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The National tribune., 1906-07-12
Personal Experiences in the United States the Confederate
States Armies
By Lieut.. .Gen. J. B. HOOD, c. S. A.
States Armies.

The President. as indicated, was evil
IDENTIFY under the impression that the
army should have been equal to battle
by the time 1t had reached the Alabama
line, and was averSe to my going INTO
Tennessee. (Almost every writer upon
the subject of my campaign into Ten
nessee has fallen into the popular error
that the President ordered me into that
state. and strange to say. Gen. Taylor.
brother-in-iaw of Mr. Davis, has alsJ
grossly erred in this regard, when ne
could have addressed note to the Chief
Executive of the Confederacy and have
ascertained the truth.) He was not. as
Gen. Beauregard and myself, acquainted
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Sherman in battle, as is clearly indi-
Gated by his reply:
Richmond, Nov. Z, 1854.
Via Meridian.
seen. J. B. Hood:
NO troops can have been cent by
Grant or Sheridan to Nashville. The
latter has attempted to reinforce the
former, but Earlys movements pre-
vented 1t. That fact will assure you as
to their condition and purposes. The
policy of taking advantage of the re-
ported division of his forces. where he
cannot reunite his army, is 100 obvious
to have been overlooked by you. ]
therefore take it for granted that you
have not been able to avail yourself OF
that advantage during his march north
ward from Atlanta. Hope the oppor-
tunity will be offered before he is ex-
tensiyely recruited. If you keep his
communications destroyed he will most
probably seek to concentrate for an at
tack on you. But If. as reported to
you. he has sent a large part of his
force southwark. you may first beat him
In detail. and subsequently. without Sc
rious obstruction or danger to the coun-
try in your rear, advance to the Ohio
River. Jefferson Davis"
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WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JULY n
(No. 39.)
"Hea duua rfers near Elnrence q

tNO. 5S.l s1-s
Headquarters near Florence, Ala.
Nov. IL. 1864. -.
His Excellency. the President, Rich
mond Va:
Your telegram of the Ith received
to-day. When l moved out from Allan
ia. he (Sherman) came with five corps,
and kept them united until / moved
from Gadsden to this point. intrenching
himself wherever he halted. 1t was
only after ] reached this point that he
divided his force. After my descent
upon the railroad and upon Dalton 1
did not regard this army in proper con-
ditioB for a pitched battle. Ii is now
in excellent spirits and confident. Be-
fore leaving Gadsden | urgeo on Gen.
the Tennessee River. This he ordered:
and ] intended. when leaving Gadsden,
to cross the river at or near Gunters
Landing. Finding, however when
reached that vicinity, that Forrest had
nJi crossed. I could not without his CO.
operation pass the river there. as L
required Wheeler to look after my right
flank Forrest has not yet crossed over.
but is moving upon this side of the riv-
er and Will join me here.
This circumstance. high water, and
the fact that / had TO draw supplies
from and through a department not
under my COMMUNICATING delay in
their reaching me-have retarded my
operations. AS soon as Forrest joins
me. which will be in d few days / shall
he able TO move forward. Without the
assistance of Forrest I cannot secure
my wagon trains when across the river.
You may rely upon my striking the
enemy whenever a suitable opportunity
presents itself, and that l will spare no
effort to make that opportunity
-. B. Hood. General"
Entering Tennessee.
On the 18th l established my head
quarters in Florence upon the north
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require the men to labor INCREASINGLY
toward the accomplishment of this inn
portant object.
On the 18th Gen. Beauregard issued
the following order previous to his de-
parture for Montgomery Ala:
Headquarters Military Division of the
| West. Tuscumbia, Ala, Nov. II, 1864
| General: Gen. Beauregard desires
me to say that he desires you will take
the offensive at the earliest practicable
| moment. striking the enemy whilst thus
dispersed. and by this means distract
Sherman's advance into Georgia.
ITO relieve you from any embarrass-
ment whilst operating in north Ala
bama and Middle Tennessee, he author
| lies you to Issue all such orders in Gen.
Taylor's Department, you may deem
successful administration and opera
ton of your army-sending Gen. Tay-
lor copies Of all orders
He wishes you to send forthwith to
MAJ Gen. Wheeler one brigade of cav
airy of Jackson's Division, and the bal
ance of that division as soon as 1t can
be spared. should Sherman advance in
to Georgia, and also to advise Gen.
Wheeler that in such case Clanton's
Brigade Is subject to his orders.
THE headquarters of this military
division will be removed in the MORN
ing from this place to Montgomery,
Ala.
81 am, General, respectfully, your
obedient servant,
George w. Brent, Colonel and A.
Gen ]. B. Hood, Commanding Army
of Tennessee"
The ensuing day replied:
(No. 537.)
Florence, Ala, Nov. 1s, 1864.
'I will send two batteries from the
army to Corinth. Gen. Forrest thinks
his force Of cavalry entirely insufficient
without Jackson's Division.
~. B. Hood, General"
The working parties on the railroad
having succeeded In pushing forward
the supplies, 1 also telegraphed to him
on the 18th that I would resume the
line of march at the earliest practicable
moment.
Sherman Starts ON His March.
Information had In the meantime
reached me that Sherman was advanc-
ing south from Atlanta. He marched
out of that fated city on the 18th, and
thus describes his going forth:
about a. m. of Nov. 16 we rode
out of Atlanta by the Decatur road.
filled by the marching troops and wag
ons of the Fourteenth Corps. and reach
Ing the hill just outside Of the old rebel
works, we naturally paused to look
back upon the scenes Jf our past bat
ties. We stood upon the very ground
whereon was fought the bloody battle
of July %. and could see the copse OF
wood where Mcpherson fell. Behind
US lay Atlanta sinouidcring and In
ruins, the black smoke rising high in
air. and hanging like pail over the
ruined city,"
Thus were two opposing armies des-
tined to move in oppu-ite directions.
each hoping to achieve glorious results
/ well knew the delay at 'Tuscumhin
would accrue TO the advantage OF Sh-r
man, as he would thereby be allowed
time to repair his railToad and at least
start to the rear all Iplus material
believed. however. ! could still get
between Thomas's forces and Nash
Vile and roui them. further more. effect
such maneuvers as to insure 10 our
troops an easy victory. These convic-
tions counterba lanced my regret thai
Sherman was permitted to traverse
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SHERMAN ARMY LEAVING ATLANTA
(From a sketch made at the time.)
with its true condition Therefore, q
! high regard for his views nOtwfthstand-
| ing, 1 continued firm in the belief that
the only means to checkmate Sherman
and cooperate with Gen. Lee to save
the Confederacy lay in speedy success
in Tennessee and Kentucky, and in my
ability finally to attack Grant in rear
with my entire force.
On the 9Th / telegraphed to the Sec
| retary of War:
(No. 3s.)
Headquarters Tuscumbia. Nov. 9.
Hon, j A Seldom. Richmond. Va:
Information received places Sher-
mans army as follows: One corps at
Atlanta. two corps at or near Marietta.
and three at or north of Chattanooga.
Heavy rains will delay the operations
Of this army a few days.
~. B. Hood, General
Although every possible effort was
made to expedite the repairs upon the
railroad, the work progressed slowly.
Heavy rains in that section of the coun-
try also interfered with the completion
of the road.
l informed Gen. Beauregard Of the
Presidents opposition to my plan, and
on the 18th replied to His Excellency
as follows:
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XXI.

THE FAILURE AT SPRING HILL.
Jefferson Davis Opposed to the Advance
Into Tennessee-BcaureEurd Sanctions
It-Wait for SuppIies-Haneuvcring
Against SchofieId-Cheatham and Gle
burne Lose the Golden Opportunity.
jefferson Davis Opposed.
At this juncture / was advised Of the
Presidents opposition to the campaign
into Tennessee previous to a defeat of
The National tribune., 1906-07-12

The Socialists of North Dakota cels-
brated the Fourth by nominating .
State ticket headed by L. F. Dow, OF
Grand Forks far Governor.
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upon Fort Sumter which heralded the opening of the
desperate struggle of modern times.
To the writing of this history Mr. Greeley brought
the ripe scholarship of mature years result of the
study of popular questions from the standpoint of
editor, speaker and member of Congress. He the
intellectual giant of his generation.
This edition is in two volumes, and securely
bound in heavy paper, for preservation in library.
The original text is complete and unabridged, ex-
actly in the higherpr edition. word for word
The original illustrations, maps and plans of battle
fields reproduced exactly.
There I44 portraits STEEL and S0 other Illus
tratons, including maps and plans of battlefelds.
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Entering Tennessee,

On the 18th 1 established my head
quarters in Florence, uron the north
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KAtssr.' To the intense delight Il his hear.
err hs oonsontsd. II Follows
Der Kaiser Won da4 FnshsrlAnd
und oott und I al dlnrs command.
Ve tw0-Anhl Don't YOU undsrstandY
Mslnsslf-und Qottl
We some men sing der bower divine.
'Moin soldiers sins Die waohe am RAsin,"
Und drink der health In Rhsnish wine
OF MOUND ootsi
Derss France. she all arounds.
She's ausgespieldt-shs's no aground:
To much We think shs don't amound.
Msinself-und Qotei
She VIII noe dare to iaht again;
But u abe shouldt, III show her blAin
Dot Elsass n lin Frenohl LorralHfs
Are Hein-by 0ottl
Ders'aorandmA dinkss she's NIGHT schmAn beer.
Midi Beers und such she interfere:
She'll learn none owns dis hemisphxs
But Mound Gotti
She dinks. good frau. from ships she's rot
IND soldiers midi der scarlet goat.
Achi We could knock dem. PoufI Like dot,
Meinself-midt GotsI
In dimes of peace brebsre for wars.
! bear der helm und spear Of Mars.
Und care not for den thousand Cars,
Meinself-mids 0ottl
In fact. l humor efry within.
Nit aspect dark und visage grim
Colt pulls init Me und ! NIT him.
Meinself-und Gotti
Admiral coghlan recited the verses in an
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In 1897 the two rooms which the Stuyve-
SAINT Institute, located at $50 Broadway,
offered TO the society on very generous
terms we're accepted Tor a term Of ten
years. The organization was at that time
in debt and affairs had reached such a
level that energetic efforts to improve its
credit were necessary. In 1871 the society
moved to the buildings OF the old University
OF New York on Washington Square.
The first home the society owned was
ut the corner Of Second avenue and Eleventh
street. There the org anization remained
until its new h0ns on the upper West Side
was built.
The central portion of the new building.
which has already been erected. was the
gift Of Henry Dexter. who has been a
member of the society since 1863. Two
wings remain TO be built.
The building was designed by York 4
Sawyer. The architects have employed a
classic treatment which has already be-
come a characteristic Of American buildings,
as shown in the White House and the
Capitol. Tie interior decorations are TO
be similar to those of the City Hall.
The general architectural spirit both Of
the interior and the exterior is a compromise
between what is called the classical and
the American Colonial style. Seven large
windows between Dorio columns form the
second floor OF the building, which in
height forms more than half the building.
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White stone is used as most appropriate
70 this style OF architecture.
The central part Of the building, which
Is shown in the picture, contains a library
and book stack capable of holding l3O, 900
volumes. There is also a lecture room
capable OF holding more than 400 persons,
a museum and picture gallery, wide corridors
and the administration Offices.
The wings are TO be built later, but they
will not interfere with the structural plan.
The north wing will contain rooms for
members and additional picture galleries
and the south wing will be devoted to
special collections. It is not yet known
when the society will be able to build these
parts of the hall.
The main entrance is in the facade facing
Central Park West and Immediately oppo-
site it on the ground floor and in the centre
of the building is the lecture room. Over
this is the reading room, which is lighted
from the ceiling.
On the first floor along the Central Park
West facade is a single room 70 be used
as a picture gallery. The reading room
with its glass ceiling for light is so situated
that il gets little of the noise from the
street. 1t is entirely surrounded by tho
rest of the building.
The rooms on tho third floor will be- used
as reference libraries. The sum Of Sll5,UOO
has already been subscribed for tho building
fund and more il expected from the MEM
bers.
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NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Eighth Home Of the New York HIS
tOrlcal society.

The Eighth Home Of the New York HIS
tOrlcal Society.
The New York Historical Society's new
home in Central Park West between Seventy
sixth and Seventy-seventh streets is the
eighth in which il has been quartered in the
IO2 years of its existence.
The progress of the society has naturally
been northward. Its first home immedia-
tely after its formation was in the old City
Hall on Wall street. This was in 1904 and
the building was known as Federal Hall,
The home Of the society continued to be
here until 1912. A room in the Govern
ment House which stood at thefoot of Broad
way facing Bowling Green, was placed at the
disposal Of tine society when Federal Hall
was destroyed by fire. The new Custom
House now stands on the site OF the old
Government House.
From 1916 until 1882, the society had is
rooms in the old almshouse in City Hall
Square, which became known as the New
York Institution, when the building was
used for a natural history museurn and
an art gallery.
For five years after its sojourn in City
Hall Square Remsen's Building, on Broad
way at Chambers street, was the home OF
the society. The third loor Of the build
ing was used and the society was compelled
to pay rent.
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Khs got over ahead ef W and snshsrsd
close undsr tho guns Of Manila.
Admiral Dewey was already oommuni-
eating with the 0ovsruor~Qsnsrsl through
the British Consul-0sneral whom No rot
there. The Spaniards did not open Gre
upon the Raleigh at all. IL was Q good
thing they didn't; va would havs destroyed
the city n they had.
THAT afternoon Admiral Dewey informed
them that II the batteries fred upon IN
we would destroy tho CITY. From that
time on not q shot was firsd at The fleet
Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock CoghAn
was born on December 0, 1874, a Frank
fort, KY. He In q son Of Cornelius and
Lavina Coghlan. On his fathers side he
IN Of Irish extraction, while his mother's
ancestry Ii responsible for the Dutch and
English strain In him.
He was one Of many children and was
only 6 years old when a cholera epidemic
swept through the South, leaving him an
orphan. He was adopted by his mothers
brother. Through the latter he received
his appointment to the Naval Academy
at Annapolis in 1890. He was graduated
in 1883.
He wa attached TO the steam sloop
Sacramento on special service for two
years, and was then promoted to master
on the steam sloop Brooklyn, the flagship
OF the Brazilian squadron, remaining with
the vessel until 1857, being in the meantime
commissioned Lieutenant. In 1887 he was
made executive officer Of the Pawnee,
bur was transferred in the same year to
the steam frigate Guerriere, where he re-
NAMED for a year, proceeding next to the
sailing sloop Portsmouth.
He received his commission as Lieutenant
, Commander in 1868 and, being attached to
the "a sloop Richmond, Joined the
European squadron, where he remained
until 1874.
Upon his return he was on shore duty In
the photographic Office until 1873. when he
! quit active duty and spent a year on sick
leave. He spent the next year with the
North Atlantic squadron. going thence 70
the receiving ship Colorado Tor a time, when
he was transferred TO the Monongahela,
proceeding to the Asiatic station and re-
naming there until 1879, when he returned
home to join the receiving ship Independ-
ence.
Admiral Coghlan was commissioned Com
InaUder in 1852, commanding the Adams
from 1854 on the Pacific station. Follow
ing this lac was stationed at the Mare Island
Navy Yard in lss6-s7. lie commanded the
Mohican from iSss-90. He was assigned
as inspector Of. ordnance at the League
Island Navy Yard from lSOl-O4. Until tho
time he took command Of the Raleigh in
1897 he was on duty as Inspector a. tho
Eighth Lighthouse district.
While serving upon the Raleigh he played
his part in the battle Of Manila Bay. In
1895 he W as stationed at the War College and
the New York Navy Yard, going from the
latter TO the command of the Caribbean
squadron, where he spent two years. re-
turning again to the Var College. lie was
appointed, in October, 1904, Commandant Of
the New York Navy Yard.
In October, 1858, he was married to Julia
Barbour OF Terre Haute. Ind, and they
have one son, Graham Coghlan.
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TO rNTERPRET THE ORIENT.
Japsnese Scholar viii Try 20 Make East
and West Better Acquainted.

WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. Sat n re-
quest Of President G. Stanley Hall Of Clark
University. DIR. Toshi- Kuma will
next year undertake the task of bringing
bout a better understanding between the
Fast and the West. DIR. Kuma is an
honorary fellow and a graduate Of the
class Of 'O9 of Leland Stanford University.
At Clark University last year he received
his doctors degree.
Il feel that DIR. Kuma is especially fitted
for this work" said DR.. Hall. Il thought
he might do a great and timely service by
giving a year to the attempt 10 interpret
China and Japan to US"
What l am to undertake next year.
said DR.. Kuma, sis 10 make a thorough
study Of the influence OF the West upon
the East. confining my Investigations TO
China and japan. I shall seek to investi-
gate n To point out in the work what
Influences have been good and what bad
and to find out why the results AVE been
what they are.
asuch a study may help the West 10
understand the East. That will, at least.
-The purpose all the time will be b. find
what Influences are good and what are
harmful. I will try 70 oast aside all preju-
discs n make an objective study Of the
QueetlonB.
THE ultimate aim viii be TO bring out
a. far as possible thep principles that should
govern a superior people IN its intercourse
with other people. So far az | know. the
work is absolutely unique. for no other
university in h country Is endeavonn&
TO do a similar thing
DR.. Kuma says that one way in which
SUCH study should be Of value to ths United
States Ia that 10 may sugges points that
will help solve our colonial problems.
The real question in regard 20 the treat
ment Of the Filipinos IL az 10 the proper
attitude for a superior people TO take
toward an inferior people. | shall confne
my work TO China and Japan, for these are
the typical and leading Oriental osr&-.sss.
and what is true Of them regarding their
relations TO the Western nations is true.
with notifications. of the other EastsrD
peoples.'
DE-. Kuma says the West has erred more
than In any other direction in it's attempt
20 hurry the reform movement and force
In more modern ideas upon the East.
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THANKSGIVING TURKEY
ObserN stlOns Or n Man Whose Liking for
That Deilcacy Was MARRIED.

Early in the afternoon Of T~hsnksgivine
Day, 1905, a man anne into a drug store
in New York in which there is a post Office
sub-station, went to the stamp desk, and
throwing down a dime. said:
How are you, doctor? Five twos, please.
As the druggist handed ont the stampshs
said:
Fine weather for Thanksgiving. Are
you going home for your turkey dinner"
NO" said the man gravely. Il am goina
home to my dinner of liver and bacon,
As you know, doctor" he went on. Il have
been an exchange reader for a New York
newspaper for several years. To he exact
it is about seventeen years.
Every year." the man went on, all the
fool newspapers in the United States begin
about four weeks before Thanksgiving 10
print articles, illustrated and without il
Illustration, which they apparently consider
appropriate for the season. These come To
me by hundreds in the mails.
Il was compelled to see, several hundred
times a day, pictures of turkeys roosting
IN the ridgepoles of barns, prize turkeys
ready for the slaughter, turkeys dressed and
stuffed for tie oven, diagrams showing
how TO carve a turkey, and pictares OF
troughs OF cranberry sauce to serve with the
turkey.
All this a accompanied by tho ap-
propriate text-the history OF the wild tur-
key from the earliest times, OF the civilized
turkey. directions how to dress a turkey,
10 prepare the stuffing to roast It and carve
it, and to prepare hes auce
The Thanksgiving humorists also were
on the Job, with pictures OF the turkey
family at dinner, under reversed oondE-
tons, with the paternal gobbler about 10
carve the roast Alderman, pictures and
diagrams showing how the gobbler world
carve the Alderman. pictures of the living
skeleton turkey that subsisted for six
months oil anti-fat, lived past Thanksgiving
and was killed by a fall from the fence. -
an their efforts to Guido one another
some Of the foolishest of the fool papets
vent so far as 10 have illustrations and
articles concerning the Sultan OF Turkey
and his surroundings and maps of Turkey
in Europe and in Asia. -
After a month of this sort Of thing. Il
seemed to me that the very sweat of nv.
brow must smell Of turkey, and to think II
eating il was TO blot out my appetite. I
told my wife that il she loved me she would
give me a Thanksgiving dinner as far as
possible removed from turkey. She
thought for a minute and then asked:
How would ham and eggs do2' -.
NO l said, turkeys lay eggs
Then how about liver aud bacon?'
she suggested.
""lhat's the goods l said, and for
more than a dozen years our Thanksgiving
dinner has been liver and bacon.
Now I have this year" the man con-
tinued, smany things to be thankful for,
and l count as the chiefest OF these the
fact that l don't have to eat turkey for
my Thanksgiving dinner, When I say
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Emperor Gave Him Two Horses.

From The l. Wdoy Er.EiHq ) GRddrd.
dragon regiment on its way from Guiicia
TO Bohemia stayed n day in the village Of Por-
stendorf recently. one of the farmers. learn
ing that some of the troop horses were 10 he
AoId. tried. having no money Of his Own, 10
borrow some with which to purchase one or
two Of the an mails. Nobody would lend him
any.
lie wrote directly 10 the Emperor. our
Vienna correspondent states. stating his case
and begging that he might be p't into a DO
sition to acquire two of the horses. The
answer came promptly in the shape OF a pair
OF horses, which were handed over 10 the
peasant, AlOis SChen, "bv order and at the
expense of the Emperor"