The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1899
SOLDIERS FOR HIS SUBJECT.
SIDNEY HERBERT WRITES OF MILL
TARY MATTERS.

drew JOhnsOn's Career-The Way
the south Has HOnored Her Soldier
HerOes-Fads in Military Circles
Are Discussed.
Pine Crest villa, Maitland Fla, Oct. Il.
1t is a most gratifying fact to all Geor-
! gians that in the army and navy her young
men are making such fine records. Flag
Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby Is Geor-
! gia's most distinguished representative in
| the navy, while that same honor has been
| proudly won in the army by Lieut.. Col.
/ Ernest A. Darlington. These conspicuous
figures stand al the head OF long line
of brave and accomplished officers on land
and sea, natives of Georgia.
The latest fad in military circles is the
youngest child of a Confederate general
The claim was recently put forth for the
little daughter of Gen. Clement A. Evans
of Atlanta, by his second wife, but "Old
Tige' Anderson's friends in Admission up
set that claim in behalf of his o-year-od
daughter. Gen. George Il. Anderson was
for many years chief of police in Atlanta
and moved 10 Admission and accepted a
similar position. He was a confirmed old
bachelor until late in life.
Old Confederate soldiers have not for
gotten the famous Andrews Raid from
Gen. 0. NJ. Mitchells corps in Sherman's
army, and the capture of locomotive.
THE general" and part Of a train of cars
on the Western and Atlantic Railroad. one
of the most conspicuous OF the raiders who
survived and became historian of the dar-
ing but fruitless adventure, was Rev. Viii
liam Pittenger. and he is now pastor of
the Northern Methodist Church at Fall
brook. Cal.
Says Miles Is United.
A recent writer refers to Gen. Nelson A.
Miles as having been Jumped over" older
and more deserving officers because he
married Senator John Sherman's daughter.
If the senator ever had any children l
never saw them. Miles married daugh-
ter of the late Judge Sherman, and not
only had the boosting" of Senator Sher-
man and Gen. VIM. T. Sherman, as uncles,
but became a brotheT-in-law of Senator
Don Cameron, eX-Secretary of War 1t is
an open secret that the present command
ing general of the army, although a good
fighter in a subordinate position in the
field. was never fitted by natural or ac-
quired gifts for his present exalted rank.
The years 1889 and 1890 were most re-
marka bic In one respect-the great num-
Der of Confederate generals who were
then Governors of Southern states. Flor
ida had Gen. Edward A. Perry, deceased;
Georgia had Gen. John b. Gordon, living;
Kentucky had Gen. Simon B. Buckner
living; Missouri had Gen. John S. Mar
maduke, deceased Mississippi had Gen.
Robert Lowery, living; North Carolina had
Gen Alfred NJ. Scales, deceased; Texas
had Gen. Lawrence S. Ross, deceased, and
Virginia had Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, living
In all the Northern states, at the same
time, there were but three Union generals
wearing gubernatorial honors. They were
Gen. John M Thayer of Nebraska, Gen.
James A. Beaver of Pennsylvania and
Gen. jeremiah NJ Rusk of Wisconsin. Now
when il is remembered that Gems Bate
Of rTaOnoceaa O'Nafl of Ala.
bama, Nichols of Louisiana, Bouhan and
Hagood and Hampton of South Carolina.
Coquitt of Georgia, Smith and Kempton
of Virginia, Churchill of Arkansas and
others were Governors the South cannot
be said to have neglected her heroes.
G. A. II. Is Particular.
The care with which the portals of the
Grand Army are guarded from undesira-
BILE members is noteworthy For nearly
fifteen years persistent efforts have been
made to secure the admission of Union
soldiers in the South, more particularly in
East Tennessee, who were pressed into
the Confederate service a brief season, but
escaped and Joined the Union army. AL
though backed with an honorable dis
charge" by the war department at Wash
ington, all efforts have so far failed TO
secure their admission. The Corps of
War Telegraphers, recently recognized
as a part of the army in the civil war,
has also failed to get into the Grand
Army. As to the Sons of Veterans, they
knock yearly for admission without any
signs of future success. More than this,
if a man gets into the Grand Army by
Misrepresentation of his war record, he
is promptly given the royal bounce" If
a drunken, worthless veteran, or one of
Objectionable character applies for mem.
bership, the secret "black BALI ballot
keeps him out.
The late marriage of Capt. Charles ]. T.
Clark, U. S. A, to Miss Mamie FELTON,
Hatcher of Macon and the more recent
marriage of Lieut.. David p. Cordray u.
S. A, to Miss Marcella Stovall Hardwick
of Augusta, emphasizes the fact that hard
ly one of our gallant young Georgia oth-
GERS in the army has come home to secure
a bride. They have, with scarcely an eX-
ception, married in other states, despite
the fact that Georgia is full of lovely, ac-
complished and brave young women. OFF,
GERS from other states have not been slow
to see this, and a score or more of desira-
BILE marriages have resulted. recall Miss
Thorn, who married Col. Cook Miss Over
by, who married Col Williams (now dead;
Miss Colquitt, who married Maj. Marshall;
Miss Kendrick, who married Surgeon
Gray; Miss Boifeuillet, who married an
officer now deceased; also a sister of Mrs.
Ed Peters of Atlanta and a sister of Mrs.
Oscar Bohnefeld of the same city, whose
name l do not now recall 1t is evident
Georgia can furnish good wives for army
officers.
"GIVe 'Em Hell, Andy"
The report that Mrs Andrew Symonds
of Charleston, escorted by Judge Braw-
ley, "huttered across between two regi-
ments" on Broadway and presented Ad-
miral Dewey on the reviewing stand a
buch of flowers, reminds me of a some
what similar scene in that city when Pres
ident ANDY" johnson Swung round the
circle" / was riding in the carriage with
him up Broadway which was densey
packed by most enthusiastic crowd OF
men, women and children, anxious to see
1.-The man at the other end of the avenue"
who was fighting Congress SO bitterly.
Just as we passed the old Metropolitan
Hotel a man broke from the sidewalk
crowd and through the Gordon of police
and military, and rushing up TO the car
riage grabbed "Andys" hand In his and
shaking il vigorously. cried out GIVE
em he'll, Andy give EN- he'll" The next
minute he was back in the crowd and