The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-25
REUNION OF MFXICAN WAR
VETERANS AT INDIANAPOLIS
Mrs Moore Murdoch, National Commandant
Danes of1s46, Who Will Gather With the
Veterans, Writes of This Great Struggle

Veterans, Writes of This Great Struggle
To the Editor: Enclosed you will find
a strong paper that is of especial inter-
est to North Carolinians just now, for
the National Association of Mexican War
Veterans have their reunion at Indian
apolis, Ind, September 10th and 18th, and
North Carolina Camp of DANES Of 1876
have been notified that their camp Is
Monterey" a most glorious name to
live up to. May we women, working to
keep in remembrance the glorious sol
diers OF 1916, add luster to the work done
by the soldiers of the Mexican War.
A few days ago you published a notice
| of the monument to the Warren county,
n. c., Confederate dead, the President
OF the Memorial Association being Mrs.
William II. Polk, whose husband resigned
his position as Minister to Rome with
salary of $4,000 a year to serve as
soldier In the Mexican War tor-what?
And it was his brother who deserves much
of the credit of the war and of all that
the United States gained by this war OF
victories.
JESSICA RANDOLPH SMITH.
State Commandant Danes of 1916, Camp
Monterey" Henderson, N. c.
Mrs. Moore Murdoch, of Fort Worth,
Texas, National Commandant Danes of
1916, is the author of the article to which
Miss Smith refers. From all over the
country the prominent women of the COM
memorative order of Danes of 1916 are
making preparation to assemble at In
dianapolis to pay honors to tie heroic
men who will meet there in reunion next
month.
Speaking of this reunion, Mrs. Murdoch
says among other things:
Next to Texas, Indiana sent more
troops to the war with Mexico than any
other State Five regiments of the flower
and chivalry of the youth of that border
fortress on the wilderness of the North
west volunteered for service during that
war, and two of the most noted officers
of the Southern campaign were Joe and
Jim Lane of Indiana.
I'm fact, there were three men of that
name who made enviable records during
the Mexican war from Indiana, and each
of them reached the highest political dis
tinction after it was over. General Joe
Lane of Monterey Buena Vista and
Haumantla Colonel Jim Lane, whose re-
giment acquitted itself with such signal
bravery at Buena Vista; Colonel Henry S.
Lane of the Third Indiana, who was sta
tened along the Rio Grarde, and waged
ceaseless warfare on the guerillas that in
tested the country.
THE modesty of the soldier of the
Mexican war is proverbial. He Is gwen
to slipping IN quietly and subsiding into
retired seat at the back or the au-
dience. But the people Of Indiana have
q hereditary instinct, and like human
pointers, scent out a hero and retrieve
him on the spot Amidst the acclaim of
the multitude, standing 5areheaded IN MS
presence. the veteran of the second great
war of the United States is tenderly placed
aloft and devoured by the respectful
chances of his admiring fellow citizens.
s'What wonder, then, that when In
ldianapolis extended its invitation to tho
remnant of the veterans OF 1S46-'4S to
hold their national reunion there this
year, that it was gratefully accepted?
Let US go and receive from the generous
patriots of old Indiana the right hand OF
welcome, and the joyous assurance that
before and above all other soldiers of the
nation. the heroes of the Mexican war
stand out pre-eminently and alone as the
distinguished remnant of that army OF
10000 men who within less than two
wears. extended the political limits of the
United States to embrace the Western
Hemisphere"
In a communication to Professor Guy
| Confession Lee. Johns Hopkins University,
touching his announcement OF his forth
coming history of North America, Mrs.
Murdoch makes an offer of important
data on the Mexican War, saying:
| ST
that have the honor of being the
founder of the commemorative order OF
women known as the Danes OF 1916. Our
object is very clearly set forth in the
pamphlet I enclose. You Will see we OBJ
| leate ourselves to establish the status
| of the war with Mexico, and to do rever
ence to the memories oil the men VINO
| fought il. I have been collecting data
! for true and exhaustive history OF the
Mexican war. A close student OF our ma
ticnal history will observe that the MeXl-
can war, its causes ana consequences
/ have never been exploited with true
re gard for their superaounoaht claims
on the respect and PATRIOTISM Oh the
American PEOPLE. II you nave Ilade con-
scientous investigation INTO CIe causes
and results of that war, us cruclal I'M
press on the politics ana hatlohal ana
geographical status OF the repuollc Oh
States then you have given 1t IN your
history that due prominence scope vi oe-
tail and deduction that the epoch de-
serves. 1t is by all odds the secohu great
epoch of our history, ana only ~ 'ne
fact that the revolution IS our sign
manual of American liberty would IN the
inexhaustible expansion of It's results be
reckoned as the germ and iru'uon of
our national prestige and commercial ag-
grandizement.
Further on, speaking of this epoch
making struggle, she says:
However one may view the condition
of the United states for the twenty years
U =, s,,s i 49, 80 With Mexico, it is an