as follows:
Captain Otto g. Simonson, FIRST Lieuten-
ant Clarence V. Sayef, Second Lieutenant
VIM. Ray Harrison. First Sergeant Duncan
Davenport, QuaHtsrmaster. Sergeant John
G. Hoistefn, Sergea1Its David L. Bowersox,
Joseph Clark, TlIea1Ieire "A. r. Taft and
Joseph E. Hendricksdn. Corporals Ferdi-
nand H. Paul, Robert T. Warden, James G.
Maley, Daniel J.IMoore; William A. Dowl-
ing and Charles ". ,.Abernethy, Musicians
James H Kolb. md William F.. Behrens
Artificer George, CT ahags, Wagner Chas
q. Hahn, PrivHtss Charles Anderson.
Henry NJ. Bennett. SJaeob S. Best, Joseph
s. Baden, BertI Fsi Bawsef, Arthur E.
Brown, Edward de- bradley, Charles w.
Brown. Ralph gPoa3ue1h, Frank l.. Burke,
Harry T. Camsroh7, Robert B. Campbell,
Benjamin Cornelius, Joseph S. Collier, Ed
ward Conner, WAMaf y. Cornelius, Henry
N Conden, jr.; Harvey NJ. Cox, John p.
Crenan. John W.EDege5s, Joseph c. Duyail,
LOUIS T. Frech, lEasgeAe sE. Fuller, George
M.-Galyin,, William Gavin, John. W. Green.
William ]. Grissett, Frederick T. Harring-
ton. George II. Hayfe. Alfred Heitmuller.
jr.; Milton s. Hilton George NJ. Holster,
Thomas NJ. Jenkins Eugene<C. Kaufman,
George w. Kyle, George H. Littlefield,
Archibald Lusby, Francis j. Malloy, JAS
K Marks, Harry A. Moran, John Munro
William c. Myers, Julius Ochftkovsky. viii
liam Q. Ohm, Joseph Gutenberg; Henry ".
v. PIERCE Carl H. ,Rottman. George A
Rudolph. Rudolph B. Scheitlein, Edward
w. Sehort, Ernest SeIby. Thomas H. Ser
rim. Oscar D. Snyder. Royal g. Stedman
James A. Thorpe, Charles W. tucker, VIII
liam J. Van Horn, jr.;ePercys ~ Whitney.
lanes Wilson. ) -
S.OapaN n
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state drill fame, and the winners of one
first and three second prizes. On the
achievements of the Merton Cadets in that
direction iittie need be said but their rec
ord was unequaied by any other drill tea N
in the United States.
The company old duty with the regiment
az Chickamauga. Were its next camp was
located and at Tampa. The burning south
ern sun and hot, dusty marches were borne
with great fortitude by the boys, who man.
aged to have a good time despite these OBJ
stacieS
The Flood at Tampa.
The first incident of interest at Tampa
was the flood" A terrific rain storm cana
down in the night and completely mum
dated the frail shelter tents with which the
regiment was then provided. The boys
were literally washed out of their abodes.
II was an amusing sight to see Lieut.. Her
ron, in an exceedingly abbreviated attire,
searching among the ruins of his teat with
a lantern for his personal effects which
had hoated away The next morning the
scene was not unlike the day after the
great Johnstown flood.
Company g was on guard the night of
the stampede of horses and mules from the
big corral, and when the first thunder of
hoofs and crashing of fences was heard
the sentry nearest the scene of action fired
his piece and called for the guard. as re-
CURED by the army regulations Lieut..
Chisholm officer of the guard, Immediate
ly hurried to the seat of trouble with a
detail of men. For a while chaos reisncd
supreme.
The other companies. awakened from
their sleep by the terrific noise of the siam
pede, turned out of their quarters. knowing
nothing of what was occurring nor in
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States as q part of the-fst Regiment of the;
District Of Columbia. When mustered IN
its officers were Capt. Frederic S. Hodgson.
Lieut. ID. v. Chisholm and Second Lieut..
Roy Heron.
The ceremony of mastering in took place
oil May H. and en- the 18th, with the other
three companies of the list Battalion, it
went into camp at Camp Alger, Va There
is a widespread interest attached to this
company which is not all local to Washing
ten. Company G is largely made UP of
members of the Morton Cadets of inter-
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COMPANY F..
The Men who Extended the Trenches
before Santiago.

Company E was mustered into service at
room Sunday. MAY Is. 1885, with three Off
GERS and seventy-seven men, and went into
camp at Camp Alger. Va, May 16 They
left Camp Alger May -, marching through
Washington, and started by rail to Chicka-
manga. Ga, arriving at the latter place
May p. They left Chickamauga for Tam
pa. Fla, June 1, arriving there June 4. and
then went aboard the transport Catania at
Port Tampa July 2. sailing at 1890 pm.
July 3. They arrived at Key West late IN
the evening of July 4, but did not enter
the harbor until the morning of the 9TH
They remained at Key Wes- until 1 pm.
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mick McMenamin,. jr.. Frank E. Middle
ten, Scott Munroe, William Eiemeyer, Ar
thur G. Noble, William H. Noyes Edward
Ockert, Robert Osborn, Harold L. Owens.
John f. Petersen, Henry e. Pielert, Albert
Pike, Robert II. Potts, George Prender.
Charles A. Rainey, George NJ. Raley,
Jacob Richey. Morton p. Rollins Charles
.. Saers, John d. Shay, Harry c. Sargent,
Harry W. Shriver. John II. Trumbo, John
K. Waggaman. David E. Watson, George
f. Wickert. Ross W. Wise. David f.
Woodington, Lawrence J. Woodbridge and
William V. Yeatman.
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dns. Edward A Cook, VIM CornveT7. VIM.
n, Carroll. David y. Curry. Horace Daniels.
Martin Davern, Geo Donohue. Chas. p. On
Bots. William Frizzell. samuel T. furner,
Taylor Gayle, Jos. Chant. VIM. T. Girfon.
Wade Harrison, Gardner Hart LOUIS Hah-
bein Jne- Il. Hooner, Edward ]. Hyland.
James j. knibbs. Chas. II. Louden, JOS II.
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LOveday, VIM. T. Mccormick oliver n.
Merson, Percy y. Mouiden. Wm. Murray
VIM. l.. Oliver. Hugh y. Pendieton. Harry
l.. Rogers. Geo. NJ. Ross. Ricardo Russell.
Geo. j. Ryder Geo. NJ. Ryan, Chas Shipley.
Gercme ShiDran. Arthur simmons, James
j. Slattery. Harry l.. Smethrrst, VIM. =.
Stearns Benz. r. Stewart. Frederick Such
mann, Thomas \. Taylor. Chas. L. TraVvTs.
Chas. T. Nermillcn. John T. Walker Wal
ter a. Wannell. Lewis Wapie. VIM. n. W.
cox. Ennis NJ. Williams. Henry Waltz, Wm.
II. Wright. VIM. II McGregor and FREEZER
lex A. Ems alman.
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COMPANY III.
Detailed for Engineer Duty and SEM
to Porto Rico.

Company H of the regiment is missing
today in the great reception to its mem
bers' comr-des. The company has just
sailed for these shores from Porto Rico,
where it has done splendid service. Under
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of our offensive position and the most la
bic to attack from the very nature of the
formation. The trenches occupied the fol-
lowing day, July i, 1898, by Company f,
We're within 300 yards of the enemy's near
est line. Actual hostilities ceased about 4
pm. on the 18th, when a flag of truce was
raised by the Spanish at their post, on
what was known. as the san Juan road
During the time that this company was on
the firing line the firing was maintained
continuously by the enemy.
Company + again entered the trenches en-
the evening of the 1Ath, with the eXpeCta-
ton of a renewal of actual hostilities at
noon on the following day, unless the terms
Of surrender proposed by Gen Miles were
accepted by the Spanish general, Toral. AT
about y pm. July II word was brought to
the company by the 1st Battalion -adju ant
that the Spanish army IN and around San
tiagO had surrendered.
Witnessedsthe Surrender.
On Sunday, July II, the company in regi-
mental line, Witnessed the ceremonies at
tending the formal surrender of all the
Spanish forces IN Santiago province. The
scene was one never 10 be forgotten by an
American soldier. Arrayed on the hill over
looking the city, The. regiment was first en-
Unused by the saiuve fgrum tcapron's Bat
terry announcing 'thatc SPANS proud flag
was once more deIficdffo fly over one Of her
possessions in America. at the conclusion
of which the regiment, led by its colonel,
gave three deafAi;hgf cheers, which was
followed by the it.ay:hg of tn, Star Span
gled Banner by The fitEIa band that had 3
companied the regiment through al. its
vicissitudes and ifIr1Ships. The ceremony
was fifty concludsa., ~ 1he regiment singing
America
On the 18th instant the regiment broke
camp and -narcnsd to San Juan hill, a Dis
lance of about two Ilaaas, where it remain
ed until it embarked far home. Fon July 81
Lieut.. SayeT was, transferred from COM
First Lieut.. jas. :. Mock, adjutanr of the
LIST Battalion, .wao- haao beel recommended
for promotion u. caplata, was placed in
command From ggs.tist = - J., inclusive,
the company WIS clf-dutv at an p:1tpost On
the Old Mother ro:td, leading into SantfG go,
guarding Spanish prisoners awaiting trars-
pCrtation to Spain,
On August l First Lieut.. Frederick e.
Stutz, who wa sr4iia' cred i! With Cumpanv
M, was assiss1Sd to duty with the COMPANY.
Since the ersariz a,i3n OF tie company the
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A Queer Picket.
Very Little Breakfast.

The company was then taken back to
camp for breakfast. but they got very
little, as but few OF them had saved even d
few bareback A cup of warm coffee after
the nights hard work and the terrible
drenching of that cold rain, which seemed
to reach the very marrow of mans
bones. would have braced the men up won
derfully, but there was none to be had
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COMPANY q.

The Fine Record of the Command
Under Capt. HodEson.
Company G was the third company to be
mustered into the service Of the United
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July 10. 1898, at About a. M. and the dis
embarkation of tlse regiment began shortly
after noon mess, ,fsomrany r, in command
of First Lieutenat c CIV. Sayer. with Sec
ond Lieutenant VIM Ray Harrison, being
the first company of, the list District OF CO.
lumbia Volunteers egsment to land on Gu
ban soil. The ccfnisaaS, accompanied by
Colonel Harriesr1 and Major NJ. Emmett
Urell, commanding = 1st Battalion of the
regiment. at oncer began the march to La
Quasina, the scene OF the Rough Riders
engagement WITH the Spaniards, which
they reached shortly after pm The re-
mainder of the 1st battalion disembarked
as rapidly as posEs4 ;xnd, accompanied by
the adjutant of HAEtalion, First Lieu
temporary camp Essady established at La
Quasina. 4@s
FOR Edo lasina.
At 1870 am the following day, July IL,
1898, the regiment III light marching order.
leaving tents standing, began their march
eight miles distanti which was reached
shortly after IL ans of the same day. The
regiment was assigned to a position on the
firing line, in the center zef what was
known THE horseshoe" and considered
by General Lawton To be the weakest point
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Going Ashore.

Going Ashore.
The company debarked at about D. m
of the same date and marched out to a
temporary camp at La Quisma, about
three miles on the road toward Santiago.
Captain Graham. with fifteen men, started
back to the landing at Siboney at pm. to
bring up some stores that had been left
there On the return to La Quisima Cap
tain Graham piloted Company X out ar
irving in camp about : am. of the 11til.
Alter eating hurriedly prepared break
fast, the company started with the regi-
ment at 5:3O am. to the front at Santiago,
where they arrived at their position on the
line on the north side of Santiago at 10
a m July II, just tweuty-four hours after
dropping anchor in the hari)or at Siboney.
Very little done during the 18th I'M
Ill toward evening. At 5 pm. Captain
Graham went out to the most advanced
works in company with Colonel Harries to
examine and lay out some trenching that
was to be done by the company that night
Just before dark the company went out to
the position that it was to work upon.
Capt. Graham laid out the line of works to
be followed by laying poles along in the
grass, which could be easily located after
dark The men commenced work by dusk
and worked nearly all night through the
heaviest downpoGr of rain which lasted from
about midnight until daylight. Their work
was frequently enivened by the whistlins
of bullets, as shots were being exchanged
by the different pickets in that vicinity all
night long.
A Queer Picket.
Before Withdrawing the company from
its exposed position at about daylight Cap
tain Graham concluded that it was ad-
Visable to notify a certain picket who &C.
eupied position between his company and
the camp, and who had apparently been
firing at everything he saw and heard. Ac-
cCrdiDgly, Captain Graham went in the di-
rectlon OF the picket and called to him,
when the picket Immediately fred at the
captain, AMI then sang out, in stentorian
tones:
Who's there?'
After the picket received the opinion of
the captain on his conduct, and a pretty
strong warning along with it, he replied:
IAN hight, captain, 1 only wanted TO
know who it was"
Very Little Breakfast.
The company was then taken back to
camp for breakfast, but they got very
little, as but few OF them had saved even d
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At Sfboney,

Siboney Cor Altares as 1t is sometimes
called was reached on the morning OF
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.fae.,rrtnr ana h royal,les On pate.ts

manufacturing and In royalties On pacok<s
TIE hoard appointed By the navy depart
merit 10 prepare plans for government
arruor factory has filed Its report and TIE
department IS now tabElAting BIDS on the
work The board also submitted It's views
on the whole proposition az % IT, cconcm-
Ira. nsnefifs. presenting the :olloS az con-
ssSerafions:
l. An arror factory comprises essen
TALLY a collection OF special furnaces.
heavy machine tools and appliances that
are rot needed ia any other class OF work.
and eIaxs o. labor specially skilled In
the business.
? A government aru1or factory rot con-
necfed with an establishment engaged in
other branches OF steel Industry would
1epand for its success and economic ad-
rnin8stration upon a constant demand for
al output nearly approaching It's luii Ca
pacltg-
g. II the government shorli establish
an arnnor factory the efficient and econorn-
!e maintenance or working or that factory
would necessarily depend upon constant
yearly appropriation for ships TO be pro
vided with armor. because the arrlor pro-
daced at any time must be specially de-
signed FOR and fitted TO those ships. Any
failure TO appropriate for those ships in
any one year would require the cessation
Of work and the laying OF indefinitely OF
the skilled experts and laborers that had
been trained in this industry. 4 resun1p-
ton OF work a. later period would require
the training at considerable expense OF
a new set OF men. In the meantime the
progress of the art would perhaps have
been such tha; difficult changes would be
required which, under continuous work
ing might have been gradually and easily
made
The impression exists widely that armor
plate can be manufactured as easily ana
as cheaply as commercial steel products
ard The question has been frequently put
out "a a poser by those ignorant OF the
subjecr why cannot amor plate be OBJ
falned FOR Uncle Sans navy as cheaply
as such commercial steel products as steel
rails. biilets. boiler plate and other forms
sold in the market" The alisGffictent
rfsssy, Is that there Is no commercial mar
ket far armor plate, 1t is special business
requiring an immense capital for maehin-
cry suitable for no other purpose.
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proving II appealed TO the park commits
sioners and a good deal has been done
already TO render it less unsightly An
ornamental wall shuts off the railroad
tracks from view, and between this wall
and Michigan avenue park has been
laid out. The Art institute is on this park
and the new library building faces il.
Two statues have been erected in COM
handing positions. But the park commits
sioners have felt that the work would not
be complete until the lake shore was re-
claimed from the railroad. and as the rail-
road company had an undoubted title in
the ground IL was occupying all that the
commissioners could do was to extend the
shore by filling in beyond the railroad
tracks. II IS on this made ground that II
is proposed 10 erect the exposition build
ing.
Washington Porter Is the father of the
exposition idea, and his plan was to put
the exposition building at the north end
Of the proposed park John I. Shayne
president Of the Commercial association,