The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-12
AT dwelling of Statue of Pu-
laski, President Acknowl-
edges Americas Debt.
HOW FOREIGNERS AIDED
IN WINNING REVOLUTION
Fitting That Our Nation Should
Honor and Revere Memory
of These Patriots.

"NSfiiNOION, May 1l.-President
Taft today paid tribute to the foroirr
soldiers who helped the United States
win independence. He attended the un.
yelling of the statues OF Pulaski and
l>osciusc2ko. the former at Thirteentl
street and PENNSYLVANIA avcnue, and the
latter in Lafayette square Mr.. Taft de.
livercd the eulogy at the Pulaski statue
while Secretary Dickinson was the prin.
cipal speaker at the Kosciusczko cere-
monies.
| The president said:
1t is idle To speculate what might
have happened in the war of the revolu
ton had we not pcen assisted by for
clsh nauonS and subjects of foreign
those who assisted us in that struggle
contributed materially 10 our success
| 1ehcc TO Lafayette, 10 Rochambcau.
to Non steubcn. 10 De Kalb. TO Pulaski.
| to kosciusczko, and to others, IL is fitting
| mat there be erected monuments like
| this, that II may be understood America
IS grateful and holds in sweet memory
those who came 10 her in her hour OF
| danger and OF trouble
Service of Pulaski.
When Count Casimer Pulaski came
no cavalry. and TO him, with the per-
| mission OF Washington and with the vote
| OF congress, was turned over the uues-
tton of the organization of a cavalry
| force.
Subsequently organizing an indcpen-
dent legion known as Pulaskis Legion.
| he fought his way from north to south
until finally, after taking part in the
| campaign about Charleston. he lost his
life In a brilliant charge at the seige of
| Savannah.
'Chivalrc and of knightly form, brave
| dashing, courageous, but gentle as a
woman, sweet In all the associations OF
life. there hangs about him all the ro-
| nance Of ancient knighthood.
Gould he have looked forward TO the
coming 10 this country OF three million
of his Polish fellow citizens. could he
| have seen them take their honorable part
| in the American electorate, could he have
| seen the welcome they received. the
prosperity they have aided the strength
| they have given 10 this country and the
starry banner he labored to make trl-
umphant. he would indeed have felt his
| labors were not In rains
While the president made the princi-
| pal address at the unveiling Of the monu
| ment 10 Pulaski. which stands in the tri-
angle AT Thirteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Secretary of War Dlckin-
| son was making the principal address a
| the Kosciusczko statue in Lafayette
park opposite the White house and j,
| F. Smulski of the Polish National alli-
| ance made an address In Polish.
The monument TO Pulaski was erected
| by an act of congress, but the statue TO
| Kosciusczko Is a gift to the nation from
| the Polish National alliance and other or
| ganiHattonS OF Poles who have made
| their homes in the free republic for which
| their distinguished countrymen fought.
| There was a double significance TO the
| unveiling OF the monument TO koscius-
czko for il marked the opening here to-
morrow of the first Polish national con-
! Gress, TO attend which thousands OF
Poles from all over the United States
The purpose Of the congress is to dis
cuss In all its nhases the condition OF
| The Polish nation, 10 acquire familiarity
with the needs OF the Polish national life,
and find ways and means or fulfilling
| thems
Elaborate Ceremonies.
The ceremonies which preceded the
dedication of the statues were long
parade. In which all tho regular troops
| stationed at Fort Myer. as well as the
national guard OF the District OF Column
| ba marched, was one of the features
Brigadier General Tasker II. Bliss. u. 5.
| a., was in command.
In the heart OF the busler section Of the
city the monument to Pulaski STANDS
| fourteen feet from the dewalk, in a tri-
| angular green. In the saddle OF charger
is mounted the figure Of the hero IN the
| Polish Hussar uniform in which ne Won
| command Of a brigade OF Washington
cavalry for his gallant conduct at ino
Brandywine. Pulaski always wore The
uniform of his beloved fatherland. and II
Of valiant fighting on American soil un-
| Ill he fell at the siege of savannah IN
| 1879 and died on the United states prlg-
of-war Wasp in the harbor, Two DAYS
after.
The sculptor. Chedzinslsi, gathered ma !,
! terial for his work in Perls. Berlin ano
parts OF Poland, and secured @ rom no,,t rr,o
! descendants of Pulaski q life size pant
ing of the hero mounted on horse oone
| by Pulaski'S sister. ,a
| In Lafayette park. n oeautltul s'ino,n 49,
| c,1tr nj
| The White house. the monument 10
| Kosciusczko with the exception OF one
| completes the set Of five planned lnei a :;
| The others arc 10 General Lafayette ana
| Count Rochanbeau who commanded tne
French allies al Yorktown, on the re.
manning corner will be erected 'ne s.aune So, ~.
of Baron Won Steubcn. An Immense
statue Of General Andrew jackson is In
| The center OF the park.
A Hero of the World.
Kosciusczko is represented in tho fg.
| ure as the hero of two hemisphcref' az
| his counirymen love to refer 10 MN. ~
map Of tho United states, win inc an, Ai,'e =,
lean eagle guarding. is on the tr9nt 81 oi
| the pedestal. on the other SIDE rs tie M
outline OF Europe and Asia attacked ,Di, %
the snake OF dcspo,lsm. with INC o.,1" n,
| eagle fighting in defense. lollSh SOL
! dicr, wounded and falling, Is being de-
| Tended by a Polish farmer with y scy,illc, il',
Opposite an American soldier ls cu.Irns nS
the shackles OF American tarmsi
| which hind him to the foreign YOKE;
Mounted on the pedestal Is the s,ntuo % Dl S.,
EosciuacZko, a map OF west fo'n' i'
| ono hand the other on his sword to
The valiant deeds OF the man Wiz Via
fought consistently for liberty IN an y,,, n
| world and a new--so consistently INC 80 80
| refused To lend himself 70 me Pi PIIina VI
| NapoIeon for the restoration OF Poltinu,. :
are recalled by the inscriptions on '"e
| monument. ,bonry
| love affair he saw tho nc wrepuphC -,
tnblished and did not return 70 nus iIhiisS mai, "a
Poland until 1856. When Russia az, atthNn0Si fooi
Poland in 1892, Kosciusczko, VIII VIII , ,oo9
men. held Dubienka agsinBt lS.o0o Eus- s
SLAMS in famous battle, After the sec.
ond partition OF Poland In 1874 ne pun