Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-10-08
What Gen. Sherman Said to the New
York Reporters.

Various reporters have conversed
with Gen. ShsE@an since his arrival.
The General says be has no design
to publish a book of travels though
during his journey he kept a journal
for the use of bis son. He remarked.
My experience Of Europe has been
very pleasant one, and as rule,
the people have adopted pretty gem
orally what is best suited to them.
| found in England, Scotland and
Ireland much to admire. They live
a more placid life than we do here,
and are not continually on the ex-
celsior movement, burning the fire
OF life with the blower. They en-
JOY themselves especially in Scott
land. They farm there on a differo
ent scale, and on some of the small
plantations they still use the scythe
AMI sickle, but on some of the no.
bic mans estate | saw reaping and
sowing machines imported from
America. They are not slow in Eu-
rope IN adopting labor-saving appar-
atus La regard to emigration, Euro
pean governments are opposed to the
tlde which is draining away very
industrious and enterprising class of
people, and as communication is so
rapid, convenient, and cheap, there
is hardly young man even in the
remote parts of Germany, in moder-
ate circumstances, who has not an
idea OF lettering his fortunes in the
United States. When vigorous
Journeymen can escape CONSUMPTION,
the authorities are naturally opposed
10 their departure. | think there is
quite as much intelligence in the Eu-
ropean armies as in ours. We con-
slider here that one year makes a
very fair soldier but in England they
say it takes four years to turn out a
competent man. The French are
admirable for their faculty of max
ing the most rapid rally after defeat,
but the Germans are acquiring this
art rapidly.
We exchanged books on tactics,
and marked simplicity in maneu-
vres seems TO be pretty general. |
think, however, that England must
change that gaudy red uniform for
one of more sombre and less conspi-
cious hue if she goes to war with the
blueoclad armies of the Continent.
The French zouaves, in their pictur-
esque but unserviceable uniforms,
were moved down as badly at Sc,
dan as their New York prototypes
were at Bull Run. Everywhere |
went in Europe noticed that some
of the many systems of breech-load-
ers were in use. The improved
Springfield we use is not interior to
any weapon | saw there, and even it
is susceptible of improvement. The
cavalry corps of most countries were
very large, but this may be account
ed for on the ground that monarch
les require so many household troops
10 parade on state occasions that
tsey are kept for ornament more
than use. | notice that the English
set great account on the tradi iOnal
British square to resist cavalry, but
with breech-loaders cavalry are inca
pable of attacking In anything like
the relatively proportionate numbers
as at Waterloo. France every
where is rapidly recovering from the
effects of the war, both foreign and
civil. The land is in high state of
cultivation, even in the places which
were lesolated by the Prusslans, and
| could hardly see even a trace of
this invasion, save in the form of
Prussian uniform or two, which lin
gered on the eastern border. The
Prussian soldiers are, without doubt,
by far the best drilled troups that
ever marched, and they ought to be,
for they spend their entire time at it.
Their appearance at parade is a most
magnificent sight"