The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16
1.-THE IRISH IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION' (7h Famed Reply or Martin H. Gn Late Coueor or Ne York
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was on Irishman. Captain Bar rett who commanded the Con- cord, was an Irishman. And 50 was Dr Walsh, the battle sur- geon, and Captain Smith and Captain Davis, and Captain Davis was one of the first Americans to die at Concord. And Hugh Car- gib who saved the town records of Concord. was an Irish man. Governor Hutchison, the Royal Governor of Massachusetts knew the Irish were an important fac- tor in the American Revolution, for he said:
 ''Without the Irish Rebels in Massachusetts, the opponents of the King could not have succeeded in wrestling that noble province (Massachusetts), from our Sov. ereign Lord"
 And yet John Sharp Williams pooh poohs the Irish in the American Revolution.
 And as it was at Lexington and Concord--so was 1t at Bunker Hill. The second highest officer to fall on the American side was Major Andrew McClary, and Me- Clary was an Irishman--John Irishman. If you would know what Daniel Webster thought of the Irish in the American Revo- lution, read the beautiful tribute he pays to Major McCiary in his great oration at the dedication of the Bunker Hill monument. Read what Daniel Webster says of Major McClary, and compare it with what John Sharp Will Hams says of the Irish in the American Revolution!
 Evidently Daniel Webster ap- preciated what the Irish did in the American Revolution, even if John sharp Williams does not.
 After the British evacuated Boston, Washington hurried to New York and there took conn mand of the Colonial forces. The British threatened the Highlands and Washington called upon General George Clinton, an 1rish- man, and afterward the first Governor of New York. to save the Highlands, and save them he did.
 The roster of his army shows there were large number of Irishmen in his New York regi- ments; a larger number still in
 his Pennsylvania, Delaware. Maryland. and Virginia regi- ments, and a good sprinkling of Irishmen among his New Eng land troops, especially from New Hampshire. Some of his impor- tant commanders were Irishmen. Colonel John Since and Colonel Edward Hand and Colonel John Montgome ery-all Iri IS h m n-- commanded the Pennsylvania troops.
 Colonel John Haslett. an rrish- man born in Ireland, command ed a Delaware regiment com. posed largely of Irishmen; Captain Samuel White was there with "Smallwood's Marylan d Regiment" and helped it win en- during fame in the battle of Long Island. All of these men fought with Washington at Long Island, and they were Irishmen-John Sharp Williams--they were Irish- men. They were not the only Irish commanders in that battle either. Knox commanded the ar- tillery and he was an Irishman, General John Sullivan led divi-
 sion and he was an Irishman. Sullivan, Hand, Montgomery, Haslett, Morgan, Smallwood and Affective of them 1rishmen--- bore the brunt of the battle and nobly did they acquit themselves although the British outnum. bered them three to one.
 washinston's crossing of the Delaware--the most dramatic episode of the war--with the subsequent detNat of the Hes. sians at Trenton, and the victory at Princeton worked narvels to- ward making this country free.