Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-21

enemy's advance This certainly has the
air of probability.
In his resume of errors found IN John
ston's history, General Boynton SPOKE of
the following:
Page 332-Chickamauga: Most of Ros-
ecrans' men fled in confusion at Chatta-
nooga' This was true of much less than
5 OOO out of $4,000. The three divisions cut
off at noon on the second day did not re-
tire to Chattanooga. but were il 4 rev me
of battle at midnight, with the rest OF Inc
army at Rossville Gap, five miles from
CHATTANOOGA Indeed, two Of ,hsse divi-
sions first returned to the vicinity If Cen
eral Thomas line and remained on It's
TANKS during the withdrawal to RossvIlle
after the close of the battle.
page 322-Siege of Chattanooga: "fhe
confederates held Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge, each of them nearly hatf
a mile high. Missionary Ridge, through
out the eight miles of Bragg 5 battle line,
ranges from go to 450 feet In height.
I,ookout Mountain is somewhat less than a
third of a mile high, and the ground Where
the battle took place about quarter or
mile above the plain
McMaster's Omission.
Commenting on McMaster's history, Gen.
Boynton said, among other things:
"rhere is no mention of the three months
camnaign in West Virginia beyond the
statement that Mcclellan had force there
This was brilliant and momentous cam
paign. resulting in adding a state TO Inc
Union and preventing the confederates
from establishing their advanced lines
along the Ohio river. Such campaign
with Mcclellan and Rosecrans on one side
"a leaders and Robert E. Lee on the other
deserves to be at least catalogued In
school his DRY of the United States.
page 1856: Gettysburg is rightly regard
ed as the greatest battle of the war, and
every regiment engaged has taken Just
tn the DOSitiOQ 1t held during
the three awful days Of .slaugh err Ihere
were more confedera.es killed and wounded
at Chickamauga in two days than at Get
tysburg in three. Only one organization OF
the confederate forces out of 25S engaged
in the campaign has erected monument
at Gettysburg to mark is position.
Page 1893. While Grant was besieging
Vicksburg the army under Gen. Rosecrans
left Murfreesboro' and by skillful work
forced Bragg to leave Chattanooga and re-
tire behind a little creek in Georgia called
Chickamauga.' This totally ignores an en-
tire campaign of the army of the Cumber-
land namely, the middle Tennessee, or
Tullahoma campaign, and merges the whole
in,o he Chickamauga campaign, which did
not begin until seven weeks after Grant had
captured Vicksburg.
page 4O2 Gen. Sherman was left in
command of the army of the Cumberland
at Chattanooga Gen. Thomas was left in
general command of the three armies In
that military division. namely, the army
Of the Tennessee the army of the Ohio,
and that of the Cumberland.
'Such," added Gen. Boynton, ARE errors
in these volumes that can be corrected by a
brief statement There are others which
would require Lengthy explanations. but
those already pointed out seem quite suffi-
cient to show the unreliable character of
each of the volumes named. My own judg-
ment is emphatic that they should be ex-
cluded from the schools.
ut is proper to add that the three re-
naming histories of the United States, used
in the graded schools, namely, Fiske's. Egg
gleston's, and Ridpath's. seem to be accu-
rate, when judged by the tests applied to
those herewith reviewed.
AT Gen. Boynton's suggestion, the report
was referred to the committee on text
books for consideration.
The school Hymnal.
The board received communication from
Mr. B. P. Mann in regard to the school
hymnal, in which he said:
II hereby declare my opposition to every
| hymnal which refers to Jesus Christ with a
religious significance, and this not because,
personally, every such reference is obnoX-
| ious, though many such are SO, but be-
cause your board has no right to foster any
! one form of religion as distinguished from
| Others Your board should not prescribe
| the use of any hymnal which may lead to
| the excusing of certain scholars from sing
| ing because their parents beliefs are not in
| accord with the hymns"
The letter was referred to the High School
committee.
| Gen. Boynton made a motion that in ac-
| cordance with the decision reached at the
last meeting, the board, acting as a special
| committee, will proceed to compile a man.
| ual of praise and patriotism for use in the
! schools Of the District
| The motion was unanimously adopted.
| The committee on ways and means was
/ instructed to wait on the District Commits
sioners, Saturday. If possible, and confer
/ relative to the site selected for the new
school building for the tenth division.
Sophy Ward today In the Police Court
denied the accusation that she stole an