The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-02
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to War Veterans and Others

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla
Oct. lit seems that 1 have not been
fully informed of my dear wife's CRIT
ical condition. and therefore I desire
TO say to many inquiring readers of
these letters that since the second am
putation she has. been attended nv
four expert surgeons and trained
nurses. and her sister is allowed to
see her only for a few moments at a
time. No letters sent to her at tbe
hospital have been read to her and
her only intercourse with her sister is
to hear from me to cheer her I'm
All her remarkable heroism and forti-
tude in long suffering has been born
Of fervent desire to recover for
my sake. Her life, even now. hangs
upon a mere thread, and yet we hone
and pray that a gracious God NAV re-
ward her patient, brave struggle
against impending death. The letters
of sympathy that come to me daily on
my sick bed are a great comfort to me
Mrs. j. Patton Anderson of PaIatlxa
the venerable and sorrow stricken
NtdOW VI lllC IlIOuS NAL NIen. An
derson, out of the dark clouds of sor
row surrounding her home, sends me
words of comfort. My old schoolnate.
Mai. Gen. Joshua l.. Chamberlain
bowed in deepest grief over the total
blindness and approaching death of
his accomplished wife, also sends me
words of welcome sympathy. Bishop
William Crane Gray, burdened with
official duties, as he journeys to the
full of Christian consolation. And all
this fills my sorrowing heart with COM
fort and strength, and leads me to say
with a nobler, sanctifed feeling:
"Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love-"
Every soldier in the japanese armies
carried with him into the present war
with Russia a. copy of the New Testa-
ment scriptures. Whatever japan
may have been in the past, she is now
an enlightened Christian nation to a
great extent, and the God of Battles"
seems to hover over her battle flags.
1t makes me tired" to read
after Georgia editor who says this
republic was not founded through
war, but in a desire for peace Well.
how did they get that peace? Did
they sit down and fold their arms and
wait for it? Not much. There were
not as many fools then as now, and
Concord and Lexington and Bunker
Hill, and Kings Mountain, and Eutaw.
and Guilford Court House and a host
of other conflicts give the lie to that
fool editor. War founded this repub-
lie, has matured it's growth and to-
day makes it a world power. True,
we always wanted peace, and we want
1t now, but it seldom comes to us or
any nation not brave and patriotic
enough to fight for it.
The Augusta Chronicle errs in con-
meeting United States Senator Joseph
r. Hawley with the editorials of the
Hartford, Conn.,. Courant, as Gen.
Hawley has been a physical and par
TALLY, mental wreck for several
years, and long ago gave up his edi-
torial work. The Chronicle also errs
as to Gen. Corbin being an old bach
elor, when he married his present rich
wife. Corbin was a gay widower with
grown up children when he was wed
to Miss Patten. Uncle Joe Cam
mons shot at Judge Parker's pension
order promise, will do little damage.
Gen. John G. Black, late commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, while endorsing the order, calls
for congressional action such as Judge
Parker proposes to make the order fully
effective. A poem in the last Con-
federate Veteran, by the late Gen.
George F. Afford, refers to "McCul-
lough," which is not correct. There