The participants of the Civil War have often spoken of the fact that their ranks are thinning and that the time will come when there would be but a few to attend their annual meetings. The veterans of the Mexican war have already reached taht place. The 75th anniversary of the close of the war between the United States and Mexico, May 30, 1848, was celebrated and the department of the interior reports that there are 53 survivors of that army. Nine of these reside in the west, meaning California, Oregon, Utah and Montana. They are: William V. Benson, 95 years old, Los Angeles, Calif.; William J. Biggerstaff, 92, Lakeport, Calif.; James S. Boyd, 96 Dinuba, Calif.; Urban Chauduer, 99, San Francisco; Enoch E. Conyers, 93, Clatskanie, Ore.; Malichi McCoy, 94, Vernal, Utah; John McFeeley, 95, Lebanon, Oregon; Robert Starkey, 94, Marshfield, Oregon; Benjamin F. Tudor, 94, Victor, Montana.