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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1916)
A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 12, 1916. UTON MEMENTOS - SENT TO MUSEUM Detail of Oaror of Young Sol dier Who Interad Army as Prirate, Became General. PROMOTIONS COME FAST Wsshtno'tAii ' Knv. 11. A number of interesting mementos, of Major General Henry W. Lawton, United States volunteers, famed as a soldier from the time he volunteered in 1MI, until his death in the Philippines in 1899, are now deposited in the Na tional museum at Washington. From his first enlistment in an In diana regiment at the age of only 18. Lawton' rise was rapid; he be came first sergeant of his company which, although only in service three months, saw considerable active work in Weit Virginia. It has been remarked by one who knew Lawton well when he was a non-commnlioncd officer, that his great height and weight, together with the fact that he always led his men in action, made him a conspicu ous figure from the first. Shortly after being mustered out of this or ganization, the, governor of Indiana, recognizing nil genius tor leadership, gave him a first lieutenant's commis sion in a new regiment, the Thirtieth, then being organized. With the Thirtieth Indiana. Lawton was in many battles, of the civl war, and eventually became captain ot com pany A. Gets Honor Medal. He received the congressional medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in lt:ding a charge of skirmishers . against the enemy's rifle-pits In front of Atlanta, Ca., August 3, 1864. His party not only took these pits, but held them in the face of two de termined attacks of the enemy. This medal is to be seen among the Law ton relics in the older building ol the National museum. For his service in the Battle of Franklin, Lawton was made a lieutenant-colonel of volunteers on Febru ary 10, 1863, and a little more than a month later he was breveted colonel for gallant and meritorious service! during the war. His advance from the ranki to this position of honor was a great accomplishment for a (young man of only 22. Following his mustering out, Lawton was a civilian for only eight months; he was then commissioned as a lieuten ant in the regular army and. assigned to the Forty-first infantry. Later he served in the ' Twenty-fourth, and finally was transferred to the Fourth I fitted State cavalry, in which branch he became captain in -1879. Among the historical relic in the National museum at. Washington are I.awton's two service swords, used in (He civil war, a sword and a scab bard presented to him by the men of hit regiment as a token of their con fidence and respect, and aq ivory memorandum pad carried by him during the war. ' ' Ooet After Oeronimo. lit 1886. while connected with the i'ourth cavalry. Lawton was sent out to apprehend the notorious Geronimo mid ins band ot Apaches, who were rnnimtuing depredation In Aritona. New Mexico and Mexico, and defying both the United States and Mexican governments. Crossing the Mexican frontier with an effective command Lawton kept up a persistent pursuit of tne Indians until thev finally sur rendered to Genera! Miles, the de partmental commander. General O. O. Howard, commander of the Pa cific military division, at this time, gave Lawton special mention and credit, in his war report for the year, referring to the tireless energy with which he prosecutta his difficult , campaign to a succtssfnl completion. Kelic relating to this period of hi career include a pair of Mexican thoes, worn by Captain Lawton when trailing the Apaches, and a gold watch and chain, presented to him by the cattlemen of Central New Mexico, in .recognition of his services in con nection with the capturing of Geron imo. ' . .. Lawton was tailed to. the staff in 1888 as major and assistant inspector general, and the next year was" ad vanced to a lieutenant-colonelcy A pair of shoulder knots, a pair of aiguillettes and a uniform chapeau, worn by Lawton while lieutenant colonel and Inspector-general in the United State army are alio to be seen in the national collections. v In War With Spain. Hia distinguished service record led him to be selected by the president as a brigadier-general of volunteers on May 4, 1898, and during the war with Spain he war made a major-gen- , cral of volunteers for his distin guished gallantry in front of Atlanta during the-civil war. General 0. O. Howard states. In the "Review of Re view" for February, 1900, that Law ton wa made a division commander in the Fifth corps, which was the first to disembark at Daiquiri, Cuba. He became conspicuous from the start, particularly at the combat of . La Guasima' and commanded the column of attack at El Caney, ac- . complishing this tediout and difficult task heroically. Following which he made the famous night march to help W heeler protect Shatter' exposed flank and strengthen the charge up , Sun Juan slopes, and later operated with .success on Shatter' extreme right. with Wheeler and Miley he served as an American commissioner during the capitulation of Santiago de Cuba, and wa afterward assigned to the Philippine as second in command under Otis, where he was actively engaged until he fell in battle at San Mateo, Luton, December 19, 1899. Hia operation in the Islands included a marvelous campaign, which was de scribed by General Howard as. "sweeping up the railroad and river, beating every body of Insurgents that he met and clearing the whole country, valley and mountain, mountrut passes and jungles of the wily and wary foe amid untold difficulties- danger and hardships." The Lawton Collection. The National museum Collections iiclude a pair of spurs of Lawton', and a dress sword . and . scabbard, iwned by him during the Spanish American war, together with the flag of the Eighth army corps, flown at bis headquarter at Cabanatuan, Phil ippine Islands, from March to De cember, 1899, the staff of which wa captured from insurgents in Santa Crux. Two Filipino insurgent flag, one captured by Lawton in 1899. are COURT HOLDS HER FATE Lillian McElden, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Swift, who drowned, claimed by different relatives. . 3i 4 Pv i If lif -t f GERMANS CAPTURE RUSSIAN FIRST LINE Teutons' Drive Against Slav Center Nets Them Two and Half Miles of Outposts. ADMITTED BY PETK00BAD No Word Heard From the -Ten Americans in Parral El Paso. Tex.. Nov.- 11. A Mexi- Kcan courier, who was sent out from Chihuahua City to learn the fate of the American in Parral, failed to re turn after ten days, a refugee from Chihuahua reported today. It has on display," also an anting-anting, or cloth decorated with religious and military symbols, worn by a Fli- lino soldier a a charm against bul ets, and a manuscript decree by Emilio Aguinaldo. Among other memorials are several sets of resolu tions and testimonials adopted by the Grand Army of the Republic, the Odd Fellows, members of his various commands and several municipalities. BLANKET OF SNOW COVERSTHE STATE About an Inch in Eastern Por tion, with Five or Six Inches . in the West,, WAS PRECEDED BY BAIN There is plerfty of snow over Ne braska, but, according to the rail roads, there is nothing akin to a bliz zard, -The railroads all report snow from the Mistouri river, through the mountain, the fall ranging from one inch through the eastern section, to five and six inches from the central portion, west. . In most portions of the state there was rain during the early part of Fri day night, it later turning to (now. All up through the sand hills and in the central part, of the state snow to the depth of five to six inches cov ered the ground, but later in the day a good deal ot it melted. the railroad report temperatures of 18 to 36 degree above zero over Nebraska,, with i to, 16 in Wyoming. London, Nov. 11. Driving against the center of the Russian line on the eastern' frout, German troops have gained possession of Russian posi tions on a front of about two and a half miles. The attack, which resulted also in the capture of more ti'an 3,000 prisoners, took place in tne bis'nct ot Skrobowa, twelve miles northeast of Baranovichi, north of the F'nsk marshes, and where only isola'ed. fighting has occurred lately. The Rus sians, Berlin also says, lost twentj seven machine guns and twelve mint throwers. The success of the Germans is ad mitted by the Petrograd war oft'ic-. which announces that the Russians. after stubborn resistance against seven onslaughts, were finally compelled to fall back to their second line of trenches. Elsewhere on the eastern front, to the Carpathians, there has been little fighting, according to the official communications. Allies Advance in Dobrudja. In Bobrudja the advance of the Russo-Roumanian forces southward continues and Petrograd records a battle with Field Marshal von Mack ensen's troops in the region of Tcher navoda, recently abandoned by the Roumanians. At Tchernavoda is the bridge of the railroad running be tween Constanza and Bucharest, and it is for this bridge the Russians and Roumanians are lighting. Petrograd also announces the occupation of sev eral towns between Hirsova and Tchernavoda. Berlin says there have been no important changes in Do brudja, On the I Transylvania-Roumanian front Archduke Charles has assumed the offensive and pushed back the Roumanians. In the Predeal sector stubborn fighting continues, with both the Austro-Germans and the Rouman ians claiming progress. The Ru"r-' have almost completely recovered the ground lost in the Georgcny moun tains November 4. Entente Attack Repulsed. Several trench element north of the Somme near Les Boeufs and Sail lisel have been captured ' by the French. Berlin states Franco-British attack between Gueudecourt and Sail ly were repulsed. There has been much aerial fichtine on the western front. Berlin records the destruction of seventeen entente air planes and Paris asserts that ten German machines were brought down. London admits that seven British air craft failfd to return to their bane after fighting in the air. In one of tne lights a squadron of thirtv British air planes and a German squadron of between , thirty and forty were en- been thirteen days since these Ameri cans were last heard from. Their employers here fear they have been killed. The American State depart ment is making every effort to learn something of the Americans in Far raL ' - . Bee Want Ads Produce Result. Auto Mechanician Dead From Injuries on Track Santa ,Monica, Cel., Nov. 11. Charles C. Swartz, mechanician on a racing automobile, which went through the fence on "Death curve" of the Vanderbilt race course during practice today, died later at a hospital. Harry Horswan, who was driving the car, was seriously injured. Named BeUooe Instructor. New Tork, Nov. II. A. Leo Stevens, wide ly known as en aeronaut, bu been appointed army Instructor In tne'vperatton ot dirigible ballone, according- to an announcement made here tonltnt by the Aero elub of America. He win report to the chief signal officer at Washington on December 1. nn HANKSGIVING gaged. till i nclement weather continues to hamper operations on a large acale on tne Macedonia ana Austro-ltalian front., Omaha "Snowbirds" Meet at Carter Lake; First and Last Session of Club Of.aha also has its own little group of '"Snow birds," who make nothing of cold weather when it comes to wimming. ; ' . ' That is to sav. it did have an in cipient bunch of these polar enthusi asts, but it isn't likely the organiza tion will be made permanent or con tinue long its activity. One dose was enough for most of them. Last summer, one blazing hot eve ning, George West, Dr. 'Ford, Bert Potter and I. B. Zimman found! (hem selves sweltering on the dock at Car ter lake. The swim hadn't cooled them off as it should. Out of the-heat was born a big idea. George West speaking: .. "Gentlemen George always ay "gentlemen" and never "fellow, let us all repair rj it her on the evening of November 10, and take a plunge into Carter lake. I warrant you, we will find the water cold enough for us on that date." And right blithely did they all as sent to the proposition. No thought was taken of the difference in the rec ord of the thermometer in August and in November. Each was eager for the swim. , So bright and early on the morning of Friday. November 10, 1916, George West, who -has to get up before anybody else in the world, and go about bossing the teamsters and the barn men down at the transfer, com menced at 6:30 a. m. to call on the several telephones Dr. Michael J. Ford, Isaac B. Zimman and Albert L. Potter, and remind them the day had come and the hour was not afar off. And each responded with some degree of appreciation to hia thoughtftilness. When the day had faded into the evening, and the breeze from the northwest was justifying the prophecy of snow and colder, , put out by Colonel Luciu A. Welsh, the quartet went to Carter lake. It would be stretching the truth to ssy they went swimming. They did don their bathing suits, and plunge into the take, but that is a far as it went. Each wa game, but the one dive was enough to satisfy. The Omaha "snow birds" had held their first and laat open air session. One of the party says it took him two hour to get nil feet warm again. 1 IF YOUR HEALTH IS IMPAIRED as a result of careless diet or neg lect of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels, make a change immed iately. Do not deprive your body of the proper nourishment and stamina needed to maintain health and strength. 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