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Unveiling of Soldiers Memorial Tablet on the Hayes Memorial Building at Spiegel Grove (Classic Reprint)




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Excerpt from Unveiling of Soldiers Memorial Tablet on the Hayes Memorial Building at Spiegel Grove Colonel Webb C. Hayes, second son of President Rutherford B. Hayes, was born in Cincinnati. Ohio. March 20. 1806. He was confidential secretary to his father in the White House; later he had a successful business career. He has long been active in military affairs. On the following pages tribute is paid to his patriotism, public spirit and filial devotion. Colonel Hayes served in the war with Spain, through the campaign of Santiago de Cuba where he was wounded and had his horse killed, and through the campaign in Porto Rico, being recommended for brevets in each campaign. In the Philippine Insurrection he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry at Vigan, P. I.. December 4. 1899, by order of President Roosevelt; he served on the staff of Major General Chaffee, commanding the China Relief Expedition of 1990. In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War he was an unofficial observer. or an agent of the State Department with the Japanese in their advance to the Yalu River and against Port Arthur and with the Russians in Port Arthur and Manchuria. At the outbreak of the World War in 1914 Colonel Hayes became again an agent of the State Department, remaining in Paris until after the repulse of the Germans at the battle of the Marne when he proceeded via Antwerp and The Hague to Berlin. He was sent in a German military car along the route of the German advance through Liege. Namur and Mons to Brussels: then through the German lines at Ghent to Rotterdam and Amiens, returning again to France in August. 1917, after America entered the war. He served in the Italian campaign on the Piave River. He was later Regional Commissioner A. E. F. in France and North Africa. While holding this position he was decorated at Fez. Morocco, by General Lyantry, French Resident General, as representative of the Sultan of Morocco. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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