Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-02-26
Mr., JeS,eT'S Petition.

To THE IloN. w. l.. MARcY, !Sec'y of War;
The Undersigned. late private ia Capt Englsht
Company U) the A rkansas Regimen, of Your
teer Mounted Gunman, ond subsequently, a prise
ner of war in Mexico, respectfully represents
Fhat in the iattor part of June. 1915 no wa,
mustered into the military service Of the United
States, for the torn Of II months. as a .pfgsu
aforesaid ; that he served ins l,is 40 ialS NJ
Regiment until tho 23l day 1r nduiiy .1sr
when with others of Rcgimep, undep MN B5S
land, and together with party OF fGfltsokFIs,
luntoers under Major Gaines, be Vas tsleri b IN,
ner by a large force of'Mexcan 4rJSps, ut6er Gei
! Mlnon, at the Hacienda of Enca rnucion in Mex.
co that from Eucarnacion, he was una ched 90
foot, 10 the City Of Mexico, where he arrived 10
the night of the lst of March-was closely cor
fined IN prison, until the 5lh day Of Julo--ihea,
with his fellow prisoners, again put uponthe road
and marched on foot, TO the village of ZacIatap,i,
some go leagues from Mcxico, in the dieconG
Tampico, whero he, aud his comrades, we're de-
tanned along while, but finally sent TO 7anp;o
and liberated that he was then, by the military
authorities of the United States at Tamuco, Of.
dered to New Orleans on the Goth Of Se,tembef
he received sum Of money from a P,ymassf
OF the United States Army assumed bvthe hy
master 10 be the full amount due him; and vas
then told that he was no longer in the service Of
the United States. The estimate upon which be
was paid. was $50 q month, from the time h
was mustered into tie service, TO the 23 day
January, when he vas taken prisoner-nearl
up to which day, he had also, being wi,hhis reg
ment, received the regular daily ration but ol!
SS month from tie commencement OF hS In'
prisonment 10 the 30th day Of September per-
cd of 8 months, without the allowance o. !"
cents a dav-the cash commutation TO- s1o's
( tence the Paymaster alleging that as tie psg
! ners had been subsistcd by the enemy, they ma
no Just claim for the commutaton upon he Ul'
ted States.
The undersigned further respectfully repre-
sents: That, during the whole period oi Nh "a
prisonmcnt, he, and his fellow prisoners se'eVl
suffered almost every species OF priVa'lo, ~
hardship and that while il would be as ll','o"
as it might be deemed out of place here 10 si-
eate these in all their haiod rgor, serseol X
! iChpels him 10 mention few parIcu as
/ though it was so boldly assorted by the ~, ~
4 ter, that we were subsisfed by fhs emmy, rs
: tainy true, that throughout our mp ,A;rs,-
we severely suffered both hung "~o ".~"'o,oi-ncrs
Rarely, indeed, We received iuil ,a.S.,a ~. iss
rarely still, one Of palatable or Ca, the Na|
never either the one or the o'Iie' s.,;ons 10
: lean authorities. Such were our n .s,dsres
these respects that the health Of Us hl, 'u e.s
}, and To them nust DO attributed the dean '.
raj of our pamber. The march from ENa'" an.
to Mexico, and subsequently 10 TamP0" b,a
J ,errible in its seventies. Ases< TN - 31frI(
beea, for the six months imHsb - o.,
, sur capture, to exercise aIHtf sSei's
horse back. by which our iefi <!ss3
and the muscles of our lowetb 7ns u <..,J(
violent or protracted exertio...k
: our close confinement in prison tending ''b d
rosult--by the sudden subjectlon 10 '''''