The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-11

politan Magazine for October 1900,
nearly four years ago, can be found
a valuable and fully illustrated ar
ticle on THE Organization of the Rus
sian Army" by then Lieut.. VIM. c.
Rivers, now Capt. Rivers of he general
staff, U. S. A. A Tennesseean, a
graduate of West Point, where he was
most efficient adjutant to Gen. Mills,
he writes on a subject with which
he is perfectly familiar, and this ar
ticle of four years ago should be re-
published now that the Japs are CIV
ing the Russians an opportunity to
display their skill in retreating. Capt.
Rivers is now on duty at headquar-
tiers in the Philippines and too busy
no doubt to give the public a new
article on the same subject.
Mr.. VIM. P. Lamb of Rochester N.
T., who reads my letters weekly
through the courtesy of Mr.. w. F..
Prendergast of Savannah, writes me
as follows. Your Aug. q. reference
TO Maine and presidential election,
quite overpowered me, and 1 sent it
to an old gentleman friend of mine
OF many years standing, and his reply
seems to me, one that will touch
chords in your anatomy. So 1 for
ward 1t to you" The old gentleman
Mr.. John Marr-says of the Maine
paragraph in my letter: ut opened
up "reminiscences of presidential cam
padgns as long age as 1928, when Jack
son ran for his first term. 1 remem-
Der the old deacon of the Baptist
Church, as he sat before the huge fire
place i'm the old house. where l was
born. AS he quaffed the cider from
the brown mug with the broken nose"
he said, "he should not vote for any
military chieftan, but would cast his
ballot for Adams, much to the delight
of my father. who Immediately sent
me down cellar to replenish with
cider the old brown mug, l fell a
couple of years short of voting for
Harrison, but was an active cam
paigner. I cast my first presidential
vote for Henry Clay. the mill boy
of the slashes.' / have the original
campaign poster of the old 'Tippecanoe
and Tyler Too race. 1 could write a
very fair article on the campaign of
Jackson for first and second term.
The music of the Fremont song was
from the Compton Races, a darkey
song of forty or more years ago."
Ise bound to run all night,
Ise bound to run all day;
l bets my money on dc bob, tail nag,
Whose gwine to bet on de bay?
Du da du da dab.
Col. William C. Gorgas, u. S. A., is
not the Surgeon general of the At
lantic Division of the u. S. A." There
is but one surgeon general in the army.
Brig. Gen. Robert M. O'Reilly, who
has assistant surgeons general, one of
whom is Col. Gorgas; but he is now in
charge of the medical department of
the Isthmian Canal Commission, with
kp9 ~ NJ - ~
The assistant surgeons general of di-
visions are called chief surgeons" not
surgeons general" Lieut.
Gen. Miles suggests that the Japs are
getting away from their base of sup
plies and their naval vessels. That
is one, but the Russians seem to be
getting away from the Japs as fast
and as far as possible, and as for
supplies, they prefer to destroy them
rather than let the Japs get them
Miles need not worry about the "yel-
low peril soldiers, as they are not
yet in peril" and appear TO be doing
pretty well, l thank you" =
Gen. Horatio c. King. president Of our
society thinks l mixed the Society of
the Army Of the Potomac and the Con-
nectl's't G. A. r., In regard 10 the pro-
posed Blue and Gray reunion. The
society passed the resolutions favor
OF course the society passed them. for
King introduced them, and II he were
to Introduce a resolution to make him
self president of the United States the
society would pass IL unanimously. and
with cheers. Comrade Lowell. however
Of the Conn. G. A. r., could not carry
the resolutions IN the department en-
campment. There they utterly failed
TO win any kind OF support at the
Boston encampment.
The Atlanta journal refers 10 Capt.
Tracy Dixon. and ! suppose u means
Capt. Tracy q. Dickson. n. *. A.. OF
the ordnance department az Washing
ton, y. g. who married am Atlanta
young lady "a few years ago. o
Col q. ~ saussy. u. G. v. in correct
ing q report Of Gen. Lees losses az
Gettysburg. says Finding the poto-
mac unfordnhie. Lee turned and faced
Meade Offering battle, bat without att
tack until the water subsidized SUM-
oienfly. when the army returned 20
Nirninla." was az Con. Meadea
headquarters on the hntflnwcld M Get.
tyahurR on sunday afternoon. "a boar.
or 81 dlHnaff res from Mai Gen Wi.