The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-31
N Memorial Day
At Fort Brown
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1htteu' as tney pass beyond the river
where there viii be no battles to
hight. On this occasion while appro-
priately hOnoring the ones that have
gone before US, we should profit by
The lessons We have learned. Those
that are gone viii have been sacri-
feed in vain, if we fail to do our part
TO perpetuate the greatness of our
nation.
As true patriots we should ioin
ourselves to no party that does not
carry the flag and march to the music
OF the Union. We have but little to
fear from without There is a world
wide spirit of peace. Wars will soon
be matters of ancient history. Our
greatest victories in the future will
be those of love and humanity. It will
be no longer an eye for an eye and
a tooth for a tooth The civilized
world comedies our power and great
ness, cur ability to fight, our love of
peace. No foe from without will dare
TO cross our pathway. Our greatest
dangers are with our own people.
Foes within are are ever alert.
Eternal vigilance is necessary to
safeguard our liberties. We should
put none but patriots on guard. The
nation needs men who love their
country best of all The socaIled
statesmen who feast and flourish on
the prejudices of the past. whether
they be north or south east or west,
are unsafe leaders for an honest lib
erty loving people. With them.
there IS no virtue. no honesty. no
patriotism but their own
They can see no good in another.
by adding fuel to the flames of sec
uonalism, prejudice and strife. these
political Pharisees dim the vision of
the people and fatten upon the spoils
of Office, into which they ride on the
waves Of discord of their own crea-
ton. These are the men who sow
The seeds OF official corruption and
make il possible for the CRATER to
grow rich at the expense ofthe public.
1t IS our duty as loyal Americans to
guard we'll the posts of honor and
place nonebut true. honest and brave
civilians IN positions of trust. As
they whose memories we are here
to commemorate did their duty on
the fields of battle, so we who are
present should do our duty in the
walks of civil life 1t is for US to
honor our dead heroes, by preserving
the purity Of our home, our ballot !
and our official honor. With right /
eousness, purity justice and liberty. |
as the chief cornerstone of our gov
eminent, no lurking foe, either with |
in or without can destroy us. When
We have done our full duty and have /
1-arr
6 Rest on. embalmed and. sainted
dead
Dear as the blood We gave: /
No impious footsteps here shall /
tread
The heritage of your grave:
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed sDot
Where ValOr proudly sleepsi
Capt. Robinson then spoke a few
Impressive words. in which he dwelt
upon the history of Fort Brown. Civ
ing a brief sketch of the old fort
which has been an outpost of the
United States on the Mexican border
since the opening OF the war Of 1876.
Captain Robinson spoke in part as
follows:
September 18th 1915. Gen Zach
airy Taylor left New Orleans for Cor
pus Christi and there assembled a lit
tie army consisting of the Sd. 4tb
9Th, 9TH. Sth United States regulars.
With this small army we're fought
and won the two first battles of the
war with Mexico and the only battles
of that war on Texas soil. This little
army of less than 5000 United States
regulars. left Corpus Christi on
March Sth. 1916. and reached the Rio
Grande at point opposite Mata-
Moros, Mexico, by the middle of the
month At that time theye was not a
single habitation between Corpus
christi and Brownsville Here the l
small army fell to and built tort
it by the latte rpart of I
april. 1876 This was the beginning
Of Fort Brown. All of the supplies
that this army had were those which !
theSyhad brought with them overland 1
from Corpus Christi and as these J
were running low by this time. Gen.
Taylor fell back to Isabel where a
base of supplies was established and I
boat leaving Major Jacob Brown in I
charge of the Fort with a small de- S
tachment of men. While Gen. Taylor {
was thus away the small garrison 5
left at the fort was besieged The :
firing of guns could be plainly heard
at Isabel but no news could be OBJ Y
tanned from inside the fort On the I
eth day of May, S46, General Taylor. {
who had received a few reinforce Ie
ments. yet still had an army of less {
han 5000 men, left Isabel to relieve {
he garrison at the fort Early in {
he forenoon of the Sth, they came !
lpon the Mexican army. largeIy out
their own, drawn up in
inc of battle along the front of the !
timber and here the battle of Palo |
Alto was fought and won The Am
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