New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-06
THE LITE BREVET-MAJOR FAIRCHILD
rrNERAL OBsEQUIEs TO-DAY.

ETrNERAL OBSEQUiES TODAY
,,,nrysctNCEs OF MEXICAN BATTLES.
A.. r,etpe of the members Of the Scott Life Guard
"a oaeers Of the various regiments Of the First DIV
.or. held at the armory Of the 9Th Regiment, Centre
Msrle, on Saturday evening, Col James c. Barnham,
Chairman and Cspt. lines, Secretary, Committee Of
forr appontsd for that purpose consisting Of Majors
uon Esrnsworth, and Ward and Lieut.. Brown, re-
o,ted resolutions of respect for the virtues Of the de-
.eosed as soldier cizeu and companion, and OF con-
aosncs TO bis widow and relatives for their rreparaoe
,oss vote of thanks was presented 70 Maj Gen.
Sanford for his tender Of four companies 10 participate
90 an escort in case Of the non-atendnce OF any BAT
talon for that purpose.
The following programme was then adopted ior sne
The member. Of the New.York Volunteers scO.t Life Gusrd
n Ss esoes.S an n FIJI Uniform to tn. City from winch place
the funeral corege viii at ococh The 'oiuntee WI"
III .uri,ins members the NswYOri regiment win parade
under command q Lsus po s the First Division of the New
YoI State Militia Intending 70 participate are rsass s 70
report c,'S a, ,heS S..T. s e SI S'f'n '
he following gentlemen VIII act ps sesI'Ii ,1 Erect o
Coli Bqin1 s,sy. Iso Fans%oth Han Taylor and lines
"a Captain, smith Lowell Garland and Buck ClerUmen-the
Rev hs Of Ss- &:cu saS as ssSsd which
was %sIos s n Gen Bsrn 3 ss'
funeral Of the late Beye Mor Morton FaIch1 Of the
y s s S is s.I pe G '' i's those
the army .nd navy dining hs ste Mess md I'm p
SS 1ST E .sT sns. De- Pfs re
Hall The member, of the NewYOh Volunteer. viii app.s. "a
ard MasOns who etend to Isrtcppe 10 the funeral re
monies are sq1s.d s 81 M S,f BsT eSII
The Scott Life Guard will meet g afiI A%' RI On captain
at I'm j. hobhni "A''"' of
The career of Brevet-Msjor Fairchid was brought
the more prominently before the public few years
since from the fact Of Committee OF The Common
Council warding him the gold snuit-box, which, ~
his will, Gen. jackson placed in trust OF the Cy OF
NewYork with directions tina. it should be presented
to that man. being citizen Of Nsw-York, who should
most distinguish himself by his bravery in the hrss
war thereafter with any fJreg1 naiion. Dafng tne
Mexican W ar, he was Captain OF Company OF the
N.w.York Volunteers, and was in six eDgagemen'sI
| the siege of Vera Cruz, the battles OF Gro Gordo
(wounded), Contrerss, and Churuousoo wounaeal lse
stormipp OF the Castle of Chapultepec, The Garta de
Been wounded, aud the entering OF the CI!y Oh Mex
| leo Of the companies comprising the New YORK
York Volunteers, and numbering abou; egnt hunlred
men, his was the largest, having been los! mustered
| INTO service. Previous TO the organization OF the
meeting on Saturday night several OF his old eompdn
ions in arr g. who present. indngsd IN reminis'
cepces of the deceased through the war with Mexico
| Coming fresh from those who Parue;pated N me
events they narrate or TWO may prove OF interest,"
TO our rea ers On the first day OF landing q, Vera
Cruz about the idle Of March, l847, be, with his
| company, was ordered 70 take a magazine from the
| Mexicans outside the city. Inc wGoe company
started off through the woods in Indian file, and having
gone about mile firing was heard in advance wien
| all baoed, Captain, we are not loaded" Prehxing
the and with babitual phrase, he said Men,
stop and load" They went on TILL emerging from tle
woods and comiI 10 the ruins OF convent, negro
rushed out of some bushes by and shouted Oar
dey are, Captain The company came 70 halt, and
the word was gwen 70 Ready, ant @ nsr ;sncs
Oh the field as soldier aud he felt, az he had reason
10 believe noyces almost invariably do on such occa
sons desire for leave OF absence or, 70 use he own
l words: / shall never forget that IN my lie ! was
watching eagerly for some one to move. Had any
done CO. should have seconded the motion III double
/ quick tme.") 1t was supposed the enemy Wonid DC
| upon them in a moment, as the tramp OF men Was
l heard who were breaking through ihe tmckes, aad
/ when the company the movement In the branches
of trees close az hand they would have Tired, but Tor
one man excaiming that he saw an Ame7ean uniform,
| when directly il was observed ihaI they were lne
| Penn sylvaIians- returning from the execution OF an
Ar Cerro Gordo large hls), Gen. SOFT Issued that
remarkable order that the attack should commence at
day Wight at The hour e TO- ne eanng sonlG DC en-
sounded. And at 10 O'Clock, the route actually took
place During this engagement, Brevet- Major then
| Captain FaiIchild with parts OF other companies
joined to his own was ordered oy Coi Btser 20 IKE
and took it. and became disconnected from tue man
body Of the army and from this cause We're for few
mimi ca in kind OF bewildered s'ate, not knowing
where the rest Of the army was, or what they mad &C
complished. Just at this tme Gen. Twiggs was seen
approaching mounted on horse Mexican s.ra~ hat
| on his head Mexican drum on his shoulder, and
Mexican lance in his hand with his long gray hair and
/ beard streaming in the wind. he ordered the men,
consisting of about two hundred, to follow him, aud
l they would take Santa Anna. At the co nmand they
started off on the run, till they came in sight OF Santa
Annals body guard, Of some four thousand mounted
lancers riding rapidly away.
| Az the 200 came up, Gen. Twiggs ordered them 10
open on each side of the road that the two pieces OF
fly ing artillery, which were coming up, could hre INTO
| TIE enemy. The moment after firing, the enemy
having got ont of range, the men would form again IN
the roac and the chase And 80 they cohtuued
on not lees than Is miles, hating at intervals TO hre
upon the Mexicans-the men all the time keeping IN
advance of the artillery and dragoors in fact, the
| bors could not keep up with the The wonder
full power of endurance manifested in this pursui; is
perhaps in good degree accounted for from the that
Company l. was in large cegree OF Newton
remeu and Of course had become accustomed 20 long
continued running and other exercise; and their ex-
AMPLE inspired the rest. IL acknowledged that,
had it been any other portion of the regiment this feat
would have been impossible. Many instances of
the deceaseds bravery were recited, the men under
his command speaking Of him in the highest terms, and
with good deal of feeling. For several years he h,s
been an officer in the Custom House, which position 40
held at the time of his death. He leaves widow an
only son having persisted in the Inflated Walker
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