The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09


Rangers" were in the Mexican War
and won fame for their heroic services.
as they were bound to do under such
commanders as Ben McCulloch, Mira
beau b. Lamar and Hamilton p. Bee.
Gen. Lamar became president of the
republic of Texas. and MeCulloch and
Bee were noted Confederate generals.
II the Rangers" were guilty of bad
conduct during the Civil War, as
charged by Cook. they certainly did
not learn such tricks from the old
commanders and the veterans of the
Mexican War. 1t must be borne I'm
mind that the best OF soldiers in war
time, especially in the enemy's coun-
try, are sometimes led into indiscreet
actions, but such cases do not war;
rant a wholesale attack upon their
characters as soldiers and gentlemen.
Last Sundays illustrated supple
ment of the New York Tribune con-
tains a two-page illustrated article on
how the government Trains Boys for
the Navy" and clearly shows what is
done at the Newport, r. l., School by
the splendid work of the drill master
at the training station on Coasters Is
land. Capt. Willard mot William. as
printed), II. Brownson, ", $. N, the
efficient superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
says IL is the finest naval training
school in the world. and he is Just back
from an extended European tour of
observation. He says that both Great
Britain and Germany are now estab-
fishing naval schools similar to this
at Newport, with Brig. Gen. Albert l..
Mills, U. S. A, at West Point. and
Capt. Brownson at Annapolis, at both
of which places millions of dollars are
now being expended in new and more
commodious buildings. etc, the army
and navy of the United States of
America will become a world power
that can do more for universal peace
than all the peace societies, conven-
tons. congresses, etc, the world over.
When we lift our finger to any nation
and say, Peace be still" the dogs
of war" If already turned loose, will
go back TO their kennels.
The Army and Navy Register week
ly of Washington, d. c., publishes a
monthly illustrated supplement, and
that for October contains some fine
views of the Third Manassas battles.
Texas, New York, Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee. Connecticut and
South Carolina troops are given group
pictures, hut Georgia is not in it, ex
cept a group picture of Brig. Gen.
Thomas II. Barry, U. S. A.. and staff,
from Atlanta. Conspicuous in this
group is Cadet jackson Christian oil
the Georgia Military Academy, who
was courier to Gen. Barry. The grand
son of the famous Gen. Stonewall jack
son courier on the old Bull Run bat
tlefield to a United States army off,
Ger shows how the whirlagig of time
performs strange things Pris-
ella Leonard has in the Youths Com
panion of Sept. 20 a very interesting
article on Writing by Wire" being a
sketch of the telautograph, which the
War Department is providing the coast
artillery at the various forts. This in
strument enables an officer In one fort
to communicate with an officer In an
other fort in his own handwriting. And
this gives IL the name "tele," at a
distance auto" ones self and
graph" to write. If one of these won
derful instruments has been put In at
Fort Screven 1t would be worth a doz-
EN- trips from Savannah to Tybee to
see it in operation there.
A Gainesville (Ga) correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution, in the issue
Of Sept. IS, copies my little item about
the infamous Louisiana lottery and
gives a graphic account of the efforts
made to secure Lieut.. Gen. James
Longstreet. c. $. A., for one of Its
commissioners. AS high as $4,000 a
year was offered him as a salary. and
although then poor man and in need
OF money he scorned the offer TO be at
the head of "a game of chance" In
declining the offer he said: However
much ! may need the emoluments Of
the office, my duty to my people and
to the young manhood of the South, as
well as my duty to my Master, for
bids my acceptance OF the offer"
have never felt that Gen. Longstreet
treated the people of New Orleans
properly at certain crisis, but If he
wrote the above declaration, God for
bid that / shall ever again mention
that matter He was my friend In his
later years, and this was the only
thing ] scored against him. His noble
stand in the lottery matter reminds
me of a conversation l had in the At
lanta depot years ago with the late
Col. William M. Wadley OF the Central
Of Georgia Railway, man | pre-
sumo who never made a dollar lin
his life by speculation or one that was
not clean in every sense. II was the
day Mai Cummings bucket shop fall
ed in Atlanta, and / was telling Col.
Wadley of some of the scenes l wit
messed at the collapse. / shall never
forget the serious aspect of his face
and the shake OF his head as he de-
plored the existence of these gambling
stock dens. 1t is. the young manhood
of the South" said Col. Wadley, that
is to suffer from this wild spirit of
speculation; these ''get-rich-quick"
schemes. But, alas, the old Louisiana
lottery still lives to tempt and de-
,bauch the young manhood OF the
South" and bucket shops line all their
pathways. And yet IL is a comfort
to know that so many young men are
willing, like Col. Wadley to be salts
fed with slow but sure gains.
Sidney Herbert.