The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
eInNEY HERBERT's LETTER.

oxrIs IN THE CONFEDERATE
nv1cE WHO ARE NOW CALLED
GENERALS.
p,chest of All the Grand Army
o.t.-A Much-PrizAd Photograph.
..,dicrs Appreciate Mrs. w. w.
don's Kindness-The Grave of
,.nb, Horse Harry Lee mt Dungeon
coI. McCIure's Article on Gen.
-. f.. Lee Criticised-Gen. Lee
.r a Member of Gen. Scott's
Military FamiIy-some other Mat
49,. of General Interest.
p,,a Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla, Jan.
~ writer's for the press who set
yourselves up as correctors of the mis-
.,roe Of other writers should them
&c no free from errors in their own
things. And yet I find myself, in
ala age. with 'bad spells" growing
10 freouent, sometimes in error.
.,,ontlv referred to Lieut.. Col. Ruth
ford &. Hayes, U. S. ", when knew
;. .ho,,id have been Webb Hayes; and
,ast sunday the name OF the poet, E.
= pinkney, was given as Pinckney;
and vet I knew the Maryland family
me was Pinkney, while that of the
coutb Carolina family was Pinckney.
shakespeare asks, What's in a name?"
Same people think there is a good deal.
rx-Goy. Northen, for example, finds
= hard to keep people from writing his
name Northern. And when we have a
variety. as Robson and Robson and
pohinson and Robertson. it sometimes
nnzzles even Philadelphia lawyer to
get a name right.
A newspaper paragrapher speaks Of
Hooker of Mississippi and Oats of Ala
hama who were in Congress together,
ss generals in the Confederate army.
IN not think Hooker rose to a higher
rank than colonel, and I know that
a. William C. Oats did not become a
o. raj He was one of the Souths
bravest heroes, and lost an arm in bat
tie. and we'll deserved to have been pro-
NOTED. But President Mckinley recog
nized his fine soldiery qualities and
made him a brigadier general of volun-
teers in the Spanish-American war.
The mortality in Lafayette
Post No. 140, G.. A. R., of New York
city. during the past year shows how
the old soldiers of the Civil War are
passing away. Sixteen members of this
most have crossed over the river" in
Guiding Gen. Dan Butterfield and Gen.
Robert Nugent This is the richest and
most artstocratic post in the country,
but it is not 'stingy," nor "stuck-up,"
but abounds in kindly deeds and gener-
GUS donations, having just given $500
to the Mckinley monument fund. Poor
G. A. r. posts in the South are often
aided by its generous donations.
Ny hearty thanks are due Mr.. Ed
ward Wilson, the artistic photographer
of Savannah, for a beautiful photo OF
the Admiral Schley reception at the
City Exchange 1t is a valuable ad-
dition to my Collection and will be
highly priced as a gift from one who
writes that he enjoys reading" my let
ters in the Sunday issue of the Morn
ing News. But I value the photograph
most, however, because it has the first
picture of Mrs. Gen. w. w. Gordon
that I have ever seen. I have several
pictures Of Admiral and Mrs. Schley
and Gen. Gordon, and / have long de-
sired to have one in my collection"
OF Mrs. Gordon, noble and patriotic
woman who has a warm place in the
hearts of thousands of soldiers, old
and young. Some have been witnesses
of her devotion to sick and wounded
comrades. while many have only read
with admiration of her devotion to sUf-
fering soldiers. Herself born in or near
a military post where Chicago now
stands she early learned to love and
honor her countrys brave and patriotic
defenders and age has only deepened
that feeling of interest in their welfare
and comfort.
last week referred tO "IiRht Horse