The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-14
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY CARL scHoFIELD. Special corre-
spondent.

Two statues recently unveiled at the
capital were dedicated to the memory
| OF two Polish heroes who distinguished
| themselves In the war for the indie
| pendence Of this republic Thaddeus
Kosciusko and Casimir Pulaski. The
Pulaski statue, at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Thirteenth street, has been
erected by authority of an act of CON
| gress; the Kosciusko statue in Lafa-
yette square, is the gift to the people
of the United States from the Polish
National Alliance of the United States,
the greatest Polish organization in the
| world.
| Statue of kosciusko.
Thaddeus Kosciusko came to Amer
lea in 1776 and took prominent part
| In the Revolutionary war He served
under General Gates in the campaign
that ended In the surrender of Bur
goyne at Saratoga. 1t was, in fact,
the superior knowledge of this Polish
friend of the American colonists,
| American historians agree, that con-
| tributed considerably to the success
| of the Saratoga campaign, which
proved to be one of the turning points
of the war of independence.
When the American colonists had
won their struggle Kosciusko returned
| to Poland and served her in the war
against Russia In 1892. He was cap
tured in 1894 and imprisoned by EN-
| press Catherine. On her death two
years later he was released by Emper-
or Paul He died in Switzerland in
1917. In 1878 his remains were taken
| by his countrymen to Cracow, in Aus
trian Poland, and buried beside Po-
lands kings. TO the Polish nation
Kosciusko is the embodiment of pa
| triotism in its highest degree The
statue is the work of Professor An
thony Popiel Of Leopol, Austrian Po-
/ land.
In Memory Of Pulaski.
Casimir Pulaski, the other Polish
hero whose statue was unveiled, came
| to America in 1777 and obtained from
the Continental congress the grade Of
brigadier general and was intrusted
with the organization Of the cavalry in
the Continental army. His brilliant
services in the Revolutionary war were
sealed at the siege of Savannah, where
he was MORALLY wounded on Oct 8.
1779. giving up his life two days later
for the cause Of the Americans
| After the war congress voted stat
ne to the memory of Pulaski, the IA
Their of the American cavalry, but as it
failed to make an appropriation for the
purpose the whole affair fell into OBJ
livion. The documents relating to this
fact were, however, unearthed by the
American Poles and We're brought in
1908 to the attention Of congress, and
the latter appropriated $4,000 for a
statue Of General Pulaski to be erected
| in washington. The work was intrust-
ed to an eminent Polish sculptor, Cast
mir Chodzinski. who completed 1t to
the satisfaction of the government.
1 Beautifying the Suburbs.
That flowers may bloom along the
highways and byways of the District,
already rich with their great wealth
of magnificent trees, society's maids
and matrons the other day laid aside
the joys and cares Of social life for a
few hours to become amateur garden
ers. Bare and almost barren spots
along the Conduit, Broad Branch,
Tunlaw, Belt and Pierce Mill road
were sought out. Fair hands armed
with garden tools scattered the seeds
from which the plants are to spring to
add the beauty of their flowers to the
other elements that go to make a ''city
beautiful, Of the nations capital. The
movement to thus beautify the sur
roundings Of Washington was inaugu4
rated by the Peoples Gardens associ-
| alton, which, though but recently or!
ganized, now embraces a hundred OF
more Of the leading people Of the so
cial set of Washington.
"A New Show Place.
4 The dedication Of the new building
for the international bureau of Amer
lean republics marked the completion
OF new "show place" and one Of
which the city may well be proud
The building, designed by Albert KEEL
/ s9y and Paul P. Cret Of Philadelphia
is In itself work Of art, original in
conception, well proportioned. appro-
PIRATE and picturesque. Nothing bet
ter Of its kind has been done And fol
the establishment Of this monumental
building sculpture has been fittingly
employed At the base Of the two
| great pylons, at either side Of the en-
trance portico. are groups of sculpture
symbolizing North and South America
4. BorgIlm's Production.
.sNorth America" is by Gutzon Bor-
glum and typifies the sculptor's idea
of the spirit which animates the north
ern half OF the western hemisphere
The Anglo-Saxon woman is supposed
to symbolic the mother nature that
keeps an aggressive but judicious race
together. In her right hand she holds
La torch; her left hand is extended in
partial restraint on the shoulder OF
! The youth who kneeIs beside her
Strongly 1nodnipd ~ ~ nv no means