The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-05-20

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Our sailors and marines on the
sunbaked decks of United States war
ships off Vera Cruz should never
grumble at the climate, their food,
and the general surroundings. They
are in a thousand ways better off
than the poor fellows who lay of the
same port in 1S47 while Gen. Scott
was fighting his way to Mexico City.
went through the cold storage
compartments Of battlsehip recent
". There were tons Of frseh beef
hanging on the walls A little further
on were fresh vegetables in abund-
ance.
None Of this in 1S47. 1t was salt
horse, or scouse or some other equal
" horrible food-at least horrible in
the tropics.
Instead of the old fashioned triple
plate hard tack, your 1914 Jackie
revels in hot loaves and toothsome
biscuits. There are yellow omeletes
and in place of that questionable
lump of dough which now and then
a stray currant, which was called
."plumduf" there are cakes and pies
and puddings.
Sailors nowadays have all the pur-
est of chilled water to drink theT
want. In 1S47 they got scant al
lowance from the scuttle butt. There
was nothing frigid about that cup.
It often had lain for months in the
ships tanks and was frequently both
fou! and sour. A marine stood guard
over tie precious liquid. To relieve
the awful taste the old seadog got his
tot of grog regularly.
In stormy weather, despite the
heat, the matches were battenad
down. There were no electric fans
and blowers.
Yet, all in all, our boys Of to-day
are a brave lot and had they to en-
dure the hardships Of sixty years ago,
I am sure they would comport them
selves gallantly.
The news that Tammany will send
regiment to the front in case or
trouble with Mexico assumes a more
serious aspect, recalls to my mind the
brave part borne by men of the Four
teenth Street organization in our pre-
vious international conflicts.
The Society Of Tammany is entirely
separate and distinct from the polltl-
cal organization. But the same men
are members of both and it was the
political opinion Of the Manhattan
regular Democratic leaders which
fastened the call for the meeting.
It is the wish of Tammany political
leaders to express their loyal support
Of the president in this crisis, the
more especially because the organlza-
ton had differed with both the presl-
dent and Secretary Bryan on most
principles of government.
When the sachems offered a fully
equipped regiment Of one thousand
volunteers to Governor Glynn Of New
York state they did no more than had
been done by the heads of the organ
ization in 1872. 1916, 1861, and 1898.
In his "Historv of the American
People," President Woodrow Wilson
bv Inference criticises President Polk
for sending Gen. Zachary Taylor to
the Rio Grande without first having
consulted congress and also asserts
our claim to tie territory ceded at
the end of the war was that OF con-
quest.
The Texas boundaries, he says.
"were another matter. Here the gov
erumert dealt with a rival and neigh
Dor with whom no compromise was
necessary. Texas claimed not only
everything north and west Of her that
had been spain's or AIeEico's all the
way to latitude - degrees, but also
So much OF the territory Of her one
time partner state. Coahuila. as lay
between the Nueccs and the Rio
Gra1dn del Eorte and Nr. Polk es-
ponsed and acted unon her claims at
the south even before her formal a!-
mission into the union was complete.
He ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor
to occupy the western bank OF the
Nueces with q small force Of United
States troops and during the Summer
of 1915 sent him re:nforccments
which raised bis strength to nearly
1000 oen. II December. 1915. TeX-
rs became il full form q State OF the
Union: md early il the !o:ioWl9S
-car the President ordered Gen. Tay-
ln- 10 ad"ance 20 tho Rio GranGe.
His presence there threatened the
Mexican 4o".r OF T"tcw0-Cs, Just be-
vc-a tie river nnd rha MEXICAN com
mn-dn~ nj 2Tatamoros demanded his
w:+!fdra wal % the Nueccs.
General TAYLOR refused 70 with
draw. The Mexicans crossed the riv-
or on April %. ambushed a small
body Of American DRAGONS. Two
weeks later they attacked Genera!
Taylor in force and he r"puIscd ten.
(Palo Alto. May 9. 1Sf6D The next
day Taylor in his turr attacked. ana
drove the NTeXicars across the river
in disastrous rout. On the 18th Gen.
TavIor himself PASSED the Rio Graade
an1 occupied fatamoro=.
Mexico, the President told Con