New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-03
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ri.v. sAslr credit By fighting CALAMITY In their next
battlst
Thrre ara Other considerations which II seams 10 me
should divest numbers Of their terrors 20 rejecting
trcops ct least far o. to raise them above cowsdy
conduct .
These truths al win admit the morn men In the
army the nore unwtedy and sluggish does Il become.
the difficult II 10 make them ehective Ia action,
The more on tie sick list the more killed oy gwen
Der Of shots the more transportation and PROVISIONS
10 they require, and the more unlikely that they VIII
have q commander capable of directing tseir move
nents sfilifay and usefully These are most serious
IdrRghaoks TO large army, especially when fsr away
| fron home They will IL themselves. sxhaust 1t In
| time. small sIuy, then, has every advantage Of
la-ge one except in the snste matter Of numbers
They more Immediately under the eye Of hor DOM
msndsr more readily concentrated. more prompt IN
reaching the points Of attack lose fowet IN battle and
in retreat orderly retreat Dean are absolutely unap
prOsehabe by their cumbersome foe. These ffctt are
Of themselves suoient TO account for the many VIC
tories which inferior Numbers have gained over su'
penor.
Let US suppose that Grsnt commands 100 men.
aud Johnston bat 80 600 There twenty positions
between Dalton and Atlantis which Johnston may
ocouW w:sh The certainty Of whipping Grant; II his
aIlnsl all these postions Should be BE- dIven from
one Of these positions after hard sighting lis losses
fve. Aud OF all the other positions Bat thors
view Of the epbject which should qnst ali foa, Of
he soldiers Oh the score a. numbers. aad it 10 this:
That II absolutely impossible for Grant 10 conquer
Johnston In the supposed because 1t il absolutely
impOss BILE for him 10 force Johnston into fight upon
ground OF his own choosing. Upon the whole, then.
there great II alarm 10. the soldier In the
numbers opposed to him. The Fabian policy avoids
defeat nj lead.
@ SUPERIORITY IN ARH-Txcept In artillery I
know Of no advantage the enemy have Of Us in arms.
certainly 10 he feared or artillery have ALREADY
SPOKEN and shown that they are the east formidable
implements Of war OF any that are used For the de-
sructon Of fortiicGtols ships and towQs are
useful bat for field service they the moot incon
yenient cumbersome inefficient, expensive, worthless
Ell rinss Of war that were Invented A man told
me he had been In six battles, and he had never seen
man killed BY q cannon bomb IN his life. Another
told me that he had belonged to 40 artillery corps for
two wears bat in that time they had broken down four
teams Of horses and been brought into action but
once in which he had no reason 70 believe they had
killed single man They fear cannon. then, SIMPLY
because men TO when they engage IN Dat
tie and surrender themselves TO their insinotre I'M
pulses. 49, =,
never showu and never will show. until our troops be-
come the biggest Of fools and the meanest OF towards
T. SUPERIORITY oP GESERAIsHIP-Ccrtainlyt there Is
no cause for fear from this source as yet
Reason down your fears. thop. soldiers; but II You
cannot. fight them out.
CHAPTER III.
In MI that have said to you mean to say 10 you.
suppose you fight against superior numbcrs- have
endc yored ~ demonstrate 70 you that there is not
near the danger In meeting superior numbers IN the
field that Is generally supposed. In coniot OF one
thOand against two tLOusa1d. the brst OF unyledlng
valor and the second Of common soldiery. which is
likely 70 coBqUerf Every man in the world wiu answer
the hrst" IL not this nuquestionsDie truth why
then viii reasonable beings reduce 20 practice ID
the war; "Because" 1t will be answered. men can
not screw Themselves up to unyleiding vAiof. Ifse
very little scIewng do that which viii insure him
victory OF vs!or. Whom wa boy about thirteen
years o, age, my faihef lived fourteen miles tloio
ugusta Ga the road " the city there was one point
where o man had been murdered, aud another where
woman hsd been Killed and stories were rife In the
neigboorh0od OF terrific sights ssen 81 thc'e Paoe' 81
night.
fdo not suypose thst house full Of gold ooud hsyeia
dueed NE 10 psss them alone at night Ole dag my
father remarked 10 nv presence. " sevor allowed ny
children TO 10 frightened with foolish stories about
ghosts &c. There 10 my ''~ who. II necessary would
80 Goln here TO Augusta at midnight with no more
fesI than would lesi at dong So" Mercy on nae,
thought T. how little my father knows OF his -"
Bot the remark had q magical effect upon me. IL set
ne to thinking Of the folly OF ny fears. tue glory
should have In verifying my fathers opinioa Of ne aud
oyerestInstsd and began 10 entertain tinlid de
sire to prove NY heroism. Not long after this was
Ssted. and had to pass one Of these places at nZai
and alone ] was awflly alarmed as | approached the
spot bu. determined to go slowly by H. When
reached n ny fears rapidly subsidedi and now"
thought l. u can ten when get bone that stopped
and searched for ghosts and blue bglt and listened
for groanings &c. what an honor II viii be for ne -
did So and henccforTstd became n toerably brave
boy.
Now II such inducements as these could maze a timid
boy act the hero why should not love Of country the
glory Of victory and the shame o. dofeG. make even
COW ards act the 6er0t But am departing from the
suhecs proposed for this article. come nov 10 speak
Of actual operations in tue field
II 1000 engage ~ 600 the labor OF fighting is about
equal on both aides. The human constitution only
endure certain amount OF labor and fatigue aud 1t
hs point the beGgerenis must stop All other things
being equal then, II tho 1000 held on TO this point.
tbev cannot possibly b conquered and Il IL abnndrcd
10 one that tbs 20 90 yed the contest before thoy
reach the point .. exhaustion.
CHkRGr oy BAYoNRTs--n tie soldier forgets al el-e
that have written or Ina! HI1te, lot his mol iget
what say upon this head IL taS been said that ii all
B0napsrtes battles Aere we're but three Instances OF
fight With bayOiiets. With these exceptions whenever
be his sdytrsaries brought the battle 10 hand-to
hand fight tie other party Invariably gave way
Now he fought every nation in Europe and with ore
exception always tn inferior numbers. The Turks
be fought In Egypt and syria; bsrbarous people At
Acre he fought tie Turks. assisted by the English.
do not remember that bis troops over recolcd from
charge Of bavOHets. Be that NJ II may we all know
TINT up ~ he Russian campaign bis battles were little
less than one unbrokcn series Of victories. havo It,
cufed OF number Of officers snd soldiers whether
they ever witnessed fight with hayOnes during the
rs1. and have not found the mar who has seen such
thing And yet have heard ~ hundred II no< i've
hundred charges being made during the war. In GIL
these charges then one or the other party nus have
given away. Now, what ia the conclusion rom all
tbsi Why. that whether you fight VIII civilized or
barbGTOus nations With CIVILIZED and bar
bsrous rnixed With royalists or republicans, with
equal or unequal numbers 0he dsproporton not being
very great yOn have only 10 stand hrm m bayODet
Eight 10 you OF victory. There Ia nothing IN war
certain tAan this When tue battle then comes 10
cross Of bsyoDes whatever may be Your aalIgs. SOC
is through ulc your triumph is sure.
CHARGING rP 10 The CASNoNs MODTH.-Ilis IS con.
sidered tn. very acme Of beroism Well now there Is
the tenth part Of the danger IN 1t that gencr
sly supposed. The PLAIN. Cannon cannot be
constantly adjusted 20 ever approaching object.
Many OF you know how wildly they shoot until the gun
Drr. By number 81 experimental shots, gets the
range is called, even Of stationary object But
hA, range lost with eyoy approach OF tie object 20
the None but The mCet expert rifienan cond