The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
MILITARY GLORY.
How Heroes and Patriots Are Esti-
mnted and Rewarded.

mated ana HeWhrOeu'
Tampa, Fla, July Some newspapers
are inclined to make fun of Mai. Gen. 10
seph Wheeler. United States Volunteers,
as "a man up a tree" But the records of
the civil war show clearly that he was
fighter wherever. fate put him. AS dis
mounted cavalry he served calamity in the
trenches around Atlanta, and he did it as
cheerfully as he served in the saddle.
Whether on foot or horseback or up tree,
Joe Wheeler can always be depended upon.
His son Joe, a graduate high up at West
Point, IS with him, and his daughter, An
ME, is also in Cuba "a an army nurse, and
his youngest boy, Tommy Harrison, ca
DEF at the Naval Academy, is clamoring
to go to the front. The Wheelers are all
right
The honors that are being paid to the
heroes of our army aud navy in this war
are having a good effect upon their COM
rades. Years ago a distinguished United
States senator declared that the sweetest
solace to a soldier for the prvations and
dangers encountered in war, is that his
acts Will be appreciated and gratefully re-
membered by his counTymen The poet
has truly said:
"Tney have toiled, and in their country's
Bled nobly; and their deeds as they de-
serve,
Receive proud recompense. We give in
charge
Their names. to the sweet Tyre. The his
toric muse,
down
To latest times; and sculpture in her turn
Gives bond, in stone, and ever during
brass,
To guard them, and immortalize her
trust"
Is military glory the highest ambition of
man? l think not. We have marked exam
pies to the contrary. When Gen James
Wolfe of the British army stood under the
frowning walls Of Quebec, the night before
his heroic death, on the flights of Abra-
ham, he repeated a few lines of that i'm
mortal poem, "Grey's Ilegy in a Country
Churchyard," and declared 10 his officers
standing around that he would rather have
written that poem than to capture Quebec.
These are the lines he quoted:
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power.
And all that bcauty-all that wealth ere
gave
Await alike the inevitable hour;
The paths of glory lead but to the grave
But we have mere at home as bright
an example. Matthew S. Culbertson grad
Uated at West Point in 1899. and served in
the army as professor at the academy
for several years A cody, praying
mother. however, led him to become a
preacher Of the gospel and a missionary
to China, where his eminent talents and
great piety made him wonderfully success
full. During our civil war a friend SAID
to him that if he were only at home he
could be a major general In the army.
mo doubt, l might" he replied, 'as men
! ar In hut 7 r2rgAT 4
not change places with one Of them. 1
consider that there is no post Of influence
on earth equal to that of a man who is
permitted 10 preach the gospel to 400 Coz
COO of his fellow men" And who were
the soldiers he drilled with whom he
would hot change places? Grant Sher-
man, Thomas, ROsecrans, Reynolds, Lyon
Van Nliet and other great heroes.
Already specuatons are being INDUCED
in as to who in tie present war will be-
come q future President of the United
States The revolutionary war gave us
Gen George Washington and Capt. James
Madison; the war Of 1872 furnished Maj.
Gen. Andrew Jackson, and Maj. Gen. VIM.
Henry Harrison. as well as Capt. John Ty-
Ter; the Mexican war produced Maj. Gen.
| Zachary Taylor and Brig. Gen. Franklin
| Pierce; the civil war gave us Gen. u. S.
Grant. Maj Gen. Jas. A. Garfield, Brig.
| Gen. r.. Is. Hay es. Brig. Gen. Chester A.
Arthur. Brig. Gen. benjamin Harrison and
Mai. " m. Mckinley. Ii can also be added
that Abraham Lincoln was a captain in the
Black Hawk war and served with Lieut..
jefferson Davis, the only president of the
Southern Confederacy.
1t is a singular fact, however, that when
Gen. Andrew Jackson was proposed for
| President strong opposition arose because
of the fact that he was military man.
United States Senator John H. Eaton
came to his defense in a most singular
manner. Andrew Jackson" said he ''is
no military chieftain. He was not bred a
soldier or reared to the profession of
arms; the eclat he acquired, and the sue
cess which uniformly has attended him,
and which eminently has redounded TO
the honor and advantage of his country,
resulted from his alertness and untring
industry, and from that intuitive supe-
riority of mind and judgment which in
any other situation where he might be
! placed, would equally carry him to similar
prosperous results. In war, the depend
ence of our country must be upon her citi-
zens; and the greatest incentive to action
is, that posts and places of the first dis
tnctiOn are open to all; merit is the alone
passport and this being possessed.
the road to preferment for all
lies unobstructed. Let it, however, be
understood that he, who amidst the din
and strife of war, by energy and perse-
verance and continued success. attains to
high distinction, shall in consequence. ar
terward be rejected from places of trust
in civil life and If the tendency of sucn
decision be not 10 destroy il must at
least paralyze exertion in our future mill
tary contests. Let the term successful
commander become one of reproach, pro-
scription, or disqualification to office ana
civil trust, and who shah be found TO
fight our future battles? Love of eoun-
try will then abate, and brave and gal
liant and enterprising men, chat only safe
rampant where liberty can securely re.
pose, will in moments of trial, in vain
be sought for by the nation"
WaYcrOss Personals.
Waycross, Ga, July 2-Misses Louise
and Hattie Grace entertained a number of
their friends yesterday evening at their
home on Gilmore street.