The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-30
plantation in South Carolina.


The re-interment of the remains of
Gen. Greene under his monument aft
er so many years, calls to mind the re-
moval of the remains of Maj. Gen.
Richard Montgomery, who fell in the
attack on Quebec, in December 1775,
from that city, where they had re-
posed for forty-two years, to New
York This transfer was completed on
July s, 1918, when the remains, with
appropriate ceremony, were deposited
under his imposing marble monument
in old ST. Pauls church yard on
Broadway, opposite the Aston House.
This monument was erected in 1776, but
Gen. Montgomery's remains were not
placed under it until 1918. The mon
ument was erected by an act of Con-
gress in grateful remembrance of a
hero's services.
Col. T. ]. Appeyard of the Florida
Index. at Lake City, who was a boy
hero in the c. S. N, and C. S. A.,
from Virginia, turns this item over to
me: "a dispatch in the Savannah
News says President Roosevelt is to
hunt bears in Mississippi region
which was formerly the hunting
ground of Gen. Wade Hampton, the
famous leader of the Confederate
Black Horse Cavalry. Our recollection
is that the Black Horse Cavalry was
organized at Hanover Court House.
Va, and that it was under 'Jeb. ;
Stuart's command. We pass this up
to Maj. Sidney Herbert. who will have
all the data" Alas! Bro. Appleyard,
have little influence with the News,
as it still refers to Gen" Lamar and
the "Old Veterans" and Nathaniel
Greene. / remember the "B. H. c."
and Col. "Jeb" Stuart at Bull Run,
where they won immortal fame, much
to our discomfort and sorrow. Gen.
Hampton raised the famous Hampton
Legion" in South Carolina, largely at
his own expense. and did heroic SER
vice at Bull Run.
Last week l referred to Rev. George
G. N. MacDonelrs pastoral visits to
the Andrews Raiders" in the Atlanta
Jail. DIR. r. ]. Massey, in the Sunny
South, gives an interview with Tom
Mullins, in the Confederate Soldiers
Home in Atlanta, who was an employee
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
and familiar with the stealing of the
locomotive General by the raiders
DR.. Massey contends that Mullins and
Capt. Fuller are wrong in calling them
"raiders'-that they were spies But
the doctor is the one who errs, as they
were not in any sense spies, but simply
raiders, organized for single pur-
pose. He says Andrews was cool,
noble and dignified in manner on the
scaffold Prof. ]. E. Willett of Mer-
Ger University was deeply impressed
by the scene. and contended that when
a man like Andrews was captured even
as a spy, and no lives were lost, he
should not be executed. l cannot agree
with this sentiment. All spies, like
Hale and Andre and Sam Davis, take
their lives in their hands when they
invade the enemy's country for base
purposes. and should. as they generally
do. meet death bravely.
Recently suggested that It would
be a good plan to have the children in
our public schools daily sing 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" and thus make this
difficult tune and the song as familiar
and as popular as MY Country, tits
of Thee" 1t is gratifying to know that
in Porto Rico the children In the pub
lie schools sing this and other OF our
patriotic songs as a part of their daily
exercises. And more than this, over eY-
cry school house in Porto Rico the
American flag is daily unfurled and
the pupils taught to pay due respect 20
II as il Is thrown 10 che breeze. Gen.
A. c. Blackwell, commander OF the rich
G. 4. r.. Post of New York city-the
Lafayette-went TO Porto Rico a few
years ago and placed a flag over every
school house on the Island. The c.
A. r. and Woman's Relief Corps and
the Youths Companion Of Boston are
trying 20 have a nag put over ever
school house In this country.
sidney Herbert.