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Show MAN. WHO CAPTURED SANTA ANNA t . -And so Gen. Santa Anna surrendered surren-dered to me," said Sergt. Peter Daly, -aad I introduced him to the line sergeant, and off we all w-ent to Gen. Winfield Scott. And," Sergeant Daly added. Impressively, "that ended the war." On the porch of his daughter's comfortable frame cottage in the Urorxx. New York city, on these warm days tits Peter Daly, and sruokss his Vipe. and tells what "he remembers of "the war." There is only one war for Peter Daly, and although he is ninety-one years old. and no one think of calling him "Sergeant" nowadays, the salient episodes of his career as a fighter stand out as clearly, clear-ly, and as significantly, as if they had happened yesterday. Sergt. Peter Jaly has almost forgotten that the Civil war was ever fought, or.that we had battles in 1S9S In' the West Indies and Manila bay. The Mexican war c:- .,. anri Wlnfield Rcott Was Sils general. And he, Peter Daly, was the man to whom the Mexican com-marider com-marider surrendered. 'It wasn't any of my:'do!ns," he explains. lest pride in his good fortune ne. mismkwi for a false self-esteem. "I just happened to be on the eae c iaJt.ii:,, .Ibat waa how. U.was.I. took charge of him." |