The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
SIDNEY HERBERT's LETTER.
~pwsPAPER GOVERNORS HAVE
BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS.


Wrong Tree"-A Suggestion That
us Take Davy Crockett's Advice.
so,nething About the Mai. Micah
1obp Jenkins sword Presentation.
pamurks ON the Death of Col.
charles MarshaIl-some Appling
co,ntv History - The Cutlery
AGAINST Inhuman Treatment of In
surrents in the PhiIippines-Some
eaves From the Early History of
augusta. GeOrgia-Other Matters of
General Interest.
Pine Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla, April
os-In my letter of two weeks ago
stated that it was q, great risk for me
20 visit Atlanta, and Montgomery, Ala,
Of this season of the year, and have
come back home pretty well collapsed.
Sill I am not sorry 1 went. My old
confederate friends in Atlanta at our
g A. r. reception, greeted me so cor
diaIlv and showed me so many kind
attentions that l was more than repaid
for the trip. And in Montgomery l
found a few old Confederate friends
VINO SeeIlCO SloO ~ OCC AAAS 0AbOA AAAoAy
wears l had a very pleasant interview
with Gov. Jellxs, the newspaper Gov
ernor and l am sure that his bril-
liant career ought to inspire Georgia to
mt Col. J. H. Estill, her accomplished
newspaper candidate, into the guber-
natorial chair So far, newspaper
Governors have been a great success,
and we need more of the same sort
tFhe G. A. R. Department of Alabama
has in its ranks many prominent citi-
zens and the encampment was much
enioyed by Commander-in-Chief Tor
renee, whose complimentary remarks
l was glad to indorse most heartily.
am very much obliged to ''T. S.
Iucas" for his communication in last
sundays Morning News about Con
federate Regulars" but he certainly is
barking up the wrong tree" in his at
tempt to show where our adopted
censor and historian jumped the
track" 1 never wrote that there were
no Confederate regulars as he claims
l simply stated that the original ap-
pontments in the Confederate Regu-
lars by me mentioned never amounted
to anything, and that the officers were
scattered into different commands and
with other ranks. Not single state
ment made by SIT. S. Lucas" contra
diets my facts, which had nothing to
do with any command to which he
lefers. Still, / am CHAD he wrote this
communication, and shall always be
happy to have as well-posted writer's
get after me" when they think l
have Jumped the track" However,
they had better take good old Davy
Crockett's advice, which is always in
order BE sure you're right, then go
ahead" 1t saves heap of trouble to
people who go off half-cocked."
They seem to have been pushed for
time on Presidents Day" at the
Charleston Exposition, and the sword
was presented to Maj. Micah Jenkins,
instead of to Maj. Micah John Jenkins,
his full and proper name. 1t was his
father, Gen. Jenkins, whose name was
plain Micah, and who was one of the
bravest of the Confederate generals,
and like "Stonewall" Jackson, he fell
under the accidental fire of his own
troops. The banquet, given
Gen. Terrence by the Department of
Alabama, G. A. r., in Montgomery
on April II, was one of the most en-
joyable l have ever attended. 1t was
at Fleming's banquet hall, and the
Confederates were represented by two
good speakers, Judge Fuller and Col.
Jones, while Gen. Terrence, Gen. Lam
cey and Col. Wickersham of Mobile,
spoke for the G. A. r. Gen. M. c.
Scott, the S. V. Commander of the de-
partment, was POSTMASTER, and per-
formed his duties in a most admirable
manner. Gen. Bacon of Birmingham,
the new commander, made a few re-
marks, as did his immediate prede-
cessor
Newspaper writer's who write on mil
itary matters should learn that COM
missioned officers do not enlist"
therefore, it is improper to state that
doctor re-enlisted in the army as a
surgeon" Nor is the title of major,
or that of captain, the proper one to
use for medical officers, but surgeon or
assistant surgeon, with the rank of ma
jor or captain. Major surgeon" is
somewhat ridiculous. A contract sur
geon" is not an army officer in the
usual sense. Gen. Terrence of
the G. A. r. is a great gatherer Of
war records on both sides, and his Wis
1t to Alabama and Georgia last week
was utilized to add to his Confederate
records He had quite an interview
with DR.. Fred B. Palmer of Jacobs
drug store in Atlanta, Ga, who had
an active career as a lieutenant in the
Johnson's Island. / visited Doonan &
Lovett's Eye Olde Book Shopp," on
Peachtree street, with Gen. Terrence,
and saw there McCall's History of
Georgia, and a volume of sermons by
Rev. DR.. Henry Kollock of Savannah,
1911, and dedicated to his beloved con-
gregation'' for their uniform kindness
and benevolence." These are very rare
volumes and only rich people can now
afford to buy them.
Milt SAUL in his Washington, D. c.,
correspondence for Georgia and Ala
bama newspapers, falls into an error
IN regard to the masts from the Span
ish battleships Don Juan d'Austria and
Almirante Oquendo, captured at san
uago After stating that the spars
We're not yet the property of the state
or Alabama, he goes on to say they
nave already been raised in the Capt.
tol yard and have attracted consider
able attention from visitors. The flag
which floats from the top of the masts
IS the first flag of the United States
10 hoat over Santiago Cuba" All this
would be very nice if it were true; but
instead the visitors see these battered
nasts lying on the ground waiting for
congress to present them to Alabama.
AS Gov. Jelks told me, they are not
IN his possession but when they are
they will be properly polished and
raised, and the Santiago flag presented
by Gen. Wheeler will probably float
from the topmast. Correspondent Saul
Is little too previous in the matter.
The death of Col. Charles Marshall,