Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-10

The deaths, with but so SNORT an ihteINh
between them, Of the two war secre.aIies,
Win Ire undisputed fact that Il was simply
tho work OF the war and the war bureau
mai wore them both out, have somehow
snnk with wondrous impression Into the
popuIar mind. We do not recall when
morals so many and soius, were ever drawn
from the deceaas Of Cabinet onicers, AZ have
Just been drawn Rom Che deaths Of Stanton
aud Rswllns. Tho country is unusually
thoughtful over this tWo-foii token Of what
bureau work and stat work really are, when
conscientious, selfforgetful and patriotic
mOn perform them.
For all our popular education and current
OF thought have been directed the other
way, We have been used to ridlcullng cred
tape" berRtlng the "bureaucracy," talking
dlsparaslngly Of Department service, and
figuring to ourselves itaf or bureau poal-
ton In washin fton al implying simply
armohairs and gtate.hrea, as contrasted
with the saddle and the biyousc, and the
myriad hardships OF campaigning. In
many respects the contrast IL JUST but, car.
ried away With II, We are apt to forget the
toll and anxiety, and the vast Importance,
too, Of duties done At Washington. These
admonitions come with kind OF shock to
was fitting, not more At the two great men
who have gone, than At the nature Of the
service they performed.
This train Of thought falls out at happy
moment, since Just now the pruning.kn
OF economy" IL stealing among stan ON
GERS, and new crusade against bureaus"
aud "stafls" Is begun. Everything Will DO
cut down that can be, and what Is not cut
will DO Consolidated" II IL very we'll,
therefore, for people TO reject that there Is
something else In war than ita pomp, pride,
and circumstance, and that the bureau has
its duties aud hArdHhips no less than the
| blyouac. The Pitts and Carrots OF military
| history have q place OF their own, and so
have all under them, In their ramifying ON
cial systems a we'll a. In the gradatlons Of
Geld service. Cesar was hardly greater In
the campaign than In the preparation for
campaign, and the nrst consul had proved
tested the possession Of LombArby and won
Il by Marengo. II Is q great talent TO com
mand an army In action; but 90 10 II great u
draw forth with q masters hand, TO gather
: up, to concentrate, and TO hurl the mighty
I resources OF . nation against her enemies
: And this is true, though the man that dosi
the last should never capture gun or nghl
. battle. go
, In our times IL 10 not commonly one mar
but q combination OF men 10 whom thu
, great duty Is entrusted Of constructing q
, military eStabllshment and keeping II In 70
pair. For example, In a republic Ike ours
there arc two great divisions OF duty pre-
! sented at the outset--ons political, or tho
duty Of dealing with the people, and thu
other military, or the duty Of dealing With
the army. Stanton, as We all know, ex.
ceiled in the former, on which so much de
ponds; aud, on the other hand, while he
achieved snch success In raising and re-
cruItlng troope, others, his subordlnatcs and
aids, achieved equal success In forwarding
them, feeding them, equipplng aud clothing
them, moving supplies 70 them, Carrying
them swiftly BY rail- and river across thou
sands Of miles. f
To supply the war-mGklng machinery, vi
gay, and 70 supply also the motive power u
this machinery, which trained soldiers maj
thereafter regulate, and, 80 TO speak, drive
: TO oil up armies and army trains; 70 keel
' down seditlou at home, and even 10 Smothe
discomfort by frugallty In the use Of rs
sources, this Is, II not the actual moving o
pawna and pieces, yet something quite q
appalling 70 the hostile player, namely, %
fresh supply o. pieces and pawns tp-fS
board. when all this Il dons--e IN,
energy, Judgment ippttssfity eSS SS15my,
It beeomsss'.Jrt 6y OF tho ~ aest prhhe
:, L,7htn TO rapldity aud thoroughness ls Joined
Inyentlyeness for emergencies, We call The
result administrative genius. s.
The bureau and the Geld are factors In q
common product-Vlctory. Sometimes more
Of one element goes 10 the result. sometimes
| more Of the other. Usually, In the great
| 0lare and renown OF the field, the part borne
6y 4 bureau in the campaign IL forgotten.
| The work Of the one 10 secret and steady,
that Of the other occasional and open. Alike
in peace and war these factors arc mutually
defendant, though, a. We have said, u 10
The more perilous and glorious duty which
wins the iaurels; but We could point never
theless, TO ''trlumphs" In the quartermaster's
department, for example quite a. unPreee.
dented and a. worthy Of study a. those Of
any great battlefield Of the war. To two
errors on thoughslsssnesa the reason why
. the humber branch Of the service does not
receive It's due tribute from the public eau II
large msa.uEs Re traesdi uv 9ne hha "a VI VI
prisoner, and b crowned with yictory-ant
: not also Of man who must haye meat, 9
: coat, a tent, . flre, and all the daily needs o.
| life, 70 do these glorious things with. EK
tend this view Of one man 10 million, and
We shall see why the Injustice In question Il
done. .."t .a" ,"
The second error Of thoughtlessneII Is ii
. suppOslng that everything goes by chance
8 In battle and campaign. The phrase "for
, tune Of war" 10 convenient one, and
we might sometimes be troubled for bette
description. But Il 10 also deceptiy
phrase, and leaves the public ignorant 0
: the conditions that 20 10 make up Mill
! tary problem. Among these conditions an
, those that relate 10 the bureau. But, a
has been said, the attention fred on Stan
ton, who never saw . battle, and on Raw
Inns, who never commanded q body OIL
troops In the field, and who yet performed
such Ircaleulable service In the war, will
tend to dlIPel the popular error.-ATmv and
HdVV Journal.