, 1876-07-22
POPULAR SENTIMENT.
CUSTER AND srCN0ls.

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CHICAGO, JULY s0.-Whl1c serving In tho
army Of tho Union, or tho american army as
tho boys used often to call 1t, Gen. sturgls waa
placed In command Of an expedition In whicl, /,
part Of the regiment to which belonged took
an actlvo part. sturgls had not commanded In
that department before, or, at loast, our knowl-
edge Of hin commenced on Ills taking communal
Of what turacd out to DO tho disgracofnl aud
dlsaatrous Gnnntown expedition. Az the cons
Da Do Rso aqar9T SaS ss' s.' 9n o the 5snss sns
cur ssartinEs-polnt}, II became apparent .thut
aud t certainly docs sccin, II Gen. 5tlifEs pos
scsscd any military knowledge, tAt In tle front
cavalry should have bpen in tho ,alyancc, In
stead Of which almost all tho wagon-traln and
artillery formed the head Of tho c0lumn; which
unpartlonabts mistake Forrest was not slow to
and artillery {being ungallant ennugh not to
wait for our supports to como to tho rc8cue),
capturing everything but the troops, who wef,
at least from to m'lrs in tic fcar. Evcu
after eyery gun lad hscn capturcd, II our caval-
~ had bcrn. under the command Of u d,sll-
Ing, aalo leader, everything could have
been Eccapturcd. But, alaa Tor our ar,nyl
shetdans anl Clusters wers much less nasner-
9u1 ha 1ffrsot i ts sturgs ypS, You can
ratianleas troops, 80 miles or moro from sup
plies, aud marching back through country tilat
t'Rtl a(ready loon stripped of everything. Tho
colofeu troops Wero llrcd upon by this Wunsn
,rlla W., nc setrse'tnF thFuSgi M6Pley,> ;Mlss;,
Generalization and general stampede
we're, OF coursc. tho necessary result
OF such bud management Oh tic start.
You may ask IL there was ITO 1igllt!ngt To
which soply, Yea; but 1t was dua0 by tito inen
Oh tllelt oMt hook, commanded mostly by tho
llte.ollcers, Is thu helaohltcrs, especially those
OF tho highest rank, seemed to ltaso 1.npurtnut
business ut tho head Of the rctreatlng column.
draw np tho shatterc! column, Or whether q due
consideration for their valuable Ito then) sk!ts,
kept thrln there, can't say; but certain Il
WIS, We ilal III brave Custer, nor anything
llku Ills equal, tn encourage III by word
or example: And ] will hero soy, what every
soldier Will willingly all,nlt tltat onn such oai-
Get a. ueu; uustet, ~ tina of peril, u worth
have, said that hc. ''dcprseAtss tlla uianner h
which soI,c papers hare sought to maRu DEM
tgnl Of Custer, atltt 10 erect a monument to
Custer and nutsc 10 hIs soldiers" HI also says
Custer was found lcad In tito rear uf llA tt00ris.
How tloes Sturg!s know Tho trout frpu, Tho
rear, when undoubtedly the foe luI surroulAl-
% Custer, and l!s front wills OH oil afdea atur-
iaors Government property at ,uunutowi,,
eore.cnsy, s than custsr 1 oysrs s ast s'' sturls sa
seems to feel hurt tAut Slerllul lid not lei ln
70 into the Held snsteal ot Custer; but Gen.
sl!esltsan undoubtedly k,:sw lila i.,e.I.
eyrta!hly would mt have written this but
that s' k1o'1 +, th2usands q ny telIow.soll!eE.
lnd written about the brave, dead Custer, who3a
na!nc WRs written Oil the Uage Ut talne ore III,
took command Vt an 1nuIal scouting party. No
ueau tuslnuattons can dotract fr0M Clstcr's