The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

Just that quick and sure cOmmuriCA.
ton with Vera Cruz was what Ken
dali sought to secure for his news dcs
patches. Very probably the system A.
arranged was the most regular and or'-
tain of any maintained in the campaign
Anderson several times entrusted hi.
letters TO what he calls MIR Kendall
express
The riders started usually at mid
night and, chosen for their familiarity
with the country and for their courage
they proceeded cautiously and rapidly
night and day, picking up SUCH fr .sh
horses as the correspondent hlJ been
able TO arrange for. Some of th,,. r,!-
ers must have been daring fellows, foi
several lost their lives while trya- |.
get through the ambushes Of IN. -.
rillas. Three in succession were cap
tured in September. 1917. and lu- %,
these was killed fighting desperately
SCOTS couriers We're stopped an.
slain "A times; one large tram -.
wagons WAS attacked: stage coaches
although heavily guarded WEI. robbie.
often; thus the odds were d,rldrdl'
against the expresses of the Piraum,
yet until the very end OF the CimpaIg,
these courers continued TO run tn,
gauntlet with a surprising drsrre %.
success. In two or three instance Ken
dali employed the old cavalry o'Hc,
who rode as a legation courier i.r N.
British diplomatic Representative. an.
Rafael, the courier of the British met
chants.
Thus it came about that the pre-
or the whole country teemed W..n eitl.
tons from Kendalls letters during lNi.
and 1877. The final beat for the pap,
was scored in connection with 'hr s..n
ing of the treaty of Guadalup, II ii@
In February, lS4S. and this tw. aga.
the War Depar, ment was outpa.,I.
A chartered steamer brought cop.
OF the treaty from Vera Cruz Ghost
Tor speed. and prepared careful . 20 ao.
vance for fast trip, she LEFT Oh. COS,
ernmen's messenger far as'.r. I'll
extras gave the news to thu 'p.'
New Orleans and then the pom .Npr's
carried copies north and east 'H BAT.
more. And the Baltimore NbH Wni'
the treaty, sent copies To- OBJ .1W'V
and circulated them on TN, -.r...,
Washington brf re the onir..'. . Oh
Government aad received Ia. p. SIS.
Other newspaper men served wii
great credit in that wtg IAm'
l.. Freaner of the New Or.,..- NtR
used the signature "Mustar- 81 ~
battle of Monterey he killed am officer
lancers in single combat and t.i NJ
charger, whence his newspdI nam
lie was with the rangers of Cap. JAG.
Hays, and later was iuVO,N,j 10 IN
controversy watch grew out of ''. pl'
lication in the Delta II what W.. ale
the "Leonidas letter" in ". u
praises of Gen. Pillow " %" H'r'
with more noise than wisdom
Soon after the close Of the N.r Ken
dali left for Europe. roma.u.a. yer"
years and spending much 90. Q Pai
arranging for the illustrator
work upon the battles who Al'
witnessed The Volum" an'' .'
quarto form ana was sum- ..- pre-
duction for those days. y t.N @ TO
colorcd autographs have m ..N
been reproduced,
In Paris the editor met ami
Mile. Ad"line de Nalcourt, SSH
was with Napoleon in fN
from Moscow whose eldest .'
in the Crmea and who" "A
brother served in the war "'
Their sons have risen to Cnu'uI
he United States army. r. 40 .ni n
America this pioneer war corr, = '. IL
removed to Texas and cstah' sh'I hH
self upon a large ranch in tn" '''h
which now bears his name, lie
1867.