Show MEXICO MECO ASKS ASK S RE RETURN TURN OF aF ANAS ANA'S A NA SC CORK ORK LEG BJ Ejr News Kevra Service I Springfield ilL nL larch 27 Turn n.-Turn Turn back ack the pages of time eighty years cars General G Santa Ana rides a n. fl fiery sty steed BLeed In tho the battle of at Cerro Cerra Gordo Goro as commander of at a a. Mexican unit against r the ho Wio Americans One I leg C hangs limply on the aide side of the horse horac Why It is cork Yes the great generalissimo has but one good support Comes a dash from the Americans General Santa Glaus no Clau no wo mean Santa Ana Ana retreats in haste In the disorder off oft comes the cork leg IcS When tho ho smoke of ot battle battlo is cleared d away two wo buck privates of ot Company B Fourth Illinois infantry discover the tho leg eg and bring It back to the American lines in triumph Later it is s sent to ta Illinois and Springfield where it reposes reposes re- re poses today in n the tho state historical library Now comes a n request from tram tho Mexican Mex Mex- lean ican government for tor a n. return of ot the leg It w would uld have the tho trophy as a a. memorial says a Do communication Uon to the state government from the strife torn republic to our south Whether it will be bo returned is a 3 matter still to be decided As there thero is no particular particular ular danger danser of or a a. new Mexican crisis over its disposition state officials aro are taking their time in deciding the tho matter |