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Lawton an honorary member and his re-
ply to letter Of Secretary ]. L. Pray,
acknowledging the courtesy, was received
from Manila only few days ago. In
this letter he wrote:
81 have observed that there has been
controversy among some Of my friends
relat tive to the place of my birth, and
that there may be no misrepresentation
on that point with the Nlaumee Valley
Pioneer association 1 desire to state that
I was born in Manhattan, near Toledo,
March IT, 1S43, although my parents re-
moved almost Immediately to Maumee
City, o., where 1 spent my boyhood."
WORDS OF PRAISE.
NEW YORK, Dec Ex-senator Albert
J. Beveridge, of Indiana, was an intimate
friend Of Maj. Gen. Lawton, and was
with him in the Philippines for several
weeks last spring. Senator BeYeridge,
who Is in New York, was almost over
come by the shock when informed Of
Lawton's death. He said
"Lawton was like Napoleon's marshals.
He was not only brave, but had so little
self-consciousness in the hour Of battle
that he was little conscious of danger.
have seen him a target for the fire of
the enemy. He simply did not know he
was being fired at, his mind was so en-
gagged in studying out what should be
done. The Filipinos called him the Isl
lence of the Night" because he was On
the go by night as we'll as by day. He
showed to them the opposite of the spirit
of Spanish generalship. He was simply
tireless. He appeared to need neither
food nor sleep, and did not spare himself
any hardships, storm, fierce torrid sun,
danger, all the terrible elements of war.
L believe, the most silent man L ever
knew. and. strange to say. he was absQ-
lutely unreserved when he did speak. He
was as simple-minded as a child. At
times he reminded one Of a child in the
clearness and simplicity of his remarks.
He was not q seeker after personal
glory"
Upon being informed of the death of
Mai. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, Gov ROose-
Welt today paid the following glowing
tribute to the memory of the deceased sol
der
81 feel most deeply grieved over the
death of Gen. Lawton. At Santiago. as
we'll as in the Philippines, he showed
himself as one of the ablest generals and
one of the most gallant soldiers in the
whole American army. l admired him
greatly, and 1 mourn his loss as I know
all the country must"
MAN AND SOLDIER.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19.-Col. I. N.
Walker, eX-national commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, who was
one of Lawton's friends from boyhood,
said:
1--WE were brought up together in Fort
Wayne, and always have been close
friends We attended the Fort Wayne
public schools, and spent most of our
lives together up to the breaking out of
no vii He of the finest
men 1 ever knew, and certainly the brav-
est soldier At the last G. A. r. en-
pressing the pride our department felt in
! him as soldier and an fndianan. The
resolution was Immediately adopted.
THE Sion S. Bass post, G. A. r., had
arranged to present him with a beautiful
sword at Fort Wayne upon his return
! from Manila. His death is one Of the
| greatest blows that the Americans in the
| Philippines have received, as he was nat
| urally a leader of men and it will be
hard to find anyone fitted to take his
| place"
MONUMENT TO LAYTON.
The Commercial club was holding a
meeting in It's rooms this morning when
news Of the death in the Philippines of
Maj. Gen. Lawton was received by the
president, Capt. ]. w. English, who serv-
ed with Gen. Lawton during the Spanish
| American war, and who Immediately Of
| fered q resolution that, as Gen. Lawton
! was one of Indiana's most distinguished
sons, his services to the country should
be most f1ttingly recognized by the state
in heroic-sized statue to be placed in
Monument place. The resolution, which
was as follows, was unanimously adopt
ed:
THE board depIores the death Of q
gallant Indiana soldier, Gen. Lawton. and
recommends a bronze statue of Gen. Law
ton be erected by the state of Indiana on