The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla,
March 19.-"Brig. Gen" Henry T. AL
len, chief of the Philippine constabu-
larry, who is to accompany the Rus
sian army in the field, is simply an
officer of temporary rank on detail
service, his established rank being cap
tain in the Sixth United States Cav
airy, unassigned" He is a Kentucki-
an and a graduate of West Point 18S2)
and was major and lieutenant colonel
of volunteers in the Spanish-American
War. 1t is Gen. George Baldey,
not Badly" who has been sent to the
penitentiary in New Orleans, is
Pennsylvanian and enlisted in the
Sixteenth United States Infantry as a
private, in 1S47, from Louisiana. He
worked his way up to a brigadiership,
and was honorably discharged at his
own request in 1870. He was gal
liant soldier, and won the brevets of
colonel and brigadier general for meri-
torious conduct in the Civil War. His
crime of embeZZlement puts dark
stain on his distinguished military rec
ord. The Sunny South refers
to Charles L. Jones, the well-known
Georgia historian" But he was well
known" however, as Charles Colcock
Jones. And 1 think the Robert L.
Reid" mentioned in the same connec-
ton, should be Robert Raymond Reid.
There is altogether too much of this
careless printing of names of promi-
nent men. Think of a Georgia editor,
graduate of the university writing of
Hon. William c. Winthrop" for the
eminent Robert c. Winthrop.
There are eight, not six, as reported,
of the Andrews Raiders" now living.
The other two are Daniel A. Dorsey of
Enid, O., and John r. Porter of Port
land, Ore. They were Union soldiers
from Gen. o. M. Mitchell's troops, and
stole a locomotive, THE General" and
some cars on the Western and Allan
tic Railway at Marietta, Ga. Some
were hung as spies, others escaped and
the rest were finally exchanged.
l am glad to see that Augusta
has adopted the fire drill in her
public schools and that the pupils are
pleased with it. There have been fires
in public school buildings during the
past month and the fire drill saved
the lives of many children by pre-
venting a panic. Several wild
ows and veterans have written me
about war records needed to secure
pension. They must however, have
patience, as it is no easy matter to
secure the desired information.
In a recent letter l said: Gen. H.
Kyd Douglas was not Confederate
general. He was a colonel and staff
officer of fine ability. After the war
he was adjutant general of Maryland
and became a brigadier general. He
was a scholarly man and yet every
inch a soldier"
Lieut.. Gen. Miles has a blooming"
son who is a cadet at West Point,
and whose personal appearance, as
we'll as his general character, 1ndl-
cate that he will never be much OF
soldier. He stands number 80 in class
of 1O9 and Spanish seems to be the
only study he shows much interest in,
and his demerits are 127. Lately ne
has lost his sergeant's chevrons and
been reduced to the ranks for absence
from his command to fiirt with a
pretty girl. He is named Sherman
Miles, but his front name don't seem
to inspire him with any OF the Sher-
man family's good qualities. r
1 last week referred to Gen. James
Patton Anderson, c. S. A, who drop
ped the James, as Cleveland did his
Stephen and Gilbert Stuart his Charles.
Another case that will surprise the
old soldiers, North and South, is that
of Gen. fitzpatrick, the famous cavalry
general of the Civil War. Everybody
knows him as Judson, and yet his
name was Hugh Judson, but he gradu
ated at West Point as Judson Kill
patrick. Bourke Cochran, the great
Irish orator just elected to Congress
from New York, also dropped his front
name.
My thanks are due Gen. S. F. Is.
Gillispie, of the Savannah G. A. r.,
for his correction of the color line"
banquet trouble at the recent encamp-
ment. Down here in the Department
of Florida our colored G. A. r. vet
Grams give us no trouble in any way.
Charles Gabriel Post in Jacksonville
is one of the largest and best in the
state. and owns it's building and lot.
At our recent encampment at st.
Augustine they had their banquet en-
tertainment in one casemate and we
had ours in another. But 1 know
enough of the Department of Georgia
(with S. CO to realize that there are