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ar. Each man was permitted to

""i' EaCll man WAS permitted to
! take with him his horse, side arms,
and accoutrements. Those who had
| received injuries were voted liberal
! pensions. Twelve of these men were
decorated as having served the long
est in the Colonial Army. Christopher
,, ludwig was made the army baker.
The quartermaster asked him to
make one hundred pounds of bread
for every hundred pounds Of -four.
He said he would not take advantage
of his superiors, but would furnish
| 1876 pounds of bread for every 100
pounds of flour After this Washing
, ton called him "honest friend" At
banquet Washington drank a toast
to the health and long life Of Chris
! topher Ludwig and his wife"
Baron Won Steuben was made In
spector General Of the Army, and at
the close Of the war he was voted a
pension Of $4,000 and a grant of
10000 acres of land in New York.
Gen. Geo. G. Custer, who became
SO famous as cavalry officer under
Sherman, was descendant of one of
the Hessians brought over by the
| British army.
IN the war Of 1912 the Germans in
Maryland and Pennsylvania were
ne hrSl 10 go 10 the rescue. and
their German hatyaiiOEs saved Nulti-
more from the iaic. Of WaShtngtou
/ City. 1914 ''' -.s' -
one German family especially Cos
Pennsylvania) deserves to be on the
honor roll Of exalted service the
Pennepacker family. They were we'll
represented in the Revolution and
the war of 1912. 1t is intimately
related to the families Of four Pres
idents Of the United States-NIonroe.
Harrison, Tyler and Benjamin Har-
rison. In the Civil War it furnished
FOR the Union Army two major gene
rails, one colonel, two captains, one
surgeon, two lieutenants, five SER
geants, eight "corporals, one musi-
clan and sixty privates.
The Mexican War also brought
forth it's German heroes. While the
statesmen were debating about the
Justice Of the invasion the Germans
were rushing volunteers to the front.
New Orleans reported with 600 Ger
man recruits; Cincinnati sent a reg
iment of German infantry; Belle
Vile, H., sent out a German COM
pany under Capt. Adolph Englemann.
! James Lawson Kemper served as
captain in the Mexican War, as Ma
jor General In the Confederate Army,
and as Governor of Virginia for two
terms.
Capt. Henry Koch won some noto-
riety in the Mexican War.
Capts. August v. Kauts and Sam
uel P. Heintzleman rendered splen-
did service under Taylor and Scott,
and both rose to the rank of Briga-
der General in the Union Army.
One Of the most conspicuous off,
GERS Of German birth was John A.
Quitman. son of Lutheran minis
!, ter OF Rhinebeck, N. Y. He settled
| daughter of a rich planter. He be-
came active in the politics Of the
South. In 1896 he led command
against Santa Anna, the invader of
Texas. He was made brigadier
general in the Mexican War; he
fought with Taylor at Buena Vista
and at Monterey; he reinforced
Scott at Vera Cruz, and helped to
storm Chepultepec; he was the first
to enter the Mexican capital. With
his barefooted soldiers. he himself
marched with one shoe off, having
lost the other. He was appointed
Military Governor of Mexico until
peace was declared. At Baltimore
he was named for the Vice Presi-
dency, The saEe year he was tri-
umphantly elected Governor Of Mis-
sissippi; in 1856 he was elected to
Congress. Had he lived he would
have been an ardent supporter of the
Confederacy, but he died three years
before that war began.
After the fall Of the Alamo (March
6, 1860 and the massacre at Co
lad, March 27, many settlers in
Texas who had families felt con-
strained to move across the border
into the United States in order to
find safety for their wives and chill
dren. The decision had to be made
as to whether they would stay and
defend their country against an en-
prisoners or soldiers or leave the
land to others. A conference of Ger
man settlers was called by Robert
Kleberg to decide whether they
would stay and fight for Texas inde-
pendence, or cross over into the
United States. It was the supreme
moment of their lives. The panic
was terrible. They must say whe-
ther they would share the fate of
the heroic few or flee with their
wives and children to safety. They
cast their lot with Sam Houston
there under the sturdy oaks and
| pledged their lives to fight for Texas
independence and freedom. They
sent their wives and children on
broncos across the line and joined
the patriots Of Texas. or the 365
soldiers under Col Fannin's COM
mand only q escaped the brutal
murder at Goliad. One Of these