The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05

went into the army from Huntsville.
| Ala, where he then resided, and was
killed at Port Gibson. Although
Lieut.. Gen. Joseph Wheeler was born
on a plantation in the vicinity of Au-
| gusta. Ga, in 1886, l think his parents
were not Southern people. Owing to
the death of his mother when he was
a small boy, he was reared and edu-
/ Gated by relatives in Connecticut, and
New York, going to West Point Mill
tary Academy from the fatter state
The Womans Home Companion for
! July, has two half-page copies of the
paintings of Pickett's famous charge
at Gettysburg and Cushing's destruc-
| ton of the Confederate Ram Alder
marie. Both are rare historical pic
lures and full of interest to the old
! boys in Blue or Gray. Hudson Max
| i'm, the famous Maine inventor of the
| Maxim rapid firing gun and high
explosive" is the subject of a two
page illustrated article, in which Max
| i'm and his good wife are shown, as
manipulating high explosives" and
| even cooking with them. 1t is in many
respects most remarkable article and
! shows how harmless high explosives"
are in the hands of an inventor like
Maxim or his able assistant, Mrs.
Maxim. - - am indebted to the
! University of the State of New York,
! of which Rt. Rev. VIM. CrosWen Doone,
| D. D., L. L. D., is chancellor, for very
valuable and rare publication on "The
! Iroquois Silver Brooches in the In
! dian Museum at the capitol in AL
| bany. A few brooches of the Algon-
| quin tribes are also in this collection.
! Only one gold brooch is preserved
! silver being the usual metal-with
| few relics in brass. Some of the de-
! signs are warlike and form an interest
ing study for military men of the pres
ent day interested in old traditions
Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United
! States Court at Montgomery, Ala, has
rendered a very lengthy and able de-
| cision in favor OF a minor son who en-
listed in the United States navy with
| out the consent of his parents. The de-
cision is far reaching and important,
! in that it denies the naval authorities
any control whatever over the boy,
who may at any time, in peaceable
manner, leave the service and not be
| subject to arrest as a deserter. Judge
! Jones holds that such a boy has no
status whatever in the navy, as the
! United States declare that minors be-
tween the age of IA and IS years shall
not be enlisted for the naval service
without the consent of their parents or
guardians" Under this decision it
!
necessary to release such boy from
! the naval service, it only being requi-
| site to show that the boy was between
| the age of Ia and Is years" and that
! he enlisted without the consent" of
| parents or guardian. The decision is
! longer than might have been expected,
but Judge Jones told me that in view
of the many cases arising and the use
less amount of litigation connected
with many of them, he felt impelled
to cover the whole ground, and l am
| sure his decision will lessen the It'll
cation growing out of future cases.
The assignment of Capt w. C. Riv-
ers of the First United States Cavalry
to the General Staff of the army,
! robs West Point Military Academy of
! a most efficient and popular adjutant,
and the Association of Gradutes of the
Academy of an experienced and zeal
Gus secretary. Capt. Rivers is a Ten
nessean and graduated from The
| Point" in the class of 1887, since which
! time he has seen service in the cavalry
during Indian troubles in the West,
| and also in Cuba during the Spanish
! American War He has been at the
academy since 1899, a full detail, and
| much of COL Mills rare success as
| Superintendent has been due to the
| faithful labors of Capt. Rivers, espe-
cially during the centennial exercises
when heavy burdens of responsibility
fell upon their shoulders. 1t is very
doubtful If any four years of the acad-
emy's history makes a showing in good
results equal to that of the past four
years under Col. Mills and Capt. Riv-
| ers The new adjutant, on Aug. l, will
! be Capt Frank w. Coe of the Artillery
Corps, a native of Kansas and grad
uate of the academy and the Artillery
! School. Capt. W. r. Smith. also of
the Artillery Corps, succeeds Capt.
Rivers as secretary of the Association
of Graduates. He is from Tennessee
and a graduate of the academy. Both
! are said to be estimable gentlemen and
accomplished officers.
1 feel personal interest in that Co
| lumbus, Ga, cannon called the La
dies Defender" captured from the
| Confederates by Wilson's Cavalry in
its raid through that city, and now
returned to it's old home. 1t was cast
| in one of the gun factories in Column
bus, but the patriotic women furnish
ed candle sticks, andirons. axes, tongs.
| church bells etc. to be melted into gun
metal for this famous cannon. My in
| terest in it comes from the fact that
my sister, then the wife of Judge Rob
ert Dill of Clayton, Ala, gave our
| mOtherS Dig DraSS CdIlOle SUCKS 10 DS
melted into this cannon to shoot her
three brothers in the Union army.
The Good Samaritan" of Savannah
sends me a copy of the Boston. Mass,
! Globe, of June 26. for which am very
grateful. for it contains some views of
the Hooker monument ceremonies
| that do not find in my other Boston
papers That of Lieut.. Gen. Miles is
really gorgeous and his gay uniform
make him look like a foreign field mar
| shall Gen. Dan Sickles, as usual,
makes a display of his uniform. He and
Miles are the egotistical dudes of the
army. Mai. Gen. o. o. Howard, Maj.
Gen Wesley Merritt, Maj Gen. John
r. Brooke and Maj Gen. A. S. Webb,
all distinguished army officers, appear
ed in citizens dress. and yet were paid
| all honors due such war heroes.
The Puritan Magazine has a picture
and sketch of Henry w. McCoIVy. Jr.,
of the Second Tennessee Volunteers in
the Philippines, and claims that he was
the youngest soldier in the Spanish
American war, being only Is years old
at that time. Referring to his heroic
| ancestors. the sketch says his mothers
father Mai. Henderson, was killed at
Dade's massacre" This is an error so
far as the rank is concerned. Cadet
Richard Henderson of Tenn, did not
graduate from West Point until July
1, 1885, and was only a brevet second
lieutenant in the Second United States
Artillery when he joined Maj. Dade's