The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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ASooaA, Tenn. April ~ Early
this morning Father Thomas sherman and
an sasort frum IN. Twelfth cavalry ~
For Ogle,hurur left On hprsehack over
the route taken Nv O"n " r sherman,
his father, IN tho famous marrh Ia IN" 49,
for tho purpcsr NJ obtaining data Tor the
archives NJ the War department Father
sherman was accompanied hy St'"onh
Lieut.. Campbell. thr~~ non commissioned
officers and IT, privatr-. m" company
will he furnished subsistence and forage
NJ various points along tho route ~ pro-
yided nv tho war Depart mont. Father
sherman. who il n Jesuit. said mass
At Fort Oglethorpe SUNDAY morning. After
reaching Atlanta the soldiers will return.
SAvANSAH, April ". Father Shernan's
proposed march through Georgia has
provoked a great deal ~ advcr~" ~om-
ment here. MANY characterize such n
march rs infamous and an insult Capt
Young. president Of the Confederate Veter-
ans Association, said to-day. discussing
the proposed visit of the son of Gen Sh"r-
man;
1T would not surprise me- IN find that
there has bern somn error in the report as
cent ont, and that II may he found that
Father Sherman does not Ia We the intention
Of coming through the South in the manner
the kilograms doscrlbe. At any rate |
would not he disposed to condemn the act
until | knew the obj-c, and intention ~ II.
Il cannot imagine what possible good
such a visit can do. but it may do considera-
HE harm in awakening the memories OF one
Of the most brutal marches ever made
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in Sherman's marching with a largo army
through a country undefended, and then
tn report 10 his Government that he had
destroyed more than twice az much property
az necessary for the support Of his army
Sherman wantonly did this without just
cause
Then, again, the Government can
scarcely understand the temper az our
people, since II il deemed necessary for the
aOn of sherman to ha We II guard as he adj
vances through the country. Not with
standing all that has been done, he would
find himself a. safe in this section az In any
other section of the country"
Gen. S. +. b Gillespie. Deputy Clerk OF
the United States Gov and a prominent
member Of the q. A. r.. was equally pro-
nounced In his denunciation. He said:
1T Ia outrageous. II the reverend father
wants to see the ground over which his
father went why doesn't he get a carriagef
can't wee how the Government can furnish
an escort
City officials and others round the City
Hall do not look with favor on the proposed
march. Many Of the sentiments Expressed
would not make polite reading. Some
ventured the statement that II thu matter
were left TO them they would IA nearly az
possible give to the son the same reception
the people gave the father. Others, OK
pressing the idea still more clearly, said
they thought the party should be given
the cold shoulder and nothing to eat.
Acting Mayor Dixon's opinion was 10 the
point. He said,
If n were left TO mc I'd hav him caught
and hung before he reached Savannah