The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

The item about the Fremont children
and the grandson, copied into the
Morning News, needs little amplifi-
cation, as it illustrated how a family
can gather in a handful of good army
any navy appointments. First. Gen.
John c. Fremont, l think, was a pro-
fessor of mathematics In the United
States Navy in 1887, but was dropped"
and in 1888 he was appointed a sec
ond lieutenant of typographical engin-
GERS in the regular army, although not
a West Pointer. AS the Naval Acad-
envy was not established until 1S45 he
could not have been in any way con-
nected with it. His son, John C. Ere
mont, is not a commodore nor a COM
mander, but a lieutenant commander
in the United States navy. The 9TH
er son, Francis Preston Fremont, was
d cadet at West Point from July 1,
1872, to Sept. 8, 1874, but did not grad
uate. He was appointed second lieu
tenant in the Third United States In
family in September, 1879, and is now
the ranking captain of the Second In
fantry. grandson, John c. Ere
mont, third, is a midshipman on the
Brooklyn, not the New York, and is
son of Lieutenant Commander FIRE.
mont. Gen. Fremonts widow had
home given her by the women of Cal
ifornia, and also had a pension from
the government so that the whole
family was well provided for during
life.
Authorities differ as to the birthplace
of Gen. John c. Fremont, U. S. A, some
making him a native of Savannah
Ga, while others claim that he was
born in Charleston, S. c. Chief Justice
H. G. Bum of Arkansas, who was col
onel of the Fourth Infantry from that
state in Gen. Sterling Prices army,
gives the Confederate Veteran for Oc-
tober a lengthy narrative of Early
Days of War in the West" and refers
to Gen. Fremont as the son of a
French refugees, who married Miss An
ME Beverly Whiting of Virginia. His
birth occurred while the parents were
temporarily visiting Savannah, but he
was reared and educated in Charleston
Jan. p, 1918, is given as the day of his
birth. There has also been a contest
over the birthplace of Gen. Andrew
jackson, both North Carolina and
South Carolina being given as his ma
tive state. Gen. John Henry Eaton,
who was United States Senator from
Tennessee and also Secretary of War
in President Jackson's cabinet, in his
| life of Jackson, to whom he was de-
votedly attached, says Jackson's father,
| an lIlSn lHlHllSEdlll, IduueQ III Charles
| ton, S. c., and located in the Warsaw
settlement, some forty-five miles above
| Camden, where the general was born
on March Is, 1867.
The N D. Thompson Publishing Com
pany of st. Louis has just issued an
elegant volume entitled THE Negro in
| Revelation in History and in Citizen
ship" The introduction is by Lieut..
| Gen. John B. Gordon, who is referred
to as Former major general Confed-
crate army, United States Senator
from Georgia, now commander United
| Confederate Veterans But it should
read: Former lieutenant general Con-
| federate army, ex-United States Sena-
tor from Georgia and now commander
in-chef United Confederate Veter-
ans" The book is well printed and
bound, and full of excellent photo-en-
cravings of prominent negroes, includ-
| ing several from Savannah and Geor-
gia. The name of Estill holds an hon
| ored place on two pages. AS far back
as 1882, one Monk Estill, a slave of
| Capt James Estill, at EstilPs Station
! in Kentucky, proved himself veritable