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DEATH OF CAPT. GEORGE MCLANE, OF TIL
REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLES, UNITEI


| DEATH OF CAPT. GEORGE MCLANE, OF THE
| REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLES, UNITED
STATES ARMY.
At meeting of the officers serving the cam
paign now being carried against the Navajoe
Indians, convened at the quarters of the command
ing officer, Brevet Lieutenant Col. E. r. S. Candy
| 10th Infantry, at Fort Defiance, New Mexico, on
| the 18th of November, 1860, committee of one
officer from each regiment and corps serving the
expedition was appointed to report resolutions
presSive of the sentiments of the meeting relative
| 20 the recent death Of Capt. George McLaue, of
| the Regiment of Mounted Rifles.
The Committee reported the following resOlu-
tions, which were unanimously adopted
Resolved, lst. That have learned with I'M
feigned regret and sorrow of the death of our
friend and brother in arms, Capt. George McLane,
of the Regiment of Mounted Rifles, occurring
whilst CALAMITY charging at the head of his COM
panv party of the enemy, at the foot of McIanes
Peak, head of the canon de Chile, Territory Of
New Mexico, on the 18th of October, A. Ii. 1860.
Captain Mcl4ane entered the United States army
as second lieutenant Of the Mounted Rifles, in
May, A. ID. 1916, and ordered to the seat of
war in Mexico. After energeticallv assisting in
the recruiting Of the company, he joined the army
Of Gen. Taylor Immediately after the battle of
Monterey. He then marched with his company to
Tampico, and afterwards joined his regiment du-
ring the operations against Vera Cruz, and par
took OF every danger of that memorable siege. He
afterwards was particularly mentioned for gallant
ry in the battles of Cerro Gord0, COntreraS, Cher
ubusco, Chapultepec, Gariba de Belenard and the
city OF Mexico by such men as Generals Persifer
f. Smith, John A. QUitman and Winfield Scott.
Hardly out of his teens, fresh-faced boy, with
beardess chin, but with the, heart of a man, he
led his company across the trackless prairies from
Missouri to Oregon. Then, after a short leave of
ABSENCE he again joined his regiment in Texas, was
there actively employed and handsomely mention
ed for gallant conduct against the enemy. Always
on active duty with his company and regiment, he
marched with them in 1856 to the Territory of
New Mexico, the scene of his DEATH lie was
| most particularly mentioned in the Navajo war
and expeditions of 1858; was wounded
in desperate fight against great odds at Bear
! Springs, in which the Indians were badly beaten.
At last his time came. The pitcher so often carried
| to the well was broken at last. The gallant Nc
Lane fell on the 10th of October last. He left Fort
! Defiance in command of his company, with the
| first column of the Navajo expedition, under Bre-
vet Lieut.. COL Candy. On the 18th he was sent
with his company to the right of the column, into
the midst of heavy pine forest. In a short time
he came on the enemy, ordered the charge, and in
the charge fell at the head of his men. The peak,
at the foot of which he met a soldiers fate, was
named by his brother officers McLane's Peak, and
! stands prominent landmark to the perpetuation
| of the memory of a noble and brave man.
| 2. That in the death of Capt. McLane, the army
has lost an officer of approved capacity and cour-
age, one of its most gallant spirits and brightest
ornaments, peur ct sans reproche, his comrades
friend, heightened, genial, true-hearted endeared
to them by the association of many years in peace
and war.
3. That to his bereaved family, upon whom his
loss falls most heavily of all, desire to convey in
this, the hour of their aliction, the expression of
our most heartfelt coincidence and sympathy.