The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

VI R'Ht " WI lW zzMa H@MMl#b States spirit Of caste and race pride.
 that made of every white man in some
 Srs a or as5sr Ehshsp %
 the commands of another--that was
 for the Inferior race. the slave Indi-
 vidual liberty. the right to do us he white man born or living In the atnos- phcre of the, South. Cf course soldier
 ing we all Knew implied some sort of
 cbedience to orders. put there was
 military order should .e proper" and that it was always theirs to know the
 inai4n.ssayy Tieason sTsay shsn r;v nsvsf forget the q veland. then a private in Go. D. at fused to allow him. he having the
 money m b;y. and being ready to pay for t,
 company had been ordered to AI march I to Williamsburg. Colonel did not even give him a reason for his refusal.
 in te e % Soa sls sho%ed ps,fer sseis and
 gallant soldier, but became one of the
 most .ef1lcient Adjutants the regiment
 eyer had. Discipline was to. come to. Democratic in our ideas, we had
 elected. before coming. to Richmond. all our own company officers. and there
 Sess ompas us to ~sH m essya s ,Ss offices in the regiment; and 50 when notiher that with Captain Royston's and Captain Davies companies. af-
 regiment, the captains of the eight companies then at Richmond met to consider field officers. Our task was
 eonpetition captain nsa Wis Kent not of mafs iSs
 Independent Blues. was conceded to be good drill officer. He was tall.
 sssInasome ssIr,s ana hright Doctor from Captain Charles n Ketchun of Co. 1 Y. aiso knew something of drill. and he l was chosen for Lieutenant Colonel. been a. volunteer in the Mexican war, ] How much service he had seen is not l rsmsmbered; but his experience in tho
 MMexlcan war caused his election as
 Major. although II believe the regiment | In which he was a volunteer had not gotten te. the front.
 | The following order Is my warrant
 to seises oeess sss Sut not Sf dns tns Captain Royston of Co A. but also Captain Davies Of Go. B:
 RiSPPl iSPPecial Orders No ss; A I c. 0.
 panies of the volunteers from Alabanaa
 ggtish gtais the aou two esGsmpsniss from that
 manded by Col John A Winston.
 By Command etc.
 grsdosts of tSe ES Naval Nav Paslss Aesaems mS' at TRe election concluded, a committee
 tc %rsir asf pssn, yss Ghai5maa 5aa
 sec.app so .apppoint the gentlarnen we had se-
 i've hearing. and then courteously in-
 formed us that he had his own plans
 in view and that we should hear from him soon. We now began to see that
 . regiment in the Confederate army
 q purely Democratic institution.
 | Field Officers.
 John A. Winston was appointed Col
 oneI. and Thomas E Irby Major. For l the stan the complete roster inserted
 in the Appendix showing all the ofia-
 ceTs during the war IS referred to
 Colonel Winston was man of un- l common abilities and of extraordinary l force of character He had beens prior
 to the war and continued afterwards 1875, to De 2 man of mark In the poli-
 was chosen hs one of the first two U. l he nor his colleague was allowed to l take his seat.
 As governor our colonel had ac- qulred the sobriquet of John Anthony had been a member of the Alabama State Convention that in 1860 had
 sent it's delegation to the celebrated Charleston, S. C., where occurred the 1 noted rupture that resulted in two Democratic nominations. and the elect followed by the secession of the South ern States In the State Convention at Montgomery which had sent him bitterly opposed the ,solutlon there adopted. instructing the Alabama dele gation to retire from the National Con- vention In case is should refuse to adopt the extreme views set forth in the resolution in question. But these resolutions ehampioned by Yancey and opposed by Winston. were adopted and delegates 10 the National Convention where the excitement created by the position taken by. the Alabama and Alabama's lead was Intense. The dis.
 imminent. 'T6e Union of the the states
 one time 1 during the HVS convention rsn eha MT IT Yancey was willing, in violation of the | instructions he had procured. to accept
 q compromise that had been offered | Winston put his veto upon the com l.promise. Insisting that the instruc- ! tions should be carried out to the iet-
 If the statement be true. the incident
 is characteristic. Not even Andrew Jackson had a more infexible will | than John 4. Winston.
 l He was now Colonel who, like most Of the Coloneis In our service. had never "set a squadron in the field" |" | Nor did our Colonel ever learn tactics. He had no taste for drill and never applied himself to 'Haraee.' He was, however. a strict discIpliuarlan, re- quiring implicit obedience to orders. and this coupled with the fact that his language was often harsh and with
 his knowledge of drill. naturally rem
 dered him unpopular with ofiicers and | men uhoea aversion 10 discinlinA Tn clined them nearly all to be fauIt-find- CTS. The unpopularity however of our Colonel was by no means singular It a Confederate regiment, who sought | from the outset to enforce discipline
 rigidly. had at first this same exper- ! fence. No colonel was ever more dis liked than stonewall Jackson, until