Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1918 — GRANDSON OF GENERAL LEE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GRANDSON OF GENERAL LEE

Lieut. Robert E. Lee, U. S. A., grandson of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the commander In chief of the armies of the Confederate states during the Civil war, is fighting for the United States. Lieutenant -Lee has the mark as a military leader set by his famous grandfather as the goal of his efforts though he will be doing his utmost foi that Union which his grandfathei strove to destroy. General Lee’s farm as a soldier is secure, for he is rater by military experts as one of the greatest commanders the world has known. If Lieutenant Lee Inherits his military skiff there will be no ques tlon about his chances of being rated a military genius. z Maj. William Fitzhugh Lee Simpson a grand-nephew of Gen. Robert E i Lee, recently died while on duty lr France, according to a confirmed report received here. Major Simpson iwas in charge of the American .school of machine gunfire in France. No par ticulars of his death, except that 11 i war due to appendicitis, have been received. The Lees are in the fight.