The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-02
SHERMAN'S ARMY.
GRAND REVIEW IN WASHINGTON.
Enthusiastic Greeting to
General Sherman and
His Heroes.

dLtR6D 1OWhSBNU, Lno tdlCuCSN SA
pondents of the Nsw York WorId, wrote
most graphic description OF the review
Of SHERMAN's army, which occupies large
space in the journal with which they are
connected. We give such portions as We
deem most interesting to our readers:
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO ARMIES
As to the histories of these friendly armies.
ALI ara familiar with them. The one was raised
on border farms, aud, by the necessities of Dor.
der life, had become Injured to hardship, and,
prompt N the use Of weapons. It fought PEG.
ole like itself, but less self-reliant, and, with
The aid of eastern sailors, broke the Seth In
half. At length. and under the shelter of lev
iathans In iron. they pierced the country as far
~ the river sources. Then while the army of
NJ ade held the rebel government In its throt-
tie. that Of Sherman broke from the rivers and
swept the Gulf States, till, by the most prodi-
boad cities from their defending armies and
In turn kept Johnston In thralL Then Meade,
quitting also the shelter of the river, stormed
Petersburg and Richmond, which fell together.
They finished the war, each suhjugating an
army. and while history will do them equal and
like justice, the folks of the present day wish
to zee them compared as they appeared upon
review. They had equal chances in the pro.
cessiOn. They occupied six hours each In
passing. The Army of the West lost Hooker
in the review-that of the East lost Sheridan.
Meades army had only o part Of It's infantry
Sherman's none of Its cavalry. The superior
conversance of Meade with Washington city
enabled him so to de6le his for es that not q
gap occurred along the entire route, but Sher
mans men once or twice broke in Sec
tons for long distances. marring the unity
of his procession. General Meade's army was
composed of the most conventional levies-
Sherman's of the most individual The army
of the East was composed Of citizens that of
the West of pioneers. gentleman, socially
go called, would have preferred the display Of
Meade. His men had more readable faces
better characterization. and were less wild and
outre In their expression. A pioneer would
| have most applauded the review of Sherman
be ause his men were harder. knotier, weirder
Meade represented the army of the East being
| a graceful and accomplished commander
Logan, and not Sherman, was the Vests rep
| resentative soldier. the army of the West
| marched, as o rule, better than that of the
of good training. Its constituents WERE in
physiOgnomy, just the men for dashing adven-
| lures, prolonged advances mi reckless fight
| ing; but Meade's men bore the impress OF in-
| tellIgent patience like that which sat before
Richmond four defeated years, and 10 the end
had the pluck to pass over the bastiOns of Pc
| lersburg The officers of Sherman were less
/ puiiCSitVuS tuuu .tuOc0 VI nACuuO LIS
staff officers wee not so neatly grbed, his
line officers were more Indifferent to their
wardrobe. The West was the best army for
a republic, the East for q standing army. and
New York troops generally speaking were the
best Meade had 10 show. Illinois troops II
| was casully remarked we're the flower If Sher-
mans veterans The Absence of cavalry which
| would have quite embarrassed Sherman, SO
far as the spirit of his entertainment went, was
made up by series of contrabands and many
odd concommitants in the shape OF mules
| fowls, and dogs, which the soldiers took along
Sherman had less artillery than Meade The
battle flags of both were equally riddled. Har-
| mouy prevailed among the partizans OF both
armies. Ehe country was proud of them all.
Their deeds are alike; their flames are equal |;
their reviews were the most wonderful p,nO-
rama In American history. The scenes along
the avenue. as they passed BY, were akin to
those Of yesterday The main interest, of
course, was the Presidents place.
| THE REVIEW BY GEN. GRANT.
The prominent men of the Western army
seemed TO be we'll known, and the remembrance
of Its romantic deeds fresh in the memory of
the p"pulance. 1t NUT have been evident from
the continuous cheers uproar. and shouting
| that Sherman was the idol of the day As he
app cached The reviewing 8 aud the acclsma-
lions were without precedent SURPRISING il
possible, thO.e of yesterday. Sherman has
won his way to the popular heart. Although
in appearance, "a he apprO cheI, on his shining
| bay horse. he lost that towering commanding
| appearance for which he Is notable SO soon as
| the word was passed through tho crowd,
that's Sherman " ''theres Sherman, the
whole assemblsge in the rising tiers of seats
| raised and waived, and shouted as if he had
| been the persona. friend Of each and every one
| of them He wore the celebrated old SLOUGH
hat without q single baud Of decoration-the
embroidered u. 8. in fiOn:. The rest of his
toilet was made with unusual care Sherman
loses something of bus commanding presence
| as he rides in the street. but af ewards as he
| appeared On the stand with uncovered head, the
long forehead the grlzzly red head, (shsggy,
though. for this day evenly cropped } and ais
then muscular face, his determination and de.
struetive character stand prominently ont
Accompanying him were Gen. j. D. Webster
his chief Of staff; Col. Dayton and numerous
aides-de-camP. Alter passing the reviewing
officer he turned In at the War Department.
and made his way To the main stand on foot
| where be Was immediately welcomed by all the
assembled notables, the President shaking him
very heartily bv The hand, as did ais the Leu
tenant General. On account OF the pressure
and confusion, We were unable To perceive
whether Secretary Stanton gave him the same
salutatiOn. For few minutes the crowd
rushed up in trout o: the stand. in spite IF the
efforts OF the guards To restrain them. Gen.
l dOWaIu TOu0 III tuo Stdu OI 0lS late Cllef.
aud received hearty pIaudits wherever bis
90 arm caused hin u be recognized. Al
appeared by an order in the mCrulng papers.
MajU General Howard has been relieved
yesterday of command of the Army of the
Tennessee. at his own request The precise
reasons for this change are not ut present
made public; but Maj. Gen. John A. Logan
assume the command this morning, aud lew
minu Is after zen Sherlnan's escort had passed
rode ND in magnificent style. HIS horse was
decked in wrealhs and flowers. Gen. Logan, a
long straight black hair aud fierce black m"u--
tache and swarlhy complexion. which, together
with his Lame suggest aboriginal extraction,
made him o iuarhed persObage lie Is known
to be b. ave as julius ca ar and curies hN
bravery TO the extreme vt reckiessuess. He
was Que Of the first Officers in liliIU'S to Gail
rtci uits to his standard, aud at the DIRT en-
gagement OF Gcn G!aus held goal rank al
Doneison and shiloh, AID .. Vicksburg he was
conspicuous tor his bravery. At the latter siege
he f.arie sly pitched his tent in front Vi the
enemys batteries, and persisted In I'vinxNt,ere
whiie he sent his men and Oficers u tue ri,
Logan has foughe his way from COLON
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