Ohio History Journal

THE HAYES MEMORIAL

 

 

FREMENT, OHIO.

The Memorial building, a beautiful structure of classic

architecture built of gray Ohio sandstone, is located among the

great trees north of the Hayes residence, facing Hayes Avenue.

Broad steps lead up to the bronze doors of the pillared portico.

On entering the great square hall, or atrium, flanked with eight

massive columns, one passes under the flags of the countries

which claimed ownership of this region from the discovery of

America until the final surrender of this territory by Great

Britain in 1796. They are:

The royal standard of Spain-1492-1670.

The royal standard of France-1670-1760.

The royal standard of Great Britain-1760-1796.

 

Displayed in groups of three on each of the four walls are

the flags of the thirteen colonies and the state flags of Vermont,

Kentucky and Ohio; Vermont and Kentucky being the States

from which President Hayes' forefathers migrated to Ohio.

The flag of the United States, with the stars in the blue field

indicating the growth of the Union, is the center of each group.

The shield beneath bears the inscription:

 

Constitution of the United States

Adopted 17 September, 1787,

with the date of ratification of the Constitution or admission

into the Union, and the war in which the flag was carried.

 

 

FIRST GROUP.

1. Delaware-7 December, 1787. 2. Pennsylvania-13 Decem-

ber, 1787. Flag,-13 stars, 13 stripes. Adopted 14 June, 1777. Revo-

lutionary War. 1776-1783.

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SECOND GROUP.

3. New   Jersey-18 December, 1787. 4. Georgia-2 January,

1788. Flag-15 stars, 15 stripes. Adopted 1 May, 1795. Second War

with Great Britain. 1812-1814.

 

THIRD GROUP.

5. Connecticut-9 January, 1788. 6. Massachusetts-6 February,

1788. Flag-20 stars, 13 stripes. Adopted 4 July, 1818. A star for

each new state.

FOURTH GROUP.

7. Maryland-28 April, 1788. 8. South Carolina-23 May, 1788.

Flag-29 stars, 13 stripes. War with Mexico. 1846-1848.

 

FIFTH GROUP.

9. New Hampshire-21 June, 1788. 10. Virginia-26 June, 1788.

Flag-34 stars, 13 stripes. War for the Union. 1861-1865.

 

SIXTH GROUP.

11. New York-26 July, 1788. 12. North Carolina-21 Novem-

ber, 1789. West Virginia Admitted, 19 June, 1863. Flag-35 stars, 13

stripes. War for the Union. 1861-1865.

 

SEVENTH GROUP.

13. Rhode Island-29 May, 1790. 14. Vermont Admitted-4

March, 1791. Flag-45 stars, 13 stripes. War with Spain, 1898-1899.

Filipino Insurrection-1899-1900. Relief of Peking-1900-1901.

 

EIGHTH GROUP.

States Admitted. 15. Kentucky-1 June, 1797. 17. Ohio-29

November, 1802. Flag-46 stars, 13 stripes. Great World War, 1917.

 

Over the door leading to the east library is the flag of the

Governor of Ohio, as Rutherford B. Hayes served three terms

in this office, 1868, 1870 and 1876. Inserted in the wall beneath

is the headstone from the original grave of Mrs. Hayes with

the inscription:

 

Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831-1889.

The flag of the President of the United States hangs above the

door leading to the west library in honor of the 19th President,

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1877-1881, and beneath this is the companion headstone from

the grave of President Hayes, inscribed:

 

Rutherford B. Hayes, 1822-1893.

 

In the spring of 1915, the monument and the caskets were trans-

ferred from Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, to their final resting

place on the knoll in Spiegel Grove.

In the center of the great hall is a unique relic, the bronze

hand steering gear from the deck of the U. S. N. Maine, sunk

in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898. It was recovered from

the battleship when the Maine was raised prior to her burial

at sea off Havana, Cuba, in 1915.

On the wall opposite the main entrance, one sees an oil

portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes, representing him at seventy

years of age, painted by Carl Rakemann. This may be con-

trasted with the portrait, seen through the door of the east library,

of Rutherford B. Hayes at forty as Major General of Volun-

teers, and that in the west library at sixty while President of

the United States.

All of the windows in the Memorial building have been

utilized by placing in them transparencies of colored portraits

or scenes of special local interest, painted and arranged by the

artist, Carl Rakemann, of Washington, D. C.

Directly opposite the main entrance, in the windows to the

south, are colored transparencies of the east front and west front

of the National Capitol at Washington; the inauguration of

President Hayes in 1877; the inauguration of President Garfield,

President Hayes' successor, in 1881; the north front and the

south front of the White House at Washington; the west front

of the State House at Columbus, Ohio; and the northwest corner

of the State House showing the Governor's office and the monu-

ment to "Ohio's Jewels." Between these windows is a grand-

father's clock purchased by Rutherford Hayes, father of Presi-

dent Hayes, on his marriage to Sophia Birchard in Vermont in

1812. When the family removed to Delaware, Ohio, in 1817, the

clock, because of its length, would not permit the tailboard to

be placed in position for the long journey across the Allegheny

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Mountains. It was sold to relatives, by whom it was later brought

to Ohio, and returned to the Hayes family as a bequest of Mrs.

Linus Austin in 1915. On either side of the clock stand office

roller chairs, one used during General Hayes' term as President

of the United States, and the other used by him while Governor

of Ohio. The librarian's desk is a Lincoln relic, a rosewood

rolling-top desk purchased during the administration of Presi-

dent Lincoln and used in the Cabinet room of the White House

through the subsequent administrations of Presidents Johnson,

Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and Mc-

Kinley, and until the renovation of the White House during the

administration of President Roosevelt, when it was sold for ten

dollars and purchased by Webb C. Hayes, who as a youth used

this desk and adjoining chair, even during Cabinet meetings,

while serving as the personal secretary of his father from 1877

to 1881.

In the glass door leading from the Memorial building to

the west are photographic transparencies of four of the Hayes

homes of earlier generations: the home of Captain Ezekiel Hayes

of the Revolutionary Army, at Stamford, Connecticut, built in

1756; the home of his son, Ensign Rutherford Hayes of the

Revolutionary Army, at West Brattleboro, Vermont, built in 1780;

the home of his son, Captain Rutherford Hayes of the War of

1812, at Dummerston, Vermont, and his later home after his

migration to Delaware, Ohio, in 1817, where he built the first

brick dwelling house in that village in 1820, and where his son,

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the future President, was born

October 14, 1822, a few months after the death of his father.

Four transparencies in upper story windows represent the

three Ohio homes of Rutherford B. Hayes after his marriage

at Cincinnati, December 30, 1852. One is his town residence

on Sixth Street, Cincinnati, which was his legal residence for

twenty years after his marriage, although he was absent during

the last ten of these years while serving in the Union Army, as

a member of Congress for two terms, and as Governor of Ohio

for two terms. Another photograph represents the old Justice

Swayne house, now the site of the Public Library in Columbus,

Ohio, where he lived for nearly three years during his three

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terms as Governor of Ohio. The home in Spiegel Grove is

shown in two transparencies, one representing the original house

built for him by his uncle in 1859, but only occupied by him

for three years just before leaving for Washington after his

election as President in 1876. The last one represents the resi-

dence as it was at the time of his death showing numerous large

additions which had been made to the original house.

A window on the upper floor shows in photographic trans-

parencies the Norwalk Academy at which Rutherford B. Hayes

was a pupil in 1836; Isaac Webb's School at Middletown, Con-

necticut, where he prepared for college in 1837; Kenyon College,

from which he was graduated in 1842; and the Dane Law School

of Harvard University from which he was graduated as a

Bachelor of Law in 1845. Lucy Ware Webb was one of the early

graduates of schools for girls. She was a student with her

brothers at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware during

her brother's term of four years, and while a student met for

the first time her future husband, then on a visit to his old home

in Delaware. Her later school is shown in a transparency of

the Wesleyan Female College on Vine Street, Cincinnati, from

which she was graduated in 1850.

 

THE EAST LIBRARY.

The East Library presents a military display in its cases.

Directly opposite the entrance are the three-quarter-length

portraits of Lucy Webb Hayes, and Rutherford B. Hayes in

the uniform of a Major-General of Volunteers, painted in 1862

by E. F. Andrews.

Beneath the pictures stands a marble-topped table which was

purchased for the White House during the administration of

President Lincoln and used in the Cabinet Room during the sub-

sequent administrations of Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield,

Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley, and until the renova-

tion of the White House during the administration of President

Roosevelt. A photograph of the color guard, with regimental

colors, of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, with the inscription, "Respect-

fully presented to Colonel R. B. Hayes by the Color Guard,"

is here, as well as an exact facsimile of the desk of Thomas

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Jefferson, on which he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

The original was presented to the United States by his heir,

Joseph Coolidge, Jr., April 22, 1880.

Other furniture in the room includes the chairs used by

President-elect Hayes and Sergeant-at-Arms French of the U.

S. Senate, during the inauguration of President Hayes on the

east front of the Capitol, March 5, 1877; and a mahogany table

from Belgium, secured by Colonel and Mrs. Webb C. Hayes

at Rotterdam in the early days of the World War.

In their photographic transparencies the windows show the

military record of Sandusky County in each of the wars since

the Declaration of Independence. In the north window, which

was dedicated by the Eugene Rawson Post, G. A. R., are the

portraits of Captain Samuel Thompson, a veteran of the Second

War with Great Britain and organizer and captain of a company

from Lower Sandusky for the War with Mexico in 1846-48;

Major George Croghan, Defender of Fort Stephenson, August

1st and 2nd, 1813; and James Webb, father of Lucy Webb

Hayes, at the age of eighteen while serving in the Second War

with Great Britain at the Siege of Fort Meigs, July, 1813. In

the south window are the portraits of Major General James B.

McPherson, of Clyde, the officer highest in rank and command

killed in battle during the War for the Union, 1861-1865; Lieut.

Colonel John C. Fremont, "The Pathfinder through the Rockies,"

after whom the town was named; and George B. Meek, of Clyde,

fireman first class, U. S. Torpedo Boat "Winslow", the first

American killed in the War with Spain, 1898-9. Above are

shown the Filipino pony, "Piddig," ridden by Colonel Webb C.

Hayes at the relief of Vigan, Northern Luzon, P. I., when he

won his Congressional medal of honor; and his horse, "Trooper,"

which he rode in the relief of Peking.

 

CONTENTS OF CASES.

 

CASE NO. 1.

1. President Hayes's collection of medals commemorating his-

toric events. 2. Military medals of Major General George Crook,

U. S. A., bequeathed by him to Webb C. Hayes.-Diamond Badge,

Society of the Army of West Virginia. Military Order Loyal Legion

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of the United States. 3. Military campaign medals of Lieutenant-

Colonel Webb C. Hayes.-Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba,

1898. Society of the Porto Rican Expedition, 1898. Military Order

of the Carabao, Expedition to the Philippines, 1889. Military Order

Moro Wars, 1899. Military Order of the Dragon, China Relief Ex-

pedition, 1900. 4. Photographs and autograph letter of Lt.-Colonel

George Croghan, 1841. 5. Three British Cannon balls picked up on

the site of Fort Stephenson. 6. Mexican hand grenade captured at

the City of Mexico, by a private of General Scott's army in 1847.

7. Original document and typewritten copy of the diary of Joseph

Henry, of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, beginning at Frank-

linton, September 19, 1813. 8. Souvenirs received by President and

Mrs. Hayes during their trip to the Pacific coast in 1880. President

Hayes was the first president to visit the Pacific coast while in office.

 

CASE NO. 2.

1. Field Officer's coat worn by Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford

B. Hayes commanding the 23rd Ohio Infantry, when severely

wounded at the Battle of South Mountain in the Antietam Cam-

paign, 14 September, 1862. 2. General Officer's coat, worn by

Brigadier General Rutherford B. Hayes, Brevet Major General,

United States Volunteers, in the War for the Union. 3. Cap and

sword belt worn by Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, 23rd Ohio. 4.

Brigadier General shoulder straps, cut from his own coat by General

George Crook, commanding the Army of West Virginia, and pre-

sented to Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes after the Battle of Cedar

Creek, 19 October, 1864, on his promotion on the field on the recom-

mendation of General Crook and General Sheridan, and worn during

the remainder of the war. 5. Gauntlets worn by General Hayes in

the War for the Union. 6. Portraits of the relatives of General

and Mrs. Hayes who served in the War for the Union. 7. Portrait

of Brigadier General Rutherford B. Hayes, Brevet Major General,

and Staff, 1864-1865. 8. Slippers knit by Mrs. Ida Saxton McKinley,

wife of Governor McKinley of Ohio, and sent to President Hayes

on hearing of his serious illness. Worn as bed slippers by him until

his death, 17 January, 1893. 9. Painting of the Battlefield of South

Mountain, 14 September, 1863.

 

CASE NO. 3.

1. Regimental flag of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, presented by Lucy

Webb Hayes to the regiment when it veteranized after three years

service in 1864, and Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes was promoted to

Brigadier General and left the regiment. It was returned to Mrs.

Hayes when the regiment was mustered out in Cleveland in June,

1865. 2. Brigade Headquarters flag of Brigadier General H. F.

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Devol, successor of Brigadier General Rutherford B. Hayes in com-

mand of the 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, draped in mourning

on receipt of the news of the assassination of President Lincoln,

April 14, 1865. 3. Brigade Headquarters flag of Brigadier General

Rutherford B. Hayes during the War for the Union, 1st Brigade,

Kanawha Division. 4. Division Headquarters flag of Brevet Major

General Rutherford B. Hayes commanding Kanawha Division,

1864-1865.

CASE NO. 4.

1. Cap worn by Peter Day, of Nixon's Troop of Light Horse,

Middlesex County, N. J. Killed at Stony Brook, N. J., 3 January,

1777. 2. Officer's Helmet, worn by Captain David Dye, an officer in

the Revolutionary War. 3. Cap worn by a Hessian soldier, who

was captured at the Battle of Trenton, 26 December, 1776. 4. Martha

Washington Costume, worn by Fanny Hayes, aged 10, and First

Sergeant's uniform worn by Scott Hayes, aged 7, at a children's

fancy dress ball at the White House.

 

CASE NO. 5.

REVOLUTIONARY RELICS.

Presented to Webb C. Hayes by Miss Sarah Smith Stafford.

 

1. Cannon ball dug up on the battlefield of Trenton, N. J.,

December 26, 1776. 2. Flint-lock pistol used in the Revolutionary

War. 3. Engraving of the flag of the "Bon Homme Richard", the

first American Flag, presented by the Continental Congress to John

Paul Jones. Lieutenant James Bayard Stafford, of the "Bon Homme

Richard", was severely wounded while nailing it to the mast of

the "Bon Homme Richard" after it had been shot away from the

forepeak during her combat with the British frigate "Serapis", 23

September, 1779, and the flag was later formally presented to him

by Congress in recognition of his bravery. It was bequeathed to

his only daughter, Miss Sarah Smith Stafford, and after her death

was presented, through President McKinley, to the National

Museum in Washington. 4. Ruler used by George Washington

when in Bristol, Pennsylvania. 5. Flint-lock pistol, made by P.

Bond, Cornhill, London; dug out of Assumpink Creek, near the

Battlefield of Trenton, N. J., 26 December, 1776. 6. Sailor's thimble,

used on the "Bon Homme Richard" and "Alliance" during the

Revolutionary War, and attached to the First American Flag, which

was presented by Congress to Lieut. James Bayard Stafford after

the victory over the "Serapis". 7. Stirrups used by Jonathan

Smith, a "Minute-Man" of Morse's Company, Col. Samuel Bullard's

regiment of Massachusetts militia, who was killed at the Battle

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of Lexington, 19 April, 1775. 8. Spur worn by Jonathan Smith, a

Minute-Man killed in the Battle of Lexington. 9. Bayonet found

on the Battlefield of Trenton, N. J., 26 December, 1776. 10. Canteen,

used in the Revolutionary War, 1776. 11. Piece of the stern-post of

Commodore Perry's flagship "Lawrence" at the Battle of Lake Erie,

September 10, 1813. 12. Wood from the hull of the U. S. frigate

"Alliance" of the Revolutionary navy. 13. Oak from British frigate

"Hussar", commanded by Sir Charles Asgilt, with 960,000 pounds

sterling to pay British troops in America, it was lost in passing

Hell Gate, 25 November, 1780. 14. Piece of one of the oak timbers

of "Old Indian House," Deerfield, Mass., to which the inhabitants

fled when attacked by Indians, and which was captured when the

town was burned by Indians, 20 February, 1704.

 

CASE NO. 6.

1. Full Dress Uniform of the First Cleveland Troop (Troop

A, Ohio National Guard), worn by Webb C. Hayes while the per-

sonal escort of the inauguration of President Garfield, 4 March,

1881, and of President McKinley, 4 March, 1897, and 1901, and at

their funerals at Cleveland and Canton. Also worn at the funeral

obsequies of President Hayes at Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio, in

1893, and while serving as the personal escort of President Cleve-

land at Chicago in 1887, and of President Harrison at New York in

1889.

CASE NO. 7.

1. Full Dress Uniform of Major of Cavalry, worn by Major

Webb C. Hayes while special aide at the second inauguration of

President McKinley, 4 March, 1901, and as officer in charge of the

personal escort, Troop A of Ohio, Captain F. E. Bunts, command-

ing, at the funeral obsequies of President McKinley, and as escort

to his successor, President Roosevelt, at Canton, Ohio, September,

1901.

CASE NO. 8.

COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF EMINENT AMERICANS.

1. Patrick Henry, Henry Clay, J. C. Calhoun, Alexander Ham-

ilton, Daniel Webster, Salmon P. Chase, Andrew Johnson, William

H. Seward, John Hay, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, James

G. Blaine, Henry W. Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph

Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Robert G. Ingersoll, Frances Wil-

lard, James Russell Lowell, Ole Bull, David Garrick, W. T. Sherman,

George Crook. 2. Manuscript copy of "The Life of Rutherford

B. Hayes", by Charles Richard Williams. 3. Original manuscript

of the Larwill Lectures on the Administration of President Ruther-

ford B. Hayes, by John W. Burgess at Kenyon College, 1915. 4.

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Pencil belonging to General Robert E. Lee, which was used by

General Grant and General Lee in drawing up the rough draft of

the surrender at Appomattox C. H. 5. Sketch of the McLean

House at Appomattox C. H., done by E. H. Bailey at the time of

the conference there between General Grant and General Lee, show-

ing General Merritt, Colonel Forsyth, Captain Brown, and Major

Bailey on the piazza, and the orderlies with General Sheridan's

battle flag, General Grant's horse, and General Lee's horse. 6.

Souvenirs of Jefferson Davis taken from the Capitol at Richmond

by William H. Crook, executive clerk to President Lincoln: 1.

Piece of Cloth cut from chair, 2. From his desk, 3. His fire

screen, 4. The door leading into his office.

 

 

CASE NO. 9.

SOUVENIRS OF THE PRESIDENTS.

1. Discharge from the American Army, signed by George

Washington, June 10, 1783. 2. Portrait of George Washington, pub-

lished October 1, 1795. 3. Autograph letter of George Washing-

ton, December 22, 1774. 4. Money of the Revolution.-Bill of

Three-pence, issued by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania,

March 10, 1769. Two dollars, Continental Currency, The United

Colonies, May 9, 1776. Two hundred dollars, Virginia, October 16,

1780. Seven dollars, Continental Currency of the United States,

September 26, 1778. Nine pence, Pennsylvania, 1772. Twelve shil-

lings, New Jersey, April, 1783. Fifty dollars, United States, January

14, 1779. One-third of a dollar-Four shillings and sixpence-

Maryland, August 14, 1776. 5. Mountain Road Lottery tickets,

signed by George Washington, 1768. 6. Gold ring with hairs from

the head of Washington, given by him to Mrs. Alexander Hamil-

ton who gave them to her son, James A. Hamilton. The latter

presented them to John Hay, First Assistant Secretary of State, who

gave them to President Hayes. 7. Piece cut from a dress of Lady

Washington, given by Col. J. W. Ware of Berryville, Virginia, to his

cousin, Mrs. Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1880. 8. Bricks from the

house where George Washington was born. 9. Copy of the last will

and testament of George Washington. 10. Washington Medals.

11. Invitation to the dedication of the Washington Monument,

Washington, D. C., to President Hayes by John Sherman, Chair-

man of the Commission. 12. Photograph of the dress of Martha

Washington, now exhibited in the National Museum, Washington,

D. C. 13. Photographs of the east and west fronts of Mount Ver-

non, the carriage house and stable, and the old tomb of Washing-

ton. 14. Steel engravings of George Washington, President. 15.

Grant of military land in Ohio, to Lt. Isaac Webb of the Virginia

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Line, grandfather of Lucy Webb Hayes, signed by President

Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, his Secretary of State,

December 21, 1802. 16. Dog wood berries and leaves cut from

tree near Jefferson's grave in the cemetery at Monticello, Charlotts-

ville, Va., September 25, 1877. 17. Piece of the sash from the top

window in the dancing hall in Thomas Jefferson's home at Monti-

cello, Virginia. 18. Military Order signed by Thomas Jefferson,

February 3, 1781. 19. Medal presented to Indian chief in President

Jefferson's time. 20. Letter addressed by Benedict Arnold to

Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General at Philadelphia. 21.

Miniature of Dolly Madison. 22. Autograph letter of James Mon-

roe, October 7, 1819. 22. Pictures of the tomb of General Jackson,

the first house at The Hermitage, and his home there. 23. Paper

bill for five cents, Monrovia, July 4, 1834. 24. Facsimile of Presi-

dent Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864. 25. Por-

trait of President Lincoln and his son Tad. 26. Piece of the coat

worn by President Lincoln when he was assassinated by J. Wilkes

Booth, April 14, 1865. 27. Slippers worn by President Lincoln up

to the date of his death. 28. Lincoln and Hamlin Medal Campaign

of 1860, probably lost by a soldier in Camp Morrow, Portsmouth,

Ohio, 1861, found in preparing the camp for the reunion of the

Army of West Virginia, September, 1865. 29. Seal used by Presi-

dent Lincoln. 30. Old lithograph of the funeral procession of

President Lincoln at the State House at Columbus, Ohio. 31.

Bronze cast of the hand of Abraham Lincoln moulded in clay by

L. W. Volk at Springfield, Illinois, 1860. 32. Paper cutter and

book "The Last Man of the Revolution," presented by President

Lincoln to his executive clerk, William H. Crook, in 1865, and by

him to Webb C. Hayes. 33. Alleged spiritualistic communication

from Abraham Lincoln to Andrew Johnson. A letter from a min-

ister named A. Lincoln imitating the handwriting of President

Lincoln. Telegram  from  Abraham   Lincoln suspending sentence

of death in case of R. D. Wheeler, Sergt., 6th Missouri Volunteers,

5 December, 1864; also telegram from Abraham Lincoln to Com-

manding Officer Norfolk suspending execution of William H.

Jesse, Co. B, 56th Mass. Volunteers, until further orders. Indorse-

ment of Abraham Lincoln, dated January 7, 1863, on application

of Rev. Mr. Elmore for Chaplain. Indorsement of Abraham Lin-

coln, October 17, 1864, on letter of Thaddeus Stevens, recommending

appointment of a hospital chaplain. 34. Life member certificate

of General U. S. Grant in Association of Maryland Veterans, Mex-

ican War. 35. Souvenirs of the Administration of President Hayes.

36. Daily calendar used by President Garfield on the Cabinet table

up to the date of his assassination, 2 July, 1881. 37. The north and

east fronts of the White House draped in mourning after the death

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of President Garfield. 38. Wedding cake of President Grover

Cleveland and Frances Folsom, June 2, 1886. 39. Photograph of

President Benjamin Harrison and his wife, and ticket to the Re-

publican Convention at Minneapolis, June 7, 1892, when he was

renominated but defeated in the election. 40. Letter from Mrs.

Ida S. McKinley, with slippers knitted by her for Dalton, son of

Fanny Hayes Smith. 41. Inaugural tickets, sashes, and program

of events during the administration of William McKinley, and at

the dedication of the McKinley Memorial at Canton. 42. Auto-

graph list of guests on the visit of William H. Taft and party to

Spiegel Grove, September 7, 1908. 43. Sash used by Webb C. Hayes

II, Midshipman United States Naval Academy, while riding Black

Yauco in the inaugural parade of President William H. Taft, 4

March, 1909. 44. Letters with autograph signatures of President

Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, and Secre-

tary of War Newton D. Baker, addressed to Colonel Webb C.

Hayes, relating to the dedication of the Hayes Memorial Library

and Museum at Spiegel Grove, May 30, 1916. 45. Sustaining Mem-

bership certificate of Colonel Webb C. Hayes to the Charles E.

Hughes Republican National Committee, and police permit and

Inaugural Program of the Second Inauguration of President Wilson.

 

THE WEST LIBRARY.

The West Library is devoted to the more personal souvenirs.

Here are copies of the famous Huntington portraits of the Presi-

dent and Mrs. Hayes, painted for the White House by Daniel

Huntington. These were copied by Carl Rakemann by permis-

sion of President Wilson. A companion table to the one in the

East Library is here and the chairs are those used by President

Grant and Chief Justice Waite during the inauguration of Presi-

dent Hayes.

The north window was dedicated by the Croghan Lodge, I.

0. O. F., of which President Hayes was an honored member.

The colored transparencies are portraits of Brevet Major Gen-

eral Hayes; Sardis Birchard, the uncle and guardian of President

Hayes, a pioneer merchant, banker, and philanthropist of Lower

Sandusky (Fremont), and the builder of the residence at Spiegel

Grove; Brevet Major General Ralph P. Buckland, soldier, con-

gressman, and pioneer lawyer, who was the law partner of Gen-

eral Hayes from his admission to the bar in 1845 until he removed

to Cincinnati in 1849. Biographical sketches add to the interest

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of these portraits. Smaller transparencies show the funeral of

Rutherford B. Hayes with all honors of the nation on his death

at Spiegel Grove January 17, 1893; "Old Whitey", the only sur-

viving war horse General Hayes brought home from the War

for the Union, now buried at Spiegel Grove; and "Black Yauco",

Colonel Webb C. Hayes's war horse, a veteran of the campaigns

of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines. This horse has since

been ridden only by Colonel Hayes at the second inauguration

and at the funeral obsequies of President McKinley in 1901, and

by his nephew Midshipman Webb Hayes at the inauguration of

President Taft in 1909.

The south window shows portraits of Major General William

Henry Harrison, Commander of the Northwestern Army during

the Second War with Great Britain, 1812-1814; and Commodore

Oliver Hazard Perry, Commander of the American Squadron at

the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813.

 

 

CASE NO. I.

1. English Dictionary by Nathan Bailey, between 1726 and

1742, owned by Austin Birchard as an inheritance from his an-

cestors of several generations back, and presented by him to

Rutherford B. Hayes, July 14, 1871. 2. Bible of Sardis Birchard,

1815, showing family record. 3. Seal of "S. Birchard, Fremont."

4. Diary of Sardis Birchard, 1842-1843. 5. Ring worn by Sardis

Birchard for fifty years, and bequeathed by him to his nephew,

Rutherford B. Hayes, who wore it from 1874 to 1887. 6. Sardis

Birchard's watch, used by him for nearly fifty years until his death,

January 21, 1874. 7. Daguerreotype of Sardis Birchard, uncle of

Rutherford B. Hayes. 8. Family Bible of Sardis Birchard. 9. Old

papers and documents, preserved by Sardis Birchard. 10. Spec-

tacles used by Sardis Birchard. 11. "The New York Expository,"

1822, given by Sardis Birchard to Rutherford B. Hayes, 1874. 12.

Steamship ticket, and Danish passport of Sardis Birchard to the

Barbados, December, 1842. 13. Silver mugs, napkin rings, and

spoons used by the children of Rutherford B. Hayes.

 

CASE NO. 2.

1. Wedding Gown, worn by Lucy Ware Webb, at her mar-

riage to Rutherford B. Hayes, at Cincinnati. 2. Child's apron,

bought for Lucy Ware Webb by her father, Dr. James Webb, just

before his death in 1833, when she was but twenty-two months' old.

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CASE NO. 3.

1. Reception gown and wrap, worn by Lucy Webb Hayes at

the White House.

CASE NO. 4.

1. Testament and Hymnal of Rutherford B. Hayes. 2. Re-

production of a deed to land in Branford, Connecticut, drawn by

Ezekiel Hayes, great-grandfather of Rutherford B. Hayes, Janu-

ary 30, 1795. 3. Cinders from blacksmith shop of Ezekiel Hayes,

1770. 4. A silver dollar, 1787, owned by Ezekiel Hayes, grand-

father of Rutherford B. Hayes. 5. The Old Hayes Homestead,

West Brattleboro, Vermont, 1884, "Owned and occupied by Ruther-

ford Hayes and his descendants since the first settlement of the

town a hundred years and more ago." 6. Pruning knife carried

by Rutherford B. Hayes from    1881 until his death in 1892. 7.

Stock certificate of Rutherford Hayes, father of Rutherford B.

Hayes, November 29, 1803. 8. Medallions of Rutherford B. Hayes.

9. Pen used by President Hayes in signing the first bill passed by

the 45th Congress, and approved by him November 21, 1877. 10.

"The President's Words," Abraham Lincoln. The only book car-

ried by Rutherford B. Hayes in his canvass for Governor in 1867.

11. Decoration of the International Topographical Society of Paris,

presented to the President by the Society through Commander

Nevarron. 12. Early law papers of Rutherford B. Hayes. 13.

Drawings made by Fanny Hayes Platt, sister of Rutherford B.

Hayes. 14. Daguerreotype of Fanny Arabella Hayes Platt, sister

of Rutherford B. Hayes. 15. Skates worn by Lorenzo Hayes when

drowned in the mill pond at Delaware, Ohio, January 20, 1825.

 

CASE NO. 5.

1. Gown worn by Lucy Webb Hayes while at the White House.

2. Dress worn by Lucy Webb Hayes for the portrait painted by

Daniel Huntington for presentation to the White House in 1881 by

the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

 

CASE NO. 6.

1. Gowns worn by Lucy Webb Hayes while at the White

House.

CASE NO. 7.

ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL AND PIECES OF JEWELRY WHICH BELONGED

TO LUCY WEBB HAYES.

1. Cane of Dr. James Webb, father of Lucy Webb Hayes, who

died of cholera in 1833 at Lexington, Kentucky. 2. Badge, "Pre-

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sented by Department of Ohio, Woman's Relief Corps, to Lucy

Webb Hayes, in loving recognition of her distinguished services

on behalf of the Union Veteran and his children, April 18, 1888."

3. Badge, presented to Lucy Webb Hayes, Honorary Member of

the Society of the Army of West Virginia. 4. Brooches and

pendants worn by Lucy Webb Hayes. 5. Charm       presented to

Lucy Webb Hayes by a Turk who recognized her in the crowd

at the depot on her arrival in Milwaukee, September 12, 1878. 6.

A ring, found in the streets of Cincinnati. 7. Instrument belong-

ing to Dr. James Webb, father of Lucy Webb Hayes, in 1830. 8.

Fans and parasol carried by Lucy Webb Hayes. 9. Lace point and

Paisley shawls worn by Lucy Webb Hayes. 10. Chinese sandal-

wood fan, presented to Mrs. Hayes. 11. Gloves sent by an aunt

in Vienna to Fanny Hayes Smith when a baby. 12. Gloves worn

by Lucy Webb Hayes at the ball in honor of the centennial celebra-

tion of the inauguration of George Washington as President of

the United States in New York City, April, 1889. Her last ball. 13.

Souvenir plate and photograph of Elliott Hall, Ohio Wesleyan

University, which Lucy Webb Hayes attended. 14. Comb worn

University, which Lucy Webb Hayes attended. 14. Comb worn by

1877. 16. Photograph of Lucy Webb Hayes. 17. Evening slippers

worn by Lucy Webb Hayes. 18. Comb, slippers, and stockings,

worn by Lucy Ware Webb at her wedding, December 30, 1852. 19.

Old-fashioned embroidery, worked by Lucy Ware Webb when a

child. 20. Cape given to Lucy Ware Webb on graduating from

Wesleyan Female Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1851. 21. Samplers,

made in 1812 and 1816, by Maria Cook Webb, mother of Lucy Webb.

22. Reticule, carried by Maria Cook on her marriage to Dr. James

Webb. 3. Jewel box bequeathed to Lucy Webb Hayes by a relative

who had received it in 1817 from her cousin, James Webb, father of

Lucy Webb Hayes.

 

CASE NO. 8.

1. Diplomas awarded to Rutherford B. Hayes from Harvard,

Kenyon, and Yale. 2. Diplomas and graduation essay,-"The In-

fluence of Christianity on National Prosperity",-of Lucy Webb

Hayes on her graduation from the Wesleyan Female College, Cin-

cinnati, Ohio. 3. Commissions of Rutherford B. Hayes as Major,

Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General and Major General.

4. Commissions of Rutherford B. Hayes as City Solicitor of Cin-

cinnati, Member of Congress, Governor of Ohio, for three terms,

and Assistant Treasurer of the United States. 5. Official count of

the electoral votes during the disputed election of 1877,-For

President, Rutherford B. Hayes, 185; Samuel J. Tilden, 184. For

Vice-President, William A. Wheeler, 185; Thomas A. Hendricks, 184.

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THE CENTRAL MUSEUM.

The Museum on the lower floor of the Memorial building

is an exact counterpart of the atrium and the east and west library

rooms above. The central museum contains a specimen brass

bronze field piece captured in each of the wars in which the

United States has been engaged since the Declaration of In-

dependence.

1776. A bronze cannon with the British coat of arms, and

the royal ciphers of King George and King Louis, probably

showing it was a royal gift from the King of France to the

King of England.

Inscribed by the direction of General Benedict Arnold:

 

"Taken

at the

storm

of the

British lines

near Saratoga

October 7, 1777

by

 

with the name of Benedict Arnold erased as it was from all

trophies by direction of the Continental Congress after his

treachery.

The manufacturer's mark below is: "R. Gilpin - Fecit 1761."

1812. A bronze coehorn mortar with the British coat of

arms and King George's royal cipher, captured during the Second

War with Great Britain, 1812-1814.

1846. A bronze cannon with the inscription "San Juan",

captured in the war with Mexico, 1846-1848. This was one of

the four bronze guns known as the Apostles' Battery or The

Four Apostles, presented by the King and Queen of Spain to

Cortez and used in the conquest of Mexico, in the war for the

Independence of Texas, and the War with Mexico. Of the re-

maining three guns, St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. Luke, one

is on exhibition at West Point, and the others in front of the

War Department at Washington.

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1861. A brass six-pound gun, inscribed "Louisiana," cap-

tured during the war for the Union, 1861-1865.

1898. A single-barrelled bronze Spanish lantaka, and a

double-barrelled bronze Spanish lantaka, presumably taken by

Magellan to the Philippine Islands after his discovery of the

Straits of Magellan, and later captured by the savage Moros of

Mindanao, and presented to Lieut. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, 31st

U. S. Infantry, commanding the first American troops at Reina

Regenta, Mindanao, during the winter of 1899-1900.

1900. A bronze Chinese cannon, with numerous Manchu

hieroglyphics, used in the Manchu conquest of China in 1645.

One of many guns used by the Boxers in their attacks on the

Foreign Legations in the summer of 1900, and also used against

the Relief Column composed of 2,000 Americans, 2,000 British,

4,000 Russians and 8,000 Japanese, which on August 14, 1900,

captured the Tartar city of Peking. One of three guns brought

home by Lieut. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, of Major General

Chaffee's staff. Of the other two, one was presented to the

Museum of the West Point Military Academy, and one to the

Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, of which he

was a trustee.

Metallic case for fixed ammunition for French field-pieces

used by the Mexican bandit, Villa, in his raids on the Mexican

border in 1916. The ammunition was cached near Colonia Dub-

lan, Mexico, the headquarters of Major General Pershing's

Mexican Expeditionary Force, and was discovered and presented

to Colonel Hayes during his visit to his former comrade in Cuba

and Mindanao, maor General Pershing.

 

1. In a recessed case are shown the Hayes family cradle; the

Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine and lapboard used by Lucy

Webb Hayes in preparing the necessary clothing for four small

boys to use during the winters of 1862-63 and 1863-64,-which were

spent in the Virginia camps of Rutherford B. Hayes; a spinning

wheel of an older generation; the leather trunks purchased by

Rutherford B. Hayes in Boston on his graduation from the Har-

vard Law School and brought to Lower Sandusky on his admission

to the bar in 1845.

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CASE NO. 2.

GUNS AND SWORDS CAPTURED DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF SANTIAGO DE

CUBA AND PUERTO RICO IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN, AND DURING THE

INSURRECTION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND IN THE EXPEDI-

TION FOR THE RELIEF OF PEKING, BY WEBB C. HAYES,

LATE MAJOR 1ST OHIO CAVALRY, AND LATE LIEUT.-

COLONEL 31ST U. S. VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

1. Spanish Mauser carbine, boot, and cartridges; Cuban

machete and scabbard, captured at the surrender of Santiago de

Cuba, 17 July, 1898. 2. Spanish Mauser rifle with gun-sling and

cartridges; Spanish machete with scabbard, captured at the sur-

render of Yauco, Puerto Rico, 26 July, 1898. 3. Spanish Remington

rifle with bayonet, cartridge-belt, and cartridges; Spanish officer's

sword, a Toledo blade made in Spain, with scabbard, captured in

the relief of Vigan, P. I., 4 December, 1899. The muzzle of the

rifle was perforated by a Krag bullet. 4. Chinese Gingal (operated

by three Chinamen), with cartridges, and Chinese sword and scab-

bard captured in the Relief of the Legations at Peking, China,

14 August, 1900.

CASE NO. 3.

CHINESE GUNS, PISTOLS AND SWORDS CAPTURED IN THE RELIEF OF PEKING

BY LIEUT.-COLONEL WEBB C. HAYES, OF GENERAL CHAFFEE'S STAFF.

1. Chinese hunting rifle with percussion cap and pistol grip.

2. Chinese Remington carbine. 3. Chinese short rifle with per-

cussion cap. 4. Chinese rifle with percussion cap and pistol grip.

5. Chinese sword and scabbard captured at the Imperial summer

palace near Peking by the Russians and presented to Lieut.-Col.

W. C. Hayes, General Chaffee's staff. 6. Chinese double swords in

single scabbard captured by Lieut. Colonel Hayes on American

Cavalry expedition sent out from Peking to the relief of Chinese

Christians, so-called. 7. Chinese disembowelling sword captured

in the fight near Tien-Tsin with the Sixth U. S. Cavalry, Col. D. J.

Wint commanding.

4. The family barouche, purchased by President Hayes, and

used as the President's carriage during the administration of

President Hayes, and by President Garfield during the four

months prior to    his assassination.  All of the  presidents

from Grant to McKinley, as well as our leading generals, Grant,

Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock, Schofield, Miles, and Crook, have

occupied it while guests of President Hayes.

5. A miniature three-story doll house, which was on exhibition

at a benevolent fair in Baltimore, and presented to Fanny Hayes,

aged 10, and used by her in the White Hous.

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6. A collection of Moro war-spears, javelins, quiver of poisoned

arrows, two-handed sword, fish clubs, a beheading spear, pike, three

brass helmets and brass armor, from the savage Moros of Mindanao

by Lt. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, 31st U. S. Vol. Inf., in 1899-1900. The

brass helmets and armor were supposed to have been brought to the

Island of Mindanao by the explorer Magellan after his discovery of

the Straits of Magellan on his way to the Philippine Islands, where

he died on the Island of Mactan, 1521.

7. Piece of ship timber, one of two used to support the pulpit

in the Pohick Church near Mt. Vernon in which George Washington

worshiped. About 5 feet have been cut off from the base.

8. A Chinese stink-pot, used by the early Chinese for throwing

explosives filled with noxious gases into Chinese junks or ports. The

first use of the poisonous gases as a weapon of war, now so exten-

sively used in the great European War. Ball from the top of the

flag-pole of the old War Department building, in which Edwin M.

Stanton, as Secretary of War, performed his great service during the

War for the Union. The old War Department building was torn down,

with other buildings, to give place to the present State, War, and

Navy building. Bronze cogs and upright stand recovered from the

battleship "Maine," which was sunk in the harbor of Havana, Cuba,

February 15, 1898. Revolving office chair made of the horns of

Texas cattle, presented to President Hayes. Spanish swivel boat-

gun used by the Filipino insurrectos in their attack on the American

garrison at Vigan, P. I., December 4, 1899.

 

The transparencies in the windows of the Museum portray

the landing of Christopher Columbus on the discovery of America

in 1492; a portrait of Americus Vespucius, after whom the

western continent was named; and portraits of five each of the

famous characters of the Indians, the Spaniards, the French,

and the British, who had to do with this part of America. Begin-

ning in the East Museum, there are the portraits of five Indian

chieftains, Nicolas, a Huron who permitted the erection of the

first fort, Old Fort Sandoski; Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader who

fought against General Harrison; Little Turtle, a Miami, the

organizer of the largest force of Indians ever gathered against

the whites; Pontiac, an Ottawa, who led the conspiracy to cap-

ture Fort Sandusky and other British forts in 1763; and Tarhe,

a Wyandot supporter of the Americans in the War of 1812.

The Spanish representatives are Balboa, the discoverer of

the Pacific Ocean; Ponce de Leon, the discoverer of Florida;

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De Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi; Cortez, the conqueror

of Mexico; and De Ulloa, the governor of Louisiana.

Cadillac, the founder of Detroit, is the first of the French

pioneers, then Marquette, explorer of the Mississippi; La Salle,

discoverer of the Ohio river and the Illinois country; De Celoron,

the explorer of the Ohio country who buried leaden plates claim-

ing the whole territory for France; and De Lery, explorer and

surveyor of the Ohio country.

The British leaders are General John Bradstreet, Pontiac's

opponent, who encamped on the present site of Fremont; Gen-

eral Sir Isaac Brock, who captured Detroit, 1812; Commodore

Robert H. Barclay, commander of the British fleet at the Battle

of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813; General Henry A. Proctor,

commander of the British and Indian forces at the River Raisin,

Fort Meigs, and Fort Stephenson, 1813; and Brevet Lieut.

Colonel William C. Shortt, killed in the assault on Fort

Stephenson.

THE EAST MUSEUM.

The East Museum is reserved for President Hayes's war

relics and war photographs and numerous curios presented to him

during his administration. These curios include:

Elk-horn chair made by Seth Kinman, California hunter and

trapper, and presented to Governor Hayes during the presidential

campaign of 1876. Two Filipino chairs made in Bilibid Prison,

Manila, P. I., and purchased by Lt. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, 31st

U. S. Vol. Inf., during the insurrection in the Philippines. Celestial

and terrestrial globes presented to the President and Mrs. Hayes,

September 30, 1878. Regimental photographs, reunion photographs,

and political banners carried by members of the 23rd Ohio Infantry

during the presidential campaign of their former Colonel, Ruther-

ford B. Hayes.

CASE NO. I.

1. Beaded Indian saddle cloth. 2. Indian bread bag. 3. In-

dian envelope. 4. Indian tobacco bag presented to Brig. General

Eliakim P. Scammon, formerly (2d) Colonel 23rd O. V. I., while

serving on the plains soon after his graduation from the West

Point Military Academy in 1837. 5. Indian dolls. 6. Indian meal

bag. 7. Ornamental lap robe. 8. Squaw moccasins. 9. Indian

squaw leggins. 10. Indian tobacco bag. 11. Indian pipe-stem,

holder and match box. 12. Indian child's robe. 13. Indian bead

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bags. 14. Tobacco pouch. 15. Indian head dress. 16. Indian

colored beads. 17. Moccasins made by the squaw of Provot, half-

breed Ogallala Sioux. 18. Moccasins of Spotted Tail. 19. Indian

charms. 20. Indian papoose case. 21. Moccasins. 22. Overhead-

Indian papoose snow shoes and canoe.

 

CASE NO. 2.

1. Union garrison flag (bunting) of Rutherford B. Hayes, used

at Camp Reynolds at Falls of Kanawha, winter of 1862-3; at Camp

White, opposite Charleston, W. Va., winter of 1863-4; and at Camp

Hastings, Md., winter of 1864-5. 2. Cavalry carbine carried by a

soldier of the 1st Virginia Cavalry (Union), 1864. 3. Enfield rifle,

cartridge box, cap box, and bayonet carried for four years, 1861-

1865, by Henry K. Wise, Co. A, 23rd Regt., O. V. I. 4. Union

rifle with bayonet. 5. Union rifle with bayonet. 6. Spencer

magazine rifle and cartridges carried by a soldier of the 34th 0.

V. I. during the war for the Union. 7. Union cavalry carbine. 8.

Carbine used by John Brown's men and brick from the engine

house,-John Brown's fortress at Harper's Ferry, Virginia,-De-

cember, 1859. 9. Union non-commissioned officer's sword. 10. Ar-

tillery cutlass carried by a member of the 1st Ohio Battery during

the war for the Union. 11. Cavalry sabre carried during the war

for the Union. 12. Oil lamp made from cannon ball, fired at Battle

of Gettysburg, July 1-2-3, 1864. 13. Section of an oak which stood

inside the entrenchments near Spottsylvania Court House, and

was cut down by musket balls in an attempt by the rebels to

recapture the works previously carried by the 2d Corps (Union),

Army of the Potomac, May 12, 1864. The tree was originally 18

inches in diameter. 14. Photographs of President Abraham Lin-

coln and Lieutenant General U. S. Grant taken on his promotion

to the supreme command of the Union armies as Lieutenant-

General, U. S. Army, and copy of general orders of March 29, 1864,

announcing the members of the staff of Lieut. General Grant. 15.

Watch case from the battlefield of Chickamauga. 16. Gavel with

bullets cut from  limbs of trees on battlefields of Chickamauga,

Lookout Mountain, and Mission Ridge. 17. Souvenir paper weights

made from metal mountings from Admiral Farragut's flagship, the

U. S. S. Hartford. 18. Paper weights made from a piece of one

of the rafters in the William Penn House, built and occupied by

him in Philadelphia. 19. Key to the Old M. E. Church, Fremont,

Ohio. 20. Piece of the sheave of one of the pulleys and the rope

by which the stone of the Washington Monument was elevated,

Washington, D. C., 1878. 21. Piece of the ship "Nathalie" in

which Napoleon escaped from the Island of Elba. Later this ship

was wrecked off the coast of California and this piece of wood

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taken from the wreckage. 22. Mold for making pewter spoons,

dated 1768, given to President Hayes at Marietta, Ohio, 7 April,

1888. 23. Miniature copy of Major-General Sheridan's cavalry head-

quarters battle flag, with letter to and engraving of Miss Rebecca

Wright, "the loyal girl of Winchester."

 

CASE NO. 3.

1. Rebel garrison flag of Wise's Legion, marked "Union of

the South" captured by the 34th O. V. I., in 1861, and presented to

Major R. B. Hayes, 23rd O. V. I. 2. Confederate Officer's Sword.

3. Hunting rifle captured from Guerrillas, at Fayette C. H., Va., in

1862, by the 23rd O. V. I. 4. Mississippi rifle captured at the mouth

of the Blue Stone, Mercer County, Va., May, 1862, by the 23rd

O. V. I. 5. Austrian rifle captured during the War for the Union.

6. Mississippi rifle captured at Princeton, Va., May 1st, 1862, by

23rd O. V. I. 7. Hunting rifle captured from the "Flat Top Cop-

perheads," Flat Top Mountain, Va., in 1862, by the 23rd O. V. I. 8.

Turnkey for pulling teeth captured at Carnifax Ferry, Va., 1861,

by Captain Gillmore, 1st Virginia Cavalry (Union). 9. Small case

of surveying instruments belonging to Lt. Gen. James Longstreet,

C. S. A. Captured by Captain Russell Hastings, Adjutant General

of Brigadier General Rutherford B. Hayes. 10. Envelope with

hostage tickets of Union officers in Libby prison in the hand-

writing of Captain Wirz of Libby prison, executed in 1865. The

names were placed in a tin can by General Winder and drawn

by the Hon. Alfred Ely, M. C., to select the required number of

Union officers of the rank of captain to be held as hostages under

the fire of the Union guns, for the rebel spies confined by United

States authorities. 11. Tourniquet to check the flow of blood,

captured at Fayetteville, Va., November 13, 1861, by the 23rd O. V. I.

12. Spurs captured at Cedar Creek, 19 October, 1864, by Captain

Singleton, and presented to General R. B. Hayes. 13. Case of

signal rockets captured in 1864. 14. Canteen captured at the battle

of Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862. 15. Spurs captured at Fay-

etteville, Va., 13 November, 1861. 16. Shoe with wooden sole, one

of several hundred, captured at Dublin Depot, Va., 9 May, 1864. 17.

Bullet-moulds captured during the war for the Union. 18. Officer's

field telescope captured at Carnifax Ferry, 10 September, 1861. 19.

Cow horn powder flasks captured from Guerrillas. 20. Three per-

cussion shells fired by the Rebels without exploding. 21. Shackles

from the slave pens of Brice, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, Alex-

andria, Va. 22. Cannon ball from caisson captured at South Moun-

tain, Md., September 14, 1862, by the 23rd O. V. I., and presented

to Colonel R. B. Hayes, who was severely wounded in the battle.

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CASE NO. 4.

1. Indian Blanket-Ogallalla Sioux, Red Cloud's Band, Dakota

Territory, September, 1879. 2. Indian saddle blankets. 3. Indian

squaw dress. 4. Indian tobacco bag. 5. Indian awl scabbard. 6.

Pipe and tobacco pouch, presented by Black Coal, Chief of the

Arapahoes, at the Pow-wow held in East Room, White House,

September 28, 1877. 7. Indian saddle. 8. Squaw's bead girdle,-

Chippewa. 9. Indian beaded pouch. 10. War leggings of Indian

chief. 11. Indian beaded pouch. 12. Indian gripsack. 13. In-

dian moccasins. 14. Indian match cases. 15. Indian saddle bags-

model. 16. Indian comb. 17. Indian moccasins. 18. Indian

moccasins.  19. Grave of Spotted Tail's daughter, near Fort

Laramie. 20. Specimen Indian bead work. 21. Indian moccasins.

22. Overhead,-Indian Papoose snow shoes and canoe.

 

CASE NO. 5.

1. Regimental flag captured from General Jubal Early's com-

mand in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864. 2. Camp chair presented to

Col. R. B. Hayes, 23rd O. V. I. inscribed as follows: "The carpet

in this chair is a part of a blanket of a rebel soldier, said blanket

captured at South Mountain September 19, 1862. The owner of

aforesaid was mortally wounded by Yankee bayonet." 3. Squirrel

rifle captured from Guerrillas, at Fayette C. H., Va., March, 1862,

by the 23rd O. V. I. 4. Sword captured from raiding cavalry at

Dublin Depot, Va., by 23rd O. V. I., in 1864. 5. Cartridge and cap-

box captured at the battle of South Mountain, Md., 14 September,

1862. 6. Cartridge box, cap box and bayonet captured by the

23rd O. V. I. at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. 7.

Rebel spur. 8. Brass spurs taken from a wounded major captured

at Sheridan's victory of Winchester, September 19, 1864. 9. Brass

spurs captured during War for the Union. 10. Ramrods and

cleaning rods. 11. Field Officer's sword captured at Moorfield,

Va., 1864, by Captain Gillmore, 1st Virginia Cavalry (Union). 12.

Cavalry sword captured at Wytheville, Va., 1863, by the 23rd 0.

V. I. 13. Sword bayonet captured during the War for the Union.

14. Pair of brass stirrups captured during the War for the Union.

15. Bowie knives captured at Carnifax Ferry, Va., September 19,

1861, by the 23rd O. V. I. 16. Officer's scabbard captured at Carni-

fax Ferry, Va., 10 September, 1861. 17. Pike captured in the

Shenandoah Valley, 1864. 18. Spear captured at Guyandotte, Va.,

by Lieut.-Colonel Hall, 13th Virginia Infantry (Union), one of

many made by order of Governor Henry A. Wise, of Virginia. "To

toss the Yankee invaders across the river."

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CASE NO. 6.

1. Collection of photographs, badges and medals commemo-

rating the presidential campaigns of William Henry Harrison, 1840;

Clay, 1844; Taylor, 1848; Scott, 1852; Fremont, 1856; Lincoln, 1860,

1864; Grant, 1868, 1872; Hayes, 1876; Garfield, 1880; Benjamin Har-

rison, 1888; Cleveland, 1892; McKinley, 1896, 1900; Roosevelt, 1904;

Taft, 1908; Wilson, 1912; Hughes, 1916. 2. Badges worn at the

annual reunion of General Hayes' Regiment-The Tweny-third

Ohio Infantry. 3. Collection of canes presented to General Hayes.

4. Mementoes of reunions of G. A. R., and souvenirs of banquets

of the Loyal Legion. 5. Markers used by the 23rd Ohio Infantry,

General Hayes' Regiment, in the inaugural parade by President

McKinley, also of the 23rd Ohio.

 

CASE NO. 7.

1. Pieces of broken china purchased for the White House

during the administration of President Hayes, 1877-1881, showing

designs of American fauna and flora, sketched by Theodore R.

Davis. 2. Broken tea-cup purchased for the White House during

the administration of President Grant, 1869-1877. 3. Pieces of

broken coffee cups with saucers, and bouillon cups with saucers,

purchased during administration of President Lincoln, 1861-1865.

4. Nicked and broken cut glass goblets, finger-bowls, decanters,

and wine-glasses, purchased for the White House during the ad-

ministration of President Jackson, 1829-1837. 5. Specimen cut

glass goblets with portrait of President Hayes. 6. Specimen

porcelain with portraits of the President and Mrs. Hayes. 7.

Souvenir cup and saucer of the First National Centennial Anniver-

sary at Providence, R. I., 10 June, 1876, presented to Lucy Webb

Hayes at Providence, R. I., 28 June, 1877. 8. Two designs porcelain

cups and saucers presented to Mrs. Hayes. 9. Resolutions of

condolence on death of Mrs. Hayes by Toledo Post, G. A. R. 10.

Flags from the launching of the "City of Para," at Chester, Pa.,

April 6, 1878. 11. Wooden cross carved by a convict and presented

to Mrs. Hayes. 12. Imitation George Washington hatchet. 13.

Imitation key presented with the freedom of the City of Nashville,

Tenn., 19 September, 1877. 14. Souvenir placque with portrait of

President Hayes presented at Philadelphia, 26 April, 1878. 15.

Parchment freedom of the City and County of San Francisco, pre-

sented to President Hayes in 1880. 16. Gold trowel and pestle

presented to Mrs. Hayes at San Francisco, 1880. 17. Message

of the President to Congress written on a postal card. 18. Minia-

ture block house carved by a soldier in the U. S. General Hospital

on David's Island, New York Harbor, in 1864. 19. Root of an

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elephant's tusk. 20. Specimen Easter eggs rolled on the White

House grounds on Easter Day. 21. Banners presented to Mrs.

Hayes by the W. C. T. U., of San Jose, California, and Detroit,

Michigan. 22. Greeting to the President of the United   States

from citizens of Hamilton, Ohio, printed on satin.

 

 

TOP OF CASE 7.

23. Four Eskimo toy canoes. 24. Plaster cast of large pear

presented to Mrs. Hayes. 25. Two specimens of Indian pottery.

 

CASE NO. 8.

1. Assortment of buttons, used by Northern Indians, from an

early date. 2. Sioux knife scabbards. 4. Sioux pipe stem cases.

5. Sioux tobacco bag. 6. Iroquois necklace. 7. Moon Shell, worn

on necklace of many tribes of Northern Indians roaming between

Oregon and the Missouri. 8. Brooch and ear rings-Shoshone

Indians. 9. Indian horn spoon. 10. Lower jaw of elk. 11. Metal

disks worn by Indians attached to a strap and hung to the braided

scalp lock of bucks. Twenty or more are worn by a buck. 12.

Black stone from the ledge of the great pyramid of Cheops. 13.

Indian bows and arrows. 14. Arrows and quiver captured from

Sitting Bull Indians at the Buttes, 1876, by General Crook. 15. Bow

and arrows presented by Sitting Bull to General H. C. Corbin,

Captain 24th Infantry, Secretary of the Peace Commission, 1878.

16. Pawnee arrows, Platte Valley, 100th Meridian, October 25,

1866. 17. Puebla arrows, New Mexico. 18. Zia, New Mexico. 19.

Temes, New Mexico. 20. Beads worn by Sioux Indians since 1824.

21. Ear rings of Ihlin Kit Indians, made of native silver, from

Charles Erskine Scott Wood, 14 November, 1878. 22. Small teeth

of walrus from Arctic Ocean. 23. Indian flint and steel, whetstone.

24. Facsimile of the wampum of three kinds of beads used by

the Dutch about 1635 when they traded with the Indians for

Manhattan Island, now New York City. They gave 30 bunches

each of three kinds of beads and 20 Mexican dollars. 25. Very

old style silver ear bobs, the earliest ornaments worn by bucks

and squaws. 26. Bone hair pipe. 27. String of wampum, Alaska.

28. String of wampum, used as money by the Sioux Indians. 29.

Winnebago shoulder ornaments, modern. 30. Indian necklace of

eagle claws. 31. Strings of hair pipe, highly prized by the Indians,

of the Upper Missouri, made from shell found on the north coast

of Ireland, which is rare and not to be found now. 32. Apache

war bonnet. 33. Indian lariat.

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CASE NO. 9.

1. Military equipment of Rutherford B. Hayes while Major,

Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel, 23rd Ohio Infantry, and Brigadier

General and Brevet Major General, U. S. Volunteers, 1861-1865.

Bridle and bit, saddle, martingale and crupper-strap, saddle-bags,

pistol holsters, mounted officer's boots. 2. Camp chest of Ruther-

ford B. Hayes used as field officers' chest, 23rd Infantry, 1861-

1864, and as Brigadier General Volunteers, 1864-1865. 3. Combina-

tion folding camp table with metallic cooking outfit used by Ruth-

erford B. Hayes during the War for the Union. 4. Carving knife

and saw, and fork of mess kit, and mess dishes used during the

War for the Union. 5. Ammunition-box chest, called "Cornu-

Copia," used for carrying personal effects of Rutherford B. Hayes

during the War for the Union. 6. Ammunition box for Head-

quarters records. 7. Camp looking glass carried with other traps

in "Cornu Copia." 8. New Testament presented to Major R. B.

Hayes by his mother, 1861. 9. Rubber drinking cup presented to

Major R. B. Hayes, 23rd O. V. I., during the battle of Carnifax

Ferry, 10 September, 1861, by his former law partner, Adjutant

Leopold Markbreit, 28th O. V. I.,-their first meeting after leav-

ing their law office in Cincinnati on the breaking out of the War for

the Union. 10. Cane from Red Bud Slough, battle of Winchester,

19 September, 1864. 11. Rattle snake rattles from camp at Green

Meadows at Flat Top Mountain, 1862. 12. Ball and cartridge from

South Mountain battlefield. 13. Bullet moulds, loading tools, and

cartridges captured from the Rebels during the War for the Union.

14. Cane from the house of Barbara Frietchie, Frederick, Mary-

land, the heroine of Whittier's poem, "Barbara Frietchie."  15.

Field officer's desk (with regimental records and muster-out roll)

used by Rutherford B. Hayes during the War for the Union. 16.

Oil cloth bedding roll, used by Rutherford B. Hayes during the War

for the Union. 17. Ballot box of Co. C, 23rd O. V. I., used in the

election of Governor of Ohio held at Camp White, Va., in October,

1863, resulting: Brough, 66 votes; Vallandigham, no votes. 18.

Red Star badges, 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, Army of West

Virginia. 19. Union Officers' shoulder straps,-Lieutenant, Cap-

tain, Major, Colonel. 20. Copies of printed orders issued by Gen-

eral Rutherford B. Hayes and others during the War for the Union.

21. Fuse, bullets, fragment of shell, etc., from the War for the

Union. 22. Ten minnie bullets. 23. Above-Chilean Hammock

purchased at Valparaiso, Chile, by Colonel Webb C. Hayes.

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CASE NO. 10.

1. Hide scraper of elk horn, used in dressing buffalo hides.

2. Chippewa war club. 3. War club from Dull Knife, a prominent

Cheyenne Indian. 4. Indian war club and Crow Indian scalp. 5.

Indian pipe stem. 6. Indian pipe. 7. Santu Sioux pipestone toma-

hawk. 8. Shoshone Indian tomahawk. 9. Indian totem poles.

10. Indian pipestone pipes. 11. Pipe and tobacco pouch presented

by Sharp Nose, an Arapahoe Chief. 12. Pipe stem case. 13.

"Sans-Arc" pipe head. 14. Pipe from the Washaki agency, the

last pipe used by Chief Washaki of the Shoshones. 15. Santu

Sioux pipe, showing porcupine quill work. 16. Stone war club

taken from Big Foot's lodge by Little Bat, a U. S. scout, imme-

diately after firing ceased. 17. Stone war club of Standing Soldier,

Ogallalla Indian. 18. Indian hide whip. 19. Indian ornaments,

showing Crow porcupine work.

 

CASE NO. 11.

1. Indian arrow heads and corn pounder found in Spiegel

Grove. 2. Mexican curios presented to Mrs. R. B. Hayes by

Gustavus Goward; Wax figures, cloth-covered, of the Mexican In-

dians; specimen pitchers of Indian pottery; papoose toys; feather

birds mounted; Indian bowls cut from gourds, painted and deco-

rated by the Mexican Indians. 3. Indian stone club found on

the Pickaway Plains near the Logan Elm, Pickaway County, Ohio.

Presented by Mrs. Moses Boggs. Indian stone implements and

iron tomahawk-pipe. 4. Souvenirs from the Holy Land, presented

to President Hayes by Alfred A. Marcus, of Boston, in 1881.

5. Collection of Chinese articles, silk fans, shoes, and Chinese

hand illuminated book of criminal punishments, presented to Mrs.

Hayes. 6. Girdle from the Sandwich Islands, carved tray, and

KuKiau, the seed of mimosa, fibre of pumpkin vine. 7. Collection

of Aztec pottery.

THE WEST MUSEUM.

The West Museum is devoted to the large collection made

by Colonel Webb C. Hayes. The hunting and Indian relics were

accumulated on the long hunting trips in the wilds of the Rocky

Mountains which he took with his godfather, Major General

George Crook, the most famous hunter and Indian fighter of

the United States Army, during the thirteen years prior to his

death in 1890. The war curios were collected during Colonel

Hayes' active service as Major 1St Ohio Cavalry in the campaign

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of Santiago de Cuba and for the invasion of Porto Rico in the

War with Spain; as Lieutenant Colonel of the 31st U. S. In-

fantry during the insurrection in the Philippines, extending from

General Young's campaign in Northern Luzon, where Colonel

Hayes won the much coveted Congressional Medal of Honor

for distinguished gallantry in the Relief of Vigan, 4 Decem-

ber, 1899, down to the campaign against the Moros of Mindanao

where his regiment was the first American garrison of that is-

land, with headquarters at Zamboanga, from 1899 to 1901. The

Chinese curios represent Colonel Hayes' service on Major Gen-

eral Chaffee's staff in the China Relief Expedition of 1900 dur-

ing the Boxer insurrection, and his experience as a military ob-

server during the Russian-Japanese war, when he accompanied

General Kuroki's Japanese army on the march through Korea

to the Yalu rider, and later General Alexieff's Russian army in

the vicinity of Mukden.

 

THE WALL EXHIBITS IN THE WEST MUSEUM ARE:

1. Chinese Imperial (or Boxer) uniforms, arms and Imperial

Chinese flag captured during the campaign for the Relief of the

Foreign Legations in Peking, China, in 1900. 2. Specimens of

Chinese uniforms, headgear, and Chinese horse equipment. 3. Needle

guns purchased by China from Germany and Austria in liquida-

tion of alleged claims for damages, found in the original packages

in the Arsenal at Tientsin. 4. Chinese bow and quiver of Chinese

arrows. 5. Specimens of whistling arrows to be discharged in

the air so as to give a weird whistling sound like those emitted

by bad spirits in case of a forced retreat and pursuit. 6. Double-

handed Chinese sword in scabbard. 7. Chinese waist ammunition

belt. 8. Chinese sword for beheading. 9. Chinese sword-bayonets,

originally purchased from Germany and Austria. 10. Chinamen's

queue from the head of a Chinaman who was one of many exe-

cuted for looting and murder on the day following Colonel Hayes'

arrival in Peking. Retained as a gruesome souvenir. 11. Specimen

of Chinese armor. 12. Chinese spear. 13. Korean flag, captured

by George Coleman, U. S. marine, on the U. S. S. Colorado, in the

assault on a Korean fort by the sailors and marines 11 June, 1901.

14. Chinese fishing spears. 15. Bear trap, presented to President

Hayes by Oneida Community. Used by Webb C. Hayes on his

hunting trips for grizzly bears with Major General George Crook.

A large black bear and an enormous polecat were captured and

with great difficulty released after being killed. 16. Horns of

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elk, black-tailed deer, and antelope killed by Webb C. Hayes on

hunting trips with General Crook. 17. Henry repeating rifle and

telescope rifle and cartridge belt of General George Crook, the

greatest hunter and Indian fighter of the United States Army.

Born at Dayton, Ohio, in 1831. Graduated at West Point in Class

of 1852 and distinguished soldier during the War for the Union

and in the Indian wars after his graduation at West Point Military

Academy in 1852, and subsequent campaigns among the Indians

from the end of the War for the Union until his death in 1890

with the rank of Major General, United States Army. 17. Filipino

saddle used by Lt. Colonel Webb C. Hayes for a short time

during General S. B. M. Young's campaign in Northern Luzon,

December, 1899. 20. Shield used by one of the 57 varieties of

Filipino Insurrectoes, captured at Vigan, P. I., December 4, 1899.

21. Bronze church bell used as ash tray and cuspidor in the

prison occupied by Lieutenant Gilmore, U. S. N., and sailors while

held at prisoners in Vigan, Northern Luzon, September, 1889. 22.

Bronze church bell, broken in the engagement at Laoag, P. I., pre-

sented to Lt. Colonel Hayes by the Spanish Padre in appreciation

of rations furnished to starving Spanish soldiers who had been

held as prisoners of war until released by General Young's com-

mand. There were over 7,000 Spanish soldiers who had been held

as prisoners by the Filipinos, fed with American rations by Colonel

Hayes before they were re-shipped to Manila en route to Spain.

23. Steel halberd carried by a member of the Swiss pontifical

guard and captured from them by the savage Moros of the Sultan

of Sulu, by whom it was presented to Lt. Colonel Hayes, 31st

U. S. Vol. Inf., at a conference of army, navy, and civil officials

held at the capitol of the Sultan of Sulu, Maibung, Sulu Archi-

pelago. 24. Sample shield of present day Moro manufacture of

Moro krises, campilars, and spears. 25. Parrot, presented by the

Sultan of Sulu to Lt. Colonel Hayes, 31st U. S. Vol. Inf. 26. Rep-

resentation of death of "Chickamauga," horse ridden by Major

Webb C. Hayes, 1st Ohio Cavalry, in the assault at Santiago, Cuba,

July 1, 1898, when wounded. "Chickamauga" was pierced by three

bullets. 27. Portrait of "Black Yauco," horse ridden by Webb C.

Hayes, 1st Ohio Cavalry, in the campaign in Porto Rico, 1898,

in Manila, Philippine Islands, while Lt. Colonel, 31st U. S. Vol.

Inf., and with Troop A of Cleveland as a member of the personal

escort of President McKinley at his second inauguration, 4 March,

1901, and by Colonel Hayes while in command of the personal

escort of President Roosevelt at the funeral of President Mc-

Kinley at Canton, Ohio, in September, 1901; ridden by Midshipman

Webb C. Hayes, II., U. S. Naval Academy, a special aide during

the inaugural parade of William H. Taft, 4 March, 1909. "Black

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Yauco" will be buried with military honors on the brow of the

knoll in Spiegel Grove, near the grave of President Hayes' sur-

viving warhorse of the War for the Union, "Old Whitey," and

Colonel Hayes' Filipino pony, "Piddig," ridden in General Young's

campaign in Northern Luzon. 28. Photograph of "Piddig," Fili-

pino pony ridden by Lt. Colonel Hayes in General Young's cam-

paign in Northern Luzon in which he won his Congressional Medal

of Honor for distinguished gallantry at Vigan, P. I., December 4,

1899. 29. Photograph of "Trooper," a veteran horse of Troop A

of Cleveland, a horse of the 1st Ohio Cavalry during the war with

Spain, ridden by Lt. Colonel Hayes of Major General Chaffee's

staff from Tientsin to Peking, China, in 1900. Enlarged from kodak

taken at the Outer Wall of the Tartar city of Peking. 30.

Commissions and photographs of Webb C. Hayes taken during

military and hunting campaigns. 31. Photograph when five years

old, taken in group with Orderly Shermis and Headquarters Cook

Frank Halpin of the 23rd Ohio Infantry while in camp in Virginia.

32. Hunting photographs with Major General George Crook, 1878-

1900. 33. Photographs of the 1st Ohio Cavalry and 31st U. S.

Volunteer Infantry and of commanding officers and scenes in the

campaigns in Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, and China, also

while an observer in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, and of the

Great War in Europe in 1914. 34. Indian bows and arrows in

leather quiver and miniature tepee, from the great Sioux Indian

campaign of 1876. 35. Sketch of the life of Little Big Man, who

killed Crazy Horse in 1879, and thus became a renegade Indian,

on an agency sheet and sold to Webb C. Hayes with a description

of his life for four dollars on the occasion of an Indian pow-wow

with the Hon. Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, at Tail Agency

in 1879, at which there were some nine thousand Indians present.

36. Shield of cannibals of South Sea Islands, purchased from a

missionary at Kaiser William Land, Bismarck Archipelago, South

Sea Islands, in 1914, when Colonel and Mrs. Hayes visited the

Islands set apart for the cannibals. 37. Raincoat used by cannibals.

 

 

CASE NO. I.

1. Specimens of Filipino and Chinese clothing. 2. Banners

of Cuba, Porto Rico (Spanish), Filipino insurrecto, China, Russia

and Japan. 3. Pink silk pajamas and Chinese hat. 4. Japanese

umbrella which was filled with small articles of Chinese loot, with

tag attached and mailed from Peking, China, to Fremont, Ohio, as

soldier's mail. Nothing lost. 5. Collection of shell salt cellars and

spoons made in South America. 6. Collection of knives made in

countries visited in Asia and Africa while on leave of absence re-

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turning from the Philippines to New York via the Suez Canal, by

Lieutenant Colonel Webb C. Hayes.

 

 

CASE NO. 2.

UNIFORMS WORN DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN, INSURRECTION IN THE

PHILIPPINES AND IN THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION BY WEBB C. HAYES.

1. Cavalry uniform, blouse, riding breeches, leggings, and cap,

spur, cartridge belt, of Troop A, Ohio National Guard, which was

later expanded into a regiment of eight troops and mustered into

the U. S. service, May 9, 1898, as the First Ohio Cavalry, worn by

Webb C. Hayes, Major 1st Ohio Cavalry, through the campaign of

Santiago de Cuba, in which he was wounded in the Assault on San

Juan Hill, July 1, 1898, and his horse killed. Blouse and undergar-

ment show the perforation of a Spanish Mauser bullet. Canvas

cavalry stable frocks and hat and white linen uniform worn through

the Porto Rican campaign from the first landing at Guanica, July

25, until the signing of the peace protocol of August 10, 1898, by

Major Webb C. Hayes, 1st Ohio Cavalry, in the skirmish at the

Guanica landing and while attached to the staff of Brigadier Gen-

eral Guy Henry, commanding Provisional Brigade, and on the staff

of Major General A. R. Brook, commanding 1st Army Corps. 2.

Dress uniform of Major, 1st Ohio Cavalry, worn while serving

with the regiment at Huntsville, Alabama, and until his muster-

out after being retained in service thirty days on account of for-

eign war service. 3. Blue and white dress uniforms and khaki

uniform of Webb C. Hayes, Lieutenant Colonel 31st U. S. Vol. Inf.,

during his service in the Philippine Islands, in which he served

on the staff of Brigadier General Young in Northern Luzon, par-

ticipating in the defense of Vigan, December 4, 1899, for which

he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished

service at Vigan, P. I., and later during his service in the Depart-

ment of Mindanao and Jolo, where he served with his regiment at

some eight or nine separate posts on the Island of Mindanao with

regimental headquarters at Zamboanga. The 31st U. S. Vol. Infantry

was the first American garrison in the Island of Mindanao, its ser-

vice extending for a period of nearly two years. 4. Uniform of

Major of Cavalry worn by Webb C. Hayes while serving on the

staff of Major General Adna R. Chaffee, commanding the American

forces at the Relief of Peking. 5. Olive drab uniform worn with

civilian buttons by Colonel Webb C. Hayes while accompanying

General Kuroki's Japanese expedition from Ping Yang in its ad-

vance to the Yalu river in the spring of 1904 as unofficial observer

in the capacity of a gold miner interested in the Oriental Con-

solidated Gold Mining Company.

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CASE NO. 3.

WEAPONS COLLECTED IN THE CAMPAIGN AMONG THE MOROS OF MINDANAO,

P. I., BY LIEUT.-COLONEL HAYES, ³1ST U. S. VOL. INF., 1899-1901.

1. Card plate used by Lieut. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, Thirty-

first Infantry. 2. Three serpentine kris daggers, from Parang

Parang, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 3. Two specimens of hand-

forged razors, made by the Moros out of pieces of iron pipe, at

Jolo, Sulu, Archipelago, P. I. 4. Two straight Moro daggers, from

Parang Parang, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 5. Moro guluk or

serpentine kris dagger, with solid silver mountings, presented by

Datto Piang, at Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 6. Dyak

headhunter's knife, from the Island of Borneo. 7. Moro Chinese

dagger, purchased at Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, P. I. 8. Moro work-

ing boro, from Maralini, Mindanao, Lake Lanao. 9. Moro knife.

10. Moro boro. 11. Moro borong, purchased at Zamboanga, Island

of Mindanao, P. I., headquarters 31st Infantry. 12. Headhunter's,

knife, with carved ivory handle. 13. Moro borong, from Davao,

Island of Mindanao. 14. Moro serpentine kris, from Zamboanga,

Island of Mindanao, P. I. 15. Moro serpentine kris, from Parang

Parang, Island of Mindanao. 16. Moro sondang or serpentine

kris, presented by Datto Piang, at his home in the old Spanish fort

at Reina Regenta, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 17. Moro serpentine

kris, with wooden scabbard. 18. Moro sondang or small serpentine

kris, purchased at Pollok, Island of Mindanao. 19. Serpentine

kris with wooden scabbard and carved ivory handle, presented by

the Sultan of Sulu.

 

CASE NO. 4.

WEAPONS COLLECTED IN THE CAMPAIGN AMONG THE MOROS OF MINDANAO,

P. I., BY LIEUT.-COLONEL HAYES, 31ST U. S. VOL. INF., 1899-1901.

1. Moro borong, from Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, P. I., head-

quarters 23d Infantry. 2. Moro borong, from Jolo, Sulu Archi-

pelago, P. I. 3. Moro gumbasi, purchased near Pollok, Island of

Mindanao, P. I. 4. Moro working boro, from Binadayan, Lake

Lanao, Island of Mindanao. 5. Moro peduk or adze, used in chop-

ping wood, purchased at Moro market near Cotta Bata, Island of

Mindanao, P. I. 6. Moro bolo, from Isabella de Baseland, Sulu

Archipelago, P. I. 7. Moro borong, from Jolo, Sulu Archipelago,

P. I. 8. Moro campilar with perforated blade, from Cotta Bata,

Island of Mindanao, P. I. 9. Moro capacita, executioner's axe,

presented by Datto Utto, near Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao, P.

I. 10. Moro executioner's axe, used by Datto Piang of Reina

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Regenta, Island of Mindanao, in correcting his erring Moros, and

presented by him. 11. Moro executioner's axe, from Parang

Parang, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 12. Moro tabar or executioner's

axe, from Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 13. Moro exe-

cutioner's axe, presented by Datto Utto, near Cotta Bata, Island

of Mindanao, P. I. 14. Moro campilar, purchased at Moro market

near Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao, P. I. 15. Moro campilar,

purchased at Moro market near Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao,

P. I. 16. Moro straight kris, the largest on the Island of Mindanao.

17. Moro Campilar, purchased at Moro market near Cotta Bata,

Island of Mindanao, P. I. 18. Filipino sword, made in Dingra. In-

scription "Pabrica de Dingras, Anno de 1899." 19. Moro bow and

poisoned arrows, from Parang Parang, Island of Mindanao, P. I.

 

 

CASE NO. 5.

ARTICLES COLLECTED BY LIEUT.-COLONEL W. C. HAYES, OF MAJOR GENERAL

CHAFFEE'S STAFF, DURING THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION FOR

THE RELIEF OF THE FOREIGN LEGATIONS IN PEKING, CHINA,

IN 1900.

1. Chinese ammunition for gingals, also for modern European

breech-loading machine guns. 2. Chinese bow and quiver of ar-

rows and whistling arrows, the latter used by the Chinese when

retreating to frighten their pursuers. 3. Buckle of one of the

British regiments, the first Leicestershire Regiment, which partici-

pated in the looting of Peking in 1860 when they had their first

taste of looting. 4. Three Chinese gods of teakwood, from Peking,

China. 5. A piece of the great wall of China near Shau-hai-quan,

April, 1900, from Commander W. T. Burwell, of the U. S. S. Wheel-

ing. 6. Chinese silk flag. 7. Chinese seal, dagger, chop sticks, and

case containing quill pens used by the famous Chinese statesman,

Li Hung Chang, when arranging for the indemnities to be paid. 8.

Chinese copper coin circulated by Emperor Kwan-wo, Hau

dynasty, 40 A. D., found in Loyan, an ancient capital, in Ho-nau

province. Inscription reads "wu-chii," meaning five units of weight.

9. Chinese money adding machine, from Tientsin, China. 10.

Kodak pictures taken in the Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City

on an official inspection by Brigadier General James H. Wilson,

and Lieutenant Reeve of his staff, accompanied by Lieutenant

Colonel Hayes of Major General Chaffee's staff, with porcelain and

tray in which tea was served as shown in the photograph, also

bronze knob with which Colonel Hayes was branded.

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CASE NO. 6.

ARTICLES COLLECTED IN THE CAMPAIGN IN THE PHILIPPINES BY

WEBB C. HAYES.

1. Copy in Arabic of the treaty made with the Sultan of Sulu

by Brigadier General John C. Bates, commanding the department

of Mindanao and Jolo, P. 1. 2. Ornamented bronze jewel boxes,

kettle, teapot and caskets used for cosmetics and betel nuts by

the Moros. 3. Shark's teeth, from which Moro whistles are made.

4. Spanish playing cards, used by Moros for gambling. Exchanged

for pack of American playing cards by Datto Mandi of Zamboanga,

Island of Mindanao, P. I., since appointed Rajah and designated by

the Sultan of Sulu as his successor in the Sultanate. 5. Beaded

Moro tobacco pouch, made by the mountain tribes near Davao,

Island of Mindanao, P. I. 6. Brass anklets, worn by dancing

Tirreori girls from the mountains near Cotta Bata, Island of Min-

danao, P. I. 7. Filipino stamped wrapping paper. 8. Moro

woman's only garment. 9. Fifes used by Liggett's Battalion, the

"smallpox battalion," Companies I, K, L and M, 31st U. S. Vol. In-

fantry, on the U. S. A. Transport "Manauense," Lt. Colonel Webb

C. Hayes, 31st U. S. Vol. Inf., commanding, on the voyage from San

Francisco to Manila in 1899. 10. Moro letter in Arabic to the

Sultan of Mindanao, visiting at Zamboanga, from his son at the

home of the Sultan of Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao, P. I., for

delivery by Lt. Col. Webb C. Hayes 31st Infantry, to the Sultan. 11.

Rosette for hat worn by Filipino Insurrecto, captured at Vigan,

Northern Luzon, December 4, 1899. 12. Filipino bag and Mauser

ammunition captured at Vigan, Northern Luzon, in the attack on

the American garrison there by Filipino insurgents. 13. Panama

hat worn by Major Natividad who surrendered to Lt. Colonel Hayes

in the mountains east of Sal Sona just prior to the recapture of

Lieutenant Gilmore, U. S. N., and his party, December 13, 1899. 14.

Filipino quirt, used on Filipino pony "Piddig" by Lt. Col. Webb C.

Hayes while on the Gilmore Relief Expedition in the Northern

Luzon. 15. Fez, worn by the Sultan of Sulu and also by the lead-

ing Dattos on state occasions. 16. Bamboo football, used by the

children of the harem of the Sultan of Sulu during the official visit

of the American military and naval officers at Miambun, Sulu

Island, January 20, 1900. S. S. Herminia-Lt. Col. Webb C. Hayes,

31st Infantry; Major O. J. Sweet, 23d Infantry; Capt. W. H. Sage,

23d Infantry; Lieut. D. McNulta, 23d Infantry; Lieut. S. W. Noyes,

23d Infantry; C. R. Bradley, U. S. Treasury Department; Eddie

Schenk, wife, and slave (interpreters); Frank G. Carpenter, cor-

respondent. Convoyed by U. S. S. Manila,-Commander, A. P.

Nazeo; Lieut. A. L. Norton, Lieut. E. L. Bissell, Ensign C. K. Mal-

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lory, Assist. Surgeon W. E. S. High. 17. Napkin, used at the fruit

luncheon given by the Sultana, mother of the Sultan of Sulu, to

the American military and naval officers at Miambun, Sulu Island,

January 20, 1900. 18. One of the cigars provided by the Sultan of

Sulu at the official breakfast given by the Sultan to the American

officers, military, naval, and customs, at the official conference over

the adjustment of duty on rice at Miambun, Sulu Island, January

20, 1900. 19. Scabbard made from the bone of a water buffalo. 20,

Chinese fan presented by Captain Chino, side partner and inter-

preter of Datto Piang, during pow-wow at Reina Regenta, Island

of Mindanao, P. I., February 2, 1900.

 

 

CASE NO. 7.

SOUVENIRS OF THE CAMPAIGN OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA IN THE WAR WITH

SPAIN COLLECTED BY WEBB C. HAYES, 1ST OHIO CAVALRY.

1. Steel rope-part of the forward guy of the starboard

quarter-boat davit of the U. S. battleship Maine, blown up in the

harbor of Havana, Cuba, February 15, 1898. 2. Inkstand used by

President McKinley in the Cabinet room, in signing the resolution

of Congress, declaring war with Spain, April 25, 1898. 3. Pen used

by President McKinley in signing the resolution of Congress, de-

claring war with Spain, April 25, 1898. 4. Key to the deck plate on

the U. S. battleship Maine, dug out of the superstructure deck where

it was embedded by the explosion. 5. A piece of the flag flown

on the Spanish warship Colon in the naval combat off Santiago

de Cuba, July 3, 1898, and hauled down after the Colon was run

ashore and surrendered to the U. S. ships commanded by Rear Ad-

miral Sampson. 6. Spanish sailor's bag taken from the submerged

deck of the Spanish warship Reina Mercedes, which was sunk by

the U. S. battleship Massachusetts at the mouth of Santiago bay,

July 4, 1898. 7. Part of the rope rigging from the main-mast of

the American collier Merrimac, sunk by naval constructor R. P.

Hobson, in the channel leading into Santiago bay opposite Morro

Castle, June 3, 1898. Cut from the wreck by Major Webb C. Hayes,

1st Ohio Cavalry, the day after the formal surrender of Santiago

de Cuba, July 17, 1898. 8. Knife from Spanish ship, Maria Theresa.

9. Spanish officer's cloth sword scabbards, from Reina Mercedes,

July 19, 1898. 10. Pistol cartridges from submerged deck of Span-

ish warship Reina Mercedes near Morro, Santiago harbor. 11. Part

of gas fixture of Reina Mercedes. 12. Steam Gauge recovered from

the wreck of the Spanish cruiser Viscaya after it was burned and

sunk off the beach of Cuba by shell fire from the U. S. battleship

Oregon, Capt. Charles E. Clark commanding, in the naval battle off

Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1898. 13. Spanish cap, non-commissioned

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officer's, captured at Santiago. 14. Spanish cap, captured in the

block house opposite the trenches of the 2d Cavalry Brigade, at

Santiago de Cuba, July 18, 1898. 15. Housewife, presented to Major

W. C. Hayes by Mrs. Myron T. Herrick. 16. Admiral Cervera's

smoking set. 17. Housewife, presented to Major Hayes by Mrs.

William McKinley, May, 1898. 18. New Testament, presented to

Major Hayes by President McKinley, May 25, 1898. 19. Cavalry

ammunition waist belt worn by Corporal Llennoc, "K" Troop, 1st

Cavalry, when shot through belt and killed in battle at Las Quasi-

mas, Cuba, 24th June, 1898. This belt worn with sabre attachment

(carbine in boot attached to saddle) by Major Webb C. Hayes, 1st

Ohio Cavalry, when wounded and his horse killed in the assault

on San Juan, July 1st, 1898. 20. Leggings worn from muster in,

9 May, 1898, through the battle of Las Quasimas, June 24, and assault

on San Juan, July 1, 2, and 3, 1898. Worn when wounded July 1.

21. Gloves worn through Santiago campaign. 22. Troop A spurs

worn from muster in, May 9, through campaigns in Cuba and Porto

Rico until departure from Porto Rico, August 20, 1898. 23. First

aid package worn by Major Hayes on cartridge belt through the

campaigns in Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, and China. 24.

Wrist-compass, worn during campaigns in Cuba, Porto Rico, the

Philippines and China. 25. Wrist-watch case, worn during the

four campaigns. 26. Fountain pen, carried through the four cam-

paigns. 27. Two pair gauntlets, one unused, purchased at Tampa

on eve of sailing, June 8, 1898. 28. Spanish Vent piercer and piece

used in lieu of thumb with brass gun dated 1769 from breast works

opposite 2d Cavalry Brigade, Santiago, July 1 to 17, 1898. 29. Black

powder bag and primers from fortifications opposite 2d Cavalry

Brigade, siege of Santiago, July 1 to 17, 1898. 30. Cavalry Drill

Regulations, carried by Webb C. Hayes, Major 1st Ohio Cavalry,

through campaigns in Cuba and Porto Rico. 31. Comb and military

brushes carried during the four campaigns. 32. Spanish officer's

revolver, captured at the surrender of Santiago de Cuba by Cor-

poral R. J. Gervine, 1st U. S. Cavalry, and presented to Major Webb

C. Hayes, 1st Ohio Cavalry. 33. Spanish officer's spurs, purchased

from Spanish officer on parole in the trenches at Santiago de Cuba,

by Major Webb C. Hayes, 1st Ohio Cavalry, July 18, 1898. 34. Two

Spanish bayonet scabbards, picked up on the battlefield of Santiago

de Cuba. 35. Officer's stirrups purchased by Major Hayes from

officer in fort opposed to 2d Cavalry Brigade during siege of San-

tiago. 36. Spanish horse shoe picked up for luck on entering

Santiago, July 19, 1898. 37. Cartridges from Spanish ship Reina

Mercedes, sunk near Morro, picked up by Major Hayes, July 19, 1898.

38. Specimens of 3-inch cartridge shells from  battleship Maine

when raised. 39. Spanish brass Remington cartridge, erroneously

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called "explosives." 40. Spanish Mauser cartridge in clips. 41.

Mauser rifle and bayonet, similar to those used in gate and fence

erected around the surrender tree of Santiago de Cuba. 42. Record

book of Captain of the Port at Santiago de Cuba, showing arrival

and departure of ships, used as a memorandum by Major Hayes.

43. Official bulletin of the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, April

29, 1898, immediately after the declaration of war.

 

CASE NO. 8.

UNIFORMS, ARMS, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGN.

1. Gauntlets, leggings, and spurs, used by Major General S.

B. M. Young, and presented by him to Major Webb C. Hayes, 1st

Ohio Cavalry, and worn at the review of the 5th Army Corps at

Montauk Point, Long Island, September, 1898, on its return from

the campaign of Santiago de Cuba. 2. Housewife, with embroidered

autograph, of Major W. C. Hayes, received after his return from

Cuba and Porto Rico. 3. Red Cross pamphlets and Porto Rican

newspapers. 4. Wicker haversack, cloth ammunition waist-belt

from wounded Spaniard, also Porto Rican sword captured in the

engagement near Guanica, (Yauco), July 27, 1898, by Major W. C.

Hayes, 1st Ohio Cavalry. 5. Leather cartridge box, belt, and

bayonet scabbard. 6. Uniforms of Spanish officers (gray), and

enlisted man (white), with cap. 7. Officer's saddlecloth.

 

CASE NO. 9.

1. Military equipment of Webb C. Hayes while Major 1st

Ohio Cavalry, used in the War with Spain and through the cam-

paign in Cuba, ending in the surrender of Santiago, and through

the campaign in Porto Rico, ending in the Peace Protocol, Aug.

12, 1898. Halter-bridle and cavalry bit, McClellan saddle, "Troop

A" saddle cloth, saddle bags, nose-bag, cavalry canteen, tin cup,

yellow slicker and horse equipment bag, property of Troop A of

Ohio when expanded into the 1st Ohio Cavalry and mustered into

the United States service May 9, 1898. Horse equipment used in

the battles of La Guasimas, June 24th, and assault on San Juan,

July 1, where Major Hayes was wounded and his horse killed.

This equipment with his sabre and cavalry boots all remained on

the dead body of his horse until recovered July 6th, used through

the subsequent campaign in Porto Rico, with infantry haversack

picked up on the battle field during the siege of Santiago. Spanish

officer's rubber blanket-case and Spanish blanket captured in the

battle near Yauco, Porto Rico, July 25, 1898, the "Troop A" saddle

and bridle with officer's two rein bit and 31st Infantry rosette, also

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544       Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. used by Webb C. Hayes while Lieut. Colonel of 31st Infantry dur- ing the insurrection in the Philippine Islands, in the campaigns in Northern Luzon in 1899, and in the Islands of Mindanao and Jolo in 1900, also during the China Relief Expedition of 1900 while serv- ing on the staff of Major General A. R. Chaffee. 2. Native Filipino saddle and quirt captured with Filipino pony "Piddig" (buried at Spiegel Grove on September 14, 1901) at the   Barreo of Piddig, Northern Luzon, P. I., and ridden by Lieut. Colonel Hayes, 31st Infantry, during the remainder of his service on the staff of Major General S. B. M. Young, December, 1898. 3. Camp chest, contain- ing Spanish sailor's equipment bag, captured on the Reina Mercedes and hunting hammock, used by Webb C. Hayes while Major 1st Ohio Cavalry through the campaigns of the War with Spain, 1898, and as Lieut. Colonel 31st Infantry during the insurrection in the Philippine Islands, 1899-1900, and while serving on Major General Chaffee's staff on the China Relief Expedition to Peking, 1900; also saddle bags, with mess kit and staff officer's outfit, cavalry canteen, navy cup, Prentiss mess kit, nose bag, etc., fisherman's slicker, rub- ber cape, saddle cloths and martingales of 31st Infantry and 1st Cavalry, used during the campaigns in the Philippines and China. 4. Field-glass case, wrist-watch case, mirror, handkerchief (H. C. Corbin) and unopened bottle of cologne, combination dispatch and money belt. carried through the four campaigns. 5. Insignias of rank and of military societies, shoulder straps and cap ornaments.

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