The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . VII. ON THE BOEDER WITH TAYLOR. General Taylors army still lay at CorpusChristi, a little town on the Mexican gulf near theriver Nueces, when Captain Stevens companyjoined the army with some other volunteers fromNew Orleans. Arthurs first army experience wasnot encouraging. They were encamped in a coun-try which furnished few stores, and the low, sandyplain was swept by terrific hurricanes, which fre-quently prostrated their tents. The rigors of w
The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . VII. ON THE BOEDER WITH TAYLOR. General Taylors army still lay at CorpusChristi, a little town on the Mexican gulf near theriver Nueces, when Captain Stevens companyjoined the army with some other volunteers fromNew Orleans. Arthurs first army experience wasnot encouraging. They were encamped in a coun-try which furnished few stores, and the low, sandyplain was swept by terrific hurricanes, which fre-quently prostrated their tents. The rigors of win-ter were of course scarce felt in this semi-tropicalclime. The day after their arrival, Arthurs colonel re-ported the recruits to the commander. The youngsoldier was anxious to see the great old veteranand hero of the Florida war, a man whose namewas in everybodys mouth. He accompanied thecolonel and saw a large, plain-looking old man,who might be a farmer, wearing a linen coat andstraw hat. He supposed the man was a servant,sutler, or some camp follower, and was amazedwhen informed that this strange man was General 187 lab HUMBLED Taylor. He found the old general to be a genial,warm-hearted, whole-souled man, with broad, lib-eral views, democratic principles and a couragethat was undaunted. When introduced to the young captain, he tookhis hand in a kind, fatherly sortof way and said: So you have come all the wayfrom Kentucky to fight the Mexi-cans, my boy. Well, the chancesare that you will have an oppor-tunity. We hold out the olivebranch first and then the they dont take one they shallthe other. Arthur soon learned that thegreat hero of the Mexican war was not much fordress and show, and, in fact, was rather given toextreme carelessness as to his personal appearance,especially when in camp. While the American army was still encampednear Corpus Christi, the general was called uponone day by the American commodore, whosefleet lay in the harbor. The commodor
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