The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Aug.
6.-The press telegram from Pittsfeld.
Mass, on Aug. 2, announcing the death
of Millionaire Louis Chauvent of st.
Louis, says his father. a prominent
mathematician and astronomer, really
founded the Naval Academy" The
name is Chauvenet, not Chauvent, and
Prof. William Chauvenet was appoint
ed like Gen. John c. Fremont, a pro-
lessor in the United States navy, in
1S41, but not commissioned until 1s4S,
and resigned in 1860. He did not Sin
reality found the Naval Academy"
but he was the sixth member of
board of naval officers, and Capt.
Henry Beaverton, u. S A.. that re-
vised the plans and regulations of the
Naval Academy in 1919, which plan
went into operations July /, 1850, and
the school became the academy. As
10 the school, that was founded in
1S45, by Secretary George Bancroft of
the navy, and Commander Franklin
Buchanan was made superintendent
Prof. Chauvenet was the "in reality
founder" of neither, and that honor
belongs no doubt more largely to Com
mander Buchanan, who became an adj
miral in the Confederate navy. Shu-
brick, Buchanan, Du Pont, Upshur
Ruschenberger, Chauvenet. U. S. N,
and Beaverton, u. S. A.. composed the
board that formally established the
Naval Academy from the naval school,
In 1850.
That Love and a Lariat" story in
The Morning News last Sunday was
very exciting, but the illustration
and the author were at odds, like the
famous head line man and the reporter
often are. The story says: The reins
had fallen to the ground" and yet
the illustration shows the brave girl
with both feet braced and pulling on
the reins for dear life. But 1 think
] was the only reader. 20 discover the
discrepancy" as the old woman said
80 no great harm was done.
Roosevelt may be a very brave man,
as claimed, but his actions do not show
II. No President has ever been so
fully protected by special police.
guards and detectives; and no Presi-
dent has ever been so hard to APP
proach. Even his own neighbors at
Oyster Bay were kept at bay dur
ing his notification by detectives Maid
20 protect him. He and the Emperor
William are a good matched team and
the Roosevelt family are bepuffed in
Nhe press kilograms as though they
were princes and princesses. The
long talked of crisis-a military die
tator-has put in its appearance.
A Savannah reader sends me
another clipping-the death Of Col
Paul f. De Gournay In Baltimore.
The notice in the Baltimore News is
correct. He was a very active and
efficient Confederate commander. He
organized the De Gournay Zouaves in
New Orleans. In 1861. where he was
an editor, and was in command at
Yorktown, Va, in October, under Gen
]. 3. Magruder, c. S. A.
The Hon. William l.. Scruggs Of At
lanta, ex-editor and ex-dipiomat, has
written an article TO show why We
Are Styled the u. s. A." but he Is a
little lame in his argument. He re-
jects the suggestion that we are The
United States" simply, because there
are other THE United States" for ex-
ample. THE United States OF Mexico. 3"
md Of Colombia" and Of Bolivia, E"
etc, all on this continent. Therefore.
he says Secretary Hay is right in
adopting the term American Embas-
sy' and American Consul" Now
while this may all be true, I wish 10
inform Mr.. ScrugRa. IN view Of the
several United SfateG" mentioned I'm
HE article. that Secretary Hay, him
self, has neglected. Ia Official publlca-