The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-16

Bile. unjust and unnecessary" That
covers the whole ground like a Lon
don fog. The charming daugh-
ters of Brig. Gen. Joe Wheeler, u. S.
A. (retired), are the guests at West
Point (N. Y) Military Academy of
their brother Capt. Joe Wheeler, Jr.,
coast artillery, now on duty at the
academy The young ladies had the
pleasure of meeting the Archbishop of
Canterbury and other distinguished
people during their recent visit TO the
Point" | referred last Sun
day to preachers in a lump" in fam
lilies. Rev. M. 7. Lamb of Hartland
Mich, seems to belong to a sheep
fold" full of them. His father, his
grandfather, three uncles and one
brother, with himself, are all preachers
of the gospel, thus putting three gem
erations in apostolic succession" as il
were.
The critical illness Of Brig. Gen.
Bryan M. Thomas, c. S. A, Of Dalton.
Ga, is announced. His death would
leave Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming OF
Augusta the sole surviving West Point
Confederate now residing in Georgia.
Brig. Gen. Boggs lives in North Car
DINA and Brig. Gen. Alexander lives
in South Carolina, and Lieut.. Gen.
Joe Wheeler in Alabama. Thomas
graduated at West Point in 1858 and
resigned from the army in April, 1861,
to enter the Confederate service. Cum
ming graduated in 1S49 and resigned
as a captain in January, 1861. Gilmer
and Lawton were West Pointers but
not natives of Georgia. McDaws and
Wayne and Walker and Bowen and
Anderson and Gardner and Hardee and
Smith were West Pointers and Geor-
piang n II IonpC "a South Gar
Gilman, but was appointed from Geor-
gia. Young and Willis and Stovall and
Williams We're West Point cadets, but
not graduated. although Young and
Willis were entitled to graduate, but
resigned to enter the Confederate serv-
ice. 1t is to be hoped that Cen.
Thomas may recover, as he rs an ac-
complished educator and superintend-
ent of schools for Whitfield county, or
Dalton.
In Gen. Henry r. Jackson's beautl-
full war poem, MY Wife and Child"
written at Camargo, Mexico, i'm 1876.
where his regiment was then camped,
he speaks of his baby son." and prays
God to guard that little sleeper's
rest" The prayer was answered and
the baby son" grew up to be Capt.
Harry Jackson, the able lawyer and
EdilduN INV hI-
ceased. In his poem, IAN Quiet Along
the Potomac Tonight" the Confeder-
ate soldier, Thaddeus Oliver of Buena
Vista, Ga, refers to his far away cot
tage and "the two on the low trundle
bed" Poor oliver found q soldiers
grave in the Virginia hills whose soil
was dyed with the blood Of heroes.
But "the two on the low trundle bed"
James and Hugh-were spared to
IL.
Hugh +. Oliver is an honored Baptist
preacher at Pinopolis. S. c., and lieu
tenant Commander James II. oliver,
u. S. N, a graduate of the Naval
Academy in 1873 is doing excellent
service at the Naval War College. Both
of these war poems will live as long as
the English language is spoken, and
they will carry to remote generations
memories of the baby son" and the
two on the low trundle bed"
Augusta, Ca, has an "Oceola"
Club, but I fear Chief Osceola would,
IL alive kick at this phonetic SPELL
ing OF his famous name. The
Jacksonville (Fla.) Metropolis says
the Savannah court-martial assem-
bled with Judge Advocate Napier
presiding" This is the first time /
ever heard OF a judge advocate pre-
siding" over court-martial. IT would
be like a solicitor general taking the
place Of the Judge on the bench.
. A brilliant Georgia editor re-
fers 20 Gen. Miles as the "ex-com-
mander-in-chief of the United states
army" Alas! all my persistent eff
forts to stop this blunder seem fruit
less. The United States army has
had but one commander-in-ch and
that was Lieut.. Gen. Washington.
from July 10, 1898. TO Dec. IA, 1893, the
day OF his death. This Office was ere
ated for him by special act OF Con-
gress, in violation OF the constitution.
and was abolished az his death. and
has never since been revived. Grant.
Sherman and Sheridan were made full
generals, but never we're commanders
in-chief Maj. Gen. Henry w. Hal
leck. y, s. A., was for time dur
ing the Civil War a "general-in -chief,
OF the armies, a mere temporary Of
fee.
Perhaps the old saying, better late
than never" may be applied 10 mon
uments and memorials OF heroic revo-
lutionary soldiers. Work has Just
been started on a monument at Fred
ericksburg. Va. to Gen. Hugh Mer-
Ger. and a few days ago one was ded-
ieated TO Gen. Enoch Poor. at Hack
ensack. N. j., near his grave In the
old church burylng ground. Mercer
who was doctor. was born in Scot
land while Poor was n native OF
Massachusetts,, but died at Hacken-
sack during the war. think Gen.
Mercer was killed In battle near
Princeton. N. J.. in January, i777
zone OF the bravost OF the brave" and
greatly lamented." I some
times pull "chesButs" out OF the FIRE
for peace advocates Of the crank spe-
cies. When Sir Edward Greasy de-
clared that on the result Of the bat