The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-18

as the end of the civil war The man
who fired the last gum etc, Is identlhed
with that event. Even the Army ana
Navy Register. q semi-official publication,
refers to Gen. s. w. Crawford as the
only officer who saw the beginning , ana
end of the war, he having P g,s I ee
forgets Gen. Johnstons army ana Gen.
Kirby Smiths army, and tnat eallaht Sol'
c. A. j.. Lamar fell at Columbus, Ca
and Gen. r. G. Tyler at West Point, Gar
after Lees surrender. IL Is very doubtful
II any one man saw both ends OF the war
The need Of a United States suB.treas-
ury IN Savannah IS greater than has yet
been set forth. Aside from the fact that
the army is TO be conspicuous thele as
port of debarkatiOn, and return from the
new dependencies, there IS an immense
amount of money paid out In knoxville
Tenn. In drafts on the New YORK SUD-
treasury to union pensioners, thar ought
TO be paid as drafts on sub-treasury m
Savannah. Georgia gets q Dig sllce OF
this pension money whlle savannah
would be the most central point for all the
Southern pensioners.
Col Jack Chnn of Kentucky, Is way
off" in admrng his United Confederate
veteran badge because no Niger wears
one. IL the high-ioued Jack mad
been at the Charleston reunion he would
have seen with The South Carolina veter-
ans seated in q roller chair in front OF the
platform, venerable colored veterans
wearing not only suit Of gray, but on his
bravo breast a badge OF the Y. G. v"
which courage and fidelity on the battle
field had won for him. Not a dozen Col
Jack Chinns (and his mouth seems Big
enough for several chins) could have won
The respect paid this negro by The Old
white soldiers present.
The recent appointment of Ulysses s.
Grant a grandson OF The illustrlous war
rior OF that name to West Point Military
Academy by the President, puts again q
familiar name on the GA army rolls Only
little while ago young titzhugn Lee
son OF Gen. FitZ Lee, was appointed a sec
ond lieutenant ~ The regular army. thus
restoring his fathers honoIed name 10 the
rolls. Cap. Robert II. Anderson, Of Sa-
vannah mas also restored his gallant IA
Tiers name 10 The old Ninth infantry And
now comes f. w. Benteen, Of Atlanta, VINO
goes into the regular army as second
lieutenant to restore 10 the rolls the name
OF dashing cavalry officer, now deceased.
Young Lieut.. Joe Wheeler Of the ARTILLERY,
has already restored some OF the fame as
well rs the name cf mas illustrious father
to the regular army. lie ana young fltz
Lee have served with their fathers 10 the
Spanish war as STAFF officers.
/ am glad to see that my suggestion to
the Daughters Of the Confederacy TO APP
peal TO ex-Postmaster General Reagan. In
Texas. TO decide where the last Confeder-
ate cabinet meeting was held, was adopi-
ed, and that this distinguished gentleman
gives that honor TO the Heard House, az
Washington, Ga. and not the Burr biouse,
at Abbeville as ] have 80 persistently
claimed to be the case. Hon. Armistead
Burt was a member Of Congress from 1913
until 1852, and was, therefore. well ac-
quainted with President Davis Ii was
most natural that the home OF Burt
should be selected by Davis on his jour
ney to Washington, Ca, as a stop-orer.
So he sent Col Harrison ahead with a
letter 10 that effect. In the famous De-
Renne collection OF manuscripts can be
found the original OF the Abbeville order
and tho Washington order. the dates Of
which ought to settle the question beyond
any doubt They are the last Official doc
umenfs issued by the supreme authority
OF che then Confederate government
The Abbeyile order Is dated April q,
1866 and is Addressed to Brig Gen. Burk-
EFT ID. Fry, IN command Of the Augusta
station, and signed by order OF the pres
ident Burton N. Harrison, private secre-
tary." and reads thus: You Will send Il
once to Washington, by railroad, two
good ambulances, with four good mules
for each, good hgrness and good driv-
ers, TO be held thee by the post quarter
master, subject TO my orders" This out
it, which Gen. Fry Immediately forward
ed was especially designed for President
Davis and family. who evidently saw that
the collapse Of tho Confederacy would
occur at Washington, from which point
they could escape 70 the Florida coast