The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-06
MISSOURI FIRST
Missouri Troops the First Nus,
tered in for Service in 6exico.
Missourians Prominent In
Former Mexican
Troubles.

Ml6SOUT1008 TT0m1000t IN
Former Mexican
! Troubles.
When the national guard wa,
called into the United States ser
vice a few days ago for service il
Mexico, no one was surprised tina,
it was a Missouri regiment thai
was the first to be mustered in
beating a Michigan regiment by 4
few hours.
Somehow when there is trouble
in Mexico there is always a Mis-
sourian in the thick of it. Gener.
al Pershing, who has command Of
the Expedition now. somewhere
in Mexico" chasing the elusive
Villa, is a native Missourian hav-
ing been born in Linn county.
During the war with Spain he
was captain of cavalry and SO dis
tinguished himself that he was
appointed brigadier general,
jumping over about 200 officers.
After the raid on Columbus, New
Mexico, and a man Of dash and
unquestioned courage with some
thing of a diplomat about him was
wanted to command an expedition
into Mexico to capture and punish
the murderers the choice natural
ly fell on General Pershing and
his conduct Of the expedition has
shown that no mistake was made
when he was selected.
Senator Catron, Of New Mexico,
in recent speech in the United
States Senate called attention to
another Missourian, Col. Doni-
phan, who made a name for him
self and for Missourians in the
Mexican war of 1916.
10 years ago Alexander William
Doniphan, lawyer of Clay county,
Missouri, recruited a regiment for
the Mexican war. They met
June, 1916, at FIT. Leavenworth,
Kansas, where they were mustered
in and Doniphan elected colonel.
They were placed under command
of Colonel, afterwards General,
kearney. In less than 60 days
they marched across more than
| 900 miles of plains and arrived
1t Santa Fe. Immediately after
hey went into camp General
< earney designated Col. Doni-
1han to prepare a code of laws for
he provisional government of
New Mexico. The laws then pre-
Jared We're sent to Washington
md approved and many of them
ire still part Of the statutes of
hat state.
General Kearney sent Col. Don
phan and his command into the
Navajo country to subdue the In
ians who were then at war with
he people Of New Mexico. Don
Dhan rounded up the Indians
'hich was the largest and most
7arlike of the tribes of that part
f. the country and compelled {
lem to make a treaty Of peace.
Col. Doniphan then proceeded
the state Of chihuahua. A bat.
FRY of artillery had been added
, his command which now num-
cred about LOO. At Brasitos,
bout 20 or 30 miles north of what
now Ell Paso, Texas, he en- |
ountered a force Of Mexicans g. ;
90, which he easily defeated T
'ithout the loss Of man. The |
[eXicans retreated to Juarez. He I
slowed and another engagement I
,ok place and he was again vic |
,rius capturing the city. After !
aging there for about three I
eeks he proceeded to the city of y
hihuahua. About Is miles north &
{ that city he encountered the G
[exican army, consisting of $500 S
en. He met those Mexicans at a T
lace called Sacramento. He de- +
Logged his men around them and
ttacked from both the front and f
Ear and with a loss of but two a
en- killed and nine or ten v
ounded dispersed them, killing a
vo or three hundred Mexicans r
nd wounding a great many more. v
e drove them into the city of {
hihuahua where he had expect 7
to meet General Wool, but he +
id not find him. Wool five days +
efore had been engaged in the n
attic of Beuna Vista under Gen. I
al Taylor. Not finding him here h
e proceeded in a week or two q
own by way of Beuna Vista, and
altilla and by way of the capital
! Coahila on to the Gulf of
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