The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-06

a long life of distinguished service with
a simple brevet rank that is seldom
mentioned.
The West Point Register for 1903
shows twenty-four designations of ca
diets and that twenty-five were dis
charged and only two dismissed. James
Macdonald Lockett, son of Maj. James
Lockett, Fourth Cavalry, from Albany,
and William c. Fite of Cartersvihe,
Ore, the only Georgians to resign, and
Don D. Strong the only one to be dis
charged. William c. Oates, Jr., son of
Gen. William c. Oates, Ex-Governor
and ex-congressman of Alabama, was
discharged for deficiencies in mathe-
cadets split" Henry w. Vessels,
who bears the honored name of his
grandfather, Gen. Vessels, and his
father, Col. Vessels, old army officers,
also split on the same rock" and
was discharged. Mai. Eli d. Hoyle
of Atlanta of the artillery corps at
Chickamauga Park married a daugh-
ter of the late Gen. Rene E. DeRussy,
and his son, Rene E. De Russy Hoyle,
is No. 81 in the fourth GLASS of 90 mem
bers. 1t is his daughter, Miss Helen
Hoyle, who is to marry Lieut.. Herr,
also on cavalry duty at Chickamauga
Park. Maj. Hoyle is one of the most
efficient and popular artillery officers
in the service and has fine record.
The Youths Companion is in error
when 1t says Gems. Schofield, Sheridan
and Sherman were retired, like Gen.
Miles, for age. Gen. Sheridan died
in command of the United States army
on Aug. 5, 1888, and was succeeded
by Maj. Gen. John NJ. Schofield, who
was later on promoted to be lieutenant
general, and was retired for age, as
were Sherman and Miles So
we are likely to have another Grover
Cleveland. 1t is true that the new baby
is named Francis Grover Cleveland.
but his father was named Stephen
Grover Cleveland in his infancy. If
the baby lives to reach manhood it is
dollars to doughnuts" that he will
follow his illustrious fathers example
and become plain Grover Cleveland.
= The more recent graduates of
West Point who have been ordered to
the Philippines, will be gratified to find
at Gen. Wade's headquarters in Manila
their old and esteemed friend Capt.
William c. Rivers of the First Cav
airy. late the popular and efficient
adjutant at West Point Military Acad-
envy. Capt. w. is a Tennesseean and
a splendid officer, and he was therefore
made a member of the general staff
OF the army and assigned to duty with
Gen. Wade. The gallant and patriotic
First Tennessee Volunteers won fame
in the Philippines that gives all Ten
nesseeans a warm welcome there.
Another gallant young soldier who
has worked his way up from the ranks
to a second lieutenancy, is to add a,
charming bride to the social circles of.
Atlanta and Fort Mcpherson, Lieut..
Frank H. Adams of Indiana, of the Six
teenth United States Infantry, is to wed
Miss Adelaide NJ. Phillips of New York,
Sister to the wife of Lieut.. Louis Sole
lac of the same regiment. Miss Phil
lips is we'll known in Atlanta. and her
marriage will bring to her many con-
CALCULATIONS from her old friends there.
1t is awful to think of the fearful
amount of terrible blindness that may
come from the now almost universal
knocking out of (eyes) rs by name tinl<-
ers. The fad has already extended to
Gussie and her eyes-has gone out and
she is now Gussye. This reminds me
that all the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
way passenger trains back into San
ford Fla. on a Y. When a traveller
one day asked why they did it Con-
ductor Hubbard smiling replied, why?