The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-11-12

as State, am proud to chronicle thlR
a few individuals from Maine, more par
ticularly Waldo county, did take an act
i've part in the Mexican war, and were in
nearly every battle fought there. Some
distinguished themselves and others
poured out their life's blood there. |
thought. therefore, that it was fitting
they should be known after the lapse of
so many years. But to find out who they
all were, ''Ah, there's the rub!" had
remembered that men were enlisted for
that war in Belfast in 1847, and of seeing
some of them in their uniforms, which
made a lasting impression on my mind,
as they were the first men | had ever
seen thus arrayed. had supposed full
company was enlisted, and as | under
stood it Andrew T. Palmer of Belfast
was Captain, Amos A. Billings of Free
dom LIST Lieut., and Jesse Black of Pa
lermo I'd Lieut.. With this impression
on my mind l visited Belfast (the home
of my boyhoodl to have it either corrob-
Grated or refuted. To my utmost sur
prise did neither. | could not find one
person in Belfast, or in Waldo county,
who had the least remembrance of it.
interviewed one man WI looked to be ap-
preaching his centennial year, thinking
perhaps l might learn from him what
was in pursuit Of. Here got surprise
No. 2. He asked me the year that event
took place. l informed him that the
year was 1847; to which he responded as
follows: "Why, God bless you, man, that
was the year that l was born." This
led me to reflect that nearly three-score
and ten years, the allotted life of man,
had elapsed since our war with Mexico.
then called on Mr.. A. A. Howes in re-
lation to the matter. He, too, made the
enquiry as to what year it was. an
swered as before, 1S47. He informed
me that he did not come to Belfast until
1848. then interviewed T. W. Pitcher,
an old schoolmate. He said that he had
no remembrance of the event whatever,
But later he remembered that there were
men in Belfast who were in the Mexican
war. My remembrance is this: that he
is about three years my senior, and that
he was clerk in a dry goods store in
Belfast at the time the event occurred.
| then began to think that had reached
out nearly the length of my cable. l
had started out, as thought, on broad
avenue and in broad daylight, but as l
went on the way grew narrower and
narrower, and with less and less light,
until at last it led into a bypath, then
into a squirrel track and up a tree. And
as no one called to me, "Zaccheus, come
down., remained there, with the
thought that Crosby's Annals of Belfast
were then being published in The Jour-
nal and concluded to await developments
from that source. But none came. This
was surprise No. 3. l then began to
mediate thus: Did this event occur
when l was on earth before? Is this an
hallucination, a delusion, or am dream
" pun NY AoIA W oSC IL l
was awake and fell out of the tree, but
struck on my feet with the exclamation
that Orchard is himself again." and
remembering the lines of an old song
which ran thus:
1t will never do to give it up so Mr.. Brown,
It will never do to give it up 80,
resolved to write the Adjutant Gen.
eral of the State, well knowing that
there was no full record there, as Maine
had furnished no troops, but hoping that
I might CLEAN some information that
would give me further light. Ireceived
the following letter, which gave me some
information, but not just what I was
looking for:
STATE OF MAINE
OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, AUGUSTA.
October 81, 1918.
Capt. J. o. johnson. Liberty. Maine.
Dear sir: Replying to your letter OF Octo-
Der 10Th, regret to inform You that the rec
ords Of this Office do not contain roster Of the
| Mexican War company to which you allude 1t
| il probable that you can obtain this informa.
| tion BY writing the Adjutant General. WASH
ington, D. c.. for Il the company was muster