The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03
MILES AND SAMPSON.
THEIR IDEA THAT DRESS AND
SHOW MAKE THE MAN.

SHOW MAKE THE MAN.
A Point About SIMPSONS Percentage.
Some Facts About the Union PEN
sioners of Georgia and FlOrida-A
Reference to the Death of Brig.
Gen. Charles ID. Anderson-schoo
Histories In the District of Column
lila References to Statements
About Women Soldering an Men.
other Matters of Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland. Fla, March
FL shall try very hard to bring up some
delayed matters in my next letter.
see that hazing has driven student
away from the Maryland University, and
yet there are several hundred other col
leges still unreported- The weak
ening of the congressional amendment
on hazing at West Point was just what I
expected, and I will give the reason in a
future letter. Fort Sumter and
It's Defenders" is the title of a handsome
little volume by Samuel T. Baker Of Sa-
vannah that has come to my table, and
which l shall notice in the near future.
q" ." The Morning News complaint
about pension inJustices is we'll founded,
but it s not local matter. The tech
nicalities are used in Washington. D. c.,
to deprive soldiers Of their just dues.
The homecoming Of the body of Naval
Cadet w. C. Wood. U. S. N, will afford
the State of Georgia an opportunity to
4rfh tp Of hAr
worthy and heroic naval officers, who lost
his life in the Philippines, in an engage
ment near CRAM. 1t is true that he
was only Cadet, and yet the same hon
ors are due him that were paid to Lieut.
Brumby for "all he had" he cheerfully
and periodically gave to his country-his
young life. He was from the mountains
of Georgia, but the lowlands had no
Drawer soul
In my letter of Feb. II, corrected Edi-
tor Angels statement that Gen. Chamber
lain was detailed to receive Gen. Lee S
sword at the surrender In the Satur-
day Evening Post, of Philadelphia, of Feb.
q, DR.. Shrady gives his second article on
THE Last Days of Gen. Grant," in which
he says: 1.-The subject of the surrender
asked him whetho~ or not he received
Gen. Lees sword, as had been stated
mo, I did not" was his answer. Gen.
Badeau's history gives the full and cor
rect account. DR.. Shrady then asked
How did Gen. Lee impress you" to
which Gen. Grant replied: Every highly.
When 1 met the General, he was in full
new uniform, and appeared so well dress
ed that l felt little out of place in my or
4 it,-a,. fo11
tor, had the greatest confidence in Sher-
mans judgment, and while he wrote his
Memoirs, he had Sherman's book on The
war constantly at his side" OF Sherman
and Sheridan he once said. "They were
the finest soldiers that ever fought on
any field"
The article in the Morning News of Feb.
%, copied from the Washington, D. c.,
Post, on Women Soldering as Men, is
undoubtedly correct in its main state
ments. And yet with all the cases re-
ported of women who were thus honor
ably discharged 1 have known of only
one woman soldier who became a mem
Der of the Grand Army of the Republic.
A few years ago, a a large military re-
union, 1 was called upon in the absence
of a distinguished Baptist divine, 40
speak on Women in War" I at once
protested that no impromptu after-dinner
subject. All sacred and ancient history
must be brought alongside of modern his
tory in order 10 show fully how noble and
heroically woman has played an active
and fearless part in war. Georgia and the
South had war women" in revolutionary
days who startled the world with their
heroic deeds. Not long ago / referred to
the bestowing of the Cross of the Legion
of Honor in France upon Sister Theresa.
the veteran nurse, who was several times
almost MORALLY wounded on the battle
field, where she bravely followed the army
to give immediate succor to wounded sol
diers. Women in War; is a part of the
history of the universal world.
Mrs s. T.. Gabbett, the official custo-
dian of the Southern Cross of Honor, "
given Confederate soldiers, replies TO in
quiries in regard to replacing lost crosses
1t seems that they cannot be replaced
but every veteran who loses his cross car
secure a certificate to that effect, anc
this he can frame or preserve in some
other way for his family. Now, this fact
suggests to the veterans the importance
of placing a higher value upon these
badges of honor. They should not be
worn daily and carelessly, but used only
on special occasions. The Companions d
the Loyal Legion, and the Comrades Of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and the
veterans of the Society of the Army of thC
Potomac, as well as members of othel
similar organizations, do not wear then
elegant and costly badges except on spe
cial coca sions, being content to veal
daily only the small button or ribbon o.
| their organization. Let the Confederate
Veterans adopt this plan. and wear theil
buttons daily, but keep their Southern
| Crosses of Honor" safely for special occa
sions. To offer to replace the crosses lost
would entail a great deal of severe labor
upon the Daughters of the Confederacy
not to mention the expense.
Gen. H. V. Boynton, a veteran newspa-
per correspondent and soldier, has beer
put at the head of the Board of Educa-
tion for the District of Columbia, and
one of his first acts was to examine the
histories in use in the public schools
Not only does he find errors as to the
Confederate armies, etc, but. also as tc
the Union armies and events. / can as.
sure the critical General, for he is always