"Captain Latrobe, 10th Ward, City Guard. "In obedience to orders from General O'Donnel, you are directed to hold your company in readiness to act at short notice, should occasion require it. (signed) Wm. Pinkney, Col. 2 Reg. G." There is an order from the Adjutant-General's office, Annapolis, April 8, 1840, signed by Thos. N. Watkins, Adjutant-General, to Captain Latrobe, directing that one hundred rifles should be delivered to him. The following letter is among his papers: "Headquarters, Army of Occupation, Matamore, June 29, 1846. "Your views and appreciation of the movements of the army under my command are as soldierlike and accurate as if you had been a participant, and I gratefully acknowledge to you the expression of your views. I am, with much respect, Your Obedient Servant, Mr. Latrobe wrote a description of three great battles, the Battle of Buena Vista, February 22nd and 23rd, 1846 (it was this article to which General Taylor refers); Seven Days Battle, June 26th to July 2nd, 1862; Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. It would appear from this that, as already stated, Mr. Latrobe kept up his interest in military matters. He designed Kosciuszko's Monument, which is erected at West Point. An engraving of it appears in American Scenery, Vol. 1, Folio 30, West Point, by N. P. Willis, illustrated by Wm. B. Bartlett, and is here reproduced. A letter from Adjutant's ofhce, U. S. Military Academy, September 1, 161, written to Brig. General John Gibbon, says: "I am directed by the Superintendent to acknowledge, Through you, the receipt of a certificate of the Academic Board, relative to the high position in his class and at the Academy of Cadet John H. B. Latrobe of Maryland, and also a copy in silver of a medal furnished by the Corps of Cadets to Cadet Latrobe in recognition of his services in designing Kosemus,ko's Monument. The Superintendent has directed both to be placed in the Museum of the Academy. I am, General, Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, paper, odering a pie a. D. X. or a gaid medal of that value for the dog, drier a, & marument to the memory of Vos Porn The name of the GOLD MEDAL WON BY JOHN H. B. LATROBE in Competition for best Design of a Monument to Kosciuszko, erected at West Point At the time he was only 21 or 22 years of age (The design is reproduced on the medal) by Wm. B. Bartlett, and is here reproduced. A letter from Adjutant's office, U. S. Military Academy, September 1, 1863, written to Brig. General John Gibbon, says: "I am directed by the Superintendent to acknowledge, through you, the receipt of a certificate of the Academic Board, relative to the high position in his class and at the Academy of Cadet John H. B. Latrobe of Maryland, and also a copy in silver of a medal furnished by the Corps of Cadets to Cadet Latrobe in recognition of his services in designing Kosciuszko's Monument. The Superintendent has directed both to be placed in the Museum of the Academy. I am, General, Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, "I cannot now fix the date, but it must have been in 1824 or 1825, that I saw an advertisement in a New York paper, offering a prize of $50.00, or a gold medal of that value, for the best design of a monument to the memory of Kosciuszko, to be erected at West Point. The name of the Polish hero had been suggested by the legend that a ledge of rocks, to which the cadets often resorted, overlooking the North River on the eastern side of the Plateau had been a favorite spot of his, and that he had been almost hit by a cannon ball, whose dent in the granite was still shown to strangers." (After the battle of Saratoga, Colonel Kosciuszko was placed in charge of the fortifications at West Point.) "As I had not given up my pencil, I became a competitor, and had the good fortune to succeed. The Kosciuszko monument on the capital of the North Eastern bastion of Fort Clinton is of my design. But a grave question arose when I was informed of my success should I |