The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE STRUGGLE IN TIE
EAST AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.
From the Anglo American Tlmes.)

CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE STRUGGLE IN TIE
EAST AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.
From tho Anglo American TImes)
Some OF tho war correspondents have likencd
tain phases OF the campaign now raging to what oc-
Cured when the Confederate and the federal armies
opposed each other In the asld II is said that no
did tho generals either side gam position
than they down to fortify H. which IL taken 10 sig
Nifty one Of the changes made by the OF precision
and the greater range and power Of artillery. But
what Is moro striking is the absence OF enterprises
which marked In peculiar way the operations OF the
American war. The two armies tho East 1ghI
with a vaIoP and discrimination II would indeed be
difficult 10 excel, but their energy appears to be
the conflict and to DO expended IN the
fight II would be hard 10 select more stubDornly
attacked position than that OF the Shipka Pass, or
than that Of Pevna but the generals appear only able
TO bring the combatants into contact and thcrc to
leave them till, like the Kilkenny cats, nothing re-
mains but their tails The feature Of the American
war was the cavalry raid What would Europe have
said II the Turks had organized huge cavalry force,
which, starting from Erzeroum. swept throug the eau
casus round the Black Sea- came down on the Crinea
cutting every line oil communication ~ " moved de.
sroyng bridges burning dcpots and carrying general
,nosn .ns WINE ro% nbaS .
Balkans crossed tho Danube, left Bucharest Ia hames
s al " .eS sna Crossing on
the Pruth, passed ike streak OF lightning
over the steppes till II joined hands with The
raiders from Asia; when the two were ready TO turn
and 1ght equal terms either OF the forces pur
suit That was The sort oi war wagcd In tho
United States only the people In Europe 40 not com
prchend the distances tsversed by the raiders or the
boloness With which these troopers RODE the damage
they did, aud tue way In which they managed TO
baltic ana eudc pursuit..
Tx EUROPEANS HAVE 10 DEFINITE PLANS
Their Operations land roscmbsd tho operations
OF the Confederate cruisers Isolated force Ia
The enopys waters their tracks everywhere traced IN
dosolaton, yet themselves never to DO found. This
10 the feature most conspicuous by It's absence In
the Eastern campaign which strikes US when u COM
parson 10 iaised: but there Is another feature
pran. show. Sei,hor The Turk nor tns RUSSIAN sp
poars to bring any intelligence aud aptitude tor over
coming natural obstacles INTO psy Both SIT down IN
their camps, around which they pile up mounds OF
filth Till all strangers, whose olfsctory organs have
become accustomed 10 purer atmosphere. are driven
out What now seems N Bulgaria 70 strike the casual
observer is, the smell He may nave no eye for
picturesque; 70 his imaginative Mind indications
nose rebels. he breaks into an involuntary soh aud
II at liberty rides with spool from the place. The
roads remain as tho unusua traffic mas lett en- ana
after sharp shower tho camps cease TO be approucha
ble Correspondents have expressed the astonishment
they tclt when they saw fatigue parties tolu OIL" TO
drag vehicles over obstacles impossible Tor the un
aided quadrupeds. Surcy said one had these fatigue
parties been employed III repairing the roau the
dragging would huve boon rendered unnecessary.
Why should 100 wheels pass through tnat 10 each
which hands have 10 be applied. whom TOW shovels
full Of gravel would Oil tho rut and echo moprnialy
answers Why? Where was the might OF the Russian
Empire in the day OF Russa's trais In Russia, not In
Bulgaria; because there wero no means Of conveying
It there, nor OF supporting It when conveyed
SHERMAN MoLrKE.
The commissariat arrangements failed; the trans
por. could be maintained, aud fortunately Tor tho
turks tncir soldiers said live tie birds OF
The air. Ii Is not air 10 the task Russia has
undertaken with that Germany accomplished IN tho
very different matter 10 move his armies In Bulgaria
or Armenia; In Tennessee or Georgia. The country
seemed mado Tor his organization and plans, but he
would have found II widely different had be TO cam
pagn In land without roads and with so many
tho German system would havs been revealed; how
Tar pipe clay aud rigid have interfered with
the iree use Of tho soldiers inculties which was, In
truth, tho characteristic OF tho IN America AS
Sherman moved from Atlanta TO the sea- railways nd
vanced his rear, and everything he required was
dumped down At the camps before the fires wore lit
With army corps arthcors drafted from the
ranks skilled In every trade capable Of discovering
mine digging out the ore. and building steamer
whore there nothing IN tho country Out bleak
mountain and an unordable river Wars ia uncviized,
roadlcss countries arc, moro than half wars against
nature; and the hand'cst mon will win II possessed OF
anything like as good fighting qualities
WAR RAraxR THAN COMMERCIAL GREATNESS.
The OF precision and breecbloadcrs IN that
war hrst generally employed There torpeaoes inspired
the with lear there iron tor the protection OF chips
first used Ii followed into detail the campaigns
would he found to be series OF consrivances whilo
tho only contrvanccs In the East - - bring The CON-
batants together and leave then to fyht II out But
that what might be expected o. grca military
Power lkc Russia: YET strange as the assertion may
sesu had the Gear SO iegisa,ed Tor his Empire as to
encourage commerce to the disregard Of his military
preparations, had the Romanons continued that
system for generations, the Russian would at
present DO M apler soldier Tor tho cam
paign than he Is. Further, u may DO asserted,
that had such policy beon adopted, the Turkish
Empire would have disappeared before the Sav. The
Turk would have cultivated would not have traded,
aud while network OF railways had spread over
Russia, and tho Black Sea bccn alive with Russian
shipping, he would still have remained the impassivo
spectator the changes destined TO absorb and sup
plant him In their vortex But Russia chose TO cult
the Of war, In other words, to follow the
example of the Turk. Russia also became q camp,
aud with less aptitude for war than the Turk; the
Muscovte faces his enemy on terms no has MIN
self madc little better than equal