The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-01
FThc South and the Service.

FThe South and the Service.
.RCapt Marion b. SafFold, an Ala
Sbama boy and a West Pointer. was
shot and instantly killed Saturday
while leading IL detachment Of his reg
imcnt the Thirteenth United States
Infantry. in charge at the battle Of
Novolcta, Philippine Islands. The
part that the South has borne in the
Spanish struggle and the far Eastern
conflicts, which is It's outgrowth, is
brought % attention with an acccn-
tuatcd interest bv Tie death or this
soldier Of Dixie Il is true that some
Of the states below the Mason and
Dixon line had some difficulty in fill
ing their quotas of enlisted mon, but
Of a truth the Southern officers have
borne their full share Of the heat and
burden "f the fray Since the War
Of Secession there has been feeling at
West Point and in the army that the
sons of the men who followed tie
stars and bars from Balls Bluff to
Appomattox would hail the comm. Of
foreign war in which they might
fight under the folds Of the stars and
stripes.
The long list Of the officers killed
and wounded during the struggles Of
the last eighteen months includes a
large share Of Southern names. AS
large share Of the names known to
the Southland may be found in the
list Of the officers Of the army and
navy who during the same time have
distinguished themselves for hcroism.
Saffold who was killed Saturday at the
head Of his men. claimed tile same Ala
bama home as does Ilobson, Of the Mcr-
rimac fame. Worth Baglcy, the only
naval officer killed during the Spanish
war, came from North Carolina. A
negro was killed by fragment of the
she'll which struck Baglcy down. The
dying ensign asked that the negro re-
ccive the first care. Victor Blue,
Southerncr and Annapolis graduate,
dared the fate that overlook Nathan
Hale during the revolutionary war by
traversing with single companion the
Island Of Porto Rico, subsequent
ly reporting 60 the American authori-
ties the dispatches of the island de-
fensive forces. Andrew S. Rowan,
Virginian and Wcsl Pointer, dared
death in a similar way by piercing to
the heart of Cuba before any other
American soldier had set foot on it's
soil
Twenty years ago there entered
West Point with the writer Of
this article two Southern boys-Wil-
liam f. Shipp and William II. Smith.
They met each other for the first time
as they left the ferryboat to toll up
the steep hill leading to the hotel
Their orders Of appointments rs ca
dets gave them until the next day to
report for examination. The two
young Southerners occupied the same
room at the hotel; they passed their
examinations together; they tented
together during the troublous months
of plcb camp; they roomcd together
during the four years of their cadet
course, and finally joined the same
regiment as second licutcnants, the
Tenth United States Cavalry. We
used to speak of them as Damon and
Pythias, and more than once it was
jocoscly remarked that in order to
carry the comradeship to fitting end
they ought to die together. Smith
and Shipp we're shot and killed with
in five minutes while they were
leading tho dismounted black troopers
up the slopes Of San j IN Hill.
During the time that spent at the
United States Military Academy Shipp
was my close friend. For year his
and his roommate's quarters were
close to mine. One day, forgetting
the fact that Ship vas from North
Carolina, 1 loaned him Albion w.
Tourgec's "a Fools Errand." The
scene of the book is laid in Ships
home, and many Of his friends and
relatives are roundly abused by it.
Ship read the story and said: The
man who wrote this book had unrcas-
oning hatred in his heart. l hope to
show him some day that some love of
country is possible in the despised