The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-09
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
rur QUESTION OF THE SPELLING
OF GEN. GREENE's NAME.

rt,e senate's Proposition Relative
a. Military Guard for the Presi-
,ont Condemncd-Gen. Banks an
,vtIItnE Quartermaster-SO of
,,,e Errors which Appear in the
vcwxpapers-HOw the Sanders
,;IIe Daughters of the Confeder-
Have Honored Themselves.
..rbe sword of Major Jenkins
.rhroyvs Into the Shade "The
s..ord of Bunker HilI"-COI.
r.tilrs Letters Valuable From
u,.toricaI and biographical
s,ondpoint-Other Matters of In
terest.
Dino Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla,
March s.-A newspaper man having
ariticised my spelling of Nathaniel
creene it may not be out Of place to
all his attention to the fact that the
.orlv war records show the name of
.vathan Green among the major
-ooorals. That was in 1879, and in 1880
:. onnears the same; but in 1882 it
reads-"Nath. Green, R. l., brig, p
1,,v 1775. Promoted 9 Aug, 1776." But
On March 2, 177s. the record shows
NOT Major General Nathaniel
Greene" was elected by Congress quar-
termaster general of the army. 1t is
nossible that Nathaniel is the proper
wav to spell his front name, but 1
roust plead ignorance of the fact, II
Il 10 a fact. Even the official army
records show both Nathan" and
..Vath." Green, and then comes full
Nathaniel Greene" 1t is to be hoped
that the Sons and Daughters Of the
American Revolution will consult some
reliable authority as to Gen. Greene's
name before the re-interment of his
remains.
trust that the Senate's proposition
To have a military guard for the
protection of the President will not be
adopted. How would President Linz
coin have looked in a private box at
Fords Theater surrounded by a mill
tarv guard. Imagine, also, Presi-
dent Garfield walking into the ladies'
waiting room at the Washington de-
not with a military guard marching
at his side. Suppose President Nc
Kinley had received in the Temple of
Music at the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton. with a bodyguard of soldiers
around him, would that have stayed
the assassin's bullet? Senators and
congressman who cry out against i'm
perialsm and military rule should go
slow" in their attempts to protect the
lives of our Presidents. In this free
country a military guard of the kind
proposed would be quite out of place.
As l have before said, their is no alb
solute protection possible for our Pres
idents.
During the Civil War it used to be
a standing joke that Gen. Banks of
Massachusetts was an unwilling quar-
termaster and commissary for the
Confederates in his vicinity. Coffee
and other supplies were often captur-
ed from his wagon trains. It seems,
however, that old Confederates are
still capturing coffee from Massachu-
sets Yankees AT the Memphis re-
union the coffee used was a gift from
4 Chase 81 Sanborn, the famous Boston
coffee dealers, and now this patriotic
firm proposes to give the Dallas, Tex,
reunion nearly five thousand gallons
Of their famous Seal Brand coffee,
with cream ready for drinking. This
ought 10 warm up the old Confeder-
ates with a kindly feeling for the
Boston Yankees. Dallas is good
way off from Boston, but a cup of hot
coffee will make the Huh" seem
nearer.
s Mrs FELTON, writes about the late
Maj Gen. Charles w. Field, G. S: A.
as "a Virginia gentleman" This
8 would be all right if Gen. Field had
& not been born in Kentucky, which
4 would make him "a Kentucky gentle
4 man. She also refers to the 'rela-
n tons existing between Gen. Robert e.
y Lee and Gen. Longstreet on the last
4 day of the Civil War" No doubt Mrs.
FELTON, intended to refer to the day of
& Gen. Lees surrender which was not
s the last day of the Civil War"
l am glad that typographical err
a rors are not confined to my letters, but
are found in other newspapers of age
and prominence. l notice such errors
as Gen. T. r.. Jackson and Mrs. 7. r.
u Jackson and Gen. w. Cabell, and
Stonewall Jackson" for "StonewaH"
Jackson. Mrs. Benton recently
read valuable paper on Gen. Ma
Ihanlel GTeene's campaigns in the
south, before the Augusta Chapter d.
A R., which mas been published in
Inc Augusta Chronicle. The
sketch of Gen. Robert E. Lees visit
a 10 Darien, intended for publication
some two weeks ago, has been over
d #helmed in my fast accommodating
mall and cannot be readily found. 1t
q VIII Keep, however, and be good read
ING when published. Adjt. John
L. Albritton, of Francis S. Barlow
lamp, u. G. v, at Barlow, Fla, writes
al interesting letter about Gen. c.. c.
Grews, but does not give all needed
udta~ E. A. Silva, of Savannah,
sends me some valuable Central Rail-
.Sau publications, several containing
PICTURES of Confederate monuments
mat are worth preserving.
me Sandersville Chapter of the
daughters of the Confederacy have
aonored themselves in paying a de-
sveu tribute to Maj. Mark Newman,
on Ut ler savannah man, but for years
81 ci nG OF Washington county's noblest
NJ; lens IN war or in peace. During
of iong and efficient service as one
Lne pest Ordinaries in the country
nes nas done thousands of acts of kind
ii,.3 NE and generosity for old soldiers
hing or the families of those who
wo W. uled. Gentle and courteous as a
bis sai IN his daily intercourse with
ms ms iellow men, yet in war Mai. New
e de- n was among the bravest and most
s. mo,S.'3u OF Confederates. AS regi-
NIL adJutant his services were
B len u oy the rare ability and excel
B CO.. mat have made him famous as
ent,, ga star Ordinary. OF his sew
B been "a "a years, more than twenty have