The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14

no gun and wore a belted frock and
puffed knee breeches. His sword and
pike were his only weapons, but his
skill in the use Of the pike made him
an efficient and reliable soldier. Visit
ors to the armory Of the Tower of
London at the present day can see
there the figures of all three of these
Train Bands" of the olden time, and
the pike which no doubt led President
Davis 90 suggest to Gov. Brown that
he might arm some Of his troops with
pikes-which he did.
The Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser
notes the presentation of fine por-
trait of the late Col. John Whitfield
Clark of Clayton, Ala, to the
State Archives department. He
was first captain of the Pr
oneer Guards of Eufaula, and
later colonel of the Thirty-ninth Ala
bama Infantry after Col. Henry d.
Clayton was promoted. But the state
ment that "a son of Col. Clark-one j.
NJ. Clark, Jr.-became Speaker of the
House of Representative Of Florida,
but is now a prominent lawyer of OK
lahoma," is too absurd The person re-
ferred to is Hon. Frank Clark, / think
a nephew of Col. Clark, who has come
home from Oklahoma and now resides
at Lake City, Fla, and is candidate
for Congress to succeed one Bob ,Da-
Wis. / knew Col. Clark and Gen. Clay
ton we'll after the war, as my sister
the wife of Judge Robert Dill of Clay
ton, named her boys Henry Clayton
Dill and Whitfield Clark Dill. ! doubt
if any Southern born woman was more
devoted to the Confederate cause than
this Maine woman, whose three broth
ers were officers in the Union army.
Some writers, or the printers who set
copy, constantly use the word "ordi-
nance" for ordnance, just as they fire.
quently use the word loose" for lose.
In some cases, no doubt, this results
from ignorance, but in many other
cases from pure carelessness. Now, for
example, President Jefferson Davis
wrote to Gen. E. Kirby Smith, P. C. S.
A. that the number" of generals in
his department ARE" greatly in eX-
cess. President Roosevelt speaks of
keeping clear of court-martials,"
when he certainly knows they are
courts-martial. Lately, even in official
notices, I have seen the term "adjutant
generals" used where II should have
been adjutants general. they being ad-
jutants and not generals. AS to Mr.
Davis error. Henry Grady once told
me ne ndQ LTlGu III vain lOI twenty
years to break himself of mixing the
plural with the singular. Another
common error is Marshall for city
marshal or United States marshal. Our
faulty foreign language system of edu-
cation is much to blame for ignorance
of good English.
l have several times mentioned the
glaring errors of the manufactured
Questions and Answers" departments
that are running in some respectable
Georgia dailies. In answer to the ques-
ton, What is the difference in grade
between general of the army and lieu
tenant general" instead of answering
the point in the question that called
for the answer, 1t says: THE title of
general of the army was specially con-
ferred by Congress on Washington,
and later on Grant and Sherman. On
the retirement of Sherman the title
expired, and the highest official has
since been known as lieutenant gem
eral as it was b~tween Washington
and Grant" The title of general of
the armies of the United States" was
never conferred upon Washington, nor
did President Adams offer IL to him.
He not only declined to accept 1t, but
most positively condemned the giving
of such a title to any officer in Re-
publican government. Grant, who took
everything that came his way-in war
and in peace-accepted the title of full
general. Then it came to Sherman;
but the title did not end with him, for
1t was also conferred upon Sheridan
who died n full general. They were the
only full generals ever in the United
States army. They were also the first
lieutenant generals, then Schof1eld and
Miles, as SCOTS was brevet title.
Another question is: Ibid Gen. Miles
graduate from a military academy"
This answer is given: mo, he enlisted
at the age OF 81 and was advanced
through all the volunteer grades, and
then enlisted in the regular army, re-
peating his success" The facts are
these: Gen. Miles did not enlist nor
was he advanced through all the
grades" He went into the volunteer
service in September, 1861, as captain
of a company in the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, became lieu
tenant colonel and colonel and briga-
der general and major general. He
was appointed colonel of the Fortieth
U. S. Infantry in July, 1866, but did not
cease to be a major general of volun-
teers until September of that year. He
did not enlist in either service and
work his way up to commission as
did Maj. Gen. Chaffee and other dis
tlnguished officers. Gen. Young, who is
to succeed Miles, went into the volun-
teer service as a private as early as
April, 1861, was made a captain, ma
jor, lieutenant colonel, colonel and
brevet brigadier general. Then he en-
tered the regular army as a second
lieutenant in 1866, rising to be captain,
major, lieutenant colonel colonel
brigadier general and major general.
Gen. Chaffee had no volunteer service
entering the regular army in 1851 as a
private, serving as sergeant and first
sergeant until 1863, when he became a
second lieutenant and then passed
through "all the grades" to major
general. Gen. Wallace r. Randolph,
now chief of the artillery. entered the
volunteer service as a private, in Penn
sylvania, in April. 1861, and a month
later he was appointed a second lieu
tenant in the Fifth u. S. Artillery, and
has passed through all the grades to
his present rank. He is one of the fin
est looking and most accomplished Of
ficers in the army. as well as one of
the most popular. It may seem strange
to some people that a chief of artillery
for the army should be selected out
side of honor graduates of West Point,
but Gen. Randolph is a born soldier
and fully competent to fill this high
position. Sidney Herbert.
Summer Resorts.
The Southern Railway has just is
sued a beautifully illustrated and de-
scriptive folder for the summer 1903