The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-19

reunions" and too many Joint decora-
tons of soldiers graves to make any
such distinction in what may be term
ed social patriotic society. Both of
these propositions were turned down"
at the encampment in Washington.
I felt sure that Gen. ]. H. Wilson's
attack on Gen. Lee would call forth
howl from Bill Arp or Mrs. w. H.
FELTON,, both Of whom are always load
ded for such occasions. This time it
was Mrs FELTON, who. with her usual
disregard of facts. rushed into print
to attack the Grand Army of the Re-
public. I deny emphatieally that Gen.
Wilson represented the G. A. r., or
that he voiced the Republican senti-
ment. have heard Union generals
who were Republican senators and
members of Congress pay as high trib-
ute TO Gen. Lee as any Southern ora
tor has ever done. Gen. Wilson did
not, as Mrs. FELTON, intimates, address
the G. A. R., of which do not think
he has been or is member. He spoke
at military gathering entirely sepa-
rate from the G.. A. R. and voiced
the sentiments" of a very few Union
soldiers. At that same hour the Co
lumbia Post. G. A. r., of Chicago,
was on its way to Richmond, as the
invited guests of R. E. Lee Camp of
U. c. V. This post not only contrib
uted to the fund to build the Confed-
crate monument in Chicago, but at
tended in body and participated in the
unwilling ceremonies More than this,
the u. A. r. encampment of one
thousand delegates, without a dissent
ing voice, indorsed the appeal of Gen.
Torrance in behalf of Confederate SOL
| diers' homes in the South. I see that
Veteran K. A. Nisbet of Fairburn
Ga, repudietes Mrs. Felton's asser-
lions and contends that Gen. Wilson's
sentiments will not be Endorsed by the
people of the North. And in this he
is correct.
| The Washing ton, D. c., Star, in
recent write up" of the first Bull Run
| gives an incorrect make up of Gen.
Dan Tyler's division, as it went into
battle. The Star puts Col. Keye's brig
ade in the lead and Col. w. T. Sher-
| mans in the rear. Now, Lieut. (Cen)
| Emory Upton and myself, led this di-
vision. intosaction, and Shermans brig
] ade was in the lead and dashed across
J an open space under a cross fire. Upton
was wounded and my horse was hit,
| so we sought a more secure position
| He went off in search of a surgeon to
| dress his wound and I assumed COM
mand of the other brigades, Keyes be-
| ing the first, and ordered them to enter
| the field by a safe detour around the
brow of the hill. The Star also puts
several batteries into the division, and
| yet we did not have a single cannon.
! We waded the stream and mounted a
hill so steep I had to put my arms
around my horses neck to keep from
falling off backwards, I was so weak
fvx~sv, L..
| at Blackburn'S Ford The artillery
could not climb this hill and did not go
on the field with the division. We did
have Gen. Ayres' battery, and Gen. H.
| ]. Hunts battery with us at Black
J burns Ford, and 1t was in responding
| to an appeal for help from Gen.
Ayres that I was so severely wounded
while serving" one of the guns.
If good old Col. Roger Jones. so long
the honored and efficient adjutant gen
eral of the United States Army, were
permitted to see copy of the "Official
Army Register for 1902" issued July !
| instead of Jan. /, as usual, he would
! be amazed at its proportions and mag
! nitude. His register of 1887 was SKI
inches and had only thirty pages. The
present register is 9x6 and an inch and
a quarter thick. 1t contains 539 pages,
1
to 1887 contain only SOC small pages.
The publication of lists of Medal of
| Honor" men, and brevet titles, and re-
! tired officers, ETC., occupies a good deal
of space. The Military Academy al
West Point is given five pages, and ]
| notice in the official List of Distin.
guished Cadets at the Annual Exam
nation, 1901" the name of Julian Lar
| combe Schley of Savannah, as star ca
Diet No. in the third class, he ex-
ceiling in mathematics, drawing and
| practical military engineering" I no.
tice that Capt. James P. Jervey of the
| Engineer Corps, is assistant professor
Of civil and military engineering.
and Capt. Cornelis Dewitt Wilcox, of
| the Artillery Corps, is assistant profess
scr of natural and experimental philos-
ophy. Both are officers of rare culture
and reflect honor upon Georgia.
| Col. John B. Brownlow, son of the
| famous PEARSON Brownlow," of Ten
nessee, has been giving the Washing
ton newspapers some account of his
| services in the Union cause as colonel
| of the Ninth Tennessee cavalry, which
was Gin at the death" of Gen. John
| II. Morgan, G. S. A. But Col. Brown
| low seems to be ignorant of the records
| of Tennessee graduates of West Point
| Military Academy, as he says: "He
was a graduate of West Point
| and, if 1 mistake not, the only West
| Pointer from Tennessee who remained
loyal to the Union cause" This state
ment refers to Maj Gen. Alvan Gull
| lem Gillem, U. S. ", whom he calls
alvin" 1t is true that Gen. Gillem
| became distinguished both in the vol
| unteers and regular army, his first
| volunteer command being that of colo
| mel of the Tenth Tennessee Infantry.
| But he was not, by any means, the
only pebble on the beach" of West
| Point loyalty in Tennessee graduates.
Brig. Gen. George Lewis Gillespie, of
| Tennessee who graduated from West