The National tribune., 1907-07-11


to those who are of the firm opinion
that the Blue has faded into a non
deserfpt gray and that there is in this
country but one flag and that the Stars
and Stripes. The item is from Rich
mond dispatch.
.'The sight of 500 school children
forming living Confederate battlefiags
was one of the many novelties which
greeted the visitors at the unvailng
ceremonies attending the Stuart monu-
ment exercises. The children were in
red, white and blue. Each wore a solid
costume, and by means of a system of
drills and positions they We're manipu-
lated in manner that represented bat
tlefiagS, State flags and the like. They
also sang old Confederate songs and at
tracted much attention. They We're re-
hearsed for one day, but they have been
forced to respond and will appear on
Monday at the Jefferson Davis monu-
ment unvailing.'
All the people carried the Stars and
Bars, and a feature of the great parade
was the display of the captured battle
flags recently returned to Virginia and
other States. Since the return of these
flags nearly all restraint on the use of
the stars and bars has been removed.
PEI OF the more than 5000 officers car
ried on the long pay roll of the United
States Army, to Lieut.. Joseph HALEY
Pelot, Artillery Corps, belongs the dis
tinction of being the youngest commits
stoned officer.
The rules for the admission of cadets
to the Military Academy prescribe that
under II years of age, but Lieut..
Peiot entered West Point when only
Is days over the minimum age limit.
He was born June 1, 1885, in Mis-
souri,, and before entering West Point
he was graduated from Blackburn High
School, at Blackburn, Mo. He was ad-
mitted to the Military Academy on June
16, 1902.
Notwithstanding that he was the
youngest member of his class, his stand
ing for the four years at the Academy
was always high. for he was graduated
last June. No. 16. among IS members.
Upon graduation he was assigned as
a Second Lieutenant to the Artillery
Corps, and is now serving with the
sth Battery in the Philippine Islands.
Should Lieut.. Pelot not leave the SER
vice for any other cause, he would not
actuS iOi oSe until II
Gen. William W. Duffield, for several
years Superintendent of the Coast and
e-eodetic Survey. died at his home
last week The interment was. at Ar
fngton, under the auspices of the Mill
tary Order of the Loyal Legion, of which
Gen Dufield was member.
Gen. Duffield was appointed TO the
superintendency of the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey when he came to WASH
fngton in 1894. He was succeeded by
DIR. Pritchett.
He was born in Carlisle, Pa in 1929 |
but spent much of his later life in Mich |
{ igan. In the Mexican war he held al
: Lieutenant's commission, and at thel
outbreak of the civil war went to the
front as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4thl
Mich. Later in the war he achieved the |
rank of Brigadier-General.
He was prominent Mason, and it is |.
said was the oldest living graduate of
Columbia University, New York City.
. When, few weeks ago. the Repubh-
cans of Senator Curtis's old district in |
Kansas elected Young Dan" Anthony to !
Congress. they boasted that they would
be represented in the next House b. the |
tallest member of that body. Mr.. An |
thony is six feet four inches in his |
shoes The Hon. Cy Sulloway, of New |
Hampshire, is six feet six inches in his |
proved. New Hampshire still has the
diZziest peak in the legislative mountain
range. Kansas Is now second in alti-
tude, tho until Mr.. Anthony was elected
pennsylvania was entitled to that proud |
distinction, as the Hon. Andrew Jackson i
Barchfield, of Pittsburg, waves his BY
rOnfc locks in air currents that sweep |
six feet three inches above his pedal |
extremities
The recent supplanting by the Presi-
dent of Gov. Hagerman with Capt Cur
ry as Governor of New Mexico gives
the country two Territorial Chief EXecu-
tives who won renown as Rough Riders
The ether one is Gov. Frank Franz of /
Oklahoma, who, like Curry, enlisted as
a private in the Presidents regiment
and Won the good opinion of the Lieu
tenant-Colonel of that illustrious band 1
OF warriors. Capt. Curry chose service
In the Philippines when there was no
more fighting to do in Cuba, and from
a position in the volunteer army over
there he drifted into provincial gov
erl.orship. His old commander in
Gu: has kept an eye on him ever since,
and Few years ago, when Curry per-
formed notable feat of valor in the
remote province of the Philippines. of
which he was Governor, the President
sent him hearty congratulations By ca
BILE, the cablegra,h consisting simply of
the inspiring word 'Buliy.'
Unlike most of the States which are
represented in Statuary Hall at the
Sapitol by two of their most famous
sons, Georgia has chosen thus 10 honor
men who did not win fame either as
soldiers or statesmen. Both of fhci
Georgians whose statues will adorp the
Capitofs hall of fame achieved renowp I
and gratitude in the path of peace
The first Is Or. ]. L. NJ. Curry. educator
and philanthropist, who was Minister
to Spain under President Cleveland and
who devoted the greater part of his life
to the cause of education a the South. A
year or two ago the Georgia Legisia-
tuTe provided for q statue to commcm-
crate the achievement of Dr. Crawford |
w. Long in the discovery of the first
anesthetic. DIR. Long was a modest
practitioner at Athens. the GOOber l
States chief center of learning. He ii 4
was who discovered the use of chloro-
form and first applied il to surgery
rms occurred few years after the
civil war. in which DR. Long served as
surgeon in the Confederate army He
made no money out OF il, and died poor.
he could have accumulated n vast for
tune, put ne preferred to give freely to
humanity thls greatest of boons to per-
sons VINO nave to go under the knife of I
the surgeon. His discovery reyoIution-
lzed surgery throughout the world
Strangely enough, however. few neonIn
are aware that II was he who pointed