The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-22
MEXICAN WAR
VETERANS HERE
Aged Defenders of the Flag
Hold Reunion.
ONLY A FEW ARE LEFT
Nearly All Are Past Eighty
Years in Age.
Marion Citizens DO Their Utmost TO
Make the Stay I'm Marion n Most
Pleasant One for the Old Soldiers
Who are Visitors.

Who are Visitors.
Marion has as her guests the vet.
Grams of the Mexican war.
| And right proud is she too to en-
| tertain such an aggregation of the
aged and venerable defenders of the
| flag In the war which was waged
against the sister republic to the
| south and which resulted I'm such an
overwhelming victory for American
arms.
When one studies the age of the
| men who assembled In Marion today
| for the thirty-slXth annual reunion
of the organization which Is state
wide and note the frmness of the
step of those men who are nearly all
past four score years i'm age and
some of whom are past the four score
and ten, II is little wonder that Am
erican arms We're not defeated in a
single battle in the war. The Wit
ality of the men whose blood was
again stirred by the strains of mar
tial music is simply remarkable.
Quite early in the morning it be-
came evident that there was some
thing doing in the city Vererans of
the boys of 81 and the boys of the
Spanish American war devoting the
day to doing honor to the men who
did battle In the earlier days. In
this connection rather strange thing
might be noted. The register of the,
veterans of the Mexican war shows
that in nearly every instance the men
in attendance today, served also as
veterans in the Civil war and there
is every indication that If age had
not barred them, they would have
been enlisted with the late brush
with Spain.
Cooper Post rooms In the base
ment of the court house were hand
somely decorated in honor of the
Mexican veterans and this was made
headquarters for the day. Here the
arrivals reported and were registered.
Many touching scenes were enacted
during the day, when old comrades,
some of whom had not met since the
days of strife, clasped hands and en-
gagged promptly i'm animated conyer-
sation concerning the days when they
slept in tents or lay all night in the
trenches upon the field of battle.
At IL o'clock the veterans were
taken for an automobile ride through
out the city. Autos We're furnished
and the party was given a very pleas
ant trip. being shown all of the points
Of interest.
Just before the automobile trip, a
drum corps composed of veterans of
the civil war, gathered on the court
house esplanade ana enlivened things
with a number of selections of mar
tial music. The blood OF the old sol
diers was stirred by the fife and drum
and "a quickening of the step was
noted In every one
At noon dinner was served in the
armOry of CO. ID, 4th Q. n. G..
The roster of the secretary of the
association shows the following vet
erans of the Mexican war In attend
ance:
Dr. James Cutler, age rs, Rich
wood. Ohio, Mexican war; Co. T.,
End u. S. L. Civil war, captain Co. *,
1st o. V. cavalry.
DR. ID. w. Henderson, age SO
Marysville, Ohio, Mexican war, Co
r. 4th o. V. J.; Civil war, surgeon,
96th o. V. !.
Captain John A, Fisher, age "a,
Granville, Ohio, Mexican war, Co A,
End o. V. l.; civil war, Co. ID, 23rd
o. V. I.
Daniel Darlington, age S3, Newark,
Ohio, Mexican war, ranking sergeant
Duncan's mounted rihemen; Civil
war. lst Maryland infantry.
Jacob Schoenlaub, Sr, aged 80
Marion, Ohio, Mexican war, 10. b,
4th o. V. !.
George II. Barney, age "a, Elkhart
Indiana, Mexican war, co. ID, 5th o.
V. l.; civil war, lst Michigan V. !.
Jackson Shade, age so, Covinston,
Ohio. Mexican war. Co. q, 1st o. V. l.;
civil war co. G, 10th o. V. /.
Benjamin f. Jacobs, age 81, Par
rots, Ohio, Mexican war, Co. {, 4th
u. S. artillery; Civil war. first lieu
tenant Co. x, 44th o. V. l.
Conrade Gasche, age So, Wauseon,
Ohio, Mexican war, Co. *, 1lth o.
V. T.
william Mallin, age 80, Columbus
Ohio, Mexican war, co. X, End o. " l.
william Bish, age 81, Ada, OHIO
Mexican war. Co. *, -; civil war,
co. r.. 1S0th o. V. /.
Captain f. A Hardy, age 92, Piqua,
Ohio, Mexican war. Co |. Bird o. v
l.; Civil war, Co c, saith o. V. |.
william Il. Haines, age S3, De
Giraffe, Ohio, Mexican war captain
Co. A, 1st u. s. mounted rliemen;
civil war, Co. |, 18th O. V. |.
The Ohio association today has as
its guest Mr. George r. Barney, of
Elkhart, Indiana. who is quite a
prominent man in affairs in which