The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-22

Academy, from June, 1855, to April,
1860 Speaking of medical officers, the
long delayed proposed monument to
that grand old hero and patriot of the
Revolutionary War, Gen. Hugh Mer-
Ger, suggests to me that the American
Medical Association ought 10 erect a
monument in Washington to the he
roic generals of all wars who laid
aside the scalpel for the sword and
won renown on the battlefields of the
country. DR.. Joseph Warren, Dr. Hugh
Mercer DR.. Samuel w. Crawford and
others whose names 1 cannot readily
recall, are worthy such monumental
honors from their profession.
In no Southern State was Flag Day.
more generally and periodically OBJ
served than in Florida Maj. Gen. S.
Herbert Lancey the Department Com
mander of the G.. A. F., is also special
aide land has been for eight years. to
the communicative chief, in charge of
military instruction and patriotism in
the public schools of this department,
and to his faithful services was due the
general observance of the day this
year. At Tampa there was a large
street parade and exercises in the Court
House Square. At Orlando, in the af-
ternoon. public exercises were held at
Whipple Hall by the G. A. r. and w.
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Admiral James +. Jouett, United States
Navy (retired) whose General Order
No. T." that "at colors.' all officers
and men should uncover" was read
as a part of the exercises. 1t was is
sued when he was in command of the
North Atlantic Squadron, Nov. p, 1884,
and was later adopted as a general or
der for the entire navy. At Sanford,
in the parlors of the Sanford House,
the G. A. r. and w. r. c. held appro
pirate services. At Jacksonville the
w r. c. and g. A. r held elaborate
services in the parlors of the Victoria
Hotel. These were the most conspicu-
Gus celebrations but all over the state
the day was observed in patriotic
manner.
Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson. U. S.
", on May 9. 1865. telegraphed from
Macon, Ga, to Secretary of War Stan
ton, in reply to a telegram ordering
the arrest of Gov. Joseph F. Brown,
as follows: "In the capitulation of
the Georgia militia Brown, as COM
mander- in-chief, was yesterday pa
rolled, but his parole in no way ac-
knowledges him as Governor" Now,
Gen. Wilson may not be an Irishman,
yet this telegram contains an Irish
bull' of the first water. 1t seems
ridiculous that a West Point graduate
and old army officer should be guilty
of such a blunder. There was no way
for Brown" to become the com
handkerchief except by virtue of
his office of Governor. A parole given
him as communicative chief was
obliged to cover his office of Governor,
as the two were one and inseparable.
But my old friend the late Gen. Henry
c. Wayne. also a West Pointer and
army officer, once tackled" me in the
Morning News and contended that
Washington accepted the appointment
of "commander-in-ch chief" but not that
of lieutenant general" But the title
and the rank cannot he separated in
such cases.
objection has been raised against
military attache for Minister Herbert
G.. Suuiers, who is our first represen-
tative to the new republic of Cuba.
Some editors object on the ground that
he is a military man and "a graduate
of West Point" This is an error, as
he never was at the Academy, even as
a cadet, but was appointed from civil
life, a second lieutenant of the First
United States Infantry in 1877. He may
have been confounded with Lieut..
Squier, of the Signal Corps. who is a
graduate of West Point.
SceIilS 10 ne d dlllGI6uNc VI Oplll-
ion as to how to raise the Stars and
Stripes on Memorial Day. some people
half masting and the majority full
masting "Old Glory" AS the flag is
raised in honor of the dead. and not
the living it is proper to put it at half
mast. At military stations the flag
is raised in the morning to full mast
and then Immediately lowered to half
mast, where it remains until after the
salute at noon, when it is full-masted
for the balance of the day. 1t is clear
ly not proper way to honor the dead
on Memorial Day by putting the flag
at full-mast from morning till night.
I am sure that all Georgians are
glad to know that Gen. E. Porter All
exander, c. 6. A, so ably and so sue
cessfully represented the state at the