Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-21
SURVIVOR OF SAN jAC|NTO
 TELLS STORY
One of the Two Living PartiC- ipantS in That Battle Mar rates the Events of the Day

AUSTIN. Texas, March 20.-Wil- fam P. Zuber. oi Austin. is one of the two survivors of the battle Of San Jaeinto. which won for Texas her iu- dependence from Mexico MT ZubeI is ninety years old. and he is able tc get around almost as actively as most men of middle age. He has been iD the employ of the state as watchman in the capitol building here for sever al years. His duties consist mainly in escorting visitors about the build ing and in explaining the different features of interest in the big paint ing of the battle of San Jaciuto which hangs upon the wall of the senate chamber.
 Mir. Zuber was born in Twiggs county. Ga, and was brought to Texas by his parents when small boy. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Texas army under General Sam Houston when only fifteen years old His hOm~ at that time was at Harrisburg, situat- ed within a few miles of the scene CT the memorable battle between Texas forces and the Mexican army under General Santa Anna
 
 When the hour for a meeting of tho couLenGins armies aprpOached young Zuber was sent by General Houston to Harrisburg to act as one of the guard over the commisary and quartermas, ter suBlles. He was performing this duty when the booming or guns com menced. The Texans had two pieces of artillery called the Twin Sisters.
 
 among the Meyicans. They were han dled with deadly effect The gunners tcck precise aim and each yolIev moved down the Mexicans like grass.
 Tho lines of the Texas soldiers were between Harrisburg and Santa Anna army. and there was little danger JT the MeNicans falling back upon JlH little town. Mir. Zuber says that while the great battle was in progress the wives and children of many of thP Texas soldiers gathered in Har- risburg and 1rayed for victory. Final " the firing ceased. and 1t was not known which side had won untjI 9 courier rode into town and al-1oanGed that the Mexicans had been Jve-. whelmingly defeated and that .ia'ta Anna was a prisoner. This co i'!a'1 [ ordered young Zuber and otI'r rGi- diers who were guarding the supplies tc drive a big herd Of cattle 70 tie place where the army vls Cslnucr. % that the animals might be killed snd the soldiers given fresh meat.
 AIr. Zuber says that the bravery of the women ol the occasion of the bat- tie is deserving of the greatest com meudaticn. Many of them refused to remain at Harrisburg while the fight ing was in progress, but persisted la going to the scene of battle, where they performed noble service to their i loved ones and other heroes of the day.
 | It fell to the duty of Mr. Zuber and others to round up the fleeing MeXi- 1 cans and to make many of them p,is- l Oners. Santa Anna was trying 70 rs- ] cape in disguise when he was captuT- ed and brought before General Hou.5- ! ton, who was lying wounded dndc: a tree upon the battle-ground Tn. feet | ing against the notorious A.xic6n commander, who had slaughcarri ll9 ! brave defenders in the Alamo on!y 2 short time before, was very hig1. and ! but for the interventioH of General 1 Houston and other officers of he army, the Mexican leader would prob | ably have met with summary fate. | The cry of the Texans in going into | battle was "Remember the Alamol | Remember Golidadi" This cry seem ed to have an inspiring effect, Mir. l Zuber says, and the army of 500 Tex ans fought the opposing force of a far l greater number of men like fends. | Mir. Zuber takes delight iu re- counting incidents of the days when Texas was republic. He particguat- i ed in many stirring events during the l period when rowing bands of hostile l Indians were committing rayages up- on the homes of tho white settlers 1 He was personally acquainted with | General Houston and many others Of f the notable men of the early days who | heiPad to make Texas history.