Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-08-03
TARDY JUSTICE.
Mr.. JOseph's Bill for the Relief of st
Vrain's Volunteers Passes
the Lower House of
Congress.

Through the efforts of Delegate Joseph |
the house of representatives. performed
an act of tardy justice on Monday last
by passing bill of which the following |
is copy:
"Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States OF
America in congress assembled, That the
officers and enlisted men of the company
of New Mexico mounted volunteers which
served under Capt Ceran st. Vrain,
and was present at the battles of La Ca
NADIA, January "a, lS47; Ell Embudo, jan
uary 30, 1S47, and Taos, February 4, 1847,
in the territory of New Mexico, shall be
placed on the same footing in regard to
pay, allowances, emoluments, bounty and
pension as volunteers regularly mustered
into the United States service.
"Sec. 2. That in auditing and paying
the foregoing accounts, the copy of mus
ter roll of said company now on file in
the war department, dated Santa Fe, N.
NJ, February 20, lS47, which shows the
company organized at Santa Fe, N. M,
January 23, 1847, and discharged at that
place February 20, 1s47, and which bears
the Endorsement of the secretary OF the
territory of New Mexico, dated October
TO- 1857, certifying that it is true copy
of the original roll of said company, shall
be the data to guide the accounting Of
ficers; and said claims shall, when audited,
be paid by the secretary of the treasury
out of any moneys not otherwise appro-
priated."
The records of the war department
show that this company was organized
by Capt Ceran st. Vrain, of Santa Fe, on
January 23, 1S47, and remained in service
until February 20, 1S47. 1t was organized
under the authority of the colonel COM
manding the United States forces in New
Mexico. At this time Gen. Kearney had
taken possession of New Mexico in the
name of the United States, but an insur-
rection against The authority of the
United States occurred in the Taos dis
trict. The governor of the territory and
large number Of the inhabitants of the
town of Taos WHIP sYmpathized with the
United States were killed. The colonel
then in command of the army at Santa
Fe proceeded with all his available men
to suppress this Instruction. As an aid
in this object Unauthorized the organlz-
alton of company of volunteers by
Capt. Ceran st. Vrlin, and they performed
valuable service in surpressing the out
break. They were never recognized by
,, the war department as in the United States
!. service on account of want of authority
in the then commanding colonel to order
their organization and muster. Tit
necessity for their organization existed
and he could not have obtained author
ity from the war department in time tt
make them availabbin the suppression o
said instruction.
The merltorious character of their ser
9 vices it fully set forth in the reports o
l. the war department.
The company roster is as follows:
" Ceran st. Vrain, captain; Chas. Met
> calf, LIST lieutenant; Geo. Peacock, 2n'
=, lieutenant; H. N Smith, LIST sergeant
=. Robt. Gary, End sergeant; Ienard W. Fol
y ger, 3rd sergeant; Richard B. Dollar
- 4th sergeant; Edward Chadwick, Is
~ corporal; James H. Quinn, End corporal
- j. R. Tulles, 3rd corporal; Preston Becl
=, =. 4th corporal; Chas. Autibes, Thos. Autibe
"a Lorenzo Atkins, Pedro Anay, Julio Al
~ menta, Thos. Biggs, Vidal Bergero1
~ ~ Henry Cuniffe, Manuel Chavez, Batist
20 Chalifoux, Andrew Constance, Antoni
Ia Conoyes, Richard Campbell, Geo. I
70 Crosby, VIM. Dirring, Lorenzo DeFores
o Benjamin Day, Edw. T. Davis, Julio q
quibel, Rafael Esquibel Geo. H. Fulle
" Herman Grolman, Jas. M. Giddings, Ge'
- Gould, o. H. Hovey. Jno. J. Harpe
Al Caleb l. Hamilton, franklin K. Howle
tn Peter Joseph, Chas. Leroux, Ben
Leroux, Jas. W. Mcclure, -Mitche
VIM. G. Morgan, Joseph Nangle, Hem
Nangle, Nicolas Pine, Papin, J
seph Pomeroy, Joseph Fley, Jas. Power
Jno. WRandal, O. r. Rhoman, Robt Ro
~ bins, Vim. Rankins, G. Robidoux; Ed
=. Rollins, Antonio Sandoval, Batiste Sabo
~ rain, Michael Sanford, Anthony Thoma
Chas. Town, E. I. Vaughn, Walter Whit
al I. d. Wharton, Jas. Wheeler, Vallar
nm privates.