The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

OF Savannah for this issue at least,
IL not for future issues. Before my
last letter had reached the printer, /
had another and more serious relapse.
and was about to give up in despair,
when a bottle of "Johnson's Chill and
Fever Tonic" came to my relief, with
a note from Mr.. G., in which he said:
II take pleasure in sending you two
bottles Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic. l am too much interested in
your letters to have them interrupt
ed, and feel selfish interest in your
perfect restoration to health" This
was very kind of Mr.. c., but no medi-
L have long since passed that point.
However, / can say that this medicine
from Savannah has done me more good
than anything 1 have used in forty
years. 1t acted quicker and gave
greater relief than any remedy I have
ever tried before. And that is why
1 am able to send this letter to the
printer, and hope to follow 1t with
others yet unwritten.
My numerous correspondents must
have patience with me for time at
least, as / have been very feeble the
past ten days, but hope my new medi-
important matters are laid over until
next Sunday. 49, A bad out" i'm
the final paragraph of my last Sun
days letter made me say had expos
ed an Atlanta reporter" It should
have read that l exposed a so-caIled
Union soldier who claimed to have
aided In the capture of Jeff Davis"
and told fishy story to this reporter.
Gen. John c.. Black, comman-
der-in-chief of the G.. A. r., is again
In the Garfield Hospital at Washing
ton, ID. c., great sufferer from a re-
newed attack of rheumatism. He has
had to cancel many of his important
engagements and will probably not be
able TO attend the Florida Department
Encampment at st. Augustine on
March IL. 49, Gen. Blackmar Of
Boston and Gen. Blackwell of New
york, both past department. con1man-
ders, are the most prominent candi-
dates for commander m-chief at the
National Encampment in Boston next
August.
Maj. Gen. W. F. Randolph, U. s. A..
retireD although not a West Pointer,
Is an accomplished officer, and when
last l saw him, one of the finest look-
Ing soldiers In the army. But his es-
innate Of Japan's military and naval
resources as given the Morning News,
does not suit my fancy. l know some
thing OF the modern culture and train.
ing of Japans soldiers and sailors. ami
II Russia whips the fight it will be be-
cause of her ability to mass immense
bodies OF troops at given points. My
intercourse with Japanese officers has
convinced me that they are superior
to any officers in similar countries.
They approach nearer the American
soldier than do the officers of any for
eign army except that of Great Brit
| ain. Japan was late in waking up, but
when she did she opened both eyes and
| ears to the worlds chorus of modern
advancement, and the Japanese boys
and girls educated in this country
went home and spread a powerful in.
huence abroad in that land for the inn
| provement of all classes. Her military
and naval officers are thoroughly
| trained and efficient In action.
| The FLOATING Battery is not. as
many people supposx- a modern inven-
| ton, for 1t was used as early as the
| latter part Of the War Of 1872" if not
| at an earlier period. 1t is singular
| fact that Col. H. L. Scott, u. s. A., In
his Military Dictionary" mentions all
kinds Of batteries, yet has no reference
to floating battery. Capt.
w. c. Ward, who served under Gen.
Longstreet in an address at Birming-
ham. Ala, said the Civil War develop
/ - I
he would never have risen above the
rank of captain, major or colonel"
Capt. Ward must have forgotten that
Capt. Longstreet was already a brevet
major for gallantry in the Mexican
war, when in 1858, ne was promoted to
the staff, as paymaster, with the rank
of major. Weary Willie
Hearsts offer to serve as President OF
the United States and draw no salary,
recalls the case Of Martin Van Buren,,
who was werth half d million, ard is
said to have been the only President
who did not draw his salary until the
end of his four years term Of office.
This republic is able to pay its Pfesi-
dent monthly, and had better pay a
fully competent man than accept the
services of a millionaire for nothing.
The Troy, Ala. Messenger pub
fishes a very handsome design for a
Confederate monument the people wish
to erect in that city in memory OF the
heroic dead from Pike county in the
Civil War. No county Of its size sent
more or drawer men TO the Confeder-
ate army than old Pike county.
There are a few errors in the Morn
ing News account Of the three Jap
anese naval officers who graduated at
our Naval Academy at Annapolis III
1881. Cadet Midshipman Tasuker
Serata, and not Uriu, graduated No.
IA in a Gloss of ~, not seventy-six. He
was 46 In seamanship and was given
ss dement's. Cadet Midshipman Soto
Kichi Uriu, was No. rs, and stood % in
seamanship, and so In dement's. Cadet
Midshipman Yonoske Enouye, not
Inouye-was No. ~, tail end" grad
uate, and stood rs In seamanship, and
said, tail end graduates have be-
come famous heroes and great men in
the past All three of these Japanese
Cadet Midshipmen, 1t appears, regis
tered as exactly 10 years old, when they
entered the Academy in September. 1877.
II is a singular fact that there was
only one Georgian--Con Marrest Per-
kins mo. 30), and one South Carolinan
Franklin j. Moses, Ono. 24J. In this
class, and both are now majors in the
Marine Corps, the former at Cavite.
in the Philippines, and the latter at
the navy yard In Portsmouth, N. H.
I was glad to note that the Morn
ing News and other papers commend
the candidacy OF Mai. Mark New
man, of Sandersville, for his twenty
fifth continuous year as Good Ordi-
nary" of Washington county. And yet