Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-16
THE MEXICAN VETERANS

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Proceedings OF the Twelfth Annual r..
MISREPRESENTATION.
81. LoU1s, Mo-. October 10.
The proceedings In Connection with
ne twelfth annual reunion Of Mexican
Veterans of the 1s46-4s war were contin-
ned yesterday morning. The inaugural
| meeting on Wednesday was held at Pope's
Theater, but as the theater was not
available for the subsequent gatherings
they were held In Druid's Hall. There
| were about 800 OF the yeteranssin attend
| ance. Several ladies were also present,
| and a number of visitors. III
General n. d. Monson presided. The
| proceedings in the morning we're OF
business character. Nearly three hours
were occupied in going through the roll
of the veterans. Several attempts were
made TO take the list as read, but the
meeting insisted ON the roll being called
| aud each man having an opportunity Of
seeing that hiSgn and address, and
the company and regiment in which he
served, were correctly set forth on the
muster-roll. 81
After Secretary A. NJ. Kenaday had
completed the reading of the list Gem
eraI JohAg d. Stevenson, of this city,
delivered an Grafton, in which he
graphically reoeunted the details of
the war aud the. exploits. of the ivolun-s
teers under Generals Taylor, White d
Scott, Doniphan, Harvey and Price.
lie said toe record of the Mexican
war was one of which those who look
part. in it might wei be proud. The
National Legislature had failed to
properly recognize their services, and
ri ftu fhav on ipdiC.
nant at the repeated reflections of their
demands. No National CEN. teries con-
tanned the bones Of their dead comrades.
They were moldering on the fields w here
the heroes fell. The Mexican wal
soldiers had received few testimonies
of their country's gratitude, but they
had raised an imperi-hable monument
IN the shape Of the territory which
was added to the country by their
enthusiastically received by the veter-
ans, who accorded General Stevenson
a hearty vote of thanks at its close
RESOLUTIONS. n
The committees then reported. On the
Recommendation of the committee, four
resolutions We're unanimously accepted
by the meeting. The first congratulated
the association On the attendance of so
many veterans at the reunion, and ex-
pressed sympathy with the ielatives of
veterans who had died since the last
4 annual gathering at Washington. The
others had reference to the pension Ques-
ton. The first was to the fleet that the
services of the soldiers of The Mexican
war entitled them to the same recogni
tion at he hands of the Government as 4
those who had borae arms in the defen Sd
of the honor and integrity of the couutry
! on other. fields. ] The second set forth
that the veterans regarded as unjust the
Discrimination which had been made
against them in the matter of pensions,
and asked Congress to comply. with the |
demands of the twenty eight States, by
placing the few survivors Of the war
upon the pensions roll on equalterms ]
with the pensioners Of the war of
1872. The last resolution declared that
while the bill passed the House Of Rep
resentatives last session was acceptable
to the veterans they protested against
the Senate amendments, many of which,
it was asserted, were outrageous and Of
fered for the sole purpose Of defeating
the bill. !
There was some discussion as to the |
desirability of passing asvote. thanks to |
Martin I. Townshend, Congressman of
IiIiaois, for his efforts to pass the PEN |
sion bill. It was, however, generally |
0SGuASA Au0AstSooAC " pass q oPCSluf VOtO l
to MIR. Townshend, and a resolution was |
adopted thanking all the members of
Houses who stood by the cause of the
veterans In the effort to pass the pensions
bill.
resolution was next passed express
sive of the egrer of the veterans at the
death of Mr.. Reynolds, of Philadelphia,
who for some years had acted as Mar
shall at the annual reunions. sEt..Mu
On the Recommendation Of the Com
mittee on Organization, General J. w. !
Denver, of Ohio, was reelected Presi- |
dent; General NJ. d. Monson, of Indiana,
Vice President; u. 81. Kenaday, of the |
District of Columbia, Secretary, and Ma
ior Sam T.. McFadin, Marshal. It was |
further decided that two veterans from |
each State be added to the list of Vice |
Presidents. tsAFT s 4 -
-- The Secretary in his report stated that |
there were in the organizations, 497 mem I
bers and 3, 900 other comrades who were |
nominally members of the body, although
not entered as lodge members. The Nd
tional Association photograph album con-
tanned photographs of $50 of the com
rades. During the year about seventy of
the veterans had died. The report was +
adopted and the meeting adjourned until
three O'Clock. S8z EF&B f
AFTERNOON SESSION. #
At the afternoon session letters were
read from General Sherman and General
Hancock regretting their inability 80 at
tend the reunion. 9, Among the CORE
spondence was a letter from the Presi- 4
dent of the Mexican Republic in reply to
the letter from the committee inviting
Mexican officers to attend the annual /
Gathering. It was addressed to Mr.. John
T. Cahill, Mexican Consufin st. Louis,
n ~, hat Il
sibie for any of the veterans of the Mexi- i
can force to attend. Letters and tele- i
grams of greeting were also read from
veterans in San Francisco, Cleveland, o., 4
and other cities. The remainder OF the Il
afternoon was devoted to a literary en-
Mrs. Pearson read poem written by
John T. Cahill, entitled: "Salute toiMexi-
CO from St. Louis" and on motion g vote
of thanks was rendered to her for the
manner in which she read the
production. The lady recited, also,
Liberty Bell" aud Major Pearson then
delivered "Charge of the Light Bril-
gade. 81 #<
The following resolutions were intro
duced and adopted: hfTF
The National Association of Mexican
Veterans, recognizing the Importance Of
friendly, social and intimate commercial
relations with the Republic OF Mexico, in |
assembled, Resolre,
First-That such relationship should
be cultivated in 8 more hearisy manner