The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-17
OUR ARMY IN MEXICO.

| There have been greater wars than
That, but never any grander ones
There never was more direct and ter
| lItic lighting done than was perform
ed by our little army in that war; thev
/ did not seem to count the odds against
tlem: the only thought in their minds
4 apparently. vas that so long as there
was an enemFin front that enemy was
u be fought until sQbdued. or DESTROY
ed. Or put TO liight The march of
/ Scots from Vera Cruz 10 Mexico mas
4 10 parallel, and Wnen we read the or
deTs that he made in advance each
/ mOrning.and see the fuifllment. the or
dars sound ike prophecies The truth
! Is that we had had no war for thirty
/ years 4 great many young men
had graduated at West Point, and a
/ great many newspapers III the United
/ States, 10 fill up space and to crafty
partisan spite, made it a regular prac
! tee to sneer at the educated officers
/ III the army. So when there came an
! opportunity these men sprang to the
/ front and gave such an object lesson
! Ot what II was to have trained officers
/ over a volunteer army that every word
/ Of sneering was hushed for wears.
| And then we suspect there was a little
bit of destiny III the whole business:
because, when we come to read over
vino were iieutenants and captains in
that war, we find that name after name
Of men who, q few years later, We're
sufficient to handle armies that were
numbered by hundred of thousands.
and the operations Of which covered
half ourrepublic. There We're Grant,
and Sherman, and Thomas and Candy.
and Hunter and Rosecrans. and Han
cocl. and Mcclellan and Sedgwick.
a9d l0O more IN the Union army.
There We're Lee, the two Johnstons.
o5o1eTail Jackson, Stewart, Magru-
a.ti' aud Davis. and any number more
who fought in the Confederate army.
And looking back from our fields to
the fields q IeXlco, It IS noS astonish-
Ing tAat, when they were boys. they
were young giants, because when they
matured, they were giants sure enough.
AHi on the other line, from Rio Gran
dc - Dn"no Vista, there were some
gloriie3 men Ringgoid died the first
fight: and there was Worth and Wool,
ais, over all, Taylor. while among the
lesser officers. IN half an hour. close
togathcl', hehee and Clay, and Har-
din died, and any number more were
wounded. Among this list was the
old General that we buried The other
day. and who in his own way develop
Ell that he was giant when he
brought his little army here, reaching
this place when it was a hostile terri
tory, and establishing the flag in a
way that il never since has ceased to
wave. There was another Gen. Kim
ball OF Ogden, who fought side by
side with Gen. Connor all that day.
And Worth was the one who was the
back in the war Of u, and when he
spfang from his horse and went to
Scott saying: General the column
haits for want Of a leader and help
ed him onto his own horse and follow
Ell ou foot, Che discharge Of grape that
broke 5cott's shoulder and crippled
Gi.I Tor HE So wounded Worth that
Ii wa believed he never would rally.
And there was another feature OF the
Mexican war. There was d vast deal
ot state pride mixed up in it. Each
state sent its regiment. and when
those regiments went into battle the
reference made 10 them 10y the others
was not by the regimental title, bat
by the state title: for instance. the men
from South Carolina were only refer
red to as the Palmetto men;' the men
from Indiana the Hoes ers," and 50
OH through the list. The New York
regiment won exceeding hoDor5 III the
capture OF Monterey, but really the
hero Of that was Worth A great
little soldier was he! Ani yet, when
asked after the war who was his per
feet ideal OF a soldier his answer
promptly was, Col. Albert Sidney
Johnston" The Palmetto regiment
won everlasting honors at Chapulte-
tee, and Oh different fields various regi-
ments signaIlv distinguished them
selves. But altogether there never
was such an army Of fighting men put
III the field Among the officers va
various ones on different fields distin
guished themselves; for instance, it
Was Harney that carried away the
hOnors at Cerro Gorda; at Monterey
it was Worth; at Bueno Vista Wool
divided the honors with Taylor And
amog the lesser officers Bragg shines
out distinctly because of the remark
said to have been made to him on that
day by Gen. Taylor. History says
that Bragg, sending to Taylor for rein
foroements, the General said: Il vii
reinforce him." and riding up to his
command, said: ~ little more grape,
Capt Bragg" Those who have heard
the remark declared that It was soft
ened by transmission, and what was
really said was: Give them HI.
Bragg"