The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
DANIEL HOGAN, Corner B''"sA: sss Barnard Streets.

King is full admiral, like Dewey, he
is Georgia's highest grade naval Of
ficer The Atlanta Journal, l notice,
says King was fired from West Point
for hazing, but succeeded in getting
back after a long time" As King
was never at West Point he could not
have been fired nor did he get back
there. He was a midshipman at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, in 1875,
but was not fired" from there. He
resigned and was restored, by act of
Congress, and graduated into the
navy, from which he resigned in 1884,
as above stated. His record in our
navy appears to be clean and honor
able in every respect There was a
John William King of Georgia at West
Point in 1885, but he did not graduate,
and possibly he may have been fired"
yet that was an 'all-fred' long time
ago.
The Florida papers are giving Capt.
Samuel A. Smoke, U. S. A, (retired)
some very complimentary notices in re-
gard to his recent assignment as lee
turer on military topics at the Shelf
field Scientific School. of Yale Univer-
sity. Capt. Smoke is now on a visit
to his old home at Gainesville, Fla,
and looking after his orange groves in
DE Soto county. Not many years ago
he was drug clerk in Jacksonville,
but went to West Point and graduated
in 1887. and in 1891 he also graduated
from the Cavalry and Infantry School.
He has been quite successful in his de-
tails as military instructor. and his as
signment to Yale is considered a very
high compliment. This detail was fill
ed Few years ago by Lieut.. G. A. L.
Iotten, u. S. A, Ca son of Cen James
Totten) who graduated No. in the
class of 1873 at West Point. He be-
came a noted writer on military opera
tons, and his war game of "Strategos"
won for him a world wide reputation.
A rev years ago he resigned from the
army and left Yale to engage in lit
erary work. DR.. w. S. Johnston of
Garfield, in Emanuel county Georgia,
has kindly loaned me Tottens "The
Coming Crusade" a part of his Serial
Devoted to the Study of the Saxon BIZ
BILE" Some people call him a crank,
and yet he is a writer of great origi-
nality, and his books are worthy of a
careful perusal. No person is Obliged
TO adopt his beliefs, or even accept as
true all that he predicts, or claims to
nave discovered. The Bible tells us to
prove all things and hold fast to that
which is good" or words to that effect.
There must be in the writings of such
cultured and gifted man something
worthy OF consideration, and for my
self I have been deeply interested in
his discussion of '"rhe Relation of Our
Race to the Restoration of Israel" as
presented in THE Coming Crusade"
and thank DR.. Johnston for his cour-
tesy in sending me Lieut.. Totten's book
to read. 1t is a creditable fact that
the lieutenant settled down in New
. Haven, under the shadow of the uni
versity, and established there his pub
fishing house, which he has sustained
with remarkable success. I see that
Inventor Maxim, he of the famous rap
id firing machine gun, and of death
dealing explosives, has gone off, into
the same line of Bible prophecy that
Totten has been pursuing and his re-
Gently published illustrated article on
the End of the World,' has attracted
worldwide attention and called forth
general and diversified comment. Many
great minds are looking in the same
direction. Sidney Herbert.