The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

was born in Georgia; but he is. not
proud of it In a letter to me some
years ago, he said his being born In
Georgia was accidental" and he did
not wish to be classed with native Geor-
gians. Mai. Gen.. NJ. G. Meigs, U. S.
A., had an accidental" birth,4 if Dan
dy did, in Georgia, but he wrote me
that he was proud of the fact. Dandy
was a cadet at West Point (from New
Jersey from July, 1S49, till July, 1852,
but did not graduate; and his son,
George Brown Dandy, Jr., also went
there, in 1894, and failed to graduate.
Dandy, Sr., entered the regular army
as George F.. B. Dandy, but dropped
the F.. from his name during the Civil
War. He was a good soldier in the old
First Artillery and rose from private 10
brigadier general of volunteers, and is
now, a lieutenant colonel (quartermas-
teri on the retired list of the regular
army.
Gen. William Cary Sanger of the
New York National Guard, now assist
ant Secretary of War, has sent me his
Report on the Reserve and Auxiliary
Forces of England and the Militia of
Switzerland" most valuable and
timely publication, and one that Savan-
nah military commanders should solicit
from the War Department at Wash
ington. Gen. Sanger rs as military
writer of note. and on his European
tour he kept his eyes and ears open,
and the notes made by him of his crit
ical observations will aid largely in
forming our contemplated Reserve
Force" under the new. military law.
have only space to notice one point,
and that is the School of Cookery. at
England'ss famous "A1dershot," where
"non-coms" are properly trained az
sergeant cooks. Only a few weeks ago
I acknowledged the receipt of a Gen
eral Mess Manual and Cook Book" for
the United States Navy. step in the
right direction. During the Civil War,
while Inspector General Casey's staff
in Camp of instruction" at Washing
ton, I had great trouble with the com
pany cooks, many of whom I put in
the guard house for. neglect of duty.
Half the sickness in our armies was
owing to bad cooking.
My sincere thanks are due my old
and esteemed friend, Col. G. ". Saussy
of the u. G. ", for his communicate ton
in the Morning News of Feb 20, in
regard to the titles-not rank-of Lieut..
Gems. Gordon and Wheeler. Col. Saus-
sy is one of the best posted writer's in
the South on Confederate military
ally owing to his dependence upon
some less careful writer for his infor-
nation. 1t is true that magazine and
pamphlet memoirs" of Gen. Wheeler
call him a major general, and he so
signed himself in the last days of the
Confederacy;" but according to ex-
President Davis decision, given to me
in writing, after the war was over, he
was entitled to be classed with the
oc oil
Gordon. Now, as to variations. the
Association of Graduates of West
Point Military Academy" is very care
full in making up its records, and 1t
puts this record after Gen. Wheeler's
name: Mai. Gen.. Jan 20. SO. 1t. Gen,
Feb. %, '65. Commanding Cavalry
Corps, Army of Tenn" This record,
however. is offset by the fact that as
late as April %, 1865, both Gen. Joseph
Cooper addressed Gen. Wheeler Off
cialiy as Major General" The West
Point record agrees with Col. Saussy's
date, and II is possible that II is cor
rect. but the official notice may not
have reached army headquarters.
The list OF Georgia officers in the
regular army. by j. w. Kinsley, re-
ferred 20 In another paragraph. con-
tains numerous errors and omissions.
John L. SehOn WAS appointed from
Kentucky and IL now captain on re-
tired list, as is also Mason Carter,
who enlisted as a private In 1850 un-
der the name Of Mason Howard"
. Brig Gen. Joseph Wheeler,refired,
MAS APPOINTED from New York,
cant El D. boyle ~ the artillery was
sDf0infed from Alsbamn capt
ciement A. y. FlagleT, engineer corps,
h an accidental Georgian, ana was