The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-05-15

decided to land the troops down the
beach two or three miles from the
city. They had not been decided up
requested by old Rough-and-Re
Zachary Taylor to pick out the best
place for disembarking.
Il remember the first meeting be-
tween General Taylor and COmmo-
dore Connor The Commodore was
always known as a great dandy-one
who was always scrpulously dressed
in full uniform. On the other hand,
Rough-and-Ready' dug down into his
dom more than half dressed at any
time. But knowing Connor's name as
sticker for military fOrmality, old
Rough-andReardy' dug down into his
trunk and got out worn and tar
nished full-dresS uniform, which he
got into for the reception of the Com
modore, getting the waistcoat on in
side out and buttOning the second but
ton of the Understanding collar in the
fourth buttonhole. Then he sat down
in quite discomfort to await the arri-
val of Commodore Conner.
We'll, the Commodore, also wish
ing to be polite, knew the hatred of
Rough-and-Ready' for formality and
dress, so, instead of putting on his
usual elegant suit, he got into pair
of ovealls and an old jacket, and in
this rig called unattended at TaylOr's
tent. The story got about, and was a
great joke for a long time.
but to get back to our landing. 1t
was beautiful day, the sun was
brightly reflected from the white
roofs of Vera Cruz in the distance.
The water was deep blue, and the
spirits of our boys were high. Under
cover of a fire of shells from the gum
boat Vixen, just as our men landed
last week under the Prairie's fire, we
rowed ashore, expecting every minute
that we would be met with hail of
shot from the sand hills that sloped
gradually back from the shore, and
behind which we thought were Santa
Annals men. But We drew no fire, and
found no Mexican soldiers on the
beach. By night we had several
thousand men ashore, and then we be-
gan our march back into the country
to surround the city, cutting off from
road communication with the interior,
while our fleet blockaded the port.
II was enlisted in Patterson's Vol
unteers. The first. of our column to
start inland was Trigg's Division.
We followed, and Worth's Division
brought up the rear. Under com
mand of Brigadier General Pillow,
Colonel Haskell's and Colonel Camp
BELLS Tennessee Regulars and Colonel
Wynkoop's Pennsylvania regulars
pushed back into the sand hills, en-
cOuntering a few little parties of
Mexican troops, who promptly re-
| treated.
I'VE marched practically all night,
and in the morning were near the
Lime Kiln, which was later occupied
by one of our field batteries. AS we
approached the Lime Kiln and a
stone building used as Mexican
magazine, we, were met with a fire
from a body of Mexican troops, and
sharp engagement occurred. 1t was
my first time under fire. l can re-
member how the bullets whizzed over
our heads and knocked up the earth
in front of us. Two or three men
were killed and several wounded
1--WE got possession of the maya
zine, and later established our field
hospital there. One incident that /
never forgot is how a solid shot from
a Mexican field gun hit Captain VIM.
AlburtuS. He was standing not far
from me. Suddenly | saw him col
lapse. He was shot right in half 1t
seemed. as though some invisible
giant had taken out a huge scythe
and with a single sweep severed his
body at the waist, the two parts fall
ing in opposite directions. was hor-
rified at the sight.
From the 9th until the 18th we
were marching around behind the city
driving the enemy's Outposts and bot
Ting up the garrison and inhabitants
behind the city walls. When we had
finally. drawn our lines, Twiggs hold
ing the left extereme at Vergara, two
miles from the city on the cost, with
our division in the center, directly be-