, 1876-06-16


tng any one set Of political op!rl!"ns; bit, II
irnocr",c % At .!ir, 1u",t VIII Sherman u" qasi a'
anl lianeoek decidedly Dv'noernti". lhe
aud Obedience to tho law. Thcar otlicers llayo
not hrcn promoted at the wlinl nf supcsora
nnr have they attained their rank by mere pur
chase, AZ 10 possible u1tlcr some Noycrtm,nts.
So Ca tars%l s te! % way t. possS S sh a 'si4 ,ei4
swnrls, through the din aul tArua4c of .nnny,
very inany, nt tho bluo1lcst battles, mil who,
by the strange dfsptnsat!on of Providence. .whilv
snlt!crs and officers fell dead a. leaves in M.
,utnn, yet came out untarinca, and presented
themselves fur new duty. Dsatls does hot NOV
down all tho brayest ul,d Tie best O1i the lattlc'
!irld. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and others ~
In The front hattlc-1iac; thcrc arc many,
both high a,nl low, carried to tic grave ht their
slrst rx'errnc, nt the lrst ilrc, wlDsc families
arc now free frt's, want BY pensions; the widows
There Nre Anli,rs' nn'l Orphans lloncs whrrc
The wounded. sick and Ncrhs, aTe provided for;
th'rc nre o'iir"rtu half.pay, Of high Or Low
rank, wl,ose wouusls were louml fir from TN.
hattlc-iinr, or 10 whom they rarac on their first
presentation lnr duty, anl who arc nov provided
lor. Tsiuer nuw III tin: astiy who fought. struE.
gled for, and SECURED the life Of the tnlo'l,
through the car11a9c u many, very many, bat
presented themselves ut tic tlusc Of the cn1l-
irrt, when the enemy stacked arms anl <,,rrcn-
dcrct; Win were selected nut Ut all the hosts;
to whom the Government EaSr ns 4 reward
places III the regular army. 1hcse arc those wlll
buTr tllr hpat aud br1lnt Ut the battles for The
Union, and hal served 10 Ean their position IN
rank, with the my appcrtatning thereto US tl!eir
rrwnrt nH1 their due. II II to such ~ tht:sc
the compensation as to operate - punishment
rather than compensation; for they cunnnt.
by thrir owt will n!nue, escape from the rules
atd obligations which bind them, The cain-
tutyhcrcd, and III which Custer is Jet callc1
constantly tu light, ure not s,rl, in which nny
tnau would voluntarily chUt.sc 10 sGrve nation
forgctful Of Its promises aud hrtakiE It's falth.
Ing no plase in the army, wcrs given some styil
Gu ont of place BY the 1Io1lse Of
Rcprr sentaiivgs, where now the Rehcl power
,akes fi.elf heard; nDE that other and lurGer
number fur whom, no place could b. fo1,!nl,
whn.c former cinrloyinents werc equally hrpkrn
up, a'.tl wst struggles In lIfe's battle arr rc-
wardcl fy lark oi hrcad. But It is tn this
army OH duty w1,uln Gen Banning i,roposcs ku
To affect III to induce abandonmeut, that less
iuya element may inl jlace. Ii tllat bill just
nj honorable ln view Of former services n,Id
promisesi The record Is nut yet made up to
which reference can now bc made for tic scr
wigs of the volunteer officers promoted tn and
Alma Mater III the West Point graduates. Uf
these volunteer oircrf, however, Of t!ic regular
army, and ii those Uut Of thu army for the mat
sSsr st Of . t'' sy ass BE- ssas ss:na, :as' Ss4 ss
we're. theirs we're nto Gems Terry ,1ll
Crittenuc,, Grictfon, Jefferson c. Davis, antl
sentativct ta II tic rsgular West ruint TN 'n 'ns dl
noble deeds, su did Terry, fricrsop. and others.
II GratIa uild continuous services, II thu Eracue
of tic nation, deserves gratitude and reward,
tlIen these, az tlr representative nlen now III
the army, deserve gratitude anl reward. THY
do not deserve, mil SHOULD nut huye, runlsH-
me,It by the reduction nf the pay which be-
lhngc'i TO tile rnnl To which they wvrc assigned
for service done. i the nation has refr,l, had
from the highest to the 1owest, 80 can Il nov.
II the nation needs 1luw those of large e1pc-
rirnce and thorough education fur eiyil nnl
military commands; II 1t wants whit co,st!-
rigorous requirements 81 military ssrvi",
Il has thtin III these. Nlrn. II TX.
prrIcyc In active duty Is Of advantage. these
have had 1t, trnm the enrlicst Indiu,i wars In
other conflicts The frontiers, ut holae und In
Mexico, not excluding this Inst, the most
lluu.'y Rebellion, 10 this day. Az u service IN
the Mexican War. tlat gseat Get.eral, Whitfield
but ior our graduated cadets, The war between
the United States ald Mexico might, probably
would, have lasted some funr Or i've years,
with, III Its llrst, more dcfeats tlan Victories
falling to our sl'nrc; whereas, In less tllan two
can,iugns we conquered Il great country and .
peace, without tile loss al a single battle or
skir1nIssl." We have 1t In that varied, ar,luous,
mud hazardous duty on the frontier, IN
the rcoustnntly-recurrlng lndlaD wars, continued
during half Ce,,tury, III which tllr officers OF this
aFlny have buen more Or less constantly Ell.
gnged and where 81 MANY luyc bern sacrificed,
as III the Dale ct,,n'naud lu FlorAa, asrl n,urs
recently, tn the West, Gen. Cauby. 4 frnnttrr
life Is full Of risks W teens with difficulties,
Will. so little Of honor to bc ga!nrst, that only
honor kccps loyal to duty, unl Inuney could not
tctu}lt t1n' educated tu assume II.
Dors the uItion need skill, experience, rtl!a-
bil,y in military uiIalral II l,us trlu IL ts off,
great civil engineering works, to whci, the
monuments Of slall aud Integrity. Whrr-
ST. 81 the W." f,s @ u tsss @ o,!sr.s reeors1 H.s sJe
In the War NJ ISta, In 10 battles;
in Indian wurs, 80 battlr,; In tile Mexican War,
in HI bnttirs, au4 tn te 't0 battirr mud hkir
,.es ~ 4 , sc ins M n'.l1n. '.. " " T wF EF4 ~
had died in thr service; III had hccn ktlctf In
battle; 1913 lad tltcd from w,unt!a; i. had brtn
permanently disabled. Gems. t'rant, ShernIan,
Sheridan, 1ianr'~k, Howard, .p.YN, aud utAer
sent. with all their years and sxpcsienct-Any
better aerytcc thnll has bcrn performed by others
In the lesser mud Intermediate commands, down
tn The boys who graduated aud c rrtl Ac army
after the beginning Of the War In 1871.
Wlien, before thrIr. rcgnlar. ttns, they
graduated thc hlghrr classcs ut West rnint, Ut
thcse 15o entered the Union army, u,ts tire went
homo to their parents IN The South. T!lrsr
young men who entcrcd tile army u. lircyvt
Scc.lnd-Licutesmnts turly tn May, 1851, as mere
boys on the threshold Of l!le, proved "hui cduca
tion to the rank nf an oilirrT and gentleman
will do, by thu deeds Of those who acquired Il
fame co-ctluAl with the nattuH; who WEre huw
ever only the representative inc1 of their clasa.
Jnlson Fitzpatrick aud George A; Custer ross
from LirutcnaLts t. Gcnrrsls, ami their uatn,s
arr REGARDED III BATTLES bloody sk!rmisllcs to
the unMbcr of uvrr twcnty or thirty
each, wl,rss tllris blood WIS shed Vi
wuunds received tu nlnny nlctuurable
ste1,rs and E!cl,ls,-Manussas, Gettysburg, ChAss
cciltrsylltr, Galesyil!e, Centrevt!lc, Anticta.l,
the WILDERNESS, Appotnuttux, aud the March to
the Sea,-whcre oan, IL not both, WIS 10 bo
to,,nd, Or these youths Who began duty lu
1851, ovcrH were killcd aud muny wrsc diseased
asll disabled.
Such, then, are the services rendered by the
officers OF the present Union nr!ay. II IL their
raJ which Gen. Bannfng's bill proposes u rt~
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