The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-27

to as being son of Brig. Gen. Toon"
of North Carolina. This implies that
his father is living, which is not the
case. Gen. Thomas F. Toon, c. S. A,
died several months ago, at which
time he was the popular and efficient
superintendent of public instruction in
that state. I think he was the only
colonel who was made brigadier gen.
eral temporarily, and then again be-
came colonel of his regiment.
Twice have stated that there is no
honorary membership" in the Grand
Army of the Republic. The first case
reported was of New Jersey G. a.
r. post that made Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston an honorary member"
then came Kinsley post of Boston,
with Gen. Joe Wheeler, and now u.
S. Grant Post of Brooklyn, N. Y, ap-
pears with Mayor Thos. G. Jones of
Gen. John B. Gordon's staff, The
honor supposed to be conferred upon
these distinguished Confederates, all
worthy of the highest tributes of re-
spect, could not be bestowed upon the
most illustrious Union soldier. There
is such thing as Social Member
ship allowed in G. A. r. circles, but
Honorary Membership cannot lie
conferred upon any person. Judge
Jones delivered the grafton at Grants
tomb, on Memorial Day, and later
was the guest of U. S. Grant Post in
Brooklyn. When he told them in an
swer to their questions, Of the new
Confederate Soldiers Home in Ala
bama, they gave him $50 to take back
with him for the old Confederates.
The Lost Cause monthly of Louis
vile, KY, for June, has a full-page
oval group picture of ninety-seven
Confederate Generals" Georgia is
represented by A. R. Lawton, John B.
Gordon, Robert H. Anderson, P. M. B.
Young, Phil Cook, Lafayette McLaws,
E. L. Thomas, James Longstreet and
George T Anderson. Thomas is re-
corded as "E. c." and George H.
Stuart as Stewart" John S. Mosby,
]. S. Hollins, g. S. N, and r. F.
Pinkney, c. s. N, are in the group,
as we'll as Alexander Fl. Stephens! My
impression is that Mosby was not d
general and l am sure Little Aleck''
never was. AS to Hollins and Pinkney,
I think Raphael Semmes and Richard
l.. Page were the only naval officers
who became brigadier generals. Schart,
in his History of the Confederate
State Navy" says Lieut.. William
Llewellyn Powell, c.. S. N, executive
officer of the Patrick Henry. and
whose views as to arnor plate on war
vessels were adopted, resigned from
the navy and died a brigadier general
at Fort Morgan before it's fall
have no knowledge of any such brig
adler general, yet there was a Fort
Powell near Fort Morgan, and it may
have been named for him.
The Jacksonville Metropolis recently
had an editorial on Canned Horse
Meat" am sure that a good many
old Union soldiers know more about
this kind of meat than the editor OF
the Metropolis, and their knowledge
came from a never-to- be-forgotten ex-
perience during the Civil War. No
doubt some of the old Confederate SOL
diers could give many interesting facts
about the horse meat and mule meat
of war times. The Spanish-American
Canned Beef sensation was nothing
compared to some of the meat episodes
that fell in my way as an inspector.
more than once found meat issued that
had been sliced UP by the army. OF
picket line, of worms, that had march
ed through it. But worse than this
and showing rascality. was the re-is-
sue of this same meat after it had beer
once condemned. AS to the horse AND
mule meat, the old Maine soldiers uset
to sing:
"Old boss! Old boss: How come 70,
here,