The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-07
By A VETERAN.

Sam seized it on April 81. Once it fell
to Cen Winfield Scott, once to the
allied forces of France, England and
the Spanish Main.
know several men today who were
present at the siege of 1847. It is
probable none of these veterans of the
first Mexican struggle will see service
this time, although / have just seen
a letter from Brig. Gen. Horatio g..
Gibson, U. S. A., retired, eighty-seven
years old, in which the venerable
fighter offers his sword to the stars
and stripes and refers to Major Gen.
Leonard Wood as sponsor for his
physical and mental ability, General
Gibson served through the Mexican,
Civil and several Indian wars.
It was March z, 1847, when the feet
bearing General Scott and his little
army appeared off Mexico's principal
seaport. The troops landed without
much trouble after the city had been
bombarded, but it took q sanguinary
siege of thirteen days to capture the
ular operations conducted.
So our troops this time can COM
mence their march toward the capital
with much less of handicap than
General Scott's.
While the troubles of the United
States which eliminated in the Civil
war we're brewing Mexico grew AFRO
CANT to this country and to Europeans
The browning insult was President
Miramon's seizure of $63O,0OO in specie
from the British consulate. Great
Britain, France, Spain and Prussia de-
cided to move. Meantime the great
Benito Juarez, the General Washing
ton of Mexico, was conducting a re-
volt in the North. He overthrow Mira
mon, but the foreign troops kept on
their way. On December IA, 1861,
Vera Cruz was seized by Spanish
force under General Prim The result
was the elevation of Macmillan to the
throne and, after the European troops
had been withdrawn, the unfortunate
execution.
The pirates, with force equal to a
respectable army, captured Vera Cruz !
in 1888. They burned, slew and
robbed for many days before they
were driven to their ships In 1712
the notorious buccaneer. kings, Lau-
rent and Van Horn, seized the port
and held it ten days. They killed hun
dreds of Mexicans, carried away WON
en- captive and did an immense
amount of damage
To this day the nurse girl of Vera |
Cruz, seeking to still the fretful child,
says: BE quiet or 1 will give you to
Van Horn"
Reparation for One Insult.
was much amused by the ILL
informed If well-meaning persons who
cried out that Dictator Huerta had
given sufficient reparation for the in
'ult to the flag at Tampico by his
neager and half-hearted apology.
From the files of the navy depart
nent I have dug up a report from
Commander J. Blakely Creighton, u.
}. NJ, commanding the Oneida, who
Witnessed Japan's atonement for an
'ffense against our bluejackets. It
eads:
"Hiogo, Japan, March ii, 1865
Ion. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the
United States Navy, Washington.
}. C.-Sir: have the honor to COM
aun1cate the particulars of the execu-
ion of the Japanese official Tati Fan
utaro, retainer of the Matsdaira BIZ
en-, NO kam1, who ordered his troops
fire on the foreigners at this place
n the fourth ultimo.
This execution was witnessed nv
ne at the request of our minister. Gen
e b. Van Valkenburgh, and was as
blows:
left the legation at about 900
m. IN company with the officers at
acned to the foreign legations and
roceeoeo to H1ogo. where we were
let by a guard, who escorted us to
10 temple where the execution was
} take place.
mere was a large number of
7ople on each side of the street lead
g TO the temple, and quite num- ,
9r OF soldiers drawn up inside and
bout the temple. We were shown ,
TO a room adjoining the Japanese
nclals, where we were asked If we
lshed to question the person about )
De executed, to which we answered :
the negative. They also took the ]
lmes of every official present.
After waiting about half an hour :
were conducted by the Japanese !
nc1als into what appeared to be the :
1nc1pal room-of the temple, which !
as lighted with candles, and in !
ont of the altar was raised a plat +
rm of about foot in height, which 9
tended across the room and which i
rs placed on the right OF the altar. b
thin a few feet Of where the execu- v
m was to take place, with the japan q
e officials on the left. s
In front OF the altar was a green Il
9TH and in front OF that red one !,