Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-20
AN INTERESTING COMPARISON.

Gen. Chauncv McKeever. who. in the absence
of Gen. Drum, is acting Adjutant General of the
army has kindlv sent me a copy Of the official
AYnu Register for 1882 1t is the largest and
bulkiest volume of the kind ever issued from
the Adiutant Generals Office, and presents
many new features in its classiicatons. Con
tanning one less than four hundred printed
pages, it is over nine inches long and six inches
vide BY way or contrast, take the Register
of 1859. That contains only sixty pages, and is
about eight inches long and Ave and quarter
inches wide. 1t is a very modest record, how
ever. of officers who in less than five years be.
came famous This comparison will give but
a faint idea of the growth OF the army and its
publications since that period. In 1866 the war
cloud began to appear, and several GeOrgians
resigned from the army, so have chosen the
Register Of 1853 for the purpose Of compari-
son,
In that publication Georgia Is represented
by Brevet Major General David E Twiggs;
Brevet MAJOR Henry G. Wayne, of the Quarter
masters Department; Major John NJ. Cuyler,
a Surgeon; Captain Andrew j. Foard AN Assist
ant Surgeon; Major Abraham B. Raglan, a Pay
master; Second Lieutenant E. p. Alexander, Of
Engineer Corps; First Lieutenant w. r. Boggs,
of Ordnance Department; SECOND Lieutenant
John 7. Mercer, of First DRAGONS; Brevet
Second Lieutenant Leroy Napier, Jr., same
regiment; Captain VIM. D. Smith. of Second
Dragons; Second Lieutenant Thos. J. Berry,
same regiment; First Lieutenant Alfred liver
son, Jr, of First Cavalry; Second Lieutenant
John R Church. same regiment; Brevet Lieu
tenant Colonel VIM. j. Hardee, of Second Cav
airy; Second Lieutenant Abner Smead, of First
Artillery; Second Lieutenant st Clair bearing,
Of Second Artillery; First Lieutenant Owen F.
Solomon, of Fourth Al tillery; Second Lieuten-
ant Alex. B. Montgomery, same regiment;
Second Lieutenant Aurelius F. Cone, of First
Infantry; Captain VIM. Montgomery Gardner,
of Second Infantry; Captain Lafayette Nc,
Laws, OF Seventh Infantry; Brevet Second
Lieutenant BRYAN NJ. Thomas, of Eighth In
fsntry; Second Lieut. 9nant Robt. H. Anderson,
of Ninth Infantry; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
William Henry Talbot Walker, OF Tenth lnfan-
try; Captain Alfred Cumming, same regiment.
The above were native Georgiens and APP
pointed from this State. In addition, there
were Capt. David Il Jones, o. South Carolina,
an Assistant Adj ut mt Ge-erel; First Lieut..
Julian MoAllister, of New York, in Ordance
Department. Second Lieut.. Arthur ShaaH, of
District of Columbia, in Fom N Infantry; all
appointed from Georgia. Then the following
native Georgians were appointed from other
States: CAPT. Montgomery G. Meigs (from
pennsylvania Of Engineer Corps; Second
Lieut. George A. Cunningham from Alabama),
of Second Cavalry; Second Lieut. George T. B.
Dandy from army) of Third Artillery; First
Lieut. Edward F. Bagley from Alabamal, of
Fourth Artillery Capt. Henry D. Wallen Cfrom
Floridal, OF Fourth Infantry.
Of these lists the living outnumberithe dead.
Gems. Cuyler aad Dandy and Col McAihster are
still In active service, and Gems. MelgS ana
Wallen on the retired list OF the Confederates
living. Gems. McLaws. Wayne and Anderson
are in Savannah; Gems. Gardner and Cumming
and Col. Montgomery, IN Rome; Gen. lverson,
in MAITLAND. Fla. Gen. Thomas, IN Alileuge-
vile; Gen. Boggs. in Virginia; Gen. Alexander
in Louisville, Ky; Smead is CONTRACT sur
geon in the al my, 1 think. Gems. Iwlges,
Walker and Jones and Smith are dead, as are,
l fear. all the rest of lower RANK.
In the Register Of 1881 Georgia IS represented
by the following native born officers: BreVet
Major General N. @. Meigs and Brevet Briga-
der General H. ID. Wallen, retired; breYet
Brigadier General George B. Dandy: quarter
master; Brevet BFigadier General John N.
CuyleF surgeon; First Lieutenant George ,.
Hoyle, Of FmSt Cavalry; Second Lieutenant
Oscar j. Brown, same regiment; Second Lieu
tenant James Lockett. of Fourth Cavalry; Sec
ond Lieutenant James B. Erwin. same COM
mand; Second Lieutenant Joseph w. P1nder.
OF Eighth Cavalry; Second Lieutenant Henry
o. Flipp (colo-ed), of Tenth Cavalry; Second
Lieutenant Percy r. Trippe, same regl-
ment; Second Lieutenant Frank de L. Car
rington, OF First Infantry; Second Lieu
tenant Daniel A. Frederick or
Seventh Infantry; Second Lieutenant Edgar
Hube t, of Eighth Infantry; Second Lieut..
FredeI ok G. Hodson OF Sixth Cavalry;
Second Lieut.. Eli d. Hoyle, Of Georgia,
represents Alabama in the Second Artillery,
and Georgia is represented by Colonel Julian
McAllister, of New York in Ordnance Depart.
ment; First Lieut. Frederic w. Sibley, OF
Texas, in Second Cavalry; First Lieut.
Ernest A. Darlington, of South Carolina. in
Seventh Cavalry First Lieut. Robert d.