The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01

visitor. Without the charming person
ality that made Combs so very popu-
lar. the dignified bearing and states
mahIike views of Davis made him
popular speaker in those days, and
Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, was
proud to honor him with the high de-
gree of Doctor of Laws. In my mem
DRY of the marked events of my boy
| hood days, the speeches of Leslie
Combs and Jefferson Davis still linger
with an undated charm.
I have several times referred to the
growth of the military spirit in public
schools and Sunday-schools, but
| Brooklyn has reached a point which
| astonishes me. The Woman's Home
! Companion for June has a full page ar
! ticle, with several fine illustrations, on
THE Brooklyn Sunday-school Parade
There were 222 large schools repre-
sented by nearly $1,000 members. The
review in Prospect Park was bril-
| liant affair in every respect. Thous-
ands of flags and hundreds of school
| banners were displayed. and the in
| spection of the cadets, in regimental
| formation, was a scene to make veter-
an soldiers hopeful of their countrys
future defense in the rising generation.
| Just think of this great army OF sun
| day-school children and teachers nine
! teen DIVISIONS, edCn one iuutpSAucAt VI
the other, and yet all joining together
in one grand anniversary parade and
celebration 1t was indeed an inspir-
ing scene.
So it seems that "Our Fitz Lee"
had spells" during the civil war
when he felt that he ought to show
| that war is Hell" In a recent in
terview he advised that the critics of
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| in their censure, citing the cases of
| Sherman ard Sheridan in the civil war,
| and how the Confederates burned
| Chambersburg, Pa. At such times
| passions are aroused and acts commit
| ted that are not approved in cooler
| moments, Il issued" said Gen. Lee,
| what might be called a barbaric or
| der; and yet l hope 1 am a humane
man" The order referred to was in
regard to Gen. Sheridans soldiers at
Ashland, Va, who had wisps of burn
| irg hay in their hands with which ito
set fire to handsome summer residences
| there. He issued an order that the
first man who set a house on fire
should be caught and thrown into the
flames. Later on he countermanded
the order yet at the time, he says, he
felt it was justifiable." AS early in
the war as Dec. %, 1861, Gen. Henry w.
who burned bridges, destroy TELEGRAPH
lines and railroads should be shot.
Gen. b. F. Butler, u. S. " hung VIM.
s. Munford in New Orleans for tear
ing down the Union flag. Acts of this
kind were common on both sides and
innocent men we're murdered in cold
blood under "retaliatory" orders. And
they were not treacherous Philippines.
Morning News to know that Mr.. James
A. Carter of Douglas, Ga. wants to
know "the initials and home of the
Union general Fitzpatrick" who was a
Union artillery general at the close of
the war" Now, it is needless to state
that Maj. Gen, Judson Fitzpatrick, u.
S. v, of New Jersey, was VIGOROUSLY
known as an intrepid cavalry comman-
der, and yet he graduated from West
Point in May, 1861, into a second lieu
tenancy in the Second United States
Artillery, was made a first lieutenant
during the same month, and captain
on Nov 30, 1864 which was his regu-
lar army rank. Dec. /. 1865, when he
| resigned with the brevets of major,
| lieutenant colonel. colonel brigadier
| general and major general in the
| in Deckertown, N. j., from which place
he was appointed in 1865, envoy extra
| ordinary and minister plenipotentiary
| to Chill. where he died while in office.
l think he was married to a Gillian
| lady. and ii is possible the postmaster
| at Deckertown may be able to give
| Mr.. Garter the information he is now
seeking. His last war service was in
command of a cavalry division in Mis-
sissippi as late as June, 1865.
1 noticed in last Sundays Morning
News that M r. Tunno mentions
Gen. Sill of the Yankee Army" There
were a number of Stills in the service,
but 1 presume reference was made to
Brig. Gen. Joshua w. Sill, U. S. V,
of the Union Army. He was a native
of Ohio and a star graduate (No. 81
of the West Point class of 1858, of which
Gen. William r. Boggs, C. s. A, of
| Georgia, was next in rank. Sill went
! into the ordnance department and
Boggs to the Typographical Engineer
| Corps. Sill resigned in January, 1861,
| to become professor in the Brooklyn,
| N. Y. Polytechnic Institute but in
| April went to Ohio as assistant adju-
| tant general of the state. AS colonel
| of the Thirty third Ohio Volunteers he
| entered the army in August, 1861 and
rose to the rank of brigadier general.
! He was not, as Mr.. ~Tunno thinks, a
major general, although commanding
! a division. when killed at the battle of
Stone River, or Murfreesboro. on Dec.
81, 1862. Gen. Bushrod r. Johnson, c..
| S. A, to whom Mr.. Tunno refers as
superintendent of the Western Mill
tary Institute of Kentucky. was also
| an Ohio man and a West Pointer of the
class of 1910, of which Gen. Henry d
Wallen, U. S. A. of Georgia, was also
member. l think the "Col. Richard
| Dale owen" mentioned by Mr.. Tunno
| was Robert Dale Owen. There was
a Richard owen and a Richard b.
| Owen in the army, but no Richard Dale
owen. Sidney Herbert.
The Horse in Scouting.
From the United Service.
| The horse, like the man. in scouting.