The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-02
NAMES OF MILITARY MEN.
SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THEY
AaE PRINTED INCORHECTLY.

tion Respecting CAPT. Reilly. who
Was KILLED IA China-Other NAT
tcrs OF General Interest.
Pine Crest villa. Maitland. Fla, sept /.
II have 80 often commented on military
plumbers made BY editors and writer's that
I am elad Of an opportunity To show that
military men themselves are also guilty,
and in the present instance the proof
reader aud the printer are innocent Of the
nnal result Col Hcrrmancc Of New
York. as treasurer OF tho Society of the
cavalry Corps 81 the Society OF the Army
OF the Potomac. sends me an official circu-
lar In which President II. 4 Tremain o.
printed Gen. Truman. and Secretary J. l..
Cilicy as Gen. Clly. and color Bearer J l..
Estes as Con. Este. Now an these gen
erals are Wcli-known members Of our so
cicty. and there was no possible excuse
for sending the circulars out before the
names were reprinted correctly or pat
right with pen and Ink. IL b. Just sucn
carolcssucss - this In military records
that have made them 90 unreliable IN the
past. And Il h. not the result OF tgnor-
ance but comes from gross careiessness
oftontimca. aud constitutional laziness al
other periods. II Is considered too much
trouble 90 consult reliable ofhcial sources
for the correct matter.
The Chicago sunday Tribune Of Aug.
Is prints picture OF Mrs. Georgiette Sax
ley Iahmcn. as the First white chlld
born In Chicago" This lady t. the daugh-
Ter OF Capt Joseph NJ. Bailey. who was
In command Of Fort Dearborn from lss9
20 1881 Now, / have always supposed
that the noble wife OF Gen VIM. W. Cor
don OF Savannah had the honor % be-
ing the first white child born on what y
now the site Of Chicago. her father De
ing stationed there IN connection with
army business. II Is claimed, however
by the Tribune writer that Capt. BaNiey,
shortly after sakiug command ~ the tort
married "a Baltimore lady Of fine family
and carried his lovely young bride 10 the
garrison in that then new and frontier
country. Their first child. Gcorgiotte. was
born there IN ISIS and two years later
her father died Mrs Lahman 81 now a
widow and resides a, Guthrie Center. Ia.
with her married sister. whose husband
Is a prominent G. A. r. man. and with
him she visited Chicago during the ma
tional cncampment.
The Daughters Of the American Revol1-
ton ana the Daughters OF the southern
Confesleracy have placed the reunited
Nation under lasting debt ~ gratitude
for their persistent patriotic lahors a.
restore neglected shrines. revive forgotten
history and perpctuate len "a substantial
manner che names and fame OF our mod
ern heroes and statesmen. Upon the ruins
81 the birthplace OF Gen. Zachary toris-
iSally Zachariah) Taylor. u. 8. A., at
Hare Forest. in orange county, Virginia,
the Daughters Of the American hevoiu-
zion have recently placed stone memo
rial with n brass tablet suitably inHcrih-
-. 20 mark the spot where odd Rough
ana Ready was born. Nov. -. i7Si HIS
fnther waF Richard Tavlor. who later on
moved his family 70 Kentucky. Lieut.
Gen. Richard Taylor c. s. A. better
known AZ Dick" was named for his
grandfather. and his sister married Lieut.
jefferson Davis. u. y. A.. but died be-
fore her husband had won fame or for
tune. AZ tle dehcation Of the memorial
with proper ceremonies Miss Wood Of
Winchester. Va. the granddaughter of
President Taylor unveiled the tablet
ln looking over some old nowspapcr
items for scrap-book use ! today found
one from q Jacksonville. Fla. paper about
n visit Of Rev. r. a. Shoup. then a PRO
fessor M che University OF the South. hut
since deceased Thirty years ago" SAYS
the editor. DIR. Shoup was IN Florida as
a Federal soldier. eventually rising to the
rank Of major general" Cadet Francis
a. Shoup OF Indiana graduated from
West Point into the artillery service and
was made n second lieutenant Of the First
United states Artillery IN December 1853
Al his service was az Southern Rarrisons
Key West. Fla. Fort Moulirie. f. c..
and In the Florida hostilltieF against Sem
mole Indians In 1876, and back TO Fort
MOultrle in 1888 Then followed q pro-
tracted leave Of absence during which in
June. 1874. he resigned to practice law IN
Indianapolis. Ills service In tho South
and marriage 20 a daughter Of Bishop
stephen Elliott OF Georgia, however. LED
him 20 enter The Confederate Army. IN
which he became brigadier general ten.
Cullum. IN the third volume Of his West
Point Register. reports Gen. shoup as
having died. 1876 at Savannah Ca. aged
a." and yet Rev Or. Shoup was then rec
tor OF an Episcopal Church In New Or
leans He died a few years ago while n
professor at sewanee. Tenn.
when n was announced that Capt.
Henry J. Reilly. 4. s. A.. OF Battery
r. Fifth Artillery. had been ordered with
his command 10 China, did not hesitate
70 predict that he would do noble ser
vice there. And now comes the sal
news that he has fallen IN battle with
his face to the deadly foe. after almost
forty years service under the "Oid
Flag" rising from the ranks 10 be com
mander OF his fine battery. or him II
can be said. as Of another equally a.
brave and who fell IN bloody conflict.
s'thas IN the hour Of battle none did a
soldiers duty more valiantly or fearless
~ than he. We sec him on that fatefui
day. a gallant figure. fun Of the calm
valor OF a conscious herolsm his eyes
flashing: his face inspired with a fierce
glory caught from the storm Of battle
and the next-he has fallen. dead-but
triumphant. For him the lass march
has been made. and the last bivouac has
been kindled" or him "a can be said. as
Byron wrote Of Marceau;
so brave and glorious was his long ca
fcer.
Tha, htly may the stranger lingering here
Pray for his gallant spirits bright re-
pose:
For he was Freedoms champIon-one of
those
The few In number. who had not DER
slept
The charter TO chasslsc which she be-
slows
on such as wield her weapons. He had
kept
The brightness OF his soul. and comrades
DER him wept"
Too much credit csnno. he given Col
William fowudes Calhoun 81 Atlanta, Tor
his elegantly got-up psmrits; i;;=-
tory OF the Fofiy Second ttraifi.iis. s.so.-
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