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harmed men, including commander and surgeon
were left board.
The Niagara for had remained in
the The smaller American vessels seemed
unable to do anything to prevent British vic
tory.
With the audacfty of genius Perry called four
sailors to the boats, and with his brother
Alexander, the flag of the Lawrence wrapped
round his arm, he left the ship. At first he was
shielded by the battle smoke Then he
rowed through the enemys fire for fifteen min
utes, at last reaching the Niagara unframed. The
breeze freshened speeding the Niagara and
the American schooners into action. The Queen
Charlotte of the British fleet disabled while
getting into position for broadside. She fell
foul of the Detroit The American schooners
took raking positions. The full battery of the
Niagara joining in the steady and rapid fire,
swept the British decks. Kentucky rifemen in
the tops acting marines picked off every
enemy visible. At o'clock the British flag
hauled down 1t the first time in Britatn's
history that she had lost whole squadron. Then
it was that on the deck of the Niagara Perry dis
patched to the secretary of the navy the brief
account of his victory and shortly afterward sent
to Gen. William H Harrison the line: I'VE have
met the enemy and they ours"
Congress voted Perry thanks, medal and
the rank of captain The city of Boston pre-
sented him with set of silver and other cities
voted him thanks He assisted in the defense
of Baltimore, and in the squadron that sent
to the Mediterranean in 1915 he commanded the
frigate Java In June 1919, while in command
of the John Adams and other United States
sells in the West Indies he contracted yellow
fever in the Orinoco and died
for Perry memorial to be erected at Put-in-Bay
Bass Island The great shaft will stand in
the midst of park Individual states have
brought the total up to 100000 New York gave
$50, 600: Ohio $4,000: Pennsylvania, SIS 900:
Wisconsin, $4,000. other states that interested
themselves Michigan, Illinois, Rhode Island,
Kentucky and Minnesota
About year ago the national commissioners
of fine arts accepted design for the memorial
submitted by ]. H. Freedlander and A D. Sey-
mour, Jr. The design provides for plaza
1000 feet long and about 200 feet deep. On the
plaza will be Doris column 800 feet high The
island on which the column will rise is of
group at the western end of Lake Erie.
The fourteen acres have been acquired to pro-
vide reservation around the memorial. The
Doric column will a lighthouse. Other
features are museum, a statue typifying peace
fanked by colonnade. In the museum will be
panels arranged for mural paintings descriptive
of historical events connected with the battle of
Lake Erie
which will be placed the bodies of American and
British sailors who persisted in the battle, which
were buried on the island. The sum of 800 900
has been set aside for harmonizing the landscape
with the general scene.
The members of the commission having charge
OF the Perry centennial celebration will try to
secure brief suspension of that convention be-
tween the United States and Canada by which
warshps may not enter the Great Lakes The
idea is to have British and nerfcaD battleships
at the ceremony of dedicating the column to
Perry's victory and possibly warshfp or two
of Canada's navy
The national commission of fine arts which Sc
lected the design for the Perry memorial
sists of Daniel H. Durham. chairman; Daniel C.
French. Thomas Hastings, Frederick Law Ohm
sted Charles Moore, Cass Gilbert and Francis D.
Mi11et. They unanimous in their choice of
design Commander George H. Worthington
Gen Nelson A Miles and Col Henry Watterson
are on the interstate board in charge of the
celebration.