The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-06
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
MANY MATTERS OF INTEREST
TOUCHED UPON.


for I003-GeneraIs who Were Not
Retired for Age-A Gallant Young
Soldier Who Is TO Take an Atlanta
Girl for IA Bride-Other Matters of
General Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla,
Sept. 15.-These letters are too restrict
ed in space to admit of more than brief
| comments, the main purpose being to
correct passing errors. OF course this
makes them read like dictionary or
cyclopaedia, yet to seekers after truth
they will be found worthy of perusal
and preservation. am always glad to
| be properly corrected when l err in my
efforts to correct the mistakes of other
writer's. . = The San Francisco, (Cal)
Daily Examiner says of DR.. Anita
Newcomb MCGEE, president of the
Spanish American War Nurses Asso-
citation, "she is the only woman assist
ant surgeon in the. United States
Army" This is not a correct statement,
as her name nowhere appears in the
list of regular army assistant surgeons.
Mrs. DR.. MCGEE is, think, serving I'M
der a special appointment in connection
with the regular army nurses, and may
have the pay and allowances of an as
sistant surgeon" but this gives her
only about the same standing as a
contract surgeon. " y = Second Lieu
tenant John K. Herr of the Seventh
Cavalry, now at Chickamauga Park, is
another outside army officer to invade
Georgia and capture for his bride d
lovely Georgia girl. He is a West
Pointer from New Jersey and is to wed
Miss Helen, daughter of Mai. Eli D.
Hoyle, United States Artillery Corps,
and niece of Maj. George S. Hoyle of
Atlanta, retired cavalry officer.
In my Letter Of Aug. %, I said of the
Grand Army of the Republic veterans
and the United Confederate Veterans
as weIl-that mo matter how feeble
they may be, if they can stand on their
feet the old boys want to march," 1t
appears that l did not put the matter
strong enough, for l find in the San
Francisco papers pictures of the G.
A. r. parade in that city, that tell a
different story. One veteran is pro-
polling himself in a roller chair, while
another is being pushed in his chair
by a comrade. And still another Is
on a bicycle: but the strongest evil
dence of the ruling passion" is a fee
BILE old soldier who is being held upon
the march by comrade on each side
of him. Two years ago, in the Cleve-
land G.. A. r. parade, 1 saw many fee
BILE veterans whose wives or daughters
marched beside them and held them Up.
The last parade?" Well, just wait for
the Louisville United Confederate Vet
Grams and the Boston Grand Army of
the Republic next year, and get a de-
cided answer.
Oscar Long has been interviewing
Ordinance Sergeant Edward Riley, ret,
u. S. A, and publishes his interview
in the Sunny South. He says Rileys
talk is more than interesting, for
it is historically valuable Well, I
will let the survivors of the Ogyethorpe
Light Infantry who weresat Bull Run,
decide how Historically, valuable" is
Riley's talk about Gen Barnard e.
Bee, whom he calls Maj. Barrett T,
Bee. He says Capt. Barrett e. Bee,
of South Carolina, - was in com
mand of our Company, D. when the
news came that his state had seced-
ed. = He died from the effects of
wound he received at the first Bull
Run. He died major in the Con-
lCACIdlC ScINACG. IL lie Ddu llNGQ ne
would have been a general Riley is
also incorrect about Col. A. B. Alex
ander, but correct in regard to Lieuts
e. G. Bush, J. K. Mizener, BRIG GEM.
and o. p. Gooding, who were with him
at Fort Laramie in 1860. Brig. Gen.
Theodore Schwan, u. S. A, ret, whom
he calls plain Swan, was a private
soldier then at that post. Riley's COM
mander was Col Edmund B. Alexan-
der A A1axondnr DC ho7 81
AS rule, regret to say, we are too
careless in regard to names.
The Navy League of the United
States is already spreading itself over
the country in Branch Sections. My
old friend, Col o.. L. Frisbie, of the
Sons of the Revolution, the Paul Jones
Club and other patriotic orders, has
been chosen Councillor of the Ranger
Section at Portsmouth, N. H., named
after John Paul Jones' once famous
war ship Ranger" in which this great
naval hero sailed from Portsmouth
for France on Nov. l, 17U. Savannah
ought to have a Section and name il
after that grand old naval hero, Com
modore Josiah Tattnall. The object Of
the league is to advance the Peace of
Nations by advocating a navy for our
growing Republic that will be great
and powerful enough to prevent any
foreign power from attacking us. Such
a navy would also enable the United
States to act as a peace maker between
nations that seem inclined to war
against each other. Let us have
Peace" the world over if it be posi-
BILE.
The press telegram in Tuesdays
Morning News, from Denver, Col, an
nouncing the death of one Gen. (?)
Don Carlos Hasselten. born in New Or
leans of Spanish parents, is rather mix
ed in its statements. For example it
says: HE served in the Confederate
army was captured as a spy and SEN
fenced to be shot. but escaped After
the war he was a member of Commo-
dore Porters staff" Now, a Confeder-
ate army spy would hardly be given
staff position in the United States navy
under Commodore Porter. This man
Hasselten was an acting first assist
ant engineer in the United States navy
as early as July, 1868, and in May. 1864
he was promoted TO be acting chief en-
gineer, which position he held until
May, 1856, when he was given an hon
orable discharge. The title of general
was either a militia title or a merely
complimentary one. More than a third
of such press kilograms are full of
similar errors In regard to military and
naval officers, always ranking them too
high and incorrectly gradua ting many
of them from West Point or Annapolis.
The Outlook speaking of Gen. Miles
retirement, says: The very indiscreet
utterances which Gen. Miles has made