The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23
MANY MILITARY MATTERS,
THAT WILL INTEREST a LARGE
NUMBER oF READERS.


which tts contents are read Letters come
70 me nor only from Maine 20 California,
b1t from the four quarters 81 The globe.
some asking for additional information
on an item in my letters. or, as IS fire.
quently the case. giving me new points
some ~ the inqulrers fan 90 enclose a
I stamp Tor reply. or close their letters with
thanking sou tn advance for any infor-
/ nation furnished. 7 am" etc For exam
pie. a lady in a Or minent North Geors'a
/ famlly wrote me- on monogram paper,
etc. asking Information about her grand
fathers service in the army. AZ she wish
"a 20 'oin the Daughters of the Reyoiu-
ton No stamp no thanks for the ten
/ hours research. I was TO make Of oio
/ war records. Later on. a. another exam
pie. came letter from q poor old soil
I der 90 south Georgia. asking a simple
I question. but stamp ana thanks wers in-
/ closed.
atm led 70 these reflections by let
ter Just received from tnc sandwich lNi-
I ards Readers ~ the Morning News WI
remember taat corrected the statements
/ made on the death % Adjt Gen John ".
I ksu and Jerry Lynch 81 Atlanta, ihht
fNHE We're fIt aNa. HHAINNsNiN 90 NNiN ati'
I hama officers and crew. ana e1prct s"d
| the opinion thar surviving officer was
I suIl alive in Halifax y s The follow
INK letter sustalns my statements
"In ont ~ your very Interesting letter.
[ 20 tho Morning News. written just after
/ the death 81 that brave man and honora-
bic ofleer-for I knew kcli-I see YOU
refer 70 the .ast OF the Alabama One
/ man. 70 ms knowledge. Of that noble hand
NH.H aHaa. "NHHn d
| Georgian. a. No. ~ - street. Ha.-
fax. y s. ln defending the fair nams
! 0f the Alabama from the falsehoots 90
/ an imposter passing through here. ! had
I cause 20 write Keu and be- referred me 'o
-. Pardon the liberty ! have taken
bat your letters 50 interest me- especially
| those in regard to the South. ! cannot
help ID In $50 I thought ! wac right
now 7 know I was"
This letter comes 70 mo from Mai Rob
1 ert r. Myers. late surgeon G. s. A. in
the Army OF Northern Virginia. and o.
1 dated az Masonic Temple. In Honolulu
I " T.. Dec. 3. ] have suppressed the name
[ Of the officer referred 20 By him. as he
1 says Mr.. --- has not authorized M
20 mention his name. 80 ] would prefer
| you not 10 mention ~ In print without
consulting him" J am glad that MAJ
I Myers has so kindly confirmed my pre-
[ vious statement. as these articles are writ
ten simply in the interest 81 History"
. not the so-esiled Truth OF History" for
there Is no such thing Nothing is his
I tory that g. not truth. The superiutcni-
] ent 81 public schools in jacksonville writes
about ''refuiine his interrogatiyc facts"
Now. such a thing Is utterly impossible
a fact IS fact aud cannot under any
| circumstances be refuted So history
stands Immutable and Interchangeable. Pre-
tended history may be set aside by tie
exposure 81 its false character. ] Try
very hard 20 get At the facts 10 an cases.
imnariially. and am always giad 20 be
corrected when wrong or Endorsed when
right
was glad 20 sec the address of A.
sistant Paymastcr G. Lucien Jones. G. :.
~. before Barrow Camp sons % Coufcd-
crate Veterans. in the Morning New.
For the past thirty years I have alvo-
Gated the gathering up of personal mar
! ratives from army and navy officers and
| subordinate. that future historians may
have abundant material 90 work on in
preparing standard histories Lieut.. Jones.
aside from his own naval experience.
I comes from an ilusfrious family ~ army
and navy heroes. and is wcl-ttted 10 give
out much valuable historical matter. not
only in regard 20 the civil War. but 81
the old regular army in which his hon
! mTEM fHENFF so ANNE Nfil an lfNIt'It
ant position. Persoual narratives from
reliable sources are quite as valuable A.
oncial records. for ] have discovered, 90
my sorrow that many generals. IN both
armies % the civil War. haYc left on rec
orA official reports fun Of errors-fome ~
them q "A most glaring nature. on ms
/ account the future historian must De ga d.
"a largely by personal narrative. such ns
Lieut. Jones gave. ana these 20 BE- teste
] .E.f nFA uffFr narratives OF
same events.
some time ago ] referred TO Nathan
uada Of Colonial days. as a9proachin
/ r.arcr the grand type OF sam DAVIS "l
| ffte Confederate cause, than any SPY "i
ancient or modern times. Ihe i"et ms
N4r CLYDE Fitch has made Nathan HAZE
| ~. central figure in his Revolutionary
,4,v and that the public ere giving the
I So a cordial and sympathetic greeting
I .trhf II seems 10 me. 10 inspire Spiht
I ,,lented Southern writer TO make sun
D.,fs the central figure ~ a sinilaF pay
Z rounded upon that young nero thil'.''.e
/ career Nathan Hale, even - '"'H l'',
ar, 4 being honorod in many ways 1nh
~ shows that my previous article on
.-~h. status OF SPY" was wei groun.
"a spv in the proper sense, ~ Simply
a., agent Of his government OF NE N"A
mander. ard Is supposed 60 90 ms n'"'
/ go. Nathmu Hale represented hNi'
WILMINGTON. and sam Davis reprcsentru
NJ sncerter Confederate COMMANDED ano
! t,oth met death with a sublime courage
am at,a 10 see that the testimony ln
~ Weet Point MlnNry Academy haHin-
80. ~ for as given. sustains my claim
,n,f bazing ln taRt institution ''is MOI
: h,,,,,,rous thar hurtfu.." although % ough
not 60 b. pracuced. one witness say y
- ,,sea 10 take down" some rich men
- VINO came in with 'too high mo-
,tors IS This confirms Congressman Der
I'm clavtou's statement the being
{ graduate Of the academy. that nh cadets
/ rt.s and poor. high and low. were arni.
rarity placed under tine same rules a"
reruletions some people scornfuuy Ht
lu1e 10 West Point as an aristocratic ~
atftutton How many OF this class ha'
. raaorela sent thcre3 Her cadets have
come from an classes and conditions an
even the negro cadet. Henry O. Flippei
! ~ Atlanta. graduated without having ans
troubles during his four years. The re-
cent death o. my good old friend Uncle
Ruv Forsyth. the well known Atlant
blacksmith. whose blue shirt rolled up q
, MS elbows. and grimy face and arm
we're q familiar sight on the streets scni
a sou 20 West Point. who is now one Of
= tho ranasomcst and most accomplish.
Officers lu the regular army. Capt Will
/ lam " Forsyth West Point graduatc'