The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-13

former correspondent of the Morning
News, has already stamped it as fraud
I hardly think Capt. John G. Capers'
son of Brig. Gen. Ellison Capers, I. .
A., now Bishop of the Episcopal Church
in South Carolina, will prove very Ell
fective Republican wedge, In that STATE
as some people hope to make MIN. blshoP
Capers has been, from the first, very out
snoken in his opposition to President Nc
Kinlev's policy, and being the command
ing general of one of the South Carolina
brigades of that division of the United
Confederate Veterans, l believe, MS great
err influence will, prevent his Republican
son from carrying out to any great eX-
tent the programme arranged for him. 1t
is true that a number of Confederate gen
erals have become Republicans, the last
convert being Gen. T. L. Rosser OF VII
ginia, state that gave Gems. Mahohe anu
Walker. and, 1 think, Wickersham, 10
that party. Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet
was the most conspicuous convert, and
Brig Gen. James r. Chalmers was some
what noted in Mississippi. Gen. James
E. Slaughter, who recently died In Mex
leo. but lived in Mobile many years
seems TO have been a Republican Wneh
he fought his last Confederate oattle-
after Lee and Johnston had surrendered
for he told his soldiers to go home ana
he good citizens, and said he hoped 1t
would prove that the Union cause was
right and the Confederate cause wrong.
This is in advance of any similar senti-
nent EXPRESSED by a Republican Confed-
crate general.
Georgia certainly cannot complain that
she has not had her share of commission
unteer service or that promotions have
been slow and far between. And the
same may be said of the navy, in which
many Georgia boys have won high hon
ors in active service, especially Cadet
Wood. killed in battle, and Lieut.. Brum-
by. TIE latest Georgia promotion is that
of Sergt. Mai. William E. Persons OF
Atlanta, who has been promoted second
lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Volunteer
Regiment, now on duty in the Philip
mines. Persons was a first sergeant in the
Second Georgia Regiment during the Gu
ban campaigns, and re-enlisted in the
Twenty ninth, where he has had steady
promotion. In the regular army most
of the Georgia boys of long service have
become captain, majors or lieutenant col
onels Chancellor Hill says the Georgia
University alumni has put thirty-three Of
ficers into the army and navy. 1 recall
the late Gen. Stephen V. Benet of ST.
Augustine, Fla, who was chief of ord
nance for many years, and Brevet Cap
tain Henry Coppee Ga Georgian), of the
First Artillery, who resigned in 1855 and
became a noted writer college professor
and president of Lehigh University at
Bethlehem, Pc. having been made a doc
tor of laws by two prominent colleges.
These two officers reflected high honor
upon the University of Georgia, and
served their country as gallant and ac-
complished soldiers.
Surgeon Percy L. Jones, of the First
Tennessee Volunteer Regiment in the
Philippines, is no doubt correct In a
large measure in attributing insanity
among our troops in the Philippines to
"nastulga." or homesickness. Although
not properly recognized in official cir
Giles this disease has long been a serious
one in army movements the world over.
THE British army in the Boer campaigns
is Just now suffering from 1t, the same
as our army In China and the Philip
pines. Back in the Civil War ] saw many
cases of this disease that were indeed
pitiable. There are overpowering reasons,
sometimes. why a soldier should yearn
for the loved ones at home, and when
military necessity or the fortunes OF war
forbid the qualification OF that yearning.
insanity may result Surgeon Jones says
the health Of our army I'm the Philippines
e. not as bad as represented. l referred
10 this fact I'm my last letter, and cited
the Mexican War and Florida indian