The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
sMILITAEtY, MATTERS FROM MANY
... -4,. SOURCES.

Authority for the Use of cold Veter-
ans,'-The United states Nation.
Things which florida Editors Cam
not Get Observation-Disclosures OF "
Soldier Embellishments ON Capt.
Lees Praise of American Soldiers.
other Matfers of General Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, March
% LIT may be some comfort to my crit
les to know that the venerable Boston
Mass Post, one of the oldest and best
Democratic papeEspin the country, refers
to 'EOld Lveterans,iri an evidence that the
habit is somewhat general. His
terian Chas. Edgeworth Jones has cor
rected his omission of Mr.. Justice Lamar
ana Mr.. Justice Campbell from the list Of
Georgians on the United States Supreme
Court bench, but he errs again, think,
in making Mr.. Campbell assistant secre-
tary of war, until the final and most
distressing conclusion of hostilities."
am quite sure that Rev. DR., Albert l.
Rledsoe of Kentucky, was assistant Sec
retarv of war for time under President
Davis. If Mr., Campbell went to West
Point in 1926, as i think he did, he failed
to graduate, while DIR. Bledsoe graduated
in 1890 and resigned from the army In
1882. (, AS 1 have before remarked, his
torians should be very accurate In their
sta,enents. Gov. Sanford OF
Alabama. has acted wisely In vetoing the
hin to purchase the g White House OF the
Confederacy" at Montgomery. President
Davis resided in 1t only very snort
time ana the u. y. c.. is already burden
ed with more esscned and important rehcs
OF the ConfedeFacy. When all the mohu-
ments are completed and the graves OF
dead heroes properly cared for, snouid
occasion require, lesser matters can pe
considered.
Mr.. Bran, with headquarters at Troy,
Ala Is canvassing Southern Alabama
in the interest of Confederate veteran
horne for that state, and the Troy Daily
Messenger reports that his success 80 IsF
has been encouraging There can De
no question that military day at the Sa-
vannah State Fair will be great sue
cess. and l hope that Col. Meldrim's sug-
session will be fully carried out. No city,
in fact. ,no4twol cities In Georgia, can make
as fine a home display of military as Sa-
vannah. hence they can the more easily
and al less cost get up brilliant day
usht. and electric light military parade
and uageant. > The suggestion that
Maj. Mckinley will seek third term Is
NOT worthy of consideration. Gen. Grants
failure In that direction settled the sta
blity of our unRrltten Jaw as to tnlro
term And yet 90 this day, the Grant
family are very bitter over MS delea''
and charged that Gen. Garfield played the
traitor and caused Grants defeat
Mr.. William Riley Boyd Of Atlanta wrote
Ideut. GEN. Nelson "A Miles, y. s. A.,
for the facts in regard TO the Stacking
Of Jefferson Davis, and in reply received
a BRIEF note and some printed matter. Mr..
BOYD. IN his lettep,tof me, seems to nave
been Influenced by these pointed state
ments in favor Of Gen. Miles, but ] can
assure him that nothing past or present
or IN the future cah'change the cold, cruel
fact that Miles treated Davis inhumanIy
on his own moboD and not under orders
II seems utterly Impossible to make
Florida editors or public officials spell
correctly tho names OF Gen. Jesup and
Lieut.. Basinser Protest after protest has
been made for years, and yet II continues
10 be "Jessup" ahd "Basslnger"-tbe lat
ter a FORT ana tHe former a lake on Of
fetal maps. etc More than fifty years ago
the editor OF the Army and Navy Chron-
iele. noting the fact chat Commodore
Sicolson was not a Nicholson. that a
South Carolina PinckBsy was not
Maryland Pinkney. ana that an Blot was
not an Elliot, nor an Elliott, added these
timely, and proper cofnmenisi III a. o. I'M
portant 10 b. correct in great matters. IA
Il 10 Jess 20 in principle 20 be- correct IN
minor ones N may appear trivial 10 no
lice such small affairs but W. have seen
fheae errors ~ OrthQBraDhy ~ often come
nlitied. fbaf ~ lpFs resolved ~ sitcmpt
70 80 tho Dybi.f figlf Ana this "a why
j have a. fall the pgbhe ihRf there was
= Cen. J. n. y. sieNarf, Gen. Geo. IA.