Worcester daily spy., 1872-07-12
Gen. shcrman in Enrnne.

A letter from Geneva, published in the New
York World, gives some account of a conversa-
ton with Gen. Sherman relative to his travels
and observations in Europe and Egypt. The
General says lie has seen no country, except
the United States, (Which is so manifcstly grow
ing under ones eyes, as Russia His account
OF the ruler Of Egypt is as follows:
''lu Egypt the Khediye from whom received
the most marked attention and civiity) is Il ru-
Ter who personally superintcnds the work of
government. He is well educated and a perfect
man OF the world, fully alive the fact that his
own interest lies in furtheTing the development
OF his people. He takes an active interest in
trade and manufactures. He is one of the
greatest sugar planters in his own dOmin-
ions. During cur civil war, you will remem-
Der, he set to work TO raise cotton for the
English market. When the war was finished
the Egyptian trade in cotton came nearly 10
standstil, but a very handsome profit had
been made out of it in the meantime. Then the
land reverted to its original uses, and the old
cotton fields were planted for produce better
suited to climate and soil. The growing of
sugar is now the khedive's favorite scheme |
called on him one day and found him sitting at
table covered with several varieties of cane
and specimen Jars Of the sugar extracted from
them. he laughed and said might suppose he
had turned grocer, and then he went on to talk
aboul MS pldildAibiSg dliu suOW6u as l1uCn
practical knowledge as if he had been at that
kind of farming all his life"
When Gen. Sherman was in Berlin, the court
was in the midst of that christening ceremonial
of which something has been heard in this
country; but hewas invited to meet the emperor
at review at which, unfortunately, he could
not be present, He did not fail, however, of
giving very careful attention to the Prussian
army. Here is what he says of it:
"The Prussian army is unquestionably the
finest army in the world, and no wonder, il we
consider the years it has taken them to make it.
1t is perfect machine of war. The men who
have re-created it have made every separate
force, aptitude and impulse that can contribute
to military success, the subject of the most rig
orously scientific study. Originality is only
new form OF truth, and truth is generally the
reward ofpainstaking thought BY hard thinking
and close observation of the mental as well as
the bodily habits of men, the Pussians have es-
ta6llshed system exactly adapted 10 their ma
tonal traditions, temperament, and moral and
political organization. The same study would
yield other results as applied TO other countries,
and therefore an imitation of the PrusSian
scheme in its details, instead of in its spirit,
would in my opinion, be Il mistake. The
most striking Thing about it is the new
recognition it has given TO individuality in the
soldier. The army is an aggregate of localized
and therefore indvidualized corps, and every
lnan in every corps is taught TO combine
sense of personal responsibility and of self
reliance with the instinct of military obedience.
1t is not only an army of thousands, but an
army of units. And this take TO be the incest
military problem in the whole range. 1t has
often been talked about BEFORE but perhaps
never fairly grappled with. | do not say the
Pfussians have completely solved it; but they
have gone further than any nation | know OF.
You may talk contemptuously of the Prussian
drilling; but their idea seems to be to drill men
to do without drill; in fact they have made
their drilling SO thorough that it has become a
kind OF synonym for the aggregate of all the
forces of their varied culture, and that culture
has the union of the most thorough individu-
ality'with the most thorough subordination for
its highest end and aim"