The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
IT DEALS WITH MATTERS SUG-
GEsTED BY CORRESPONDENTS.

Colonel Who Keeps a Sharp Eye
on Mr.. Herbert's Letters-some Re-
marks About Gen. Alger's Book.
An Inquiry About President
RooseveIts UncIes-The Sons of
veterans Appreciated-The Savan-
only one-some Interesting Inf0r-
nation About Capt. Peters of Rev.
olutionary Fame-Other Matters of
General Interest.
Pine Crest villa, Maitland, Fla, Oct.
s1-Several important matters are
crowded out of this weeks letter which
will be found largely given up to COR
respondents. Capt. t. S. Kingsbery of
valdosta, in thanking me for confirm
ING his statements about Col. Talia-
ZERO and Maj. Skies, says: II agree
with YOU that Georgia should gather
,,n the records of her sons who served
from this and other states while there
are those living to testify to the his
.orical facts" A postal card
from Bro. Smith at Macon reads thus:
..Tbe good old Rev. George G. Smith
said no such thing, as that there was
M Nancy Hart. He did say the story
that is told in Whites Statistics is
not true. / am too old to be
captured by ronances and too good to
lie outright" AS Bro. Smith gives
the Atlanta Journal similar correc-
zion 7 have only to state that we all
seem to have been misled by garbled
renorts. and we should be sorry to
have done him any injustice.
Now. Bro. Smith is good old Metho-
Act and used to travel the circuit long
wears ago with my wife's good Old
Grandfather, Rev. Eli Bennett, and as
am a Baptist, / will do Bro. Smith
the Justice to state that good old Rev.
Adiel Sherwood, Baptist pioneer, in
bis Gazetteer of Observation-Disclosures
savs of Nancy Hart: 1.-THE accounts
bavA been exaggerated, but there is no
question that she was an extraordinary
woman. of great courage, Amazonlan
strength and high temper. put
the stories related in fancy sketches
ought to be taken with some grams Oh
allowance.
A Savannah gentleman, one VINO
.eanos To have a kind heart, writes me
in regard to getting a pension LOT the
aged widow of a gallant offlcer IN the
Union Army, and l have referred the
matter to u distinguished U. A. N.
comrade in Savannah, who is IN po-
sition to give the needed information
and assistance. An eA-Coli-
fadarate officer who has been absent
from the country, in foreign lano'
asks what regiment col. q. n. saus-
sy'' commanded, as he does not re-
member him. Well, he didn't command
any regiment that l know OF, yet II
was not from any want OF aplllty on
his part. He was brave and patrlouc
soldier in war, and in peace ne mas peeh
an ardent and prominent comrade IN
the U. c. ", from which, as an oncer
on Mai. Gen. Z. McIver Laws stan, ne
gets his Justly deserved title OF colo
mel. I like Saussy because he is out
spoken and frank, and keeps a sharp
eye on my letters to catch me in all
error. The Saussy boys are all built
that way and are all active in public
affairs Speaking of titles, /
see that the u. C. V. in Virginia have
gone ahead and abolished military til
ties in the order so far as that state is
concerned. Now, unless l mistake the
character of the National U. C. w.
judging from the G.. A. R.-it is not
possible for Department, a Division
or Brigade to take such action. 1t
must be done by the U. c. V. in a ma
tional reunion.