Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-09
GENERAL SHERMAN'S OBSERYA-
TIONS IN EUROPE.

Various reporters have cOnVeJsed
with General Sherman since his arri-
+. val. The General says he has no de-
sign To publish a book of travel,
i Though during his iOurnay he kept a
I journal for the use of his son. He re-
marked MY experience of Europe
has been a very pleasant one, and as a
rule the people have adopted pretty
| generally what is best suited to them.
| | found. especially in England. Ire
land and Scotland, much to admire.
They live a more placid life than we
/ do here, and ale not continually on
| the excelsior movement, burning to
I fire off life with the bower up. They
enjoy themselves especially in Scot
land. They farm there on a different
scale and some of the small plantations
they still use the seythe and sickle,
but on some of the nOb.emen's I saw
reaping and moving machines, i'm
ported from America. They are not
slow IN Europe to adopt labor-saving
apparatus"
I'm regard to emigration, Europe
an governments are opposed to the
enormous tide which is draining away
a very industrious and enterprising
class of people, and as eOmmunica-
tiOn is so rapid, cOnvenieT and cheap,
there is hardly young man, even in
the remote parts of Germany, in mod
crate circumstances, who has not an
idea of bettering his fortunes in the
United States. When vigorousyoun
men can escape cOnscription, the au
thOrities are naturally opposed to
their departure. / think there is
quite as much intelligence among
the European armies, but we consider
here that one year makes a very fair
soldier, but in England they say it
takes four years to turn out a eompe-
tent man. The French are admirable
for the faculty of making the most
rapid rally after defeat, but the Ger
mans 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 sOmb bre and less conspicuous hue,
if she goes to war with the blue clad
armies of the continent. The French
ZOuaves, in their picturesque and un-
serviceable uniforms were moved
down at Sedan as their New York
prototypes were at Bull Run. Every
where l went in Europe I noticed
tnat some of the many systems of
breeeh-lOaders were in use. The i'm
proved Springfield we use is not infer
iOr to any weapon saw there, and
even it is susceptible of improvement.
The cavalry corps of most of the
countries was very large, but this
may be accounted for on the ground
that monarchies require so many
household troops to parade on state
occasions that they a. e kept more for
ornament than use. 1 notice the En-
glish set great account on the tTadi-
t-Onal British square to resist cavalry,
but with the breeeh-lOaders cavalry
are incapable of attacking anything
like the relatively propOrtiOnate num-
ber as at Waterloo.
France is everywhere rapidly reeov-
ering from the effects of the late war,
both foreign and civil. The land is
in high state of cultivation. even in
the places which were desOlated by
the Prussians, and 1 could hardly see
a trace Of the invasion save in the
form of a Prussian uniform or two
which fingered on the eastern bOr-
der. The Prusian soldiers are, with
out doubt, the best dri led troops that
ever marched, and they ought to be,
for they spend their entire time a. 1t.
Their appearance at parade is a most
sight.n