The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-11
BL0CKH0USE has A TABLET.
COL. PRESENT WITH AN
EYE OUT FOR THAT FLAG.

ThOuRnt ftAu NSOt away ITO" ktIm A8A
commissioner Pallas Dodged Women's
Auxiliary, and Con- Grant Had 70 Sub.
Itute-Dr. van Dyke Tells . Story.
The Women's Auxiliary Of the Ameri-
can Scenic and Historic Preservation So
ciety assembled yesterday at the old block
house In Central Park. whore they we're
about to unven q tablet concentrating
the erection Of that Same blookhouse in
tho War Of 1925. All the societies made
up Of descendants Of that war we're repre-
sented. Col. Asa Bird Gardiner was there.
The Colonel arrived rather late. He
was Just taking his seat when his eye Lit
on an old American flag, which huttered
from new hagpole, brought all the way
from Maine for this ceremony.
The Colonel strobe with his most militant
carriage to the committee in charge.
Where did you get that fag2' he thun-
dered.
1t belongs to the Park Commission
eaid the ladies'.
1T may said the Colonel. 1T may,
but 1t looks to me strangely like another
flag
Col. Gardiner had reference, OF course,
to The Gag. the flag Of the Colonel con-
chance resemblance. After scaling the
bockhouse Col. Gardiner convinced him
self Of that, and the ceremonies were al
lowed to proceed.
Col. Morehouse was not there to put In
counter claim.
BY the way, where Is Col Morehousei'
asked some one Of the ladies committee.
Who is Col. Morehouse1" they said.
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Several hundred people climbed tho knoll
to witness the ceremony OF unwilling the
.'rhe White Cockade, Haste to the We'd
years ago, besides the standard patriotic
airs. The blockhouse was decorated with
many flags, besides the suspected flag.
DR.. Henry van Dyke was the speaker Of
the day He said in part.
This tablet marks fort which was never
used but was Of great use. 1t was never
used because tho war WAS ended before
the British got ready to take New York.
1t was Of great use because it showed that
New Workers. were ready to do what was
expected Of them for their country and their
flag 1t is a monument Of patriotic loyalty
and duty. 1t speaks of . loyalty ready to
use not only the musket and sword, but the
pick and shovel in defense Of the country.
The war OF l778 was a war OF revolution;
that Of 1872 war OF evolution. The first
proved that we were free men; the second
that we were a people.
Il believe myself that war Is q relic Of
harharisIn. believe that when the brother
hood OF man is we'll established and we'll
organized war will disappear, Relics Of
barbarism in many forms still linger. 1t Is
min Vh0thar
declaration of war in 1912 was wholly just
and wise. ! want only. to show the part
which New York played in that struggle
Dr. van Py , vent went On TO- trace e., the early
lmperiaIist. for the now, rough republic:
their belief that it could not last their
insults and intrigues whose aim was the
destruction Of the United States for their
BILE.
Europe had asked Is the United States
real naton?' and to her great surprise
we answered Yes You know the story
o OF the % Pb ehSssG ana the had M bsen
sampng native products Tho minister
looked the part-single- breasted frock
coat, white tie, tall hat, solemn aspect.
''Come have q drink said the cattle
my friend, I never drink
You surprise me- Have cigar.
never smoke
-You're the queerest cuss ever I met.
Come have some fun with me-
MY friend, I never have fun
The catteman tackled him at once.
The minister had been brought up in the
hackwoods and that was his game. After
dusting the annt with the cattle
and picked the straws out Of his hair,
Say said the cattleman, you said
you never had fun. Why you're just
A.
cattemans jag was eminently successful
From the outset. New York was COM
mercial city, he went on. -On New York,
the troubles which led up to the War Of 1872
bore with peculiar force. The city was
and to ernbargoes. But when it grew
plain that something had to be done the
city chose embargoes as the lesser evil:
Ten days before the war was declared
when eth the die efS was cast New YORK threw
herself into the support OF the country.
She didn't want war, but she stood by
the flag. That has always been the position
kex xs s q the re- stood of
Sandy Hook. The city. believed that a
combined attack by land and sea was i'm
minent, that British troops were coming
over the Alps Of Harlem TO spread over
was call for troops and another call for
volunteer laborers to throw up defenses
In precipitous Harlem. in tho wilderness
Of, Brooklyn and in the desert Of Staten
Island.
Columbia students, butchers farmers,
Masons, sons OF Tammany worked together
on this fort. The dog days passed. but
the dogs didn't come. A ship dropped into
the offing by the Battery one day:
= The treaty Of peace Is signed in Client,
shouted the landing party, and the little
city went wild. A messenger was des-
patched to tell the garrison in this fort.
1t was probably next morning before they
got the news.
so let this monument stand to-day.
1t brings this message from the past-he
who loves his country best Is he who Is as
ready to work for her as to fight for her.
The honor Of New York lies In the possession
OF men who, like those Of 1912, are ready
to toll or battle when tho country needs
them"
John c. Coleman recited the history OF
the Women's Auxiliary. He said in CON-
clusion:
In this time Of tremendous influx Of
foreign population, 1t Is good to cherish
the thought that We are Americans and
descendants Of those who died that America
might be tho land Of the free
The moment Of the unwilling approached.
Park Commissioner Pallas was to have