The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
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What wonderful day It had been
warm sun, cooling breeze, and . sky ~
slsar - crystal. All afternoon Ruth,
Jssk and Usels Ted had been enjoying
N outing in the big woods, and it was
ealy BY promising story that Uncle
Ted was sble to psrusuads tAs chill
dren that it was really supper time and
that they should start homo, even
though it was still daylight and hard
for the kiddies to give up the out-of-
doors.
"You haven't I told us anything about
your. trip to CevelAnd,' said Jack.
''1 sure want to hear something about
General Dawes. You said you had met
him, but that was all.''
"As you know, jack replied
U.cle Ted, "1 have been very busy
since returning home, or I would GER
tainly have told you story shout
0saseal Dawes, tie vice presidential
nominee on the Republican ticket with
President Coolidge.
81 have already told you a good
dpal about President Coolidge 70 L
wiz not talk about him tonight.
at do not think that a finer man
could have been chosen by the Repub-
hcan party than General Dawes for
the place Of vice president ON the tick
ct with President Coolidge. General
Dawes is one Of the most interesting
and fascinating characters in the
United States today. I do not believe
there is man in this country who
has achieved success in such a varied
number of endeavors az General Dawes.
He is soldier, lawyer, an author, a
composer, musician, and statesman.
His testimony before the house COM
mittee investigating the conduct of the
war made him famous overnight"
"Why did itf" asked Ruth. p
"Because, Ruth, he was not afraid
to stand up and say just what he felt
was right without mincing matters
Never before, probobly, had any mar
the courage to face a congressional
committee as did General Dawes.
"But to get to bit Of story con
eerning his life. Charles Gates DAVE
was born in Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 81
1865. He graduated from Mariett.
college in 1884 and received his Law
degree from the same school in 1887
In 1886 he was admitted to practice
law, starting in Lincoln Nebraska
From then on he climbed by har'
work right to the top Of the ladder
He founded and is one of the directin
heads of big bank in Chicago. Whe
he was in college he began work as chic
engineer ON small railroad in Obi,
In 1894 he moved to Wisconsin an
became head Of the La Crosse Gs
Light company. Later he moved I
Evanston, Illinois, where he becam
the head of another gas company"
"What did he do during the war,
asked Jack.
"It was in August, 1917, Jack, ths
Charles G. Dawes went to France as
colonel in the Seventeenth engineer
At first he helped General Atterbur
in the work of transportation and the
was brought to general headquarter
as a member of General Pershing
staff. It wasn't long before Geners
Pershing saw that he had at his righ
hand the very man he had been lool
ing fora man to handle the all-in
portant work Of buying the supple
for the American army in Europt
This advance brought with it the ran
Of brigadier general and gave him
membership on the military board o
allied supply. After the armistice wa
signed he served for several month
on the United States liquidation con
mission. He returned to Chicago i
August, 1918.
So remarkably did he handle hi
work that he was awarded the dii
tinguished service medal Of the Unite
States, made commander Of the Il
gion of Honor Of France, and decorate
with the French war Cross in Paris b
Marshal Foch.
GAS an author General Dawes frs
became known when he wrote sTh
Banking System Of the United States.
This book was so thorough that it i'm
mediately made him known as an au
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