Since the printing of this book it has come to my knowledge that comrade James C. Carleton, secretary of the National Association of Mexican War Veterans of Bedford, Indiana, under-ranks me in age 14 days. He was born on the 17th of June, 1832, while I saw the light first on the 3rd of June of the same year. This knocks the conceit out of me as to being the youngest veteran of the Mexican War, and I take my hat off to my dear young comrade Carleton, late of the 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, C

the well-known Corn Propagandist, and one of the only two officers who won the Congressional Medal of Honor (a distinction which ranks with the cross of the Legion of Honor of France, and the Victoria Cross of England) in the first general battle of the War, Bull Run, and the youngest survivor now living of the soldiers in the Mexican War. Compiled and Published by John E. COWAN, 122, West 93rd Street, New York PRICE: 25 CENTS FIRST EDITION 25,000 by the Hon. WILLIAM McKAY Comrades and welcome G

“The day we celebrate.” Responded to by Judge McKay of South Carolina. “The President of the United States.” This toast was received with great applause and drank standing. Colonel Murphy in reply to the toast said: Mr. Chairman and comrades of the Mexican war, and Gentlemen. —I feel highly honoured, at being called on to respond to this patriotic toast, in the presence of this important and representative assemblage, gathered here to-night, to unite in common with our countrymen at home, in cel