The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

Civil War hero as we'll as Senator from
mississippi, and who married Blanche
Butler. the celebrated generals daugh-
ter. So 1t was with this military am
bltion that young AInes entered West
Point, where he was graduated thirty
three classes behind his father. But
he had been In the army but brief
period when yearning for rnechani-
cal pursults got the better OF him, and.
resigning from the service, he wen,
through the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. Then came the Spanish
War. and, longing again for soldiers
career, he entered as volunteer earn
ing colonel's commission in the Skin
mish at Guanica and Youca road.
Five years after the war he was elected
TO Congress from Lowell, Mass and In
the recent uprising in the House he
voted with the Insurgents for the
the Committee on Rules. In spare
moments he amused himself by invent
ing things. He built the automobile
in which he rides to and from the Cap
ttol and Is now said TO me a work
upon an aeroplane. He is bachelor
with a prospective fortune which has
been rated UP to 100000. and which
comes through the paternal and not
the Butler side OF the family.
hASSieIiunSs unu tuFlyS.
The career of little Macs" son.
George B. Mcclellan, second. as member
OF Congress and mayor of New York
Is familiar to ali who keep abreast
of the news. He was born while his
parents were on visit to Dresden.
SaXony, in the winter Just following
the close of the war. and after going
through Princeton he began life as a
newspaper reporter in New York. He
Is now forty-four.
Another Civil War general whose son
and namesake went to Congress was
Benjamin Grub Humphreys, the Con-
federate warrior. Young Humphreys.
WHO'S the same age as young McClel-
Ian, entered the House Just as the lat
ter was leaving. In 1903. He had pre-
viously served through the Spanish
War as a lieutenant under Fttzhugh
Lee. He is now practlcing law in
Greenville, Tenn.
The Confederate Gen. Beauregard's
grandson, Augustin Toutant Beaure-
gard. is now an ensign aboard the
federate Gen. Early has two grand
sons In the army. Jubal A., his name
sake. and Clifford c.. both of whom
are lieutenants in the Twentieth In
fantry. President Mckinley appointed
Clifford to the Military Academy. while
Jubal came in from civil life during
the Spanish War.
"Stonewall" Jackson's Grandson OF
West Point.
Sons OF the Confederate Generals
Longstreet. Pickett and Wheeler are
also in the army. They are Capt.
James Longstreet. Eighth Cavalry:
Maj. George E. Pickett, OF the pay de-
partment, and Capt Joseph Wheeler,
OF the Coast Artillery. Young Long
streets mother. who lives at Gaines
vile, Ga. fought q pistol battle In
her house some months ago with a
burglar whom she found prying into
her silver chest in the middle OF the
night. While her assailant returned
the fire she enptied all of the cham
bers of her revolver and finally made
him retreat.
"Stonewall' Jacksons only grand
son. Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christ
ian, is cadet at West Point, where
he plays fullback on the academy
football team. and whore he has also
won the medal as champion wrestler.
His grandmother. Mrs "Stoneyalr
Jackson. lives at Charlotte N. c.
Copyright, 1910. by John Elfreth
Watkins.)