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UNTIL DISCHARGED.
Mormon BlttlIIol's Experiences 10
California UltIl July %, 1917.
me CLOSE Or1nE MEXICAN WAR,
Destitute Condition of tho Men 90 4
iiaun'. Mil Mob lcrat -rr-monp.
Enmily without llumc.

On Sunday, January 3i,i, 1857, sew.
rtal Of our men visited the town Of
San Diego, nvo miles from our en-.
G ,mpmout. Thoy reported seeing q
schooner, two men.of.war aud mef.
chant voisel anchored In the harbot.
and that General keatncy the DAY
before had saiiel up the coast Tor San
Francisco. The few soldiers 10 San
ID ego only had one-inuflh ptlous of
tl1ur. The ship Load o. provisions from
the Sandwich Islands had not arrived.
Rumor Ia camp was tina, Captain
Hunt had written TO General koafncy
stating tue condition Of the Mormon
Battalion being destitute Of clothing
aud barefooted with no provisions oK.
cept beef, ami that without sall. The
general promised on the honor OF "a
gentleman 10 be- back In i've OF six
weeks aud would bis best TO carry out
Colonel Aliens plans and furnish W
with supplies, etc.
Orders were now Tor Colonel Cooke
to march u to San LOUIS Rsy mission
aud 70 into quarters there. We ar.
rived on the Srd Of February, aud i'm.
mtdiately CONNIE need To clean out the
mission rooms TO quarter In. We were
nearly wtoH DONG this, ior, like the
San Diego mission, the rooms were
nlthy anu iuil OF teas, while the ex.
terror wtH white aul beautiiul,
On the Inn uf February the dfill
commenced, oocul ying two hours each
day. On tho IAN Lieut.. Oman, with
ten men aud uulrs, was sent up tbs
county TO bring In nJui, and on tue
1914 lac returned with Iva thousand
uno nundfoI pounds OF coarse, un.
b0lteI illuf-inc best perhaps thofc
WISE IN tnu county 81 liz own make.
On March lith au express came from
General kcarney to our colonel aAking
him 10 souI Que company 10 san Diego
10 garrison that place. Accordingly
tue neKt mUfniug company Is leg Tor
thnt post, where they arrived on the
l7lh. The next DAY Sergeant William
Hyuo aud eighteen men, myHcli among
the number, were appointed by our
captain 10 tAEo charge VI the iatl Hitu.
AlUd on n nil one fourth OF mue
from town. The fort was a circular
Que made by mariutu. They had dug
n ditch ana set up n line Ot large wine
casks, filled them with arr aud
gravel. Against these casks they
had thrown up from the
trench heavy ombAnkmeut Of
eaTth, rocks and gravel, There were
seven cannon placed so Hs 10 cOuimanI
the town Aud surrounding country.
| InAldo OF this fertilization stood u
uuilding ia which We quaitefed. On
/ the top was . swivel gun, 90 hung A. %
To easily turned aud brought 10 point
IA any direction.
sunlsy, April 4tn, Elder Hyde, our
sergeant, preached Many Of tue oiu'
| zone, aud uilictIs aud sailors oi the Vrs.
sells Ia tue hafuUf, were In attendance.
| Great attention was pail. On tho
evening OF the IAN VI April Elder
William Garner, One Of my nessmalts,
bapUEsd "A marine sUlIiof VI tue u. :.
! ffI.ate Congress rhis pethHIH was
the iifst UapIum Ia California Ter.
fUimed by au Elder OF ltArl Ia this
dispsnsatlOD. Commodore Stockton
oinimAudvd the Congress. About this
/ lime the snip Batuslaule from Sau
| FfAncloo brought fOfty barrels Of hour
| Tor Company ~, with instructions from
| CulOnui CgORe 10 Captain Hunitf 10
give iuil raiiOus OF ilIuTAni a pounu
anu hAif OF beef daiy to each sJlJief.
by tuis time We were 90 destitute u
cluthing, anJ having no money TO buy
more, We were forced 10 cut up our
tents ~ make shirts and pants. At last
pay day caIue, wnrn each soldier
Jfuw his six months pay, s42 each.
On the streets VI BAN Diego WAS "a
mEu begging Tor food. He olaimoI ~
have been ole OF FfemOnPa mes said
be had been travelling In tne lSOuky
| MOu ntAius fir seven Yeas. lie Was
the wont looking person ever cav,
| He was dissbltd Ia Une VI his shoulders
aud had n wound on his huAd. some
VI tue muu recognized him AZ one Ut
tie mob VIM shut down eighteen or
twenty " our brethren In tho Haun's
Mil massacre In Mts ,ur. he &C.
kuuWleiRed that he Nai me " tue
met sui legged ~ be lJtgiveu Tor tao
paTl he took Ia tue si1ugnytt.
On May 2ud We hau wuIu that our
men static 4td Ut Los Algbius were
making cartridges ~ De Prepared Tor hu
atAos by Fremont an 800 ur 900
men " no Lad sworn tOgill every MUT.
mon IA the county. On tie lilh Of
Juue We had news that GrurTa lay
Tor hau tuUlurd santa ALa, wheruuu
We gave the general cuvvt Of twenty
rounds OF cannon,
July 4lu, ~ early dawn, we hrsd i've
pieces vi Efllllriy w welcome IN tue
biftuuHy ~ American luaoL Evidence,
aitutw uIUh v q marched Ia order down
into san Diego auu gave our captain
Aud uiiiurp n hugrty salute Ut mu,.
hbtTy, alsO cheering the Wu0lv town,
TINS 'uOk o. well with the Citl2sus that
they brought out ~ great nm.u.t OF
cnuIce VINE anu ufAuly 10 treat tie
toys auI seemed 10 regret We uid not
unuk u all,
Orders were now given for company
y 10 be ready % march IN iuut Jays Tor
l.ur Augclts, tneTu 20 uu discharged
with zoe icst VI this Battalion uu she
ION.
ruo people % san Diego now began
10 plead 10 have us ft'unllsi. lHry
| ud not want us 10 leave, lhuy u,d
not want the lIaguOus % the marines
stationed there, The MuTmJus wtTu
| prnce.ul and atteu ed ~ tuJlr ONu
business. Ihuy wefu industrious ana
mad greatly ImprOyrI Their town, etc.
| some VI tnclf leading men sAld when
they heard mo Aiumlus were CUmiIg
they feared ~ stay Ia San Deg, and
were Inclined 60 tg6e their families
and leave, Tor they ual beeu told tue
| Mgrmotu we're very bad people, a. Il
thuy would steal suythlng aud every.
thsy could lay thet hsnus on, and
| H.. ls.