The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-04
Gen. Sherman-What lie Knows About
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A New York letter Of Sept. Is says :
Various reporters have conversed with
Gen. Sherman since his arrival. The
General says he has no design to pub
lish book of travels, though during
his journey he kept journal for the
use of his son. He remarked: Ny
experience of Europe has been very
pleasant one, and, as rule, the people
have adopted pretty generally what is
best suited to them. found, espe-
cially in England, Ireland, and Scot.
land, much to admire. They live a
more placid life than we do here, and
are not continually on the excelsior
movement, burning the fire of life with
the blower. They enjoy themselves,
especially in Scotland. They farm
there on different scale, and on some
of the small plantations they still use
the scythe and sickle, but on some of
the noblemen's estates | saw reaping
and sowing machines imported from
America. They are not slow in Europe
to adopt labor-saving apparatus. In re-
gard to emigration, European gents are
opposed to the enormous tide which Is
draining away a very industrious and
enterprising class OF people, and as COM
munication is so rapid, convenient, and
cheap, there is hardly a young man
even in the remote parts Of Germany
IN moderate circumstances who has not
an idea OF lettering his fortunes in the
United States. When vigorous jour.
neymen can escape conscription, the
authorities are naturally opposed to
their departure. | think there is quite
as much intelligence among the Euro
pean armies but we consider here that
one year makes very fair soldier, but
in England they say it takes four y ars
TO turn out a competent man. The
French are admirable for the faculty of
making the most rapid rally after de-
feat, but the Germans are acquiring this
art rapidly. We exchanged books on
tactics, and a marked simplicity in
maneuvers seems to be pretty general.
| think, however, that England must
change the gaudy red uniform for one
of more somber and less conspicuous
hue if she goes to war with the blue
clad armies of the Continent. The
French zouaves, in their picturesque
but unserviceable uniforms, were moved
down as badly at Sedan as their
New York prototypes were at Bull
Run. Everywhere ! went in Europe |
noticed that some of the many systems
of breech-loaders were IN use. The
improved Springfield we use is not in
teror to any weapon / saw there, and
even it is susceptible Of improvement.
The cavalry corps of most countries was
very large, but this may be accounted
for on the ground that monarChies lie.
quire so many household troops 10
parade on state occasions, that they are
kept more for ornament than use. |
notice that the English set great &C.
count on the traditional British square
to resist cavalry, but with breech-loaders
cavalry are incapable OF attacking in
anything like the relatively proper
tionate numbers, as at Waterloo. France
everywhere is rapidly recovering from
the eff, cts of the war, both foreign and
civil. The land is in high state of
cultivation, even in the places which
were desoated by the Prussians, and |
could hardly see even a trace of the in
vasion, save in the form of a Prussian
uniform or two, which fingered on the
eastern border. The Prussian soldiers
are, without doubt, 10y far the best
drilled troops that ever marched, and
they ought to be, for they spend their
entire me at it. Their appearance at
parade is most magnificent sight"