The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-12
R|DU7E MAS PAID
ITO POLISH HEROES
Men Who Aided American
Cause ii Revolutionary
War Were Lauded.
PRESIDENT TAFT SPOKE
PULASKI AND kosclusko. WHO
HELPED uNFURL THE BANNER
or FREEDOM. IMMoRTALIzED
At THE CAPITAL.

Washington. May IL. President
Taft yesterday paid tribute to the for.
eisn soldiers who helped the United
States to win independence. He at
tended the unwilling during the after
noon Of the statues of Pulaski and
kOsciuszko (KOsciuskO). the former az
X Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania av-
enue and the latter in Lafayette
square
Mr.. Taft delivered the eulogy at the
Pulaski statue. while Secretary of War
Dickinson was the principal speaker at
the KOsciuszko ceremonies.
President Taft said: 1T Ia idle to spe-
culate what might have been the sue
cess Of American arms In the war of
the revolution had we not been assist
ed by foreign nations and subjects OF
4 foreign countries. It IL sufficient for
M To note that those who assisted us
In that struggle Of ours for independ-
ence and liberty contributed materially
to our success, and 1t is appropriate
that we should give enduring evil
dence of our gratitude to those who
sympathized with us In that struggle
and aided us In bringing about the In
dependence which has made the pro-
gress of our country to its present
stage possible.
Amsrica 10 Grateful.
Hence to Lafayette, to Rocham-
beau, to Won Steuben, to DeKalb to
Pulaski, to Kosciuszko and to others 1t
Ii hitting that there should be erected
monuments like this to have 1t under
stood that America is grateful and
holds In sweet memory those who
came to her In her hour Of danger and
Of trouble.
'Brigadier General Count Casimir
Pnlaski was the son Of Count Joseph
Pulaski OF Poland, who was the chief
Justice Of that republic--a great jurist
but one who. after the calmest consid-
GRAFTON OF his country's condition, con-
ceived It his duty to organize con-
federacy to maintain Its independence.
and In that struggle he enlisted not
only many OF the Polish leaders but
his three sons and q nephew. OF those
five men four persisted In the struggle
in Poland. Only one. Casimir, escaped
to Turkey, thence to France. where,
under the influence of our Franklin,
he was induced to come to this coun-
try to give us the benefit OF his skill
OF arms, excelling especially in the
branch or the cavalry.
Army Had No Cavalry.
when he came here the American
army practically had no cavalry. and
to him, with the permission Of WASH
ington and with the vote Of the con-
gress, was turned over the question OF
the organization Of a cavalry force. At
Brandywine and at Germantown he
showed the mettle that was in him.
The insufficiency OF the American cav
airy was such that he was hampered
In the movements that he sought to
make, but In that dread winter at Val
ley Forge, at the head Of such cavalry
a. there was with his headquarters at
Trenton. by foraging and by harass.
ing the enemy. he occasionally threw
CLEAN OF sunshine into that darkened
refuge Of the American troops.
subsequently organizing an indie
pendent legion known as 'Pulaski's Lee
gion,, he fought his way from north to
south until finally, after taking part
in the campaign about Charleston, he
lost his life In q brilliant charge ut the
siege OF Savannah, and was. as the dis
tinxuished orator who preceded me
said, suitably buried In the bosom of
the ocean from frigate OF the United
States.