The New York herald., 1872-09-17
Arrival of the General-in- Chief
from Europe Yesterday. g1 A
Views on Foreign Armies
% a9c and Firearms. e84
Opinions on Agriculture, Emigration and con~
scripton-No Place Like Home-De-
lJ parture To-Day for Washington. E 4

Thomas Sherman and Colonel j. c. Audenreid, u
s. A. Shortly after his arrival the General jumped
into hack and drove up town to transact
some private business, and only returned
to his hotel about four O'Clock. The
news Of his arrival spread rapidlys
and shower OF cards was poured
on him, but he only admitted relatives and very
intimate friends. The party dined at ave, In pri-
vate and while the General was enjoying the Gus
tomary post-prandal cigar representative Of the
HERALD was introduced by Mrs. sherman, whom
he accidentally met in the hallway, who said In q
reproachful, sympathy seeking voice.
81 have not been able to have minutes conver.
sation with him since his arrival the CROWD Of
visitors has been so continuous" .r3
'what paper do you represent sir p" was the
opening remark Of the much-visited hero.
'The HERALD.n
s4Oh, met number Of your correspondents In
Europe; they seem to be universally ITSELF The
fact is saw 80 many Of them that am almost lefd
without any story to TELL"
Here the reporter, knowing the Generals reluc-
tance to being drawn from his conversational shelly
plunged In medtas res, and asked a leading quesy
tion the political state Of Europe, IN order t0
get him interested, and stated that the Czar had
demanded the abrogation Of the Paris treaty from
Prussia.
The General gave a nervous twitch to his cigar,
ical state OF Europe, and was not going to make q
fool OF himself by hazarding an opinion about SUBJ
ject with which his countrymen abroad knew ten
times more than he and would only laugh at the
crude views he might express. ..l t-,Gsi .s
The reporter instantly perceived that polticS
versational ny, and asked pleasantly
~ suppose, General, rka Mr.. Seward, you wiI1
rush into print and in q short time the public will
have the pleasure OF peruslng your tour among thd
crowned heads OF EuropeS" -
General SHERMAN-Wel, have kept journalf
but 1t will be reserved for the use OF my son.
REpoRTER.Then suppose we shall have the op1
ID Gees S on g
tics i and Europe @ Armed " -'' ''D ~ "''"' 'a0-
General sHERMAN laughingy-No, have no ini
achieve literary fame The fact is It would be very
hard for me to give any satisfactory account OF my
frankly that my experience Of Europe has been d
very pleasant one, and as rule, the peoples have
them. found Especially in England, ireland and
Scotland much to admire. They live more placid life
ceisior movement, burning the fire Of life with the
blower up. They enjoy themselves, especially I'M
aad spent very days on
REPORTER-Did you not find that we were fnrtheN
advanced In the science Of agriculture than ever
the Scotch farmers, who are acknowledged to be-
the best IN Europe, especially In the use Of agrt$
% General SHERMAN with deliberation) I
think not, as they farm there on different scaleJ
and on some Of the small plantations they still use
mems estates saw reaping and sowing machinea
imported from America. They are not slow In Eu3
the Sec2s s s%a and nSpi tns rspePs
many" ~
the countries you visited, what are the emigration
General SBERMAN--The governments are opposed
TO the enormous tide which is draining away q very
Industrious and enterprtsing class OF people; and
as communication is SO rapid, convenient and
cheap, there Is hardly young man even in remote
parts OF Germany In moderate circumstances, who
has not an idea OF bettering his fortunes In tho
ftaI Gf.tAo Aratn Iat tf<,v,
recruiting from volunteers is an easy matter; but
/ when vigorous young men can escape the COM
scription the authorities are naturally opposed to
their departure We found in our war that drafted
men did as well as recruits; but ours was
recent rec European broils were ' not nor for compeS co
autonomy but to crafty national vanity or to test
DRAFTED men lighting for union under such circum.
stances would do as well as volunteers, but d0ubt
that even patriots can stand against conscriptlou
REPoRTER-Do you think, then, that the Euro.
pean monarchs are inimcal TO emigration on the
ground that they nnd it difficult to recruit their
General sHERMAN-wen, not on that sround =
alone. The wealthy capitalist complains OF the high
price Of labor, and would desire to make 1t more
plentiful. ~. q
REPORTER-Then emigration would be the antA
General sHERMAN-Yes; think II the working.
Numbers down to Status q supply and es demand 81
o sort OF emigrating conscrpton good deal 81
misery might be obviated and the labor market ele.
vated to q more healthy tone. Ai n.s- lloa cl! NJ
MISUNDERSTANDING OF the personnel Of European
armies DO you think there Is "a as @ much inteliigsnca
that Is, to adapt themselves readily TO circumf
General sHERMAN--T think there is quite as much
intelligence among the European armies, but wa
consider here that one year makes very fair SOL
turn out a competent man. The French are al,
mirable for the faculty Of making the most rapid
this art rapidly, as may be seen by the late war
REfoRTER-Is the drill, then, more complicated
there than here? y 4I'l31 oiftt
General sHERMAN-No, we exchanged books on
tactics and marked simplicity. In manoeuvrca
seems to be pretty general. ! think however,
that England must change the. gaudy red uniform
for one OF more sombre and less conspicuous hue Il
sas the war Gonnene wse t1s Te PSensS
zouayes ss tnelr @ picturesque but unserviceaSIe
uniforms were moved down as badly g Sedan a.
MantiIini by the Secretary or War which Is pretty
generally adopted; but 1t hardly comes up to some
AMERICAN BRERcH-LoADERs.
Everywhere went In Europe ! noticed that
natea sprnsned rim IS ssrs not nsor
weaponI saw there, and even It Is susceptible ol
N 1t this jahcture Of the conversation several
porters appeared In the passage and carried on an
they might be- ed with Sample
After the noisy baggage smashers had taken
their departure the General crossed his legs, took
few whliis at his cigar and was ready for more n-
REfoRrER-Then, in so far as regards material,
we can take few leaves from the European po0kf
General SHERMAN--NO; the constant interchange
OF IDEAS on military matters between the two coun-
tries and the presence here OF European repre-,
sentatiyes have In a measure made Amer,ca @ a,,J
Europe familiar with respective Improvements ny @ an%
Inventions. noticed the cavalry corps OF moss
countries very large, but this may oe accounteg
f0r OH the ground that monarcnies require 80 many
household troops TO parade on state occasions thai
they are more Kept for ornament than use noscs
sriish souare' to resist cavalry, but with breech-
leaders cavalry are incapable Of attacking in any
thing like the relatively proportonate numbers, aa
| at Waterloo. -
TIE reporter, feeling he had encroached sum-
cientIy on the Generals leisure, arose to depart,
and said pleasantly ~
'wel, General, suppose. ike all sensible, OBJ