The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20


veterans if not a little better. AS a
rule, however, 1 notice that the color
ed veterans with the U. c. V. (for
they have them at the reunions) and
the G. A. R., as a rule, are well be-
haved and give no occasion to rude
ly enforce the color line. They are
properly treated and we'll provided for,
and have no cause for complaint.
The old friends of the late Brig. Gen.
Henry Davis Waller, U. S. A, of Geor-
gia will be interested to learn of the
marriage of his daughter Miss Laura
Louise Waller to Rev. Alfred A. V.
Burlington, rector of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church at Gloucester, Mass, to
occur April IL in st. Mary's Church,
New York city. 1 suffered
somewhat from my official visit to the
G. A. r. encampment at st. Augustine
last week. yet l am very glad l went,
despite the cold and dampness of old
Fort Marion in shower. Our enter
tainment was far beyond our expec-
tation, and the ''old boys" greatly en-
joyed the occasion. 1t was one treat
to many of them to meet their old
commanders, Liuet. Gen. Schofield and
Maj. Gen. Brooke 1 discovered that
both of these retired officers, with
their charming wives are very popu-
lar and quite prominent in the social
circles of the Ancient City" Gen.
Schofield is somewhat feeble, yet he
"holds his own" by taking good care
of himself in a delightful residence
fronting the bay. Gen. S. is at the
head of the Loyal Legion and Gen. B.
of the Society of the Army of the Po-
tomac. and in the absence of our COM
ander-in-Chief Black we were high
ly honored by their presence at our
encampment.
In looking over an old Congressional
Directory-1SS3-I am reminded of the
period when the cry of Confederate
brigadiers" in Congress sounded
through the North and West. The
South was then represented in the
lower house of Congress by Gen. Ran
dali L. Gibson of Louisiana. later on
a senator; Gen. William H. Forney of
Alabama, Gen. George G. Dibel of
Tennessee, Gen. w. r. Cox of North
Carolina, Gen. Joseph Wheeler Of Ala
bama, Gen. Robert B. Vance of N. c.;
Gen. Charles NJ Shelley of Alabama;
Gen. John B. Clark, Jr., of Missouri;
Gen. Philip Cook of Georgia. Hon.
John H. Reagan of Texas, Col. Hilary
A. Herbert and Col. William c. Oates
of Alabama, Col ]. Floyd King of
Louisiana, Hon. Emory Speer of Geor-
gia, Col. c. E. Hooker of Mississippi
and Col. George r. Black of Georgia
were also in this Congress. In the
Senate-I write from memory only
there were Gen. Wade Hampton Of
South Carolina, Gen. F. M. Cockrell of
Missouri, Gen. S. B. MaXey "a West
Pointer) of Texas, Gen. William Ma
hone of Virginia, Gen. Matt w. Ran
som of North Carolina, Gen. John T.
Morgan of Alabama; Zeb Vance, war
Governor of North Carolina, and Coils.
Lamar and George of Mississippi, and
Pugh of Alabama, and Hon. Pope Bar
row of Georgia, all good Confederates.
OF this entire list, of the few living,
only Senators Morgan and Cockrell are
still in Congress, but Ransom, Rea-
gan, Shelley, Oats, Speer, Wheeler,
Herbert and Pugh are living.
l see in Tuesday Mornings News
that Larry CAN'T has introduced a new
disturbing element into the already
threadbare romance of The Last Cab
met Meeting" 1 have several times
stated, and here reaffirm, that the fate
of the Southern Confederacy was fl
nally and forever settled at the last
full and legal meeting of the Confe3-
crate cabinet held at Charlotte, N. G.
There was an informal meeting at
ton, Ga, where the final separation
took place. But, in a legal sense,
neither of these meetings were binding
in any action taken looking to the con-
tinued support of the Confederacy.
Washington, Ga, was, and ever will
remain, the place where the final col
lapse occurred. The claim of Capt.
John J. Daniel of Oglethorpe county,
that the final cabinet meeting was
held at his house, is not worth con-
tradicting. There are now four claim
ants for the honor of entertaining the
last cabinet meeting, but Washington,
Ca, has the only claim that possesses
the least shadow of a foundation on
which to support it. While not full
or legal meeting, President Davis and
a few of his advisors did hold a final
consultation in the old Heard House
there.
Veteran John r. Doran, now living
at Meridian, Conn. is supposed to be
the sole survivor of the garrison under
Maj. Robert Anderson, U. S. A., who