The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

point of order" too late in the day.
He should have been on deck April 4,
1S41, and protested against the swear
| ing in of John Tyler, Vice President,
! to succeed President William Henry
| Harrison, deceased. The Rev.
DR.. William H Hunter of Washington,
D. c., is referred to as the first negro
| to be appointed chaplain in the United
| States army" This is an error, as
President Lincoln simply appointed him
! a chaplain of volunteers. President
Cleveland appointed the first negro Of
f1cer in the army-Rev. Allen Aliens
! worth of Kentucky, chaplain, in 1886.
He is chaplain of the Twenty-fourth
Infantry, colored, and he was recon-
| mended for appointment by many
Democratic senators from the South.
l am glad to see the u. c. V.
protesting against Memorial Day.
| dissertations, whether on April 26 or
May 80, or June 8. In Northern states
and cities stringent laws and ordi-
Memorial Day" and similar action
should be taken here in the South to
protect the sacred days from horse rae
ing, ball games, etc.
Capt. Saglietto of the Italian bark,
who carried his vessel to Charlestown,
Mass, instead of Charleston, S. c.,
of ancient or colonial history, who
knew that Charleston was once called
Charles Town, S. G. AS the vessel was
named King Alfred-the Morning
News says-it was natural for the cap
tain to seek the once royal port of
Charles Town, and Charlestown, Mass,
was the only one of that name now in
sight. But Orrin j. Dickey, Maine
newspaper man. writes the Belfast
CT no ri
c., and refers to a Charleston of 1880,
when, it fact it was then Charles
Town. Dickey visited st. Michael's
Church, and says: Il sat down in the
pew where Gen. George Washington
!, had sat and worshipped in 1867; and
later, by chance, when Col. Robert
,, Fitzhurg Lee, had visited the city, the
sexton, who did not know him, had
taken him to that self same pew"
Now Gen. Robert Edward Lee, c. S.
A.. visited Charleston officially in 1861,
and he may have sat in that pew.
An item in the Army and Navy Reg
lister misled me in regard to Midship-
man Bradley T. Johnson, at the Naval
Academy. His conduct" is all right,
but he was warned during first
which he did in good shape. l am sor-
| ry the Register made the mistake that
caused me to do injustice to this young
man who bears his gallant GRANDPA
TIERS honored Maryland name. He
got mixed up in a hazing scrape at
the Virginia Military Institute, which
caused his expulsion, but otherwise he
seems to have been all right. But
West Point and Annapolis and the V.
NJ. /. have now an iron clad rule that
hazers-no matter who they may be
must walk the plank" All these in
stitutions are at present under the SUI
perintendency of officers who realize
that discipline and good conduct are
the essential features of success in
training young men for the military or
naval service. And Congress appears
to feel that they must be fully sus-
tanned especially as to the expulsion
and not reinstatement of haZers. Capt.
Willard H. Brownson, u. S. N, is ele-
waiting the Naval Academy to high
plane of efficiency, and under his zeal
Gus superintendency it will put small
army of fine officers into our Greater
Navy"
We are told that charity begins at
home" and on this line it is safe to
believe that the original Boston, Mass,
abolitionists, who mourned over
slavery in the South, must have found
some work to do at home before they
went abroad in their crusades. The
New England Weekly Journal, of April
s, 1928, contains this advertisement of
two slaves for sale: "a very likely
negro girl, about IS or IA years of
age, speaks good English, has been in
this country some years, to be Sold
Also, "a very likely negro woman,
who can do household work and is
fit either for town or country service,
about % years of age, to be sold. In
quire of the Printer hereof"
1 have often stated that even official
records are not reliable. The Army
Register for 1904 has Typographical
error, which puts Maj. Oscar ].
Browns birth in 1853, instead of 1858.
The name of r. M. Kirby-Smith is
still carried as r. M. Smith Kirby.
An old Confederate colonel writes me
| about Lieut.. John Knight" Now,
there has been but one plain John
Knight in the army, and that was in
1898 to 1902 But there have been
John G. d. Knight and John Henry
Knight, and John T. Knight This
| shows the importance of giving full
names when writing for information
of this character.
The press kilograms referred to Rev.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, the new u.
| S. Senate chaplain, as a "Congrega-
tionalist," which is a very misleading
term in his case. He is full-blooded
| Unitarian in faith, and simply a Con-
gregationalist in church polity. 1t is
| something unusual for a Unitarian to
| be elected chaplain of either the SEN
ate or House. President jefferson
| Davis not only wanted "God recognized
| in the Constitution of the Confederate
states, but the name of Christ also
that the world might know it was a
Christian nation" as we'll as a ''relig-
ious people," Notwithstanding Rev.
DR.. Hale's great ability as a writer and
his distinguished career, Mr.. Davis, if
again in the u. S. Senate, would have
opposed his election as chaplain. The
| Unitarian denomination covers but
! little territory in this country, and
is among the smallest religious sects.
and therefore had no claim to the
| chaplain.
! Capt Charles Peaslee George of the
| Sixteenth United States Infantry. who
! is on recruiting service in Atlanta.
tells the Constitution that he was a
| classmate of Cadets URN, and Serata.
and Yenouye of Japan, at the United
| States Naval Academy. The latter
name, however, is Yonaske Enouye.
/ Capt. George falls into the same error
that l recently corrected. that Urin
was No. IA in class of '7S He was
! in fact 26 in class of ~. Serata was
/ No. IA and Enouye was No ~ vet
Capt. George says he was a young
man of rank, while the other two were
| from the people. II remember" saws
| Capt. George, they were considera-
! h1V O1dar than the 1aarfoay,