Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-03-31

I YES, Grant was . born soldier
/ says Sargeant-at-arms Dick Bright, of
( the senate. Upon every occasion he
+ showed himself q military leader OF
the most remarkable type, and history
viii record him as one of the great
( strategists. tacticians and lighting
/ generals We had another general in
+ this country who was in his time as
+ great a military leader as Grant
+ refer 20 Zachary Taylor. whose record
( in the Mexican war was something
phenomenal He fought the battle OF
Buena Vista with only 5000 men. al
though he was attacked by rs, OO9 men
under the leadership OF Santa Ana,
who was the greatest miitary leader
the Mexicans have ever known. Santa
Ana went into the battle OF Buena
I Vista with the avowed purpose Of ex-
terminating the entire army OF the
/ United States. and there was no doubt
in the mind OF Santa Ana that this
great feat could be accomplished with
comparative ease Gen. Tay Tor, with
his 5000 men, prepared for the une-
I quail contest and not only defended
his position successfully, but won
substantial victory from his agrees
i've antagonist and drove hIm from the
battlefield Of Buena Vista.
Some time after the battle was
fought and the Mexican war concluded
General TAYLOR was criticised for hay-
ing made no preparations for the re-
treat Of his army in the event OF de-
feat. General Taylor promptly
replied: I made every prepa ration
necessary for the battle Of Buena
Vista. wrote my will aud 80 did
nearly every man in my army. II we
had not won that battle we would
have needed no lines Of retreat. Ii
was from our standpoint victory Or
humiliation. The only pre- paration
necessary for the contingency OF de.
feat at Bnena Vista was that we
should write our wills.
That IS the kind OF soldier Zachary
Taylor was, and Grant was ike MIN
in many respects.
The Most Heroic charge Of History.
Harper's Weekly. ID q recent issue,
/ gives the following account Of the
I charge Of the First Minnesota a, Get
tysburg; it saved the day, ana is CON
sidered the most heroic charge au-
( then ticated in history. IL eXce,s the
Old Guard at Waterloo, and that Of
the gallant six Hundred a: Bal
( aclaya;
The hot July sun was zenith high
upon the field Of Gettysburg that
1 direful day in the midst Of the ferccst
( battle OF the centuries Gallant cen
eral Hancock. reaching the spO. where
{ the Union lines were being forced
backward, halting his furious ridden
horse, called ont:
what regiment IS that?7
The First Minnesota.
f Charge those lines,
( A charge into eternity THAT order
t meant At double quick, without dis.
charging gun, with the conceu-
trated fire Of the Confederate army
pouring ieaden rain Of death upon
/ them-at dou BILE quick then at full
I speed. they charged into the enemy's
advancing ranks General Hancock
saw that five minutes respite meant
4 the arrival of reinforcements and
turning of the tide OF battle He sac.
rifced his noble regiment in those
fearful Eve minutes, aud the position
was held The charge saved the day.
/ but eiEhty-two per cent Of the men
I who made the charge were left on the
field. Nearly every officer was dead
or mortally wounded. of the 2G2
men who made the charge. ia were
shot down by the bullets OF the enc.
my; forty seven were still il line.