The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-28

tell them of this valuable historical ar
ticle. They can order the July Ledger
90 cents) at William Estilrs news
depot in Savannah. or of news dealers
in other places. Capt. w. B. Dem
ham, the general superintendent of the
Plant System, is not only graduate,
but was for time an assistant pro-
fessor at the institute. Hon. f. G.
duBignon, and Hon. Seaton Grantland
and other Georgians are also promi-
nent graduates. Maj. Phil F. Brown
of the Blue Ridge Springs, Va. and
late of the Plant System Ocala House,
Florida, is one of the present board of
visitors. Washington-Lee University
is also embraced and illustrated in this
most interesting historical article.
/ notice that none of the newspaper
reports of the unwilling of the Perry
monument in Japan gives the full name
of Commodore Perry. and readers not
familiar with naval history, are misled
by this omission. There were two
brothers. sons of Capt. Christopher r.
Perry, one named Oliver II. Perry and
the other Matthew c. Perry, and both
became commodores in the United
States Navy Oliver was the hero of
Lake Erie, and Matthew the hero of
the Japan port opening just now COM
memorated in monument. Bishop
Whipple, in his great "Ramsden Ser
mon" before the University of Cam
bridge, England, in 1899, also fails to
give the full name, simply stating that
Commodore Perry, forty years before
that date. cast anchor in the harbor of
Yeddo, and called all his officers and
crew together on deck and sang that
grand old hymn Praise God. from
Whom all Blessing Flow" At that
time any Christian landing in Japan
was liable to be beheaded. To-day she
is one of the most progressive nations
on earth. and religious freedom and
American commerce flourish there.
Gen. Miles showed very little sense
in his protest against repeating the
present restrictive canteen law in this
argument: Our large manufacturers
don't find it necessary to provide places
where their employees can congre9ate
and drink. The railroad companies
don't. There is very little drink
among railroad men, and they seem
to get along just as we'll" Now, I am
not in favor of canteens run as mere
beer saloons or whisky shops, but Gen.
Miles forgets that soldiers, sailors
and convicts have not the same privi-
leges that mechanics and railroad men
envy anu AhtitAplt MS al = hiltnl
amounts to nothing. And again. he
ought to know that many railroads
Will not keep a man in their employ
who visits liquor saloons. Take any
police force, in any part of the country,
and the strictest rules OF suspension
and discharge will not keep certain
policemen sober. Nor does the guard
house and police duty in camp or gar
rison keep soldiers from going into the
city and getting "blind drunk" The
canteen. II properly conducted. should
restrain such soldiers. II should be
n place with healthful influences all
about. and no soldier should be allow
ed 90 drink to excess. lie can be con-
trolled there.
s. NJ Truitt. in an article on From
Mechanicsvlle 20 Malvern Hill," In Sat
urday's Atlanta Journal two weeks
ago says his regiment was commanded
by Col. stephen Lee, "a graduate or
West Point" He could have stated
that Col. Lee Of South Carolina was a
cadet M West Point IN 1919 hut ala
not graduate II was Gen. stephen -.
Lee ~ South Carolina who graduated
IN 1854. Mr.. Truitt also refers 90 Gen.
Mcclellan az McClellund. and 20 Gen.
Joe Johnston hH commander in- chief
of the Army IN Virginia until Gen.
Lee became commander-in-chi John
ston was never commandef-in-c chief ~
any army. and Lee. a. romma nder-in-
chief 81 fhs army and navy n Viz
ginia. VITA the rank o. major general,