The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-07-01

years, while fighting amid the rugged
mountfla. and fertile valleys ia Mexico,
within. hearing OF the~eternal waves of the
great plains of the tar west With all our
love and confidence, it has been cemented
bv common dangers and Sutferings in the
toisome march, in the drearv biv"uac.
and amid the clash of arms and the pres
ence Of death on scores Of barrle fields -
West Point, with her large heart. adopts
us all-gradustes and those appointed
from civil life officers and privates. In
her ewes We are all her children, jealous OF
her fame. eager TO sustain her world wide
reputation. Generals and private soldiers.
men who have cheertulIv offered orr all
for our dear country, We stand here BET re
this shrine, ever hereafter sacred to our
dead, equals and brothers in the presence
Of the common death which awaits US all,
perhaps on the same field and at he same
hour Such are the ties when unite us,
the mos, endearing 'ha, exi-, among men :;
such the relations which bind u tngei her
the closest Of the sacred brotherhood of
arms Ii has therefore seemed. and il i
fitting, thst we should erect upon this
spot, so sacred 10 us all. al enduring mon
ument 10 our dear brothers who have pre-
ceded u. on the path Of peril and OF honor
whicl it is the destiny OF many Of us some
day 20 tread Wha' is this regular army
to which We belong? Who We're the men
whose death merits such honors from the
living? " hat is the cause for which thew
have laid down their lives Our regular.
or permanent army. is the nucleus which
IN time OF peace preserves the military ira
dition of the nation, as well as the organi
zation, science and instruction indispensa-
bic TO modern armies 1t may be regard
ed AS coeval with tie nation Ii derives
lis origin from the old continental and
states lines of the Revolution. whence.
with some interruption and MANY changes.
it has attained its present condition. III
fact, we may with propriety 90 even be
yond the Revolution, and seek the roots
of our genealogical tree in the old French
wars for the cisstlaEtic campaign of The
seven wears war were not confined 20 red
men scaipiag each other by the. gres; lakes
Of North amen icS," and it WAS IN them
our ancestors first participated, rs Amer
cana, in the large operations of civil .zed
armies American regiments then foug 1T
on the banks Of the II. Lawrence and fhe
Ohio. on the shores Of Ontario and Lake
George. on the islands Of the Caribbean
and in South America Lewishurg. Que
bee Duque~ne, The Moro aud Por,obeilo
attest the valor of the provincial tr ops,
ard IN thai schUol was educated such sol.
dlers as were Washington, Putnam. Lee
Montgomery and Gates These and men
like Greene. Knox. Nayne and Steuten.
were tie fathers of our permanent, arm,
Under them our troops acquired thai dis
clpine nd stesdiness which enabled hem
~ meet or equal terms aud often to d-f-ar
the tried veterans of England The study
Of the history of the Revolution and PEE
rusal of the dispatches If Washington
will convince the most skeptical of the val
Ne Of the permanent army in achieving
our Independence and establishing the ci, :
il edifce which We are now fighting 10
preserve. TIE war IF / i2 found the ar
my On a footing FAR from adequate TO the
emergency but it was rapidly increased
and Of the new generation Of soldiers
MANY proved equal to the requirements OF
he occasion. Lundy's Lane Chippewa,
Queens town. PIatishurg, New Orleans. all
bear witness TO the galIsnlrv of the reon
| lars. Then came All interval of more thnn
thirty years of external peace. marked b,
many changes IN the organization and
strength Of her regular army. and broken
AT times by tedious and bloody Indian
wars. OF these the most rema, kabIp
were the Black Hawk war, in which our
troops met untlinch;ngly foe as RELENTLESS
and far more destructive than the Indians
that terrible scourge, the ch0iera- and
| the tedious Florida war. where for So ma
nv wears the SenlnoIes Guided, in their
pe>tiIential >wamps, our utmost ri, rts.
and in W hicn were disila. ed such rats of
herosm "a that cOmmemorateh by wonder
monument Ito Dade ard his command.
when "all fell save two without an al.
| tempt to retreat
| At last came the Mexican war, to re-
| place Indian combats and the mono;ony
of the frontier service and for the first
! tine IN MANY wears 'he mass of the regu
! lar army was concentrated aud took the
principal part In the battles OF that re-
markahe and romantic war. Palo Alto
Re-aca aud Fort Brown were the achieve
menss Of the regulars unaided, and as &c
! The battles of Monterey. Buena Vita,
Vera Cruz C-rro Go. do. and the final ri.
umphs in the valley, none can truly say
tba, they could have been won without. :he
regulars When peace crowned our vie
/ tories in the capital of the MnntezumaS
| the army was at once dispersed over tie
| long frontier, and engaged in harassine
| and dangerous war, with the Indians OF
| the Plains Thus thirteen long wears
were spent until the present war broke
out, and the mass of the army was drawn
! in 20 he employed against domestic foe
| | cannot proceed to the events Of the re
cent past and The present without advert
ing to the gallant men who were so long
of our number, but have now gone &c
| their last home: for no small portion %
| the glory of which we boas; was rehectef
| from such men az TAYLOR. Worth. Brady
| Brooks, Totem and Duncan There is \
sad story OF Venetian history that ha.
moved many a heart and often EMPLOYED
the poets pen and painter pencil |, i.
of An old man whose long life was gori
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