The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-09-12
BATTLE OF LAKE
ERIE IS Being
CONNENORATED
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Many States Send Representatives
To Participate in Celebration
Of Perry's Victory.
FORMER pRESIDET TAFT
SPEAKS AT PUT-lN-BAY

put-in- Bay. Ohio. Sept. ll-One
hundred years ago today Commodore
Perry fought and won the now fam
ous battle of Lake Erie and to COM
memorate the event, an internauoh-
nj celebration is being held as cii-
max TO the various observances OF the
great victory that have been taking
place in lake cities practically since
last June.
The celebration which began mere
today is international in scope, as
il commentaries the yalor and nero
ism of both fleets participating III
the battle of Lake Erie, which ended
naval warefare on the Great Lakes
Delegations consisting of the gov
erpors and their staffs, state officials
and members of the United States
Senate and House Of representatives.
and other distinguished citizens from
ten states are participating in the
ceremonies. The states are;
Rhode Island, which was tue
birthplace of Commodore Perry;
Kentucky. which furnished MANY OF
the members Of his crew and Is per
cent Of the soldiers Of General lIar-
risons army which following the bat
tie Of Lake Erie won the battles oI
the Thames: and the lake states,
New York, Pennsylvania, Chic, IN
diana. Illinois, Michigan, wisconsin
aud Minnesota. which were most d.
reetly affected by the battle, ard
louisiana, on whose soil the last
lattle OF the war of 1912 was fought.
Canada Represented,
The exercises take place in the
large coliseum. the meeting being
called to order by Commodore
George II. Worthington, The pre-
siding officer is Governor Cox of
ohio President Wilson will speak
for the United States AMI Canada
has also sent a representative in Dr.
]. A. Macdonald of Toronto. For
mer President Taft has been selected
for the oratiou of the day and there
will be other distinguished speak
ers
Tomorrow morning will take place
the impressive ceremony of the re-
moya from their present grave of
the bones of the American and Brit
ish officers who were killed in the
battle of Lake Erie, to the crypt IN
the Perry Memorial where they will
be re-interred with international
honoss.
Following the battle Of Lake Eric,
the sailors who were killed in that
engagement were buried in the lake.
The bodies of the officers were
brought to Put-n-Bay Island, whore
they were buried.
Mr.. Taft Speaks,
Put-in-Bay, O., September 1l--A
towering shaft of white marble
erected in commemoration of Com
modore Oliver Hazard Perry's vic
tory in the Battle of Lake Erie and
the one hundred years of peace be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain was formally dedicated to-
day by former president VIM. How
ard Taft.
lnauguratng the dedication cere-
monies cannon doomed at the hour
Of firing the opening gun of the FAM
GUS battle, fought one hundred years
ago today, within view Of Put-in-Bay
shores
"a century ago this bay was made
famous by a battle" said Mr.. Taft,
"and today we meet to dedicate a
great and beautiful monument to
those who took part
in the retrospeetion of one hun
dred years we can weigh its signif-
cance." Nothing has developed in
these years to diminish the courage.
patriotism and skill of the comman-
der and his men as they appeared to
their contemporaries But the con-
sequence of the battle and the war
If which it was one of the bright
spots in the field of gloom. were
strikingly beneficial and promise to
grow even more so in the second
century upon which we are now en-
tering"
Mr. Taft then sketched the biol
ogy of Commodore Perry from his
birth in Rhode Island on the 23rd
Of August 1856 to the supreme mo-
ment of his eareer-the navel en-
gagement of West Sister Island one