The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-04

well fed he said. Men cannot fight on empty
stomaehs." etc. Before our servics with him
ended We were called upon to make forced
march OF about ffty-tour miles in thirty six
hours, und r the most depressing circumstances
Hood had been defeated At Nashville and driven
back to Columbia. where be made a stand
for Forests forcs TO join him. To make tbs
junction we had 20 cross the couatry by the
most wretched roads. making wide detours TO
avoid the left OF the federal army. The suffer
ings OF the men we're terrible. None OF them
We're sufficiently clad; many were in rags. from
the knee down, and saw scores Of poor fellows
with nothing between their bare feet and the
frozen stony ground. limping most painfully
along. Their condition reused Gen. Forrest to
the keenest sympathy. He gave his own horse
repeatedly TO sick and disabled men, and re-
qu!red the same sacrifice of the members OF his
STAT. And as he trudged along on foot through
tie STOW every man within range Of his voice re-
ceived some word Of cheerful encouragement.
| am the more glad to bear this testimony to his
humanity and kindly consideration for Others
as those qualities came Immediately under my
own observation, because it is the fashion with
some northern writer's, while giving him credit
for being a thunderbolt in battle, to describe
him as almosta monster in cruelty. One thing
is very sure, that the gentlemen OF his military
family, several of whom had been with him
from the beginning of the war we're devoted to
him and followed him with an ardor that was
nowhere surpassed.
Another most eminent officer who sprang
from civil life. though believed he served
when young man as private in
the British army was Maj. Gen.
Pat Cleburne. He was certainly one of the
one Of the most successful. ] have always
thought that the great secret Of his success was
the close personal attention that he gave to
every detail of his division, and my opportunity
for judging came from several months Of serv-
ice under his command.
At the close of q days march when most
generals would be coutented with allowing their
staff officers TO place the troops in bivouac he
sat on his horse until the last brigade had filed
off the road, and when his own quarters we're
sought he knew for himself the location for the
night of every regiment under him. Were we
in an intrenched position and it became neces-
sary 10 establish a line of rifle pits out in the
front he went himself with the engineer officer
and did not rest until tine line was sufficiently
strong and well placed TO defy anything short
of "a line of battle. II we halted anywhere for q
week he personally inspected every man and
every muSket. and he knew to a nicety the ex.
Act state of everything upon which the welfare
of his division depended-its quartermaster,
commissary, hospital and ordnance supplies.
add to all this q character that impressed all
who approached him as absolutely fearless, and
II will readily be understood why every COM
mander of that army always leaned on Pat
CIeburue as on a rock.
But 1t is high time that these desutorv ram
blings were ought 60 close. have written,
comrades, with a view to eliciting from some OF
you continuation in the same line There are
men in our membership from every branch of
the confederate service. and from every field on
WHICH Luc SOuIueTn CTOSb lubb6FeQ IN IQ6 smoke
of battle. We want to hear from you, one and
all.
Tell US, you men of Manassas, how Barlow
died. YOU who rode with the gallant Stuart,
that knightlieSt OF men, let us hear the story of
his deeds from your own lips. Let the men of
Gettysburg, and Sharpsburg, and Chancellors-
vile, and ChIc6amauga, and Charleston. and
Olustee, and Mobile bay, ana OF q hundred other
fields, recall the days of their glory aud give us
all the benefit of the newly awakened memories.
Tell us of Lee, the spotless gentleman and
grand soldier; of Jackson. the meteor of the
valley, whose simple naGur5 was not ashamed
to attribute the splendid strategy thai gave him
an immortal name to the overriding providence
of the I'D whom he served with faithfulness;
| or Johnston the dauntless; of the glorious
man of the 18th Of May" our own Gordon;
and OF MIN whose quiet, unohtrusive life here
in our midst since the thunders of war have
ceased mages it difficult at times for us to real
ize at he was in those days of storm and
blood shed-tell OF that hard lighter, our honored
president, Lafayette McLaws.
The outside world may have lost its interest
in the tale, but here you may be sure there will
be deep and abiding sympathy and attention.
Every incident you may relate will touch a re-
spohsive chord in brothers heart, and we
shall be drawn closer aud closer together in the
bonds of love. Brothers, indeed, for we have
suffered and bed for the same loved mother
our own dear native land,