N„veml..T 10. 1021 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



The suiirenie tiiumph of tlio tireless ami 

 iuiloniitable efforts of Mr. ami Mrs. E<i- 

 ward Mines have been making to prop 

 erly lioiior and enshrine the memory of 

 their son, Lieut. Edward Hines, Jr., wlio 

 gave lip his life on a battlefield of France, 

 came Sunday afternoon, November 6, when 

 Marshal Fbeh dedicated the former 

 '•Speedway," now the "Edward Hines, 

 .h-., Hospital," at Broadview, Cook County, 

 111. 



The jircsenee of the great soldier of 

 France lent a surpassing dignity to the 

 iK'autiful and solemn ceremonies of dedica- 

 tion, that could not have failed to induce 

 the most extreme gratification in the hearts 

 of the two parents who have given so much 

 of their effort and money to the creation 

 of this '•monument of mercy" to their son. 



Soldiers, wounded veterans of the world 

 war and the army in which young Lieut. 

 Hines died, were in the hospital Sunday 

 when their great former generalissimo 



The Late Lieut. Edward Hines, Jr. 



gized Theodore Roosevelt and young Hines, 

 speaking of their great promi.se and of the 

 similarity of their sacrifice. 



Senator McCormick also referred to the 

 jiatriotic Roosevelt doctrine and expressed 

 the hope that the hospital, which he called 

 a great ''monument of mercy," would 

 serve to awaken in the American people a 

 ' ' renewed consciousness of their obliga- 

 tions" to those who hail sacrificed their 

 health and usefulness in the war. 



While the speaking went on aviators 

 i-ircled over the crowd and one of them 

 dropp<'il a magnificent wreath of flowers 

 for Mrs. Hines. 



The dedication of the Kdward Hines, 

 .Jr., Hospital was one of the most impres- 

 sive of the many ceremonies in which Mar- 

 shal F(]ch participated while in Chicago. 

 The party went to Broadview on a special 

 train and was conducted from the depot to 

 the administration building by an escort 

 of marines and a reception committee head- 



The "Monument of Mercy" That Bears the Name of Edward Hines, Jr 



walki'd through tlie wards, patted them on their heads and spoke 

 words of (lity and good cheer. This was striking evidence of the 

 practical blessings that this monument to a young soldier is be- 

 stowing and will bestow upon other young patriots as long as the 

 steel and stone of the hospital shall endure. 



Before inspecting the hospital Marshal Foch, who was in Chicago 

 on an official tour of the country, pulled a silken cord which released 

 the drapings of French tri-color and Stars and Stripes, unveiling 

 a large portrait in oil of Lieut. Hines, which hangs in tlie adminis- 

 tration building. 



As the flags dropped Miss Margaret Anglin, in fine dramatic 

 tones, recited "The Heroes," a French poem from the Knglish of 

 Vachel Lindsay. 



The party then moved to a )datform outside where other core- 

 monies were conducted by State Commander W. R. McCauley of 

 the American Legion. Among the speakers during this part of the 

 impressive ceremonies were Commander McCauley, Hanford Mac- 

 Nider, newly elected National Commander of the American Legion, 

 and Senator Medill McCormick. Commander McCauley briefly eulo- 



ed by Edwar Hines, president of the Edward Hines Lumber Co. 



The hospital, which until a short time ago was down in the U. S. 

 Government Public Health Service records as "No. 76," was desig- 

 nated ''Edward Hines, Jr., Hospital," at the request of the exec- 

 utive committee of the American Legion of Illinois, endorsed by 

 numerous national and state officials and legislators. The official 

 order so designating the institution was issued by Secretary of the 

 Treasury Mellon at the request of President Harding. A copy of it 

 was delivered to Mr. Hines by special messenger from the White 

 House when he reached New York recently on his return from a tour 

 of Europe. The order pays a high tribute to the self-sacrifice and 

 patriotic devotion of Lieut. Hines. It reads: 



The Tnited Stiites I'uhlic Ilenlth Hospital lit lirumlviiw, I'luik County. 

 Illinciis near Chicai;... hiTi-tnfiirc known as N.., "e.. will hen-att.-r be known 



as rlw' ••Edward nines, .fr.. Hospital." in h ■ of Lieutenant f-dwanl 



nines .Tr.. First Llcntonant ( tcinporar.v) United States Army (liorn lS!)b, 

 (licil I'oiS). 



Lieutenant Hines. a resident of Evanston. Illinois, and « member of the 



class i<( mis, Sheffield Scientific School. Yale University, left colleRe on the 



forma Hen of the first ilfii<'ers- IraininK Camp at Fort Shemlan. Illinois. 



■i""eiV n the oinip en his twenty first birthday. .July '24 U;I7, for the 



ItlriilMr .\riny. lie was appointed Second Lieutenant. Infantry Ites.'rve 



(CoariiiKcd on. page 2S1 



