The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
HERBERT ON WAR QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSES MATTERS OF NATIONAL
AND SOUTHERN INTEREST.


the Confederate Army.
Pine crest Villa Maitland, Fla, June 50,
The war in China is bringing into no.
tee the brave aud humane action Of Com
modore Josiah Tattna.. L. 5. y, at Pa
Iio in 1873, when he 80 nobly IL
Illustrated the humane sentiment that
blood is thicker than water" The same
sentiment is today being illustrated by
the combined Powers in the relief Of their
coun,rymen from Chinese atrocities. But
ihe heroic Tatrail ected upon his own
impulses ana without authority - tina
to him aloue belongs the glory OF his hu-
name action. Time has not dimmed the
lustre o. his fame as great naval COM
mander and true American citizen, and
to-day, in the mlds. Of the bloody and eX-
citing scenes iu China, with which all ma
lions are interested and are making
common defense, the action Of Commo-
dore TattuaH in that far-of period is
freshened in the memories Of a grateful
and patriotic people. ana the pens Of gift
cd writer's are again Commencing the valor
and humanity Of Georgia's illustrious son.
crate records / find thai the appointment
Of Henry r. Ellet a. Postmaster General
was made, out he declined. and therefore
Postmaster General John II. Reagan. as
] stated. was the only person who really
filed that Office. ] also discovered that
Cen William VI. Browne, who died as
pro iessOr in the University of Georgia
Athens. was lad interim" Secretary of
State from Feb L. 1852. 10 March 49, 1852;
CO.
nent in Georgia military movements, was
temporary Secretary of War from Nov. II,
1852 to Nov. q, 1852 when j. A. Seldom
came into Office
The Provisional Congress gave to the
Confederate army a host Of gallant gen
erals-Robert Toombs, Thomas r. r.
Cobb, J. Patton Anderson, Francis S. Bar
tow. Howell Cobb, George B. Hodge. John
B. Clark. Roger A. Pryor and Thomas n
Waul. The First Congress sent L. J. Car
trell, M l. Bonham, William Smith ard
John r. Chamblss. The Second Congress,
I think, only added Humphrey Marshall TO
the list Several generals went into the
service from the ca binet and the executive
department aud served with distinction.
AInbnma's Progress.
While listening to Gen. Dan Sickles' re-
markable statements as TO Alabama s pres
ent and future greatness, as a coal, iron
and manufacturing stale, in his patriotic
address before the Society Of the Army or
the Potomac. at Fredericksburg, Va, in
May, I recalled the eloquent and prophetic
words of my dear Old friend, the late Hon.
Henry W Hilliard addressed to his con-
stituents in Alabama CDec. 3, 1850 on his
retirement from Congress. According to
Gen. Sickles' startling array of figures,
Alabama has already surpassed the fond
est dreams that Col billiard ever enter
tanned of her future greatness.
Let u.s. said the retiring Congressman
Cultivate a patriotism large enough 10
embrace our whole country. Let us hope
that our rights will be respected by the
other states of the Union. Let US forbear
any hostile acts on our own part. I GER
tainly desire TO see in the midst of the
great agricultural region of the South
varied industry. which shall rival that of
the North, and which shall spread over
our fertile plains all the embellishments
which wealth and a high civilization can
bestow l desire, too to see a direct trade
with foreign countries carried on through
Southern ports. But l desire to see all
this brought about by the enterprise and
the energy of our people, entering into
bold and generous competition with those
Of the other states We should seek to
make Alabama a great and wealthy state,
and We can do this by the vigorous devel-
opment of our resources"
Adjutnnts General.
An interested and critical reader, in Sa-
vannah, of these articles informs me in
a kindly spirit that my reference to Gen.
Lorenzo Thomas as adjutant general of
the army was misleading. This grows out
OF the fact that l simply Jumped the en-
tire service of this venerable officer, and
failed TO state when he became adjutant
he having previously, for nearly ten years.
been an assistant adjutant general. The
first really permanent adjutant general
was Capt Roger Jones, of the Third Ar
sillery, who was appointed under his
brevet rank of colonel for ten years
faithful service in one grade" Capt.
Jones entered the army In 1872, from Vir-
GINA, in the Third Artillery. and his
brevet OF major came for distinguished
service" at the battle of Chippewa, and
that of lieutenant colonel, for gallant
conduct" at Fort Erie. In those early
days the adjutant generals department
was filled by details from the line, but
Col. Jones proved to be so valuable TO the
army in that position, that in 1885 ne
gave NJ his commission as lieutenant COL
onel of the Fourth Artillery, and became
in fact, as in title, the adjutant general
of the army. the duties of which Office
he had performed under detail for ten
years. His brevets of brigadier general
and major general were won by gallant
conduct in the field and long and faith.
fpl service in whatever station placed
Col Jones died in office on July Is 1852
on which day Mai. Lorenzo Thomas was
promoted TO be lieutenant colonel In the
department, and issued the general order
announcing the death Of Gen Jones II
was not unsil 1861 that the rank of brig
adler general was conferred upon an ad-
jutant general; but no officer in later
years has given that department better
service than Col. Jones rendered during
nearly thirty years of his army life.
Jack Chinn's Boast.
Sometime ago I had occasion to refer
90 the notorious Col. Jack Chnn of Ken
lucky, who boosted that he wore a Con-
federate Veteran badge, that no damn
niger can wear" The presence of a col
ored Confederate Veteran in roller
chair at the Charleston Reunion, was a
fitting rebuke to THAI profane boast. But
Capt. Tip" Harrison of Atlanta. says:
Col. Jack Chinn was CONSPICUOUS at the
Louisville Reunion, and repeated his pro-
fame boast with great gusto. And yet
there were two brave colored Confederate
Veterans present at that reunion as del
egates. and the Lost Cause" a Can
federate monthly of that city. edited by
the wife of Gen. Basil w Duke who is a
sister of Gen. John II. Morgan, pays
generous tribute to the fidelity and cour-
age of these colored Coufederates But
1t remains for men OF such low instincts
as characterize Jack Chnn to call them