Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-13
SERGEANT WILLIAM P COOK

We nuli ID day or TWO since the very beau
titul sword which has been prepared BY order o.
the civ a Richmond Tor Bfevet Major Se!den Of
the 9Th Infantry. |; gives Us pleasure now 10 re
fer 10 testimonial, less distinguished il charac-
Ter il is true but We are very sure No, less deserv
ed. Handsomely printed uron foe parchment,
there is now lying before Us The following cer.if.
cate OF merit
"ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
CERTIFICATE of MERIT.
"Kno,o all ,ohona IL may soRce't, That Private
William P. Cook, Of company I, d he Resi-
men, OF Mounted Rifl-men having distinguish
ed himself in the service oil he United Slaes, On
the 18Th day .: Aprii, is47, 10 ne battle .. Ger.
70 Goldo, on ne !eComme I. dtiun II 1sneIai I.
F. Smith tie commanding "fficer OF lis Regi-
men,, do hereby award 70 iiP Ia rr,v1e. WI
liam P. Cox. * - .ii,st i. meIi snicD ~
der he pos. =. ne I'm section OF the act,
approved March 81, lS47. entitled him 10 aodi
tional pay al the rate OF two dollars per month.
Given under my HAND a; The city Of Washing
ton, this twenty ffln Gay OF November, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.
(Signed) JAMES X. POLK,
Presiden, Of the United States.
(Signed) w. L. MARCY
Secretary oil War.
No. 15-Rec0rded Adjutan, Generals office
Nov. IS, lS4S.
[SignedI X. JONES,
A6Jntant Genera"
When our lamen,ed friend ihs, most gallant
young officer and YifginiaD, Captain Stevens T
Mason, was In this city, recruiting .or his Com
pany OF the Regimen. of mounted Ri1 men
William P. Cock was one OF the fir>t 10 enlist
The certificate above quoed shows how be be
haved al Ceuo Gordo. Blu. The envelope which
encloses that certificate, encloses also reslimoni
ais of which in our opinion he should feel equal
ly proud, because they are precisely such as those
upon which The first must have been based
Lieut. Jno. Mclean Addison, Lieut. James
Stuart, Capt B. I. Roberts and Cap. Andrew
Porter, all OF his Regiment and Company, write
letlers To Sergeant Cook, when ne takes his
honorable discharge OF the Army in conscquen
of wound, which are like The warm letter. o,
brothers and admirers, rather than The ,eslimoni-
ais Of a non-commissoned officer from superiors
10 command. To these letters, Brevel 81 Lieut.
Caleb E Irvine, and Lieut., Col. w. w. Lorin.
commanding the Regiment OF Mounted Rife
men, add their iull and cheerful concurrence
From these We gather, that Sergeant Cook ioue h,
with gallanuy which was noticed on eyery
occasion by his commanding officers in every
battle OF the main Army from Vera Cruz 10 the
City OF Mexico Captain Roberts writes:
"The occasion is also a proper one Tor me To
give my testimony To your gallant and dis!in.
guished service on two occasions where you were
bsuugh, under my immediate command. refer
to the advanced guard a, ConueraS, and the
storming of Chapul epec. was an eye witness
to your zeal and daring, and cannot speak TOO
highly OF Inc service rendered by the few, you
most prominent among them, who were foremost
lin the assault OF the sronges. OF the batteries
stormed and carried with the bayonet al The
Castle Of Chapultepec.'
Lieut. Stuart writes:
'Sergt. VIM. P. Cook now leaves The regiment.
being honorably discharged by act OF Congress,
after having faithfully served throughout The wal
With Mexico. In his departure the service meets
with loss. Attentive TO the minor details of duty.
in battle he was uniformity distinguished BY his
gallant bearing. Ills name was handed in
among the n"n-comm,s,ioned officers who parti.
cularly distine uished themselves al the siornlne
OF Chapultepec, on which occasion he was woun.
ded, being one OF those who volunteered from
T@iggs Division. the wIier was witness OF
his coudncl on that occasion, being himself one of
the officers detailed on that service; and an ,nti-
mate knowledge OF Sergt Cook, resulting from
more than two years intercourse with him in The