Sketches of the campaign in northern Mexico : in eighteen hundred forty-six and seven / by an officer of the First Regiment of Ohio volunteers.

80 REYVIEW OF TRIOOPS.
clad in plain undress, was conspicuous in the glittering
group. Every eye was fixed upon him as he passed from
corps to corps, acknowledging the salute of each. After he
had taken a favorable position in the field, the line was
wheeled into column of companies, and then with a grand
and inspiriting burst of music from the bands, that glorious
little army passed in review, moving as one man across the
reverberating plain. Floating high o'er the column was that
splendid 6' standard of the stars," to which Drake has ascribed so poetical and beautiful an origin, and which he has
described too, in lines that few Americans can read without
feeling their hearts beat within them as at the sound of a
trumpet. Ah! the imperial eagles of Rome and France
were not more secure in the midst of the immortal' Tenth
Legion:" and the unyielding "'6Old Guard>," than is that
heaven-born banner there!' Fltag of the brave! thy folds shall fly,
The sign of hope and triumph high!
When speaks the signal trumpet tone,
And the long line comes gleaming on,
Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet,
HIas dimmed the glistening bayonet,
Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn,
To where thy meteor glories burn,
And as his springing steps advance,
Catch war and vengeance from the glance!"
It was indeed a soul-stirring scene, and we earnestly wished
that every volunteer in the army could witness and would
emulate the soldiership it exhibited. A distinguished officer
of the 3d infantry, who shortly afterward expired under the
walls of Monterey, pointed to us, during the review, the various battalions and commanders in the field; and related some