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Show Senator Reed Smoot NEW YORK HERALD HONORS BATTALION Makes Editorial Mention of Part Played by Mormon Warriors in Pioneering West. An indication of the solid plnce the Mormon Battalion nnd the Mormon pioneers have won in American history his-tory is the following editorial clipped from the New York Herald, one of the nntion's most powerful dnilles: Two Interesting Minor Figures In American History PasH. "Within forty-eight hours the newspapers news-papers have reported the death of two men whose names wore unfamiliar to most of us, but whose personalities possess a definite interest. "One of these men was ljnrloy Mowrcy, Sr., of VernaJ, Utahwho ht asserted to have been theTlasY survivor surviv-or of a battalion of more than 500 members of the Mormon Church thnt fought in the Mexican war under Brigadier-General Stephen W. Kearney, Kearn-ey, commanding the Army of the West, which conquered NeWvJSIexico. His military service was performed while the Mormons were fleeing from Nnuvoo, the "Place Beautiful," in Hancock county, Illinois, which thev were forced to abandon after the repeal re-peal of their charter in 1845, leaving (Continued on Inst page) |