Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-17
FERDINAND MONTH.
Funeral Friday From the Cathedral
Sketch of the Life of Deceased.

EunoraA from the OaUn6QraI-
Sketch of the Life of Deceased.
| The funeral of Ferdinand Monti, whose
death was announced in yesterdays GLOBE,
will take place from the Cathedral at 9 A. M,
tomorrow, Friday, and his remains will be
inferred in the Catholic cemetery. The fol-
lowing personal friends of deceased will act
as pail bearers, Edmund Rice, w. G. Nor
rison, Justus Ramsey, Capt. D. Barney,
and l.. Eisenemnger.
The following sketch of Mr.. Months life
is furnished by personal friend of de-
ceased.
Deceased was born in Canton Tayini
Italy, in the year 1928, but was brought to
| America, landing at New York when but l
year old. When the Mexican war broke out
he was at New Orleans, where he enlisted in
1916 in the army as wagon master, and
remained in the service until the war ended.
Soon after landing at Vera Cruz Mr.. Monti
was detailed to escort Gen. Pierce from that
city to Puebla, and while there was assigned
to the Fourth artillery, commanded by Col.
Childs, who was also governor of Puebla.
Lieut.. Col. Samuel Black, of Pittsburgh,
through this promotion, came In COM
mand of the troops at Puebla,
and Mr.. Monti was placed under Col. Black,
and REM ined with him until peace was de-
clared. He was at the battles of the city OF
Mexico, Cerro Gordo and the twenty nine
days seige of Puebla. After peace was de-
clared, Mr.. Month was detailed to take charge
of the shipping of ordnance at the city of
| Vera Cruz, and it was while thus engaged
that he received the wound that produced the
loss of his leg. While assisting to place
box of arms on board a vessel his revolver,
which was hanging in his holster, fell to the
ground and prematurely discharged, deposit
ing ball in his knee, and passing up the
| thigh bone fracturing the bone In terrible
manner. He was taken to the
Vera Cruz hospital, and the
leg was amputated the Thursday
afterwards He remained in the hospital Tor
over three months, and long after the entire
American army had returned to the United
States, and no one can imagine what my
sufferings and deprivations were during this
| long PERIOD" was about the last words the
deceased spoke to the writer, before leaving
his dying bed the night before last. So great
was the anxiety of his comrades to leave the
God -forsaken country, that he was entirely
| forgotten in his deplorable condition, and
was even compelled to give up his last penny
for subsistence. Finally his condition was
learned by the commander of an English ves-
sci in the Vera Cruz part, who called to
see him at the hospital, took him on board
his ship, and brought him to Mobile, where
he in due time convalesced. From Mobile
he went to st. Louis.
In June, 1849, he came to st. Paul, where
he, in 1852, was married to Miss Mary Sin
cere, and has resided here, excepting short
| interval, at st. Cloud, ever since. In conse-
quence of some irregularity about the dis
charge of Mr.. Monti from the ranks of
the army, he was never, until few years ago,
placed on the pension roll, and it is now
claimed that the deceased has been un-
justly deprived of back pay which would
amount to between eight and ten thousand
dollars. The government, though, has al
ways recognized him as being entitled to all
the brass medals issued per order of Con-
gress, and did also place him, a few years
ago, on the list as being entitled to an artif-
cial leg, which, however, never proved OF
any comfort or good to him.
About the last words Mr.. MOnti spoke was
that the government had not treated him on
par with any veteran of the Mexican war
that all he cared for now was that the gov
ernment would allow his wife and family
even the one-haIf of what he should have
received as pensiOneT.