The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-07
MILITARY MATTERS AND MEN.
Sidney HERBERT DISCUSSES QUEs-
TIONs AND EVENTS.


Army - spte- and Their status
yellow Badges Were In order In
chicago.
Pine crest vnls Maitland Fla. oct 9.
The published statement that capt
Deyercaux Shields. Of tho Twenty ninth
Infantry a. 8 A. recently kinei or
wounded "a the Philippines, wac In the
regular army. is incorrect All his GER
vice VAS with che Volunteer. and a. all
times he proved himself "a gallant ami
encIent onieer The same b. true OF
Lieut. Roland 5. Pike. and both officers
were wcu-known here IN Florida. il 10
10 doubt true tina Gen. \. b. Forrest.
tho famous Confederate cavalry command
~. was a rough diamond and not we'll
verssd 10 English grammcr, yet handy
think ne ever remarked. as Is claimed he
dld. that the victorious general is the
one 10 "git thar fastest with the mostcst
mon No doubt he planned his move
ments with this idea Ia view. and d IS an
/ excellent one where choice Of natural de-
fences. as at Getty burg is important
rec chat Mr Malvern Hul " a candi-
calls the fearful battle of Malvern HIN.
Va. ana thas several babies were gwen
this name about that time one Of them,
"a son OF Gen. Henry A. Birnum, United
{ stHfps Volunteers. OF New York b. now
Lieut. Malvern Hiu Barnum. Of the Tenth
I United States Cavalry Another one,
Malvern Hu Wright son OF Gen. A. i.
Wright q. = A.. OF Augusta. died a few
Neurs ago 4 third one is the Malvern
. HiH OF Atlanta. above mentioned.
Senator l.. r. Wigfau chairman of the
Committee ON Military Affairs. in defense
OF Gen. Joseph p. Johnston's campaign
fCom ChastanooEa TO Atlanta. before The
. Confederate state Senate. 90 March. lsbj.
said Il do not rccollect any general ON
Ger except Gen Polk who was killed
while Johnston was IN command Now as
to Bishop Poik's Sudden taking OF
Gen. Johnston was iu no sense response
bile The real facts Of BITS death have never
been printed. a. given me hy one who
WIS present Gen. Johnston ana other
generals with him had drawn the
artillery FIRE 81 the Union forces.
and SO turned to leave the SPOT
on pine Mount where they had been tax
ing observations Of tho evening position
Gen Polk Tor some rea son unknown, in
/ stead Of following ~ once Gen Johnston
/ ana Gen. Hardse walked a short distance
. alone ia the opposite objection and so OK
posed himself 60 the cannon ball that
ended his career IN such a terrible man
ner Had he followed the other generals,
who eought safety tn retiring from tho
range OF the enemy's guns. he would have
. escaped
Following closely upon tho great Grand
Army Of the Republic encampmeut In
. Chicago comes the death Of three disiin-
guished veterans OF that organization
Col Joseph "A. Wood who was the able
chief marshal Of the magnificent parade;
Gen. John NJ Palmer soldier and states
man. and Gen. John A. McClermand one
Of the most substantial and houored he
roes OF the Western armies during the
/ civil War Col Wood died suddenly at
hts home IN Chicago. and Gems. Palmer
aud McCiermand died almost a. suddenly
a. their homes ia Springfield H.. al
though they we're not, like Col Wood. ap-
parenty in good health. being older and
more feeble
The South has no reason to complain
u her share Of high honors IN the regu-
lar army Gen Joseph g. Breckenridge,
% kentucky. BIS tine Inspector general.
Gen. stephen y. Benet. OF Florida. and
graduate OF the Georgia University. was
chief OF ordnance FOR many years. Gen.
Montgomery a.. Meigs. born 100 Augusta.
ga but or q Pennsylvania family was
Atlf nest quarter master kffIfNN AT AiNf army
ever had. gen Michael r. Morgan. 81
louisiana was commissary general At the
time OF bis retirement. Gen. Joseph r..
Johnston Of Virginia. and for time
. citizen OF Savannah wa Quartermaster
general Gen. Anthony Wayne. al one
time a citizen % Georgia and member OF
. Congress from the Savannah district. was
commanding general OF tho army. Hon.
VIM. u Crawford. Georgia. was See
George W. Crawford in 1852 n b.
ofofC tmar dawod wad wad wad wadowo
also cfeditabic to Georgia that when che
office OF quartermaster general was Gle
I waited 10 the rank OF briEadier general. q
. WAS rendered 90 Col William Cumming Of
I Augusta. ia. who had resigned from the
4 army a. Adiutant General. hue h. declined
the appointment. much TO the regret Of
I the War Department. as ne hnd made a
hue record In the army Gen. Thomas s.
Jesup was then appointed
In my article some weeks ago on THE
/ Status Of 4 Spy. I gave the post of hon
I or TO sam Davis. And now comes Gen.
Joe Wheeler with the statement that the
most heroic inquire in the Confederate
l struggle was Sam Davis. the spy ]
I think chs opinion viii hc generally in
dorsed by an who are or may become Ia
mi.ar with tho history OF this high-mind
. ed brave and patriotic young soldier
Next 70 him ! would name Nathan Hale
7 Of Connecticut. who became spy ~ the
request 81 Washington. and like Davis.
fell INFO the hands 81 the enemy and was
executed. And At this late day the pco-
pie OF Connecticut are houoring his mem
ory
Il b. remarkable how easy q mountain
can be- made ont OF a mole hill' by some
people In Chicago during the Grand Ar
my euc4mpmcut HcarFts Chicago Amsri-
can came out with a big scare head ard
announced that the Republican Commit
toe. or somebody iu that party. had 0ur-
uished yellow btdgcS 20 the Old soldiers
80 signify that they favored a god stand
ard Now the truth OF the matter is just
this There are four colors used hy lhe
Grand Army. just as they are used in The
United states Army-yeliow for cavalry.
rcd for artillery light blue for
infantry. and dark blue FOR tho
stan officers The color FOR tho National
Euctmpmsnt G. A r.. o. yellow Tor the
dcpartmeut encampment 81 Is red. FOR the
posts Il Is light blue. Tor the stan officers.
dark blue As the National Eucampment
was held iu Chicago tho yellow badges
were iu order
SOMEBODY ms said and very truly. that
great emergencies call forth che great
souls" and that war 90 the iwinkl.ug of
az eve turns the village druukorts AMI
petufoeg1ng lawyers into generals ana
statesmen" And why mott No. as 3. is
sIaftfs.l hv many. "opuortuuirV makes