The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-02

the old soldiers of the Civil War. The
recent historical folders of the Balu-
more and Ohio Railway. the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway. and the
Southern Railway were very attrac-
tive and full of valuable war matter
and illustrations of interest not only to
the G.. A. r. veterans, but to the Z. c.
V. camps. And now comes the Central
of Georgia Railway with an elegant
little booklet, ''Andersonville; How to
Reach It." that is full of historic mat
ter and attractive illustrations. 1t is
similar in style to the handsome book
let of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad called Kentucky, the Beauti-
full" also full of historical matter and
illustrations. "Andersonville'' was writ
ten for the railroad by Gen. James P.
Averill of Atlanta, the junior vice COM
mander in chief of the G. A. r.. but
the work was done in a spirit that
makes the booklet valuable alike to
the Confederate or Union soldier. The
Central of Georgia Railway has done
a good service in calling public atten-
ton to the present beauties and at
fractions of the once desolate place.
The Washington Cd. c. Post, whose
editorial staff is perfectly familiar with
the greatness and glory" of Mai. Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, U. S. A., is inclined,
like many other leading newspapers,
TO poke fun at his European antics.
am somewhat afraid that on his re-
turn he will find Washington too small
and tame for him, unless he can sur
round himself with visiting princes and
lords and field marshals from foreign
armies. But 1 simply desire to note
his talk about the gymnastics of the
British army. Why, bless his old soul,
we have had 'em right here in Florida.
At our National Military Convention,
at the Tampa Bay. Hotel, some years
ago, the famous cadet battalion from
Toronto, Canada, gave US several exhi-
Dltlons of the jim nastick of the Brit
1Sh army. They were very amusing,
some even very ridiculous, but they did
not constitute a military drill, and not
one movement in twenty would be of
any practical use in war time. We have
had enough of the right kind of drill
and practice to make our army the
best in the wide, wide world Since
writing the above l notice that Gen.
Corbih has landed on American soil
and now modifies his extravagant
praise of the German army He now
says: THE German army is the best
in the world, but there is difference
between the best army and the best
soldiers" Indeed! I had always sup
to make the chest army"
The Atlanta Journal is little care
less in regard to it's Poems Worth
Reading" 1t recently printed the
poem 'Stonewall' Jacksons Way"
but stated that Gen. Lee, at first bat
tie Of Bull Run, uttered the famous
sentence: Look, there is Jackson,
standing like a stone wall" Gen. Lee
mt q EI1n 10 c,.lr hoy
ing been made by Gen. Barnard E. Bee
of South Carolina. There were two of
the Bee family generals in the c. S.
A, the above named and H. p. Bee of
Texas. The former, who was a West
Pointer and regular army officer and
the latter, a civilian, who was a sec
ond lieutenant in the Texas Rangers
and Texas Volunteers in the Mexican
War. 1t is claimed, however, that
JacksOn's brigade was called the
''Stonewall' Brigade before Gen. Bee
uttered this sentence, the name being
given because most of the soldiers in
the brigade came from counties in Vir-
ginia that were noted for stone-wall
fences. Gen. Jackson is said to have
confirmed the claim.
The Journal also errs in making
Jackson an Episcopalian. He was q
| regular, stiff blue Light" Presbyte-
rian, his first wife being the daughter
| of Rev. DR.. Junkin and his second
wife a daughter of Rev. DR.. Morrison
both college presidents and strict Pres.
| byterians. Lieut.. Gen. D. H. Hill
also married a daughter of Rev. DR.
| Morrison, so that Jackson could hard
| ly be an Episcopalian with such E
Presbyterian environment. Again
Jackson was not killed by his own sol.
| diers, although wounded by them. Hi.
| surgeon, the eminent DR.. Hunter stated
| that he died of pneumonia, his wounds
not being fatal. Gen. F. H. Smith, o.
| the Virginia Military Institute, alsC
officially announced his death as 20
pneumonia" - = A later poem Il
printed as "By Finkney," which is very
| indefinite. Edward Coate Pinkney O.
Maryland was the author of this ex
! quisite lyric-"I fill this cup to on
made UP of loneliness alone" He wal
born in London, in 1902, where his dis
! tinguished father, Hon. William Pink
ney, was minister at the Court of st
| James. At IA years of age the son wa!
| appointed a midshipman in the United
| States Navy and served nine years
when he resigned to become lawyer
! But his feeble health and poetic genius
| led him into literature instead of law
! There is an error in the poem, "A
Health" as printed in the Journal. TIL,
| first line of the first verse reads: ST fiji
this cup" which is correct but its repe
tition in the first line of the last verst
| is an error. 1t should read: II filFC
this cup" then in the third line he pro
poses Her health" There are few
more beautiful lyrics in the Eng
lish language.
| Supt. Ashmore, no doubt, is a com
| petent and efficient public school Off
| cial or he could not retain his present
| responsible position. But in two mat
ters he is way off the track" I refer
to his opposition to the fire drill" and
to a cadet corps" in the public schools
of Savannah. Both of these features
| have proven valuable and been sue
cessful in the schools Of other large
cities, and not a single objection car
be urged against them that is worthy
| of acceptance. The fire drill" is MOI
only a benefit to the pupils physically
but it improves the discipline of the
school and prevents a panic in case
of an alarm of fire. TIM; Is the record
of other cities aes known to me person.
ally. 1 read with much interest the
excellent article in the Morning News
from Prof. NThomas Hayward Gignil-
Hat on Military Education for Savan-
nah Boys" and was greatly surprfsed
that his movement was not fully ap.
proved by Supt. Ashmore.