The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-15

COL. n. w. THOMPSON SENT HIS RE
sPONsE TO THE NAVY TO BE READ.
E. ii. HobsOn Reelected President Of
as the Next Meeting Place.

the Grand Hotel at night the National As
Of Mexican War Veterans closed
rs convention yesterday. The officers
elected for the ensuing year are as follows:
President-E. II. Hobson.. of Kentucky.
Vice Presidents-For Indiana, George F.
r. NJ. Davis; Illinois, Leroy Wiley; Ken
lucky, w. S. McChesney; Tennessee, Will
liam Stewart North Dakota, Josiah Ander-
Secretary and Treasurer-wilbur F. Smith.
Lexington, KY.
CORRESPONDING secretary-F. T. Foster.
Marshal-Samuel L. McFadin, L~ogansport.
Cincinnati was chosen by an almost unani-
nous vote for the meeting place next year.
were passed expressing the hope
of the organization that Congress would
pass a pension law for the benefit of the
widows of Mexican war veterans and the
surviving soldiers of that war. and express
manifested by the G.. A. r. towards the
Mexican wal veterans. A letter was re-
ceived from Senator Beyeridge expressing
his regret at being called away to Chicago
and concluding with: Thinking or you
touches all that is tender in ones heart and
arouses all that is glorious in ones soul.
You have been an example of fortitude and
loyalty. The Republic will never fail as
long as the young men of America take you
and your brothers, the dear Old veterans
of the civil war. as the examples and models
on which to build our own careers and lives.
l ask your counsel and your beneJiction.
THE YOUNGEST VETERAN.
Mr.. Carlton said he was sixty-nine years
old and was the youngest soldier in the
war. He was a member of Capt. John Nc
Douglas company In the Fifth Indiana Vol
unteers- Four years ago he revisited Mex
leo. and therefore he was fit TO contrast
the Mexico of the days of the war and the
Mexico of to-day. In his address he said:
.sAftn- The No~,rz~t1 o,p6 ATavtpflfo,
fasco the Mexicans were, in 1878. fortunate
in the selection as President of Porhrio
Diaz. He served one term of four years.
gave way to Gonzales, who also served one
term. and has continued In the presidency
ever since. During the administrations OF
these two men Mexico sprang to the fore
In a most surprising manner. The vast real
estate holdings of the church have been con-
fs seated by the state a d tie proceeds turned
into a common school fund Tor the support
Of a system similar TO our own.
Monterey 1 visited the old bishops
palace, west of the city, where General
Worth so completely demoralized the right
ace is in the same condition that General
Worth left it, with the roof and windows
eo%Rls.saly s feet 9i Ssfii bs a s iaxss fS eet d f,sfei in
the center, and lying around on the hill near
the church are four heavy twenty-four,
Taylor had ordered and left them before
moving on TO Saltillo and Buena Vista.
The Mexican government has erected a
SIallAte Sldlb JUST on thC AOol 4
the hill 1n memory of the alumni of the
killed Sept. 70. 1s!7. in the Invasion by the
North A~mericans'-sixty brave cadets who
died for their country.
g.. During aTn my sGjSurn In the he eapitai ! Wis,
in tho valley, on each OF which the Next.
can government has erected q granite mon.
ument with the names Of all those Mexicans
who fell on that particular field.
I'm the church Enclosure at Cherubusco
the corner Is pointed out where sixteen de-
serters were hung who were convicted by
the American court-martial after the battle
for desertion from the American army.
These and fifty others, who, IL was proven,
had deserted in Texas before hostilities had
Cherubusco fight. The fifty, including their
leader, Riley. were sentenced to. imprfson-
ment,, wearing ball and chain during the re-
prison of Santiago in the City of Mexico
in the spring Of 1s4S. Riley was first SER
geant of Ringgold's Battery"
VETERANS AT A BANQUET.
At the banquet at the Grand Hotel last
night the speakers and the listeners reached
a great height Of enthusiasm. The Bald
headed Glee Club. led by Burgess Brown.
sang several times. Old friends of Mr..
Brown said they had never heard him sing
1.-THE Battle Hymn of the Republic" more
sweetly and with more intense ~eloquence.
The silver-haired veterans joined in the
refrain with glistening eyes and flushed
faces.
Colonel Richard w. Thompson was un-
able to be present and he sent his response
Evans Woollen, secretary of the CONNER
cial Club, read Uncle Dicks response. In
part 1t was:
conspicuously won by the navies of the
United States, have attracted marked and
extraordinary admiration. This Is not ex-
hibited by our W countrymen alone, of
every Marty and class hnf extends m for
eign peoples of every advancing nation. The
civilized world has been taught by them
that the people of the United states, wI1a
their gallant army upon the land and their
equally gallant navy upon the sea, are able
to defend successfully their form of popu-
sary may venture to assail it, no matter
shall come"
In speaking of the great victory in Manila
bay, Colonel Thompson said: 'The value of
this great victory cannot be overestimated
by the government and the people of the
United States. While its immediate results
make us all joyful, ii will keep US in re-
membrance of the obligation to recognize
our navy as necessary to our future secur-
fty and OF the duty OF so patronizing and
protecting 1t as to make 1t a more COM
plete arm OF national defense. Then. If
any nation shall encroach upon our rights
or assail our national integrity every ship
of war it shall contain will be manned by
of11cers and men who would prefer death
to national dishonor."
JOnn w. Kern Talked OF TOur country.
Somebody remarked, Here's another one
of those gold Democrat speeches." when
Mr.. Kern said. Just where our boundary
lines are none of us knows. They extend
into the Atlantic and across the Pacific.
But wherever they are settled, let us hope
that every man over whom the stars and
stripes wave will be a free man. The future
that we see before US opens up magnificent
v1staS that were not dreamed or by you.
The march of civilization bewilGers u.s."
Major Samuel L. McFadin told of the ad-
vance of Our Sister Republic" and Incl
d~entally. declared the glory Of the United
was won by the Mexican war. was $50 big
Great Britain, France and all those other
one-horse kingdoms could be set down in
side or It." He recalled that when the Mex
lean war began II took three days for the
company that was formed at Logansport to
march to indianapolis.
Mason j. Niblack, an honorary member Of
the organization, responded 10 the toast
Our Association" He grew facetious and
said that the association would be remem-
bered long after its members were dead.
In speaking Of The Days We Celebrate"
Captain A. l.. Ogg brought TO mind that
yesterday was the fifty-second anniversary
OF the Americans entering the City Of
Mexico and the day before was the fifty
second anniversary of the battle OF Tehul-
tepec. He also described the movements Of
Scott's army that led up to the final VIC
tory.
Mayor Taggart was called on TO speak
OF Our Guests" He had praise for all the
veterans and wishes for their continued
long lives.
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