The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30

tells me Is as fun Of truth as it is OF
poetry:
over that breathing waste o, friends
and foes
The wounded and the dying. hour by
hour
In will a thousand yet but one IN power
He labors tnro the red and groaning day.
The fearful moor.and whore the myrihds
lay
Moved as moving field OF mangled
worms
Ana as raw brood. orphaned In the
storms
Thrust up their heads Il the wind bend
spray
Above them. but when the bare branch
performs
No sweet parental ONCE. eink away
with hopeless chirp Of woe. 80 n he goes
Around his feet IN ciamorous agony
They rise and fan. snd oil the seethinE
plain
Bubbles csuldron vast Of many-co,ored
pain"
Al the first battle Of Bun Run. after
my horse was sho, from under me and
] was hardly able 90 stand on my feet
from wounds received three DAYS before
I found myself alone ln the midst OF just
such an awful scene 81 death aud suffer
ings a. this poem describes. ] ministeroi
10 al could until Surgeon A. C. Hamlln
iolneh me and shared IN the work.
was somewhat surprised 70 see In
Sundays Morning News copied from the
Youth IS Companion OF Boston. the story
OF Uncle Sans Camel Herd" Boo which
reference is made 20 Mai e. Wayne
which should have been Captain ard
Brevot Major Henry q. Wayne. T.. 5 a.
II was not Lieut. Edward d. 1oale. as
stated in the story. but Captain ana
Brcvet Major George r. Crosmau. deputy
quartermaster. g. s. A.. who suggested
the use Of csmels for government trans
portation This suggestion was. made to
Mai Wayne. who "a. FIRST did not favor
10. but later on Endorsed 81. and asked
Secretary OF War O. a. Conrad 10 sane
ton Il with a 5000 appropriation. u
was not untl jefferson Davis become Sec
Rotary OF War that the suggestion was
adopted and Congress (March g. l>5D
voted the appropriation. Mai WAYNE ard
Lieut. David u. Porter, L. :. y. tAdmiru
Porter OF later years.. and Air 9. II
Heap were selected 10 go 10 Camel Land"
and purchase the camels.
N Lieut. Beaie (who became a general
during the civil War had any connec-
Of the cameA. I never heard o. Il before.
AMI feel satisfied that II H. an error. The
official records and reports DO give due
and fun credit TO Col. Crosman, Mai.
Wayne Lieut. Porter. and Mr.. Heap. the
most prominent actors in the movement,
while mention j. made OF several persons
in this and other countries who rendered
assistance bat the uame Of Lieut.. beale
does not appear IN the list. Maj Wayne,
as chief officer OF the expedition, carrie Z
tho enterprise to q successful ending 80
far as purchasing and transportation were
concerned. and then devoWed on ham the
duty OF scclimating the camels IN Texas
aud fitting them for army purposes.
Maj. Wayne made only one trip. being
gone nearly q year. and brought home
thirty-four camels. old and young While
he was training these Lieut. Porter and
Mr.. Heap made a second trip and brought
back forty-one camcls The entire ex-
pense OF Mai Wayne's importation was
only about Sse0 The experiment OF utl-
hzing these camels for army trausportH-
ton purposes was not fully carried out
owing 10 the Civl War. and the camels
finally became scattered. and as tho
Youths Companion says. u may be- true
that many % them are yet scattered about
New Mexico and Arizona II fully carried
out the experiment might have been made
profita Ole. and as IL was the government
suffered no serious loss from its anal
failure. sidney Herbert.