The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-27
The GENERALS OF HE ARMY.
THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT or THEN
~ ALI.

Mentioned a. IA Successor 60 gen.
EvRns-The Tribune's Comment on
the Names Selected for the Hail OF
Fame-A Yarn About jefferson
Davis at Fortress Monroe-Other
Matters OF Interest.
Pine Crest Vllla. Maitland Fla. oct.
Hit Is a mistaken idea that the regular
army Is overloaded with generals. There
are only eight. AZ present. not including
heads OF departments They are Lieut.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Mai Gems. John
r. Brooke and Elwcu 5. Otis. and Brig.
Gems. Jas. r. Wade. Henry c. Merriam.
s. n. NJ Young Arthur Macarthur ana
William Ludlow. The vacancy caused by
the retirement OF Brig. Gen. Joseph
Wheeler has not yet been allied Quite a
number OF regular army officers are act
Ing az generals IN the volunteer forces.
and Il Is a common practice for volunteer
officers Of all grades 10 be referred 70
as In the United States army" which
they are not. but are in tho volunteer
forces.
Lieut.. Hobson says he has come home
edied II seems to me that his mental Wis
on Is also defective and that he has a
sort OF breaking out around the mouth
that the navy department ought to have
attended to az once. His plea for Admi-
raj Sampson will not benefit that oficer.
! but prove injurious 10 Hobson. however
kind and generous his motives may ap-
lear
Rev. DR. Peytou II. Hoge. OF Louisville.
Ky. is very anxious that the National
hymn. America" shall be in the propos.
ed new hymn book OF the Southern Pres
| byterian church while Prof. Addison
| Hogue. OF Lexington. Va. Is just as anN-
ious 10 have it kept out. He says II IS
hymn TO praise My Country. us o.
thee" rather than God the creator ana
ruler OF the universe.
Brig. Gen. Fred 9. Ainsworth, L. 5.
A.. chief OF record and pension Office,
/ was formerly a surgeon IN the army
| Like Mai Gen. s. W. Crawford and MAJ.
Gen. Leonard Wood he threw up the
pills and purgatives.' for pistols and
/ povder Assistant Surgeon Lucius
| O'Brten. author OF the famous army song
/ OF Benny Ravens o." became heuten-
ant OF infantry before his untimely death
on '@Tampa's deadly shore.
| I notice In tho papers OF that city thAt
| Inspector General Joseph G.. Breckenridge,
| o. s. A.. during his recent visit 70 enc
/ Atlanta Fair. Military Day is reported
TO have tod some thrilling tales Of the
cavalry operations In that vicinity during
| the civil War. by Gen. Garrets. L. $. 4.
| lie evidently meant Gen. kenncr Gar
rard. n West Pointer and a daehing caval-
~ commander. being kentuckian by
birth. lie resigned from the army In lsia
The "hrst' and last" man business.
| ike the poor. IS always with US. A. soon
as Gen. John NJ. Kell died Il was stated
/ that no was enc Inst" OF the gallant
officers Of the famous Confederate steam
| er Alabama. but The claim was not three
| days Oh before Confederate veteran
| put in another claim for a surviving Off
| Ger % the steamer. who Is supposed TO be
| living in Nova Scotia.
| II the United Confederate Veterans want
a successor to Gen. Evans. who persists
| lea retiring. they cannot nnd better ore
| han Col. W. 8. Hemphid Of Atlanta,
/ VINO. with his lately deceased WIFE, has
! never failed in bis duty 90 the Old Con-
! federate soldiers or their cause. Amply
| qualified IN every respect. and with means
/ 10 his command to crafty every wish.
\ ae would give new iife ami Interest TO the
| division. shall neveE forget tho liberal
/ and gracious manner IN which Col. Hemp
| aiu ana his noble wife eu,ertsiue1 tine
| veterans iu Charleston and other cities
| where they met Col Hemphnl would
make a model commander ia every re-
speos N he would accept
| II looks TO No Ike "a tempe 81 in a tea
| pot'-this cutlery against the New YORK
| Suns attack on the memory OF Gen.
! Robert r. Lee. The great mass Of q. o l.
know the true character Of that Journal
\
are the outcome OF personal mo ives.
let the Sun alone and it would soon be-
come more decent m It's treatment Of men
| and measures. as its main object is 10 al.
| tract attention ard advertise The pap r
| 50 far as Gen. Lee and the SOFA "A
Temple OF Fame" Is concerned. the
venerable Republican Tribune Of New
very wisely says: There g. net name
| there that Is not q household word among
all intelligent Americans. and that r. not
known and honored throughout the civil .
| ICED world. We should b. sorry 10 tn nix
| there was a school boy above the primary
| grade IN all the land who could not on
| hand identify each and tell IS TILE .
fame" The better course Is 20 ~, az the
Suns Infamous attack with silent cen
tempt
The Morning News high commenda ion
OF Col c. W Anderson for Adiutant g n
eral Of Georgia WAS most gratifying 4
me- FOR I have many very pleasant ard
cherished memories 81 the gallant Colo
| neis military career some fifteen years o.
more ago especially al the splendid en-
campment held az Rome, Ga. which ives
Eraced by companies from South CaraHr a
and Alabama, and AZ which Savannah
made a magnificent display OF her 1ne
| military ORGANIZATIONS. In those days Gel.
Anderson was every inch soldier" apt
| like HE gallant brother. Gen. u. VI. An
/ ders0n. was conspicuous and welcome
figure on an military occasions. His SER
/ vices A. President OF the state Military
| Convention ! remember we'll. and la him
| Tho soldiers OF Georgia had a nrm q
| Jealous friend II COL Anderson Is IN
| GOOD health. AZ IA those days. the state
/ could not have a more efficient adjutant
/ general
/ e4vnnpah has several Distinguish J
| graduates 81 the Southern West Point
/ Military Academy" as the NirRiula MILF
| tary Institute was very properly called
| haslAcs Col. Anderson Hon. fleming 9.
| dupirrou is one and General Superiutend-
/ ent W r. penham 81 the Plant system
Is mother After graduating with honor
| 10 himself this latter gentleman was made
one of the assistant professors OF the ~
sutution n Gov. Gambler proposes %
| recognize the South Georgia military. %
seldom houored up the country. ne should
| not ignore the claims. qualifications OF
| Inducements OF Col Anderson for adj
| futnnt general on land and on sea. the
| mime or Anderson has shed luster upon
| Georela'a military and naval history.