The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-08

The VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR IN
CoUNClL.-A meeting Of the survivors Of the
Mexican war residing in this city was held
yesterday afternoon In the law office Of Mr..
r. q. Scott, on Capitol street near Eleventh.
The following gentlemen were present:
Captain Robert G. Scott, Company A,
First Regiment Virginia Volunteers Lieu
tenant John X. Cooke, First Lieutenant
Company +, First Regiment Virginia Vol
unteers; Private 'rheodorick Nunelly, Com
pany G, First Regiment Virginia Folun-
tcers Private Robert Reid, Company ID,
First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers;
Private {. r. Jones. Company !, First
Regiment Virginia Volunteers; First Ser
scant J. P. Hodgdon, Company I, First
Regiment Virginia Volunteers; Private
B. P. Adams, Company I, First. Resi=
ment Virginia Volunteers Third Scr
gcant Samuel Crawford, Company !,
First Regiment Virginia Volunteers; Prl-
vate Stephen d. Letclier, Company f,
First Regiment Maryland Volunteers !;
Colonel Z. ID. Sutton, First Maryland CAY
airy; Private James 4. Robinson, Compa-
ny f, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers !;
Private Samuel c. Leonard (Milam's compa.
N.Y.. First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
Private \. Il. Williams, Company b, Thir-
raj G. 5. No>by. Company a. First Regiment
Virginia Volunteers: second Sergeant {. d.
Farrell. Company ]. First Regiment New
York Volunteers; First Corporal Philip
Weber, Company II. Third United States
Artillery; Private w. {. Simmons,
Company G.. FIRST Regiment Virginia Vol
untccrS; Private \. Z. Bennett, Company
l., First Regiment Ohio Volunteers Lieu
tenant W. IL. pieaSantS, Company NJ, First
Regiment Virginia Volunteers; First Ser
gcant X. W. Brown CT. T. MarSlaIl's COM
pany), First Regiment Kentucky Cavalry =;
Private William q. Ferguson, Company X,
First Regiment Virginia Volunteers; Pri-
yatc William Eugli>h, Company i, First
Regiment United States Volunteers: Corpo-
raj 5. c. Curry, CcmpanyA, First Regiment
Virginia Volunteers.
At hulf-pa,t o'clock the meeting was
called to order. and on motion OF Alr. Robert
Reid, Captain u. e. scott was invited to pre-
side. and Lieutenant John Is. Cooke request
ed TO act is secretary.
On taking the chair Captain Scott deli
vcrcd IN interesting and appropriate address,
setting forth the objects of the meeting,
which was cllled for the purpose OF selecting
delegates TO the general meeting of the sur
yiyors to be held in Washington on the 18th
of January, 1874.
Lieutenant w. II. Pleasants presented the
following resolutions; which were adopted: !:
81. Resolred, That all OF The surviving
soldiers who served the United States in the
war with Mexico, resident in the State OF
Virginia, are requested to meet us in this
CITY on the 2Stb day of October, 1873, Tor the
purpose of organizing n society and to SEND
delegates to The National Convention OF
Veterans of the Mexican War;" to be held
in Washington on the 10Th day of january,
1874.
50. Resolced, That Robert G. Scott,
Major John Poe, Lieutenant W. S. PleasantS,
X. W. Brown, Morgan Strother, Robert
Reid, j. IL. Cooke, A. p. Bennett, and L.
D. Sutton be appointed u committee OF ar
ranrements to select suitable place for said
meeting and to carry into effect the forego-
ing resolution.
IS. Resolce3, That the newspaper press
of the State Dc requested to publish the pro-
ceednSS of this meetlng.'
Adjourned.