The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-05

explain why he tried to pass a coun-
terfeit Confederate dollar off upon
poor old invalid soldier. However, l
forgive him, as the coin, whatever may
have been its origin and purpose, is
quite a curiosity, and according to the
above statement is older than was sup
posed. 1t is also true of it, as stated,
that its face value was not one dollar.
although the coin was so stamped. The
collector of rare coins would be glad
to put it in his collection, and would
no doubt pay a good price for it.
The Atlanta Journal is a little "off"
in it's announcement that Lieut.. Chas.
P. Burt, U. S. A, of that city. has
"been promoted from the grade of jul
nior lieutenant to senior lieutenant"
There is no such grade as "senior lieu
tent" a promotion from the Junior
grade" being to that of lieutenant, then
to lieutenant commander, and next to
commander. Lieut.. Burt is an excel
lent officer, is now on duty at the An
napolis Naval Academy as an instruc-
tor, and well deserves his promotion.
The Journal is also wrong in
stating that Gen. Thomas J. Stewart is
the 'onIy private who has ever held
the position" of commander-in-ch chief of
the G. A. r. Gen. Stewart is a COM
paratively young man and ran away
from home a mere boy to join the
army near the close of the war, but
Gen. Albert d. Shaw, who was COM
mander~in-chief a few years ago, en-
tered the army early in the war as a
private and came out a private.
think two other commanders-in-chi
were only privates in the Civil War.
In the G. A. r. rank does not count
in electing men to high offices. Gen.
u. S. Grant, for example, was simply
a private in the G.. A. r. post to which
he belonged. Any private soldier of
good character and ability can be COM
mander-in-chief
I wish to notify the Boston Commit
tee that on page SO of Rev. DR.. George
G. Smiths book, THE Story of Geor-
gia and the Georgia People," may be
found this statement of atrocities and
cruelties in the state during the Revo-
lutionary War: 1T was war to the
knife. There was no pity on either
side. John Dooly, the father of Judge
Dolly, had been murdered in his own
home by the Tories, and when nine
Tories had been captured by a band
of Wilkes county Wings the furious
sons of the murdered man slaughtered
them all. Grierson was shot to death
after his surrender in Augusta, and
Patrick Carr in cold blood shot an Off
Ger to death as he was handing his
sword to Col. Jackson" Now, if these
statements are true, and they have
been made by other historical writer's,
there is no good grounds for the attack
made on Gen. Jacob Smith and other
army officers and soldiers on account
of Philippine cruelties. The Georgia
actors were white men of intelligence
British and American-but our foes in
the PhilinninaS can1i-GaWq and
their mode of warfare worse than that
of the blood-thirsty and treacherous
Indians of Florida. l repeat, the
army has not been over barbarous in
it's treatment of it's foes in the Philip
pines. All past war history proves
this to be true.
Hicks Jackson, c. S. A, at Belle Meade
stock farm, near Nashville, Tenn,
leaves, 1 think, only three Confederate
generals in that state, Lieut.. Gen. A.
P. Stewart, Maj. Gen. w. B. Bate, now
a United States Senator, and Brig Gen.
George w. Gordon of Memphis. Geor-
gia has only Lieut.. Gems. John B. Cor
don and James Longstreet, and Brig.
Gen. Alfred Cumming of Augusta, and
Brig. Gen. Bryan Thomas of Dalton,
all West Pointers except Gordon, and
also Brig. Gen, c. A. Evans of At
lanta. Florida has Brig. Gems. ]. ].
Linley and Robert Bullock and William
Miller. South Carolina has Brig. Gen.
(Bishop) Ellison Capers, and if any
others, / do not recall their names
Alabama is the banner state for such
survivors. There are Lieut.. Gen. Jo-
seph Wheeler, Brig. Gen. John T. Nor
gan, Brig. Gen. E. w. Pettus, both
United States Senators; Brig. Gen. C.
NJ. Shelley, Brig. Gen. r. d. Johnston,
Brig. Gen. P. D. Bowles, Brig.
Gen. George P. Harrison, Brig.
Gen. G. D. Johnston and Brig.
Gen. James H. Lane. Ken
lucky has Duke and Lyon and Buck
ner, while Louisiana has Nichols and
Maclay, and Mississippi has Lieut.. Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, and Texas Cabell and
Waul.
1t is not generally known that the
famous Belle Meade stock farm own
er, who had lately retired from active
business, was a graduate of West Point
and an old regular army officer; yet
such is the case. William Hicks Jack
son of Tennessee entered West Point
in 1852 and graduated in 1856 into the
then noted Mounted Rifemen, with
which he saw active and hazardous
service on the far Western frontier.
But in May, 1861 he resigned and en-
tered the Confederate service. Fitz
Lee, Lunsford i. Lomax, James P.
Major and Hylan B. Lyon, all Con-
federate generals, were his classmates.
Gen. Jackson, known as "Old Red
became a distinguished cavalry COM
mander. being chief of cavalry for
Lieut.. Gen. Price and Maj. Gen. Van
Dorm; then of the Army of the Mis-
sissippi; and finally in command of a
cavalry division in Lieut.. Gen. Forests
corps. l am under the impression that
Gen. Jackson was a lieutenant of vol
unteers in the Mexican war, but l am
not sure. The Mounted Riflemen, of
which William w. Loring was colonel,
and George B. Crittenden lieutenant
colonel, was a splendid frontier fighting
regiment and gave to the Confederate
army the following distinguished gem
erals: Loring, Crittenden, John G..
Walker, Dabney H. Maury, Laurence
S. Baker and William H. Jackson and
to the United States army such dis
tinguished generals as Averell Gibbs,
Hatch, Granger, Roger Jones, Andrew
Porter and Gen. S. Roberts.
Sidney Herbert.