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in Scott's mind, too, that the men in charge of the 

 guns when they were captured had died at their 

 posts. There was silence on the field as Scott 

 reined in his horse and removing his hat exclaimed 

 in slow, solemn tones, 



"Honor to the Fourth Artillery! These guns 

 shall be the property of this regiment forever, 

 and on them shall be inscribed, 'Lost without dis- 

 honor, retaken with glory !' " 



General Scott lived for a time in Elizabeth, and 

 Santa Anna had a friend in the same place, one 

 Baez, whom he used to visit. I have seen the two 

 men in the streets of that city, but not in the same 

 year. I wish they could have met and I have 

 been there to see! What a wonderful contrast 

 the meeting would have shown, between the 

 splendid figure of the great general and the 

 weazened form of the Mexican shrimp. 



That crossing of the Catawba reminds me of a 

 night off the Atlantic coast. In January, 1871, 

 I was sending a small steam yacht, the Anna, to 

 Nassau, to serve as a tender when our big boats 

 could not enter the harbor. Happening to be at 



