The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-06
m the birth Of the Uaited States.
a Pastor Militant.

Muhleaherg. the founder Of the Lrtth.l
eran Church IN America. Tho mist
Rev Peter q. MuI1enberg. Of Wood
stock Va called his little fiock 10.
gether one Sunday morning, preach.
ed a stirring sermon on the glories
Of war Tor the rigla, then threw aside
his clerical coat. displaying a mill.
tary uniform. and called on all those
who would to follow him. AT the
church door he made up company OF
300 men. and with this handful he
went through the war. becoming
colonel, then brigadier general, ani
finally major general. His statue has
been placed in the national hall In
by the state Of Pennsy,.
vania. His brother, Frederick A. Muh.
lenberg, was president Of the conven.
ton which ratified the constitution ot
the United States. Later he was
made speaker of the First and Third
Congresses, and 1t was his deciding
vote in the memorable deadlock Of
April 20, 1856. which made the Jay
treaty operative.
Saved Two States.
The first force to reach Lincoln In
1861 TO defend the Union was a reei.
ment from Pennsylvania composed al.
most entirely Of descendants of Reyo.
lutionary patriots. who in the earlier
days were the first to reach George
1t was the Germans who
saved Missouri and Kentucky for the
union. Over 100000 men Of this race
served in the armies of the North, g..
900 of whom were officers,
In the War With Spain.
There were 81 German sailors on
tte iiEstared Maine, which was sunk
in Haynnna harbor, Chief Gunner
Leonard G. F. Kuehlweln fired the first
snot at Manila. There were 10 Ge..
man officers in Roosevelts' Rough RI.
der regiment, and of the three first
American flags planted on San Juan
Hill one was placed there by Capt.
Frederick Mueller. of the Rough
Riders. There was German in Hob.
sons little band, and Admiral Schley,
the hero of Santiago. is of German de,
scent. All of which goes 10 show that
In times of stress E.lcle Sam may well
depend upon his German sons.
Scholars and Musicians.
But 1t Is as scholars and musicians
That the Germans have made the great.
est imprint on our national life. The
kindergarten, with its happy combinn.
ton of work and play. is q gift from
German babies. and the idea of the
as developed in America is
patterned after German rather than
English institutions. An adequate list
OF German-Amerfcan scholars would
Ill n book. Among the most eminent
Of these are such men as Prof. Muno
F'ranck, Of Harvard, the foremost all.
Lhority on German literature: DIR, He:-
mann Knapp, the highest authority
On eye and ear troubles In America:
Prof. Fl. E. Won Hols. the historian
and biographer: Prof friedrich Hirth,
81 Columbia University, Americas ora.
Gle on China and Chinese affairs; Mrs.
Marta Rraus-Boeite. the woman who
introduced the Kindergarten; Prof.
Herman v. Hilprecht, of the uniyer.
sity of Pennsylvania, the recognized
authority on ancient worlds. and Miss
Margaret Muller. the head of the de.
OF German at Wellesley Col.
lege.
The number Of Germans in our or.
chestras has never been computed.
but prominent musicians claim that
avery fourth man is OF that race. Tne
foremost orchestra leaders in Ameri.
n are German, among them being
such men as Alfred tIar,z, OF the Met.
ropolitan Opera House, New York:
Franz Kneisel, of the famous Kniesel
Quartet, and P. A. Schneider, of New
York, who has written more church
music than any other man In America.
Inventors and Builders.
The Piatsca and welsback lights
are wonders of German creation. The
Brooklyn Bridge. The eight wonder of
The world, was built by John Boebling.
The two greatest telescopes In tho
world were given by James Lick, the
philanthropist. and Charles Yerkes.
the street-ear king. r. John schae!.
berle, OF Lick Observatory, aas dIsco>.
cred three comets. David Rittenhouse
is the foremost astronomer in Amer.
lea. Charles P. Steinmetz is the In.
ventive genius OF the General Electric
Company Of Schenectady, n. Y. Paul
l.. Wolfel is the chief engineer of the
American Bridge company. and Hen.
ry Wehrum was the builder of the
Steel Works, at Buffalo,