| Show CAPT E WAS P HOWELL THE M emor n op olt THE inquiry doand clr love she th t ufah 2 1 t ll 11 ilar n r y W G oray r s d y 11 it lla it tt t 1 ida d r 1 I tp i in the th mow soab clevel sed N selecting opt capt 1 even P 11 howell as T a member of the be commission to in I 1 vest vestI list gats the conduct I 1 of the war deb 1 4 V a apartment part ment 6 4 4 i r I 1 a g I 1 I 1 the tb late lit disturb t f I 1 I 1 sue president me ile II 11 yf kinley haa has done Y much to abo that be he proposes p p i to have tb and honest inquiry defer before be h accepted the th place Capt itin howell aid laid it 1 the commission li Is to have unrestricted power in the th gation and I 1 am assured thit if its scope cop is I 1 to ke be unlimited I 1 will tike take the place and it if I 1 per serve it will he rw with th the understanding that I 1 win will hw how to the line let the chipe fall where they may the th country demands that it there has ha been any official of duty in a any ot of the tb branches of 0 the war department the blame should be fixed to 0 o that thoe those who are ar responsible be held hold accountable and the innocent not suffer from the tb malad ministration ot at those guilty or any incompetency 11 1 I serve on th the commission it will bo be solely for or the purpose ot of going to the th bottom ot of the whole situation altu atlon those who know captain howell and there I 1 nobody in the south who doe does not kir ki k r him hint will that this hearts business As A a soldier editor lawyer and politician captain howell ha has ever menifee 14 a nath of r eh facter asa and aa an funru aarold d d ti nation batton that hi bas on him success in grything v ory thing be he under tock he a la a as a 0 O ur ageous mentally and morally as a he la Is and there if Is 0 so o much bout about him that la Is picturesque in a per yet onal way that tin south la Is glad the whole country Is I 1 going to got a glimpse ot of him in big nw now position lon in wah wash ington he be la is already well known and the newspaper paper men ot of new york and chicago and other northera northern cities arc arv his firm friend friends but outside ot of an occasional ca cas ilon ional eat seat in the tate state legislature legle lature i he ha has consistently refused to accent accept iny any public office alike the captain bi Is not yet 68 year years ot of age and li is out on ol 01 the mot most perfect type types ot at the southern ou thern manhood which not born to work w was forced by the 1 1 X al I 1 A P J 4 1 I 1 id T 0 1 I 1 CAPT PT 0 ELL EIA devastation of war to earn if its own livelihood Tell hood and to aid in the support ct of an a impoverished and dishearten enel I 1 community As A a soldier his record la in one of the most brilliant in the annala annals of the confederacy and he ban been the recipient ot of many tribute tributes from thosa who ho served with him 1 he ile was artil lerr lery commander recruiting his olvia co to in georgia and leading it in nearly every engagement that took place between southern georgia and northern virginia he ile served with stonewall jackson until that gallant soldier wa was killed and there Is a tale about him which aya toys that be he did not believe the etory story of lee ue surrendering when he heard beard it and kept on fighting for some day days afterward during the ment atlanta exposi exposition tiou captain hoell waa was called upon to nuke make tile th speech ot of welcome elcome to a re euln of federal and confederate eol sol diers diets on an ohio dy day governor Oo vernor mcanley making the response rei reo pone during the course of his hi remark remarks be he said that he had bad ant spent most ot at the fair yeara years ot at the va w ar or running during the first two year yean lo 10 dehail had chased the Ya afree and during the lat last two tbt the yankees bad had k abased hire him and he be added amid a wull birl wind wn of laughter ahter and ap applause w that it t until the tall cna end of the unpleasantness hat that he knew what a printer sprinter he be waa was governor Oo vernor MeKin loy a reply to this wily as remarkably clever and ani the he blue and the gray had a love ove feat feast in atlanta that day auch such as a they have never had before or ince since the war ar over captain atla pt la howell how to took 11 a r at live and aggressive position alon in th the dark day daya at 0 re n the homes beet of 0 southern tta planters which llad bad been the tb abode of aristocracy and in dependence before were desolate and unproductive families were ere scattered scat ered tred and cities bw burned to the earth h women and 0 nd ars children had no one t to protect or to o provide for them and the worst part of the situation on seemed to be ba the otta almost ns fl altet hopelessness land help leow nees for the h anz u at of the he remnant of georgia a magnificent population that rema ined A few ew brate brave men me took hold at 01 the situation with an earnest effort to make the most of the wretched ret ched cir cum stances tad and arnona them no one served r ved with h more ore or ith great ret er tr than captain howell ile H not only was possessed ot of unlimited brain and brawn but there aa as always sunshine in 1 his presence and hl cheerful best nes in hii hi wry action that Is one on reason why the people of at georgia Geo gl love bin him so to much today i it whirled into the taw law busl ns as at first but speedily reformed 1 1 bec autte was nobody who bad either any for law or any money to pay for avs it if they did then he becaro an ilam editor and 1 with the b late bleary 11 r brady founded r ty the atlanta A Cons titu lion and made it in short time newspaper whose voice was listened to in the journalistic councile at the country sa it would 1 have been indeed in that day or in this for the matter at t that latto to and 4 two men so perfectly equipped wp for the work they under undertook too 11 or totter qualified than they tiler to old I 1 in n the up building ot of tbt tb section they both lovid to welt A thou thousand sad and en an stories tor we could be told of their long bet but it 11 would require a book to print then theal la in matter matters outside the th paper PP and d es e P pec e e 1 lally a 1 ly I 1 in n 1 rol it les st aitor frequently eq bently were dil dl a agreed g r t e d aidt a d a at t 0 one e time 0 they chairmen of executive committee committees ol 01 I 1 rival parties seeking the til municipal pal control ot of atlanta but in their editor I 1 tal al and business policy they wr were ai w way aye one and always richt right ll hoell oNell old I a 4 A year ago captain one fourth interest ln in the constitution for and retired iron the Is ed el management manaa ement of 0 the cpr paper to which position his bl son on clarlie clarke howell haa has line into devoted dew dow w waa as at cure elected lie ile himself to his hi private in later ter arises and to the enjoyment at t the ret rest which bit his long yeara years of hard la Is bor bar hare have entitled him to at the tin time ot at hit his appointment he was spending a few weeks in n the north with a portion I 1 a ot I 1 hta hie family and hie selection aa 12 e L mem member ber of the commis I 1 iton on came to him aa as a complete aur sut pries ullen hen be received it be ald to a friend that he felt f e duty ot of ev ev 1 cry ry good citizen at such timea times to accept any call that the chief executive might to make she on him and aa an soon aa 92 he could arrange strange to do to 0 o he went to washing webbing ton to aee see the president in politics poll tica captain howell haa has al waya ways been a democrat of at the old school but bolted cleveland CleT eland ara I 1 in 1954 il 81 and 92 the lt laar fifteen or twenty yeara years be he hw his been a delegate from the tate state at lane large to all the national conventions of t bla his party end and during the late campaign cam paira waa was one of the mott most active supporters eup portera ot at dryan in the country in social lit life he 1 is one of the most popular men of the tte and aa as a tump stump speaker i be he Is I 1 without an equal the late charlea charles A dana one once aid said that be could tell a bad tory story better than then anybody on earth and that a a teller of good stories he bat beat the world he jig has 1 several thues tl ne been urged to a accept the nomination for governor of at Geor georgia glit but haa his steadily atea dlly refused eiting giving aa as bis reason the statement tat ement that he already hai has troubles lea and did not want wan mor THE UNITED STATES ARMY alje far fr th ili a neahr nea lr 14 I 1 belac st dily 0 aa As fixed by statute the numerical strength of 0 the regular army Is now 61 1000 men there are re at present in the regular army about 54 men and the work ork of recruiting Is 1 guing going on steadily atea dlly for the purpose of attaining the maxi maxiel maximum ml strength regular army official say that all of at the complaint complaints of neglect starvation etc come from the volunteers the regulars 1 are suit fering as much aa as the volunteers but no complaint la Is heard beard troa from them an officer et of the war department declares that the volunteer arcay army Is practically disorganized owing to the criticisms made by certain newspapers on the sec rotary of war at and his big bureau officers lie ile bays says I 1 the war with spain Is to not over and we may have serious trouble before peace la is formally declared N e may need troops to enforce our policy in cuba and in the philippines and as the matter stands today we should not depend upon pun our volunteer troops after atter all that has been fald said about the war department in the news ness papera pipers before we could get them to go to cuba or porto wco rica we should nave have to have a complete reorganization under the circumstance circumstances we must place our dependence in the regulars not one word of complaint has been heard board from the regulars regu lara and they should be b given every attention in the present emergency and every effort should be made to promote their comfort I 1 do not eay may this to the disparagement of the volunteer troop troops fp to tb ha hai I behaved nobly and the entire country appreciates Pre preci clates ates their patriotism th the demoralizing moral liing of overzealous ove nealous or designing friends in behalf of the volunteer volunteers have brought about thi this dis dle content and disorganized spirit the regulars know that there Is no intention on the part of the government to wilfully neglect them or III treat them consequently they are going right along performing the brunt of the burden without a murmur THE IOWA S NEW COMMANDER capt silas wright terry who Is to take capt robley D evar evari i place in Commil lid of tb tbt battleship iowa 11 t now commanding the receiving shir franklin at the norfolk navy yard fighting bob was placed on the naval inspection board capt te ter terry r has ha a grand record aa as a tailor sailor in unile uncle sams sam service he ife entered entert fd tbt the academy in issa irom from kentucky nl went through the civil war with extraordinary behor he ile wa was in the ked red aher 1 expedition as an commander of the transport benefit admiral par ter in a letter to the secretary of at the navy rote deveral hundred words ol 01 the highest praise for terry who was then an ensign the president ad danced the yo yc ng ug man five nu numbers D bers in his grade for the gallant work he did vr E I 1 A 15 A I 1 x 16 1 I al I 1 14 11 1 I i I 1 44 41 0 I 1 I 1 J t CAPT TERRY on that expedition in 1864 2664 he be atas as placed on admiral porter porters tab staff and served in that capacc y until the end of the war the past I 1 wenty five are year years of capt terry a life have been spent la in stifling shifting from one post to another in the naval service a he ile ha u b been aou everywhere american war ships go he ile waa was made a captain 11 IP ua humor rumor say rays that be the oil train la in tale this country ere pire rna run on standard time |
