Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-16
MEXICAN EPAULETs
AND CORONETs
(Bx AM ex-soldierl

(By an 1eS-Soluler). sE
When Prices army retreated into
Texas and surrendered or disbanded,
some of US didn't surrender or dis
band, either. Hardly. Some went on
into Arizona, and never took the oath
OF allegiance, fbut In due time voted
the Democratic ticket without bother
Ing with that formality. Some of US
went right on over into MeAco,an
Joined the army of Macmillan.
don't know how many did. but
know there was one body of 50 Of us.
cavalrymen. who had been under our
fellow Missourian. Gen. John A. Mar
maduke. Noted family in Missouri, the
Marmadukes, furnished two governors.
The old governor was Il Union man,
but the next one was Il Confederate.
and all of the rest of the boys were,
too.
We went into Maximilian's army be-
cause we didn't want to surrender, and
because there wasn't any other to so
into. The Republican forces in Mexico
had been almost swept out of existence.
JuareZ, nominally president, was
fugitive on our soil. Macmillan, back
ed by a French army. was in full con-
troll. You know how 1t was. Napo-.
Icon III dreamed of uniting Central
America to Mexico, the whole to be
subsidiary to France, and gradually all
of the Latin-American stutes were to
Z be brought into an alliance under the
lead of the great Latin nation. France
Seems like n dream now. but sup
pose the Civil war had lasted two years
longer. doubt II Sedan would have
been fought. Mexico would surely have
become an understudy of France.
SPECIAL CORPS OF THE EN-
=, PEROR.
We Missourians became special
corps at the imperial headquarters We
were we'll treated. They thought per-
haps we would be the means of getting
lot more Confederates into the i'm
perial army, and SO we would have
been If Seward hadn't peremptorlly or
dered Napoleon to withdraw all the
French troops He and Ben Butler
had wanted to do 1t during the war,
but Lincoln wouldn't allow It until the
war was over Old Ben always claim
ed that he was withdrawn from the
command at New Orleans upon demand
of Napoleon. Eli
a A big American army began to move
menacingly down toward the Rio
Grnnde There were other still bigger
armies back Of 5ltas The United States
had the biggest neutrality-suspicious. In the
world, veterans, too. z 7 Include the late
COnEeueTaleS4lu lIllS. tf>NN u SOulu nave
been there.
Well, Napoleon couldn't face such an
army as that Bazaine. who at the
time OF the Franco German war was.
condemnedtas a. traitor but escaped to
Spain, Withdrew the French army
most 1t. for many French ran away.
some came to the United States. and
many remained in Mexico, where. they
have always been the most popular
Fl,,, ne N In, o. "a iGeH Mnvi-
milan.
Macmillan now had to depend upon
his Mexican troops aIone. His supports
ers were few He was urged to fly.
But the lure of a crown held him. Hs
sent for some OF us Missourlans. In
front of him lay some parchment
scrolls They were colonels commits
sions for us. They might become gem
erals commissions later. The French
had left him. Hc had resolved to try
to make Americans take their place as
his main reliance. A few thousand ex-
sC,onfederatcs would make a Pracctor-
ian guard which would hold him on
the throne.
TEMPTATIONS FOR THE MIS-
SOURIANS.
The American army which menaced
him was Il northern army. 1t was a
northern government which had driven
his French away. Scward--well, tho
south had never liked Seward. III
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona were
enough of Prices men to make a good
nucleus. and soldiers Of the gray would
flock In from everywhere.
The south was ruined. We were all
out OF jobs. AS n sort of band OF
Mamelukes in Mexico Janissaries,
Vnrangarians. or any Of those other
crowds which in history have .bossed
the monarchs whose right hand they
were, we would have run the country.
holding Macmillan on the throne. and
i'll the end really running him. What
riches Il band of 5000 or 5000 of us
would have. The country would be at
our feet. Colonies, generals In II little
WHILE rich men In Mexico. In the
United States poor men. DISTINGUISHED,
no future that We could see. 1t was II
giittcring chance. 1tImeant more than
the rule Of Mexico. Itmcant the sub
lection of the countries farther SOUTH
Generals after n little" said the
emperor. II told you that Let me
add barons. counts, mur1uiscs after y
little"
No one said anything.
~ ami opposition somewhat to thu
@ Assessment; Notice.
stFths-ltH 49, 35t t3sy 5'Frlsas II lte