The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-28

are buried at Wheeler, which makes
the old home forever dear to the fam
lily. v The Atlanta papers are
little debated" in their record Of sn
old army favorite in that city, as it
refers to the approaching marriage in
San Antonio, his present station, of
Maj" John L. Glen, U. S. A. Why
bless your soul, Johnny has been a
lieutenant colonel since February, 1901,
being deputy quartermasterg general"
with only one other ahead of him,
Lieut.. Col. ]. W. Jacobs, formerly sta
toned in Atlanta, and whose son, born,
1 think, in that city, has just been ap-
pointed by the President a cadet at
West Point. Jacobs and Glen will
soon become colonies, and assistant
quartermasters general, Johnny" the
famous Drummer Boy" was not born
with a silver spoon in his mouth, but
he has won honor and fame, and now
wins a lovely bride, the daughter of a
millionaire banker in San Antonio.
The Jacksonville Fla) Metropolis
pays just tribute to Lieut.. Hartman
l.. Butler of Palatka, Fla, who went
into the Spanish-American War in the
Third Georgia Infantry, and then re-
enlisted in the Forty-second United
States Infantry, and was promoted
from corporal to second lieutenant in
the artillery corps, in February, 1901.
Although a native of Louisiana, he
graduated at the South Florida Mill
tary Institute at Barlow. The Metrop-
oils errs in stating that Lieut.. H.
is now on duty in Virginia, as he is
with his command, the Seventy fifth
Company, Artillery, at Fort Preble,
near Portland, Me. Two rr,ore
of my old army friends have passed
away Maj. Ezra B. Kirk, U. S. A, for
ia, and Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton, u.
S. A.. both retired officers. My rela-
tions to the Wheaton family were those
of an intimate friend. Mrs. Wheaton
was the daughter of Gen. Miller, an
old and distinguished army officer, and
her daughters shared her beauty Of
face and form and high intellectual
qualities. For a number of years Gen.
Wheaton was in command of the Sec
ond United States Infantry at the old
Mcpherson Barracks in Atlanta, and
his family was quite popular in the
social circles of that city Maj Gen.
H. G. Merriam and Brig. Gen. A. S.
Daggett, now retired, were officers in
his regiment, then one of the best in
the service.
There is, I'm the June Confederate
Veteran. a very fine little verandah
picture OF Gen. Fitz Lee and the late
Gen. w. Fl. Red" Jackson, at Belle
Meade. near Nashville, Tenn. Maj. T.
p. Weakley gives a brief sketch Of
these two old West Pointers. II is
true. as stated. that they were class
mates and graduated in 1856, but did
not serve in the same regiment OF
cavalry" Jackson went into the
Mounted Rinemen and Lee into the
Second Cavalry. However. both were
detailed 10 the Cavalry School az Car
Isle. Pa, where Jackson staid one
year and Lee remained two years. Nor
did each rise 20 the rank ~ major
general" Lee was 81 that rank, but
Jackson was only - brigadier general
Both were splendid cavalry officers
when they resigned from che fnited
states army % enter the Confederate
states Army viii ali abe hard
ships ~ Har there were many funny
things that chesred fns boys in camp
and 90 fbe march Mud and water 8f
times. were t1afr greatest trouble0. ana
Yef nof . fee ~ the more happy-fn-
ipcky fellows uese ~ Eipg nith 3 Eood