The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-15

names of the Georgia Cadets who left
the Academy in 1861, without gradual
ing, TO join the Confederate army.
They were: 1857, Pierce NJ. B. Young
and Edward S. Mills; 1858. James Bar
row; Joseph G. Blount, Joseph A. AL
exander; 1859, Thomas ]. Bruton, Mat
thew F. Nunnally; 1858, John A. A. w.
west. Gen. Young was a congressman
after the war; Gen. Willis was killed
In battle; Lieut.. Col. Barrow also fell
In battle; Blount, Nunnally, Bruton
and Alexander were in the Confeder-
ate artillery service. West was killed
some years ago by his brother, in Mis-
sissippi, l think. Alexander was alive
a few years ago in Atlanta, but all the
others were dead many years ago. Bru-
ton was from cambridge, and was
brother of Augustus Bruton, who died
of yellow fever in Savannah.
The following is a list of Georgia Ca
diets who failed for one reason or an
other to graduate: 1858, Joseph A
Alexander; 1899, David Bailey; 1886,
Thomas jackson Bailey; 1920, Thomas
Barclay; 1921, Josiah Beck; 1923, Solo
mon Bolton; 1925 James W. M. Ber-
rien; 1923, Jared B. Bickham; 1885,
Robert w. M. Black; 1928. William
Green Bonner; 1895, Frank f. Burke;
1876, James j. Byers; 1926, John A.
Campbell; 1886, Rufus B. Clark; 1886,
Christopher c. Coffee; 1885, Hugh Moss
Conner, Jr.; 1897, Frederick G.. Clark;
1850, William S. Daniel; 1886, Joel
Toombs Reese; 1874, James w. DeLyon;
1888, Gilbert P. DeWolf; 1874, Francis
x. Douglas; 1922, Albert S. Dozier; 1887,
John Dunwody; 1887 and '3S, Walton
Ector; 1923, Peter A. A. Early; 1S41,
Alexander A. Edwards; 1884, Robert
Fleming; 1916, Charles K. Floyd; 1888,
James H. Foster; 1910, James r. Gage;
1869, Henry ..Slappy Glover, Jr.; 1888,
Graves; 1887, Emslev E.Griffin; 1928 29,
Richard w. Habersham; 1S4S, Mark A.
Hardin 1888, Walter H. Harvey; 1868,
John Augustine Hasler; 1887, Bernard
Henry; 1916, Harrison Herndon: 1S41,
Anthony Dyer Hill; 1886, Robert H.
Hines; 1887, John H. Holt;
1880 D John j: B. ,ooo Hoxey;
c. Hunter; 1922, Amaso Jackson;
1915, John c.. Jones: 1885, John B.
Johnston; 1856. William Jones; 1922,
Amosa Jackson 1881, VIM. A Jenkins;
1892 John Jones; 1899, Fred D. Jack
son; 1896, Warren II. Jordan; 1850,
Lewis H. Kenan: 1885, John VIM. King;
1916, Samuel ]. Koockogey; 1896, George
Kershaw; 1921, Isaac V. w. Lacey;
1925, Pleiades Orion Lumpkin; 1869,
Henry T. Latham; 1885, Jas. Madison
Lambdin;. 1924 George w. Matthews;
1875 Pollard Mccormick; 1915, Richard
Dennis Miller: 1921. Andrew j. Miller;
1921, Elijah Clark Mounger; 1926, Will
liam H. Miller; 1910, Levi Julian Myers;
1889 Matthew F Nunnally; 1894, Mel
vim Nussbaum; 1884 Lewis D. Pace;
1885, Robert Emory Park; 1854, Angus
tus H. Rutherford; 1886, VIM. Rabun
Shivers; 1882, Robert H. Sheffield 1897,
Wade Hampton Shipp; 1873, Howard
NJ. Smith; 1924. Chas H. Spalding 1886,
Marcellus A. Stovall general c. S. Al;
$685. VIM. P. B. left; 1855, Winfield
Scott Thomas; 1874, Jas. c. Tumlin;
1SS1-1SS2, David f. Twiggs: 1919 Jas
F. Walker; 1915, Chas. H. Ward; 1857,
Reuben A. Walker; 1883, John H. Wat
son; 1S4s, Andrew ]. Waters; 1853,
John A. A. w. West; 1889, Albion P.
Whipple; 1888, Thomas w. White; 1922
1924, Richard NJ. Williams; 1887, Chas.
]. Williams general G. S. T., 1850;
1857, Edward s. Willis general c. S.
Al; 1880, Junius Wingfleld; 1926, Marks
j. B. Wood; 1871, Joel A. Wootten;
1929 Josiah S. Wilson; 1857, Pierce NJ.
B. Young general C. S. Al.
The West Point official register for
1901 shows the following Georgia ca
diets in the academy: First class,
Walter H. Smith; second class, Will
liam A. Mitchell (born in Alabama),
star cadet No 2; William NJ. Davis,
Hiram NJ. Cooper (born in North Car
olina), Troup Miller; third class,
Julian Schley (of Savannah), star ca
det) No. 5; Clifford Jones. Carl Boyd,
Albert c. Wimberly (turned back to
fourth class; fourth class, Joseph A.
Atkins, William c. Fife, Dewitt Clin-
ton Jones, William Whitehead West,
Jr (appointed from North Carolina),
Eugene Palmer Fortson, discharged
Jan Is, 1901, for deficiency in mathe
mates and drill regulations. AN these
classes have moved up since the regis
ter was issued and class No. grad
uated this year, with William A.
Mitchell of Georgia at the head, he
having gained one number. The jan
uary G902) merit roll contains the
the name of d. D. Strong, Georgia
cadet. Others have entered since
whose names I have not now at hand.
The discharge Of Cadet Eugene Pal
mer Fortson of Georgia, from the
fourth class at West Point Military
Academy, recently, was no surprise TO
me. as his past record pointed to such
a final ending of his academic course.
He was admitted Aug. l, 1900, but dis
charged Jan. Is, 1901, for deficiency in
mathematics and drill regulations. He
seems to have been re- admitted only
to be again found and discharged as
deficient" AS l have before stated,
few cadets have ever been re-admitted
who succeeded in graduating. Georgia
has had several such cases, however,
The first was Cadet Richard NJ. Will
hams.. 1922 and 1924; the second was
Cadet Richard w. Habersham, 1928
and 1929; the third case was Walton
Ector. brother of Gen. NJ. D. Ector,
1897 and 1888, the fourth case was Da-
vid Emanuel Twiggs. 1881 and 1882
Carl Boyd, now in the academy, was
appointed in 1898 and again re-appoint-
ed in 1899, with a chance to graduate.
If so. he will be an exception, as l
know of only two cadets-Randolph
Ridgeley. Maryland, 1902, and Fran
els D. Wyse, of Virginia, 1908, who
pulled through" on second appoint
ment. Failure to graduate, however.
is no disgrace, nor even setback"
to an aspiring, brainy young cadet.
John A. Campbell, of Georgia, did not
graduate. yet he became an eminent
LAWYER. a Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, and assistant secretary
of war for the Confederate states.
Cen. NJ. A. Stovall, of Augusta, and
Gen. Chas. ]. Williams, of Columbus.
did not graduate.
II will not do for the people Of the
North or the South to belittle the i'm
portance of West Point as a military
school of high character. Take up a
list of all the great battles of the civil
War. for example. and see how few
rhi m