The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-12

colonel, commanding" Prof. Derry
also says Gen. I. J. Jackson became
known after the battle of Bull Run
as "Stonewall Jackson" which is an
error He became known as stone
wall" Jackson, but some writers, and
even historians, refer to him as Stone
wall jackson, which is also an error,
as his proper title was Lieut.. Gen.
Thomas j. ("StonewalrO Jackson. The
same thing is true of Gen. Henry Lee;
he is called Light Horse Harry Lee,
instead of Light Horse Harry Lee.
This may seem like splitting straws,"
but it is not. The right way is al
ways the best. The rosters of the
Revolutionary and the Confederate
armies show no such generals names
as Light Horse Harry Lee and Stone
wall Jackson, and Tige Anderson.
1 have often spoken of careless writ
ing by men and women of undoubted
ability and general knowledge, but
when a brilliant Georgia orator and lit
erary critic writes about "a resolution
in the Senate of the United States to
the effect that no pension should ever
be paid Jefferson Davis for his serv-
ices in the war of 1872" the climax is
reached. Think of little JEFF at the ten
der age of years, buckling on his
sword or shouldering his rifle to go
into the war of 1912, as he must have
done, If he was Sin It," for he was born
en- June 8, 1903. Lieut.. Jefferson Davis,
U. S. A, was in the Black Hawk In
dian war during the thirties, and Col.
Jefferson Davis of the Mississippi Rife
Regiment, was in the Mexican war,
1876, and for his gallant conduct he was
appointed brigadier general in the
United States Army but declined the
commission. In the Civil War he was
major general of Mississippi State
troops until elected President of the
Confederate states. While 1t Is true
that he was with the MISUNDERSTANDING
only four years old-in 1912, he did not
Serve as soldier in that war. Ex~ Pres
ident Davis was fully entitled to pen
sion for services in both the Indian
war and the Mexican war, but Con-
gress unjustly held it back from him.
yet gave pensions to Confederate gen.
erals, less worthy and as deep in the
mire" of Secession as Davis, and in
this / find the charge of injustice.
The report of the New Years Day
reception by the President at the White
House contains this surprising state
ment: Perhaps the most pathetic
feature of the whole reception was the
appearance of the veterans of the Mex
lean war. An invitation had been sent
out to this organization and a time
limit of several minutes had been set
for them to pass by and shake hands
with the young President. Some of
the officials had argued that they
would occupy at least ten minutes of
the official time, so that when only six
gray and bent old warriors appeared
1t was hardly believed that they were
the Mexican War Veterans Associa-
ton, but they were" Alas! how few of
the heroes of that war are yet alive,
and how widely scattered are these
Few survivors. Only six at the nations
Capitol to represent their once power
full organization. No wonder they were
most pathetic feature" of that grand
and glittering reception. Among the
many Civil War and Spanish Ameri-
can War veterans they were almost
lost sight of, for the same report says
President Roosevelt was particularly
1ubilant when the Spanish War veter-
ans appeared. His enthusiasm was
quite overlooking when he observed in
the ranks of this association members
of his own Rough Rider band" And
yet, If the nation lives long enough,
some future President, at his New
Years reception, may see a similar
pathetic feature" in the appearance of
not more than half a dozen veterans
of the Civil War or the later Spanish
American War. There is, ! think, but
one woman living to-day whose father
was a. soldier in the Revolutionary
War, and the old soldiers of the war of
1872 are but a, little handful, and they
will soon be all gone.
The press kilograms report an at
tempt to blow up the residence of Tello
Mendoza. the Venezuelan minister of
finance. at Caracas. This event re-
mind me that one of the most beau
tiful poems written by Gen. Mirabeau
b. Lamar, ex-president of the Repub-
lie of Texas, and a gifted and gallant
son of Georgia, was tribute to 1.-THE
Daughter of Mendoza" 1t is said
that tourist visiting Nicaragua, many
years ago, found there a poem by Gen.
Lamar, late American minister to that
country. in the village of Pueblo Nue.
vo, dedicated to the belle of a posada.
the Daughter of Mendoza" Although
this poem does not appear in Lamar's
volume of Verse Memorials" pub
hshed in 1857, and presented to me by
a distinguished member of the Lamar
family, its authenticity is unaues-
toned, despite the fact that it has