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| PUBLISHED WEEKLY. | NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1895. | FIVE CENTS A COPY. |
| VOL. XVI.—NO. 810. | TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. |
HEROES OF AMERICA.
"MAD ANTHONY" WAYNE AT STONY POINT.
BY THE HONORABLE THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
ne of the heroic figures of the Revolution was Anthony Wayne,Major-General of the Continental line. With the exception of Washington,and perhaps Greene, he was the best General the Americans developed inthe contest; and, without exception, he showed himself to be the hardestfighter produced on either side. He belongs, as regards this lattercharacteristic, with the men like Winfield Scott, Phil Kearny, Hancock,and Forrest, who revelled in the danger and the actual shock of arms.Indeed, his eager love of battle and splendid disregard of peril havemade many writers forget his really great qualities as a General.Soldiers are always prompt to recognize the prime virtue of physicalcourage, and Wayne's followers christened their daring commander "MadAnthony," in loving allusion to his reckless brav