The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11
JEFFERSONDAVIS, THE GREATEST
SECRETARY OF WAR.
MRS. TONNES RANDoLPH LEIGH, in Montgomery


change The whole character OF the
war. She will destroy seriatim every
ore Of our naval vessels. and lay all
our cities on .he Scaboa.d under con-
tributionr
The statement OF Comte de Paris IS
tar wide OF the truth: the old Seconc
SeEimen, roster disprovcs the Islander.
get the World nos having a concrete
statement or facts and Ear TOO busy
10 collect Or read them, accepts the
statement as truthful. coming as ii
does from the high source and UNI
prcj1diccd view of foreign histo-
ron" The facts. nowevr hard they may
be Tor some sections 10 swallow. are.
that the officers OF this historic reEi-
mcnt Were the most talented and dis
tinguished men on the regular army
list plus few civilians (not West
Pointers who. az volunteers. had rend-
cred splendid service in the Mexican
War. which was most unpopular In
che North. whare expansion had ever
been "A bone or contention gnawed
continuously by pack OF asitatorH
under the cognomcn Of poets ano
literary writer's. Mr.. Davis. then Secrc-
tary OF War. who had resigned Fed
eral appointments TO 10 personally FOR
War which he most heartily Endorsed,
became the scapegoat OF public ser
vice. How absurd that the Second
Regiment was allied with Davis's crea-
turcs. though IL 50 he must be ac-
knowlcdSed splendid Judge Of crea
tures. Creatures. indeed The idea OF
such language being applied 90 men
who measured up 10 every mark OF
true hero.
or the seventy officers frst appoint
ed In the new regiment ordered re-
q 8 h haxs ONT "a eel
from free states and forty-three from
slave States. Counting them accord
Ing to the status or States loyal 10
the Union. only twenty were APP
pointed from the states which seced-
ca TO form the Southern Confederacy.
This second Regiment was recruited
at Jefferson Barracks. near ST. Louis,
Mo. It's first colonel being Albert
Sldney Johnston. afterwards the chiv
airous and martyred Confederate gen
eral a member OF the command was
splendid colonel Robert T.. Lee. whom
the United states government sent TO
take charge AT liarpers Ferry. when
that renegade Brown attempted to
arouse a race war IN the South. "A
creature. indeed that peerless knight
whose Christlike spirit ever led that
wonderful army OF graycoated heroes
who were loyal 10 country and honor.
~ creature, indeed" the late Mr.. CID
son. OF Ncrbena. Ala, "a brother-in-law
OF sidney and clifford Lanier. who
was in charge OF the arsenal seized
10y Brown. who was the traitor.
backed BY the State OF Massachusetts.
The senior major OF the Second Reg
"a ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in the Confederate
army. and author OF that military text
book, "Hardce's Tactics
At the head OF the first squadron
- liz. Poo tt,1c ont la Rint
captain, and Brevct- Major Earl Van
dorm. who became one OF the most
daring and dashing GaxairN officers Of
major wes won for distinguished gal
lantry at Contreras and Cherubusco
Mexico. lie WAS also the commander
a large band OF Comanches. in the
Ghocta| Nation: at Wichita viilage. on
b. Second Regiment was Edmund
Kirby Smith. later another famous Con
federate leader. The second lieutenant
Of that company was FitzhuGh Lee. the
men most beloved by that old Gibral-
ter OF the Union. General Winfield
the chief OF the United states Army.
were Robert e. Lee, whose high birth
anu nne breeding, whose absolute com
mand over his temper whose perfect
of character made him an
example for all junior officers. and
r ltZhugh Lee; warm hearted. generous
q,
IN all feats OF horscmanship. the hero or
me cannon fight with Coinanches near
o St rorI Atkinson on the Nescutunga
lie and the first lieutenant OF ComDanv
e. OF the Second Regiment, John r
Zoo r,oo o. also In the sixties. becoming IA
ragiment. "S
IN The late autumn when this reg
imeht rode out OF Jefferson BARRACKS
under orders To proceed to Fort Eelk
nap. Tex. for service against the In
n, ,S II Is certain no finer body of
states Army, nor more rema Tkabia
collection OF horses. There are many
r r@manche Indians now living on the
reservations who delight in GOSSIP
a oout those fine horses, and tho brnvee
2ii,cers who fought their warriors in
eXas before the war" ''
Al the head of this crack reyi,por,
i,einhving the barracks in Missouri was
cn,ps s sidney Johnston, whose dignity
spot Jless'n aho was in keeping with his
soldier. Behind him. side bv side ann Va, q
ms Two majors, the David and .Jonothar
Who ''i n q fnn s hardee and Thomas.
opposing forces in that saddest and
greatest OF all wars. In the Atlanta '
corps eomma andes T IN ,b by far the best
and his mastery retreat nj tSosssiiiio,
Won me unstinted praise OF General
lines the Alabamians broke AT Cbin,,o
o. N'icN"
/, Closely associated with Stepben n
Lee was General Stoneman, also
member or the Second Regiment that
a :: ia bama, and who believed with Win.
nelu scott. that Il Lee was necessary
TO any command"
II is naturally seen that the South
iriaS T. for r, the Union until the Union
righf,s wi which still exists and that the
around the whales of powers that he
the shoals hiding and the whales swal,
lowing, for time only. the greatness
Of the greatest Secretary of War Amer
lea has ever had, and the greatness or
the greatest leaders OF the ConfeS
e in * who first received their training
ment OF the United States Army.
Though Davlss name was scratched
from Cabin John Bridge, the lovers IF
Justice and honor rejected that act Of
a pre5udiced government and ordered
II restored. So lives his greatness. end
SO VIII that Of the Second Regiment
Of United States Cavalry, though an
from the army roster It's name. calling |