The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-09

a second lieutenant he was DreVeC
brigadier general of volunteers. So his
case and Gen. Chaffee's are quite un-
like. Brig. Gen. William III. Bisbee
and Brig Gen. Theo. ]. Whit, and
Brig. Gen. Louis H. Carpenter, and
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Burke. and Brig.
Gen. Theo. Schwan. and Brig. Gen.
John w. Clous, all came up from the
ranks of the regular army.
1t is sad to see so many of the cher
ished fancies of our earlier years wan
ish into thin air." used to think Lib
erty' had it's birth in Independence
Hall at Philadelphia. But in my later
years the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence put in it's claim for pre-
cedence. And now comes a Georgia
writer who claims that Savannah was
the original Grade of Liberty in the
American Colonies. Judge PLATE, If
alive to-day, might well renew his old
time question, What is truth ?" used.
also, to think that the appellation Of
Father of His Country belonged ex-
clusively to Gen. George Washington:
but the "Gentlemen's Magazine" Of
July, 1885, claims that it was first APP
piled to Hon. Peyton Randolph, then
Speaker of the Virginia General As
sembly and a delegate to the Continent
that Randolph was sterling patriot
and an active and influential leader in
the movement for Independence, but
the title of Father of His Country"
hardly fit his case.
1t is gratifying to note that move
ment is on foot to make 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" as familiar and as
popular with the masses as America"
crII0
of The American Boy monthly of De-
troit, Mich, in his July issue, gives
page to this stirring patriotic lyric,
and asks, "How many boys know by
heart The Star Spangled Banner'!"
Then he adds: ".As a reward for the
memorizng of 1t we will give to any
boy who writes us that he has learned
it, copy of the song in the handwrit-
ing of Gen. Russell A. Alger, ex-
Secretary of War We shall print the
song on nice paper so that it will be
in good shape for framing. Hanging
on the wall of a boys room it will be
constant source of inspiration" Be-
fore seeing this page in The American
Boy, was about to suggest that pub
lie school teachers all over the South
be requested to have their pupils learn
both the words and the music of THE
Star Spangled Banner" This is the
quickest way to familiarize the masses
with the grandest national patriotic
song in our language. 1t is true that
the music is difficult for ordinary sing
ers, but practice makes perfect, and a
more united effort to bring this song
into as general use as America" will,
L am sure, finally succeed.
Gen. Chaffees high commentator of
Army Nurse Alice Kemmer, in the
Philippines, has drawn attention to a
noble band of young women that has
too long been overlooked, when heroes
were given the nations cheers. To
Florence Nightingale, to Sister Teresa,
to Alice Barton, to Mother Bickerdye
and other noted nurses due homage has
been paid, but the Spanish american
War called into service hundreds of
young women-many of them wealthy
and cultured, as army nurses. A few
of them, like Miss Annie Wheeler and
Miss Chandler, have been highly hon
ored. yet scores of them have done
equally noble service. Miss Kemmer is
only one of the self-sacrificing nurses
who brave disease and danger and en-
dure hardsnips in order to serve the
sick and wounded soldiers of our
armies. So successful have they been
and so meritorious have their labors
proved. that men nurses have had to
give place to women in the army And
now the Navy Department. at Wash
ington, Is calling for women nurses
for naval hospitals and naval stations
Maitland has sent out during the past
few years four trained nurses one.
Miss Alice Pendell. a young lady of
wealth and culture, has been, and may
yet be. an army nurse In Cuba.
II Is 10 be hoped that the Georgia
readers, at least, OF the Morning News