El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Irish Big Help
In Liberty War
Early Irish Patriots Come To
America With Grievance Which
They Hent On Revolution
AIRY BattlefieIds.
WW nTAnTenw q uuTrue

J. kYILLIAAI MULLINS and ChristopheI
I W Martin, who came over in the
/ Mayfl0wer were Irish The Irish
! came 20 America with a grievance
against England and were every
where on the firing line. Lord
Z AounUoy declared in the British Par
lament; you lost America by the
[ Irish"
General John SulIivan's capture Of
Z the British military stores at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire. Gripping
their perations-ammunit smmu-
milton used six months later at Bun
ker Hill-the first military outbreak
against the Mother Country. this first
blow for Independents was struck by
the son Of an Irishman.
jeremiah O'Brien fought the first
sea light Of the Revolution. capturing
the British cruiser 1Iargaretta- which
ne renamed Alarchias Liberty.
John Barry. whose capture OF war
supplies happily diverted TO our army
az valley Forge. sustaining Washing
. S S-l i1 als most critical hour. hailed
from wexford, Ireland, and the naval
lonors Barry won were continued by
stephen Decatur OF Irish descent
hlchard Montgomery. who fell in
the attempt at Quebec. the first
american general to fall was born in
Generals Ewing. Hand and Griffin
VINO helped to sweep BurEOyne and
his red coats from the field Of sara
toga, were Irish.
Butler and Wilson. Irish generals.
were with Washington when he
crossed the Delaware and surprised
the British at Trenton.
General Joseph Reed. WashinEt0u's
tlrSt aid and secretary. who distiu-
Euished himself at Brandywine. Ger
mantoWn and Monmouth. was born in
trenton New Jersey. OF Irish parents
thornton, smith and Taylor sign
ers or the Declaration Of Iudenend-
ence, were Irish by birth and six
more, hutledge. Lynch. McKean. Hart.
Read and Carroll. were OF direct Irish
descent.
John Hancock an Irishman.
John Hancock. whose ancestors
came from county Down. was nresfd-
Ing officer o. the Continental con
Eress which voted the Declaration OF
independence He signed that docu-
ment for the congress in a hand so
bold that TO use his own words
The king or England could read his
name without spectacles."
CHARLES Thomson. TO whom John
Adams referred -as the life OF the
cause OF liberty" who as secretary OF
the Continental congress. read aloud
the declaration on the natal dav OF
the republic. was born I'm Ireland
John Nixon. first 20 proclaim pub
Icly the declaration in PHILADELPHIA
on July g. was the son OF an Irish
exile, while Thomas Dunlap an Irish
man. printed the immortal document
Gen. James Clinton. one OF that inn
mortal Croup or officers % whom
Washington took his affertionate
farewell ut Fraunce's tavern. New
York. father Of Dewitt Clinton. pro-
iector o. the Erie canal. and brother
az George Clinton. for rs successive
Years governor Of New York and
twice vice president OF the United
Stares-the Clintous were Irish.
Famous Irish Regiment
The famous Pennsylvania Line req
iue1t was wade up almost wholly Of
Irishmen. whose conspicuous mart En-
fhe struggle for freedom made Col.
GUSTS. the adonted son or Washing
ton. eNelaim- Let the shamros-c be
eutwined with the laurels * the revo-
luton. and truth and Justice GUIDING
the Eternal Gratitude 20 Trishmen."
George Calvert. Lord Baltimore
tqkine the title from the town 90
that name I'm county Cor'-- pro fccte9
tne colony on EIqrvl1nd. while his son.
Cecil. founded what is now the state
lot Maryland; 5000 Revolutionary sol