The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-26


les. Atlanta ought to have a few.
Some idea of the entertainment
of the Confederate veterans by Nash
vile can be gathered from the fact
that over 10000 meals and 5000 gallons
Of coffee were dispensed. 1t is no
small job to entertain the U. C. v. or
the G. A. r. in a crediteble
and hospitable manner.
The Christian Herald Of New
York prints an extract from an ad-
dress by Col c. r. Pratt, U. s. A."
No doubt this careless reference is to
Brig. Gen. Richard H. Pratt. U. S. A..
retired, as he is the officer famous for
his educational and civilizing work at
the Indian School at Carlisle, Pa.
Second Lieutenant James A.
Thomas of the Artillery Corps, u. S.
A, has been promoted to first lieu
tenancy. He is a Georgia boy, like
Lieut.. Corrupt, and both are promoted.
but are on the unassigned" list at
present.
Hon. Theodore Fitch, secretary.
sends me this official announcement:
AT the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Flag Association, held in New
York on Flag Day, June IA, 1904, you
We're unanimously elected a member
of the Executive Committee" AS this
AASh hOAAOA has CUTIE 10 IflS unSOllClLeQ
ana quite Unexpectedly, have con-
cluded to accept it. Among the as
ISOLATION officers are Lieut.. Gen.
Miles, Maj. Gen. Howard, Mai. Gen.
Breckenridge and Brig. Gen. Grant, all
distinguished army officers, and Ad-
miral Dewey and Rear Admiral Schley
of the Navy. Some of my associates
on the Executive Committee are Gen.
Appleton, of Boston: Gen Shields, OF
IL
and Gen. Day, of New York. The
ladies are represented on the commit
tee and Mrs, Senator Fairbanks, presi-
dent general of the D. A. r., and Mrs
Daniel Manning, widow of Secretary
Manning, of President Cleveland's cabi-
net, are the most distinguished MEM
bers. The association has become one
Of the most active and popular OF
the new patriotic organizations of
America. The same mail
brought me a cordial official invita-
ton to take part in the Dedicatory
Exercises Of the Blue and GRAY
Park" at Fitzgerald, Ca, on the com
ing GLORIOUS Fourth" of July. The
members of the blue and
Gray Association" of which
Marcus Luke is president, and w. II.
Marston, Committee on Speakers, pro-
pose to dedicate new by joyous
gathering of the "Yanks'' and
the "Johnnies," with their families.
and have a good old-time social love
feast. l hope to be there and enjoy
The Mary Curtis Lee Chapter, U.
D. c., of Lexington, Va, has issued
very beautiful souvenir of that
charming historic place, the home OF
Wa3lington-Lee University the Vir-
ginia Military Institute and Judge
Brockenborough's once famous Law
School. The illustrations are perfect
and cover many historic persons and
events. AS / have been corrected for
calling Gen. David Hunter "a Virgin
ian," this statement from "Eistoric
Lexington" may be of some interest to
my readers: I'm 1854, when Gen.
Hunter, himself a VirginFan, burnt
the barracks and other houses, he
laid violent hands on the statue
Washington and carried 1t to Wheel
ing" The past few weeks
have been very busy ones in military
matters and I find myself way be-
hind" on current topics. Also, my cor
respondence has grown beyond imme-
topics connected with the meeting Of
the Society of the Army of the Poto-
mac at Hartford, Conn.,, and the u. c
v. Convention at Nashville. are held
over for future letters. Geor-
gas highest naval officer, Rear Ad-
miral b. J. Cromwell, U. S. N. (ret !,
with his wife, son and daughter, is
spending the summer at the Buena
Vista Springs
I notice In Georgia, Historical and
Industrial" published by the State De-
partment Of Agriculture, that Rlbert
county was named in honor of Col.
Samuel Ebert, commander of Georgia
Continentals in the Revolution, and
afterwards Governor of Georgia" Now
this may do for the Industrial" part
of the book, but for the historical" I
would add that on Nov. 3, 1888, Con-
gress Resolved, That Col. Samuel Ell
bert be promoted to the rank of briga-
der by bfevet" Rev. DIR.
Frank w. Gunsaulus of Chicago is an
able man, but something of a sensa-
ttonalist. His attack on the "Declara-
ton of independence" is simply hot
air." Any fool knows that in one
sense "all men are"-not-"created
equal but they are in the sense used
by the great men and heroic patriots
who signed &that grand document. A
noble Virginian, the gifted Prof. Tuck
err, has well said of this Declaration:
ut is consecrated in the affections of
superficial as censure may he unaVail-
Americans" and praise may seem as
ing" The bestowing of high
degrees upon women, here and in other
countries. still goes on. And why not ?
Few men-not eminent lawyers-hav-
ing the degree of LII. D.. are better
versed in law than was Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; and my old friend, Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe of Boston, just hon
ored with Ii. d. by Tufts College,
knows more about law than Grant.
Miles, Dewey. Schley. ct ais ever knew.
Give military men the degree of NJ. s.
doctor Of military scienceA-and ma
val men that of N. S. doctor of ma
val science-matters about which they
are supposed to be learned.
was amused at the yarn a Spanish
War hero spun recently, es-
peciany his statement that he
was in the San Juan Hill fight
at Santiago, Cuba, when Ed. Marshall
was killed. A man who don't know
that Marshall was not killed knows
very little about that campaign. When
I parted with Ed Marshall at Tampa.
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