The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Many Matters Of Historical Interest to Confeder.
ateS and Others

contains an illustrated article on the
London "Honourables" visit to the
Boston "Ancents. I was struck with
surprise to see the stars and stripes
floating from one side of the Bunker
Hill Monument and the British flag
from the other side. What an inspira-
ton this sight would have been to
Daniel Webster and Robert c. Win
throp, the Bunker Hill orators, had they
been alive to have witnessed it. The
British flag floating in peace from the
monument erected to the heroic pa
triot soldiers, who drove the British
TED coats" out of Boston. was
interested in the illustrated article, in
last Sundays Morning News, about
'Japan's Daredevil Worriors." During
the Centennial Exposition in Philadel-
phia, in company with Gen. Sherman,
Gen. Sheridan and Secretary of War
Cameron, at Independence Hall, it was
my good fortune to meet the lieutenant
general and other officers of the Jap
anese army, as we'll as the very hand
some Brazilian naval officers with Dom
Pedro. I formed a very high opinion
OF the japanese officers, and was much
surprised to learn of the great ad-
vance in military science the people of
Japan had made. Although late in
coming into line, that country has made
rapid strides in modern civilization.
The Jacksonville Metropolis gives a
sketch of the Seventh United States
Cavalry and says Troop C and
four other troops were in command of
Gen. George w. Custer" at the Little
Big Horn battle. Gen. Clusters correct
name was George Armstrong Custer.
and he was then only lieutenant colo
mel in the regular army although he
mas been a major general of volun-
teers in the Civil War. Capt. Tom
Custer" referred to as in command
OF Troop c, and who was also killed
with his brother and the whole COM
mand, was Thomas Ward Custer, who
went into the Civil War a private and
came out brevet lieutenant colonel
for distinguished service at the battle
of Sailors Creek, Va Among my war
relics that / highly prize is a cavalry
revolver, that came from the Little Big
Horn battlefield. The brave soldier
who carried it, when his cartridges be-
came exhausted, used it as a war club,
and 1t still shows evidence that more
than one Indian was struck with it
on the head before the hero, who, weld
ed it was killed by a savage, relent-
less foe. Aside from it's connection
with Indian warfare, the Seventh
Cavalry has won imperishable fame
in times of peace through it's perfect
N@0~APAAAAO dAAh NOi4hcl Aull uIllISs
A press telegram announces the death
at Muscatine, Ia. of William Henry
Harrison Beddick, one of the seven
survivors of the famous Andrews
Raiders" There was a William Red
dick, of Company K, Thirty-third Ohio,
Infantry, who was exchanged from At
lanta. The telegram says there were
twenty-four captured, and all shot and
hung but seven" This is not correct,
as only eight of them were hung and
they were not "shot and hung" but
simply hung. The names of the pres
ent six survivors are given, but Jacob
Barrett should be Parrot. and Will
liam Resinger should be Bensinger.
patent medicine concern pub
fishes a picture of Gen. M. Emmett
says: This prominent general is only
one of twenty-eight generals of our
army who indorse," etc. Now, this
young Spanish war veteran" was new
er a general in any army, this title
coming to him simply as commander
in-chief of the Spanish War soldiers
organization. Some people adopt the
new idea of giving soldiers their war
title except when referring to them
in connection with some organization
that confers military tit1es-thus Brig.
Gen. John w. a. Sanford of Mont
gomery, becomes Col. Sanford when
his real military title is used. So Brig.
Gen. William C. Oats, u. S. ". in
the Spanish-American War, prefers to
be called Col. Oates when associating
with the Confederate Veterans. 1 see
that Maj. Gen. George P. Harrison is
called "Commander-in-Ch of Ala
bana veterans. He is simply COM
mander of the Alabama division, and
Gen. John B. Gordon is the only COM
mander-in-chief
Two Confederate Veterans have been
expelled from the Virginia Soldiers
Home for characterization, and assault
ing the commandant. The board of