Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-26
MARINES AND THE DEWEY ARCH.
Gen. Haywood Asks to Have His
Corps Represented.

The New York Tribune of today says:
Col VIM G. Church, chairman Of the citi-
zens' committee for the perpetuation of the
Dewey arch, yesterday received the follow
ing letter from Charles Haywood, brigadier
general, commandant of the United States
marine corps, Washington, D. c., in which
he said he had noticed in a New York
paper that the proposition to build per-
manent arch to replace the temporary one
erected in honor of the return Of Admiral
Dewey had assumed a wider scope and
that it was now the intention Of the COM
mittee in charge of the undertaking to
honor the entire navy in the erection Of the
arch. The letter continues:
LAS the marine corps has been directly
associated with the navy in all the victo-
ries during the war with Spain, the marine
battalion at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, having
fought the first battle of the war for the
navy and repulsed a force of Spaniards
vastly superior in numbers after being one
hundred hours under fire. marines having
been stationed at the guns of the second
airy batteries on the ships of the navy dur
ing the battle off Santiago and the battle of
Manila--thn work of these batteries is
we'll know :. to the world-and marine bat
talions are now in active cooperation with
the navy in the Philippines. And as the
corps has been associated with the navy
in all prior wars Of the United States, it is
manifestly no more than right that the
corps SnOUlQ De Iuehtioueu WIN the
navy in any commemorative arch which
NAV be erected. The marine corps has
many friends throughout the United States,
and it would undoubtedly aid materially
in the work Of raising the required sub
scrptions il the corps Is given the mention
to which in justice it is entitled; and ap-
peal to you, as a fair-minded man, to see
that Justice is done the corps, the honor
able record of which no one knows better
than yourself.
Charles H Nicoll secretary of the cit
liens committee said he expected ali the
subcommittee would be actively at work
by tomorrow at the latest
"There will be about five hundred men on
the committees continued Mr. Nicoll
"and II only a hundred of them engage
actively In the work OF soliciting subscrip-
lions it should mean the completion of the
fund in very short order.
1.-The comments OF some out-of-town
newspapers seem to be in the line of not
| accepting the perpetuauon of the arch as a
national government. but to be critical re-
garding the citizens committee for having
offered or sought ITO make 1t national aft
fair, 1t is quite probable that no particular
effort will be made in the way of soliciting
out-of-town subscriptions, rather leaving it
to residents in other cities to Join in the
movement If they desire to do so. In other
words. some of the out-of-town newspapers
seem to think 1t is an evidence of weak
outside contributions, and 1t Is likely that
no determined effort will be made to seek
outside aid. Moreover, even If New York
should build the arch alone, it would not be
any the less national in scope because 1t is
a tribute to the navy. And there can be no
question as to the ability of New York to
build the arch unaided If necessary