The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-14

Gen. Wheeler will have the sym
pathy of the entire country in his
great sorrow. The loss of his sou lie
ore of the saddest occurrences OF
the war, though ne neither fell in bat
tie nor succumbed to disease. His
sudden and tragic end falls heavily
upon Gen. Wheeler. but the gailant.ol
soldier will bear it as man aud sol.
dier, and his grief should be tempered
by the knowledge that millions OF
Americans mourn with him.
The greatest outrage of the war
and the greatest imposition on the
government and the taxpayers is the
payment of hundreds of thousands of
dollars in prize money to the officers
and men of the navy for performing
the duty required of them. Rear
Admiral Sampson alone is to receive
$4,000. The officers and men of
the army receive only their pay, and
many of them died for want OF proper
food aud medical attention.
The Georgia lieutenant, who ordered
all the s.damn cowards'' in bis company
who wanted to be mustered out to step
to the front, must be rare specimen Of
the brave and gallant soldier brought
to the front by the recent war. He has
not offered an apology or excuse for his
outrageous, upsoldierly and ungensls
manly conduct, but goes step further
With his rowdyism ard makes per-
sonal assault on she correspondent of
The Atlanta Constitution who reported
his speech to bis company. He does
not deserve the honor of being muster.
ed ocs, but shcc!d be degraded in rank
and drummed out of the service in dis
grace.
Lieut.. Col. jim Tillman made a
bad break yesterday by going to the
camp of the Second regiment in Co.
lumbia and creating disturbance
among the men and treating Major
Eaves, the commanding officer, with
such disrespect that he was finally
ordered to leave the camp. He was
interfering with things that did not
concern him, and his example was
calculated to create dissatisfaction
and insurbordination in the command
of another officer. 1t is always good
policy to attend strictly to ones own
business, leaving the affairs of others
alone, and had Col Tillman refrained
from meddling yesterday the unpleas
antness would have been avoided
Col Jim Tiliman's mouth is always
in working order and he is always
loaded for speech. and it seems that
the First Regiment s c. V has an
Unsuitable craving for impromptu
speeches. The regiment and the
Lieut.. Colonel are well met and they
dove.tsi] together to a nicely. If
Lieut. Colonel Tillman would talk
less, or, if unable to hold bis speech.
making proclivities in check and con-
6ne his talk to his appreciative and
pandemonic audience in the First
Regiment, he would not be forced to
admit that he spoke hastily aud un-
frrtanasely
There is lie out somewhere or
somehow between the officers and
gentlemen Of the First Regiment S.
G. Y. Some of the said officers and
gentlemen charge that the petition to
be mustered out of service was in
stigated by Misrepresentation, gotten
up by fraud and flied with lies AID
forgeries. Others of the said officers
and gentlemen assert just as positive
ly that the petition IS straight and
bona fide in every respect This
is a pretty state Of affairs, and On
it's face indicates q casus bella
without an excursion to Cuba If
that petition was made up of lies and
forgeries, somebody must be liar
and fcrger, and these are strong
words-fghting words when applied
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