The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-13
clnury HERBERT'S LETTER.
norrsT AGAINST BOGUS MILL
TARY LETTERS.

-. who Have Something to
,,,ou+ Gen. Lees Surrender in
ApriI Number of the Century.
.raLe Apple Tree" Explained
AIexander-A Letter From
,,,,ister at POOIer Who Wrote
- His Brother - Something
'u+ Can't. McCOnnelI's Brilliant
A'd in MexicO-Other Matters
SneciaI Interest.
Uo Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla,
- % The Atlanta Constitution
Ap'', If five old soldiers meeting in
~ citv. by chance, the past week,
.A1 the First Tennessee Regiment,
~ -, George Maury. This must be
19 ,.orint. as Gen. George Nancy was
.,oreI of that regiment. The
,rartising bills of the Western and
..lontic Railway for the Confederate
-,.+orans Reunion at Dallas, Tex, are
attractive. and show that Charley
r,.rr,an knows what will please the
cO1leTS anu DCuClAl III 1COtSAC
s,,ds Line" Excellent pictures of
c.r Ice Johnston and Gen. Sherman
oro given with fine view of the fam
.,s hattie of Kennesaw Mountain =
Tbave noted a writer's error in locat-
inc the death of Gen. Polk on Ken
,asaw Mountain. He was killed on
Pine Mountain, and this week Mr.. and
Mrs ]. G. Morris of Marietta have
nIaeed a monument there to mark the
snot where the Bishop General fell.
The Atlanta U. C. V. were present and
participated in the exercises, special
train having carried up a large crowd
from that city.
An Confederate veteran, pro-
fessional gentleman from a family
distinguished for its heroic sons,
writes me a letter full of sharp pro-
test against bogus military titles, and
also against the use of any titles by
men out of service or out of office
such a cololonel and general and cap
tain, or Judge, professor, reverend,
etc His views are quite pronounced
and in some respects very sensible.
The title, he claims, should end with
Inc ltIIll VI SCI VIC " Which II bC-
lOnged If this rule should prevail
what an awful slaughter there would
be of colonels, majors, captains,
Judges etc, all over the land. 1t would
be death blow to bogus titles of all
kinds When this letter goes
to the readers on Sunday l shall be
in Atlanta on duty as special aide to
Commander in Chief Ell Terrence also
as an invited guest as commander of
the Department of Florida, of the De-
partment Encampment of Georgia and
South Carolina, on Monday and Tues
day; and on Thursday, at the Depart
ment of Alabama Encamprnent in
Montgomery. AS l was one of the
first two delegates sent from these
eneampments, years ago, to the Ma
tional Encampment, shall renew
many old acquaintance and feel quite
at home in once familiar scenes. 1t
is hard trip for an invalid to make
but shall risk it.
Col. Charles Marshall, C. S. A, the
accomplished gentleman and gallant
soldier who was Gen. Lees military
secretary, in his article on THE Last
Days of Lees Army" in the April
Century Magazine, says: II recognized
some Texas troops by hearing one re-
peat the Texan version of a passage
Of Scripture with which I was familiar.
- AS 1 lay in the woods by the
roadside that dark night:
The race is not to them that's got
The longest legs to run,
Nor the battel to the peopel
That shoots the biggest gun
If Col. Marshall had let his memory
run back to the days of Oliver Crom-
well he would no doubt have found
What term the Cromwellian version"
OF the above, which is somewhat differ
ent in construction. l will also add
another verse used in those early days:
The race is not forever got
BY him who fastest runs;
Nor the battle by the people
Who shoots the largest guns"
Why dost thou hold thine hand aback,
And hide it in thy lap?
U pluck it out, and be not slack
10 give thy foes a rap"
am astonished to learn that there |
are at least fourteen old Confederate |
soldiers in various county poor houses |
m Alabama, and possibly more. 1t is
tne boast of the G. A. r. that no old |
Ihon soldier, in or out of the G. A. |
H. Is allowed to go to the poor house; |
ana l supposed the U. c. v. had sim |
lar protecting oversight of the oil |
confederate soldiers. Much has been
ulJustly said about the G. A. r. being