Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
SHERMAN ON PENSIONS.
t.rbss' Article on Our Army
o,,..,.,sd BY The Gallant Tssum:sh-Ihs
VI'e S1,s,ics Of Paying Liberal Pensions

pAS in the North AueLto .5 /. ha,rtv
ArnS The General espresso n,;on anS
AuguSs'.tion Of the keen PeresRRJEs, -hsS
aPPlsssts descriptive powers Oh n'' $500, 1855
sscThs sJ read the article Win SreA "a 81, :
nv Ua Measure. F0roeS He tI;sconpari-
snG tlose and Just observer; h LISTS ara
sons arS Understood by the elyillan
IS eaSl! der He puts our orsani.e
IS BY the sssSyorshle light, and does justice
ton 10 siSsD of our small army. Inc
10 the eu, ..lSt NJ, the topics treated Oh oy
6eReia, w. md turning over the leaves o.
Mr.. FoIoFS t;Hs discussed, in sn ot'hSnd
The n,ss,,n;nts made by the writer; ne
way tle L,rbile il was true that our soldieTs
sad ms y, % Ger wear each, against tonEtn
cost Si f,t ~ that sum paid in France al1
or hI.u Co.. soldier, the immense area "
GerMSm! .,, accounts for good part OF Ile
our oouN'' Ne feed, clOthe, and house gu
expense, i is true, but the movement,
men 't'''';; the great cost. 10 sehS
Of mem -, New York to New Mexico
recrul. ~ In as a tourist would expend,
COSTS u u" - Germany he would go ON
In FrSnS NJ, rsiIrosd without cost, compare
goySrh'uTT%r leland sends a soldier TO Alex
uVely' ,Ffrb Of hat We could SEM one
sndria ~ rs transportation IS an enot.
10 santa re- -, onr appropriation, not only
nous uII' "iI; INIT for all that he eats anu
for ihe SotI' Cor nearly all that his horse eats,
wears IT, a.. ne build posts long IN advance
also: me-, me- and railways. The lumoer
oil Gi' wi 49,, NAV be bought in chicago
10 bulII IN IN lies by rail- and then wagon
ShiPFtJs-, nf miles more over deserts anu
cd hu..'..' The result is that the lumoer
$50 ~ SslO per 1000 feet before IL Is
'OS'' T.ed 10 Build Quarters
INV soon the post attracts
iOr us nj srs long, every valley near IL IS
tCNB' oi,b ssttlers; and then comes the
hIisu when that comes there Is soon
Talh'SJ -, a most. Such is the history OF
70 pesN - C6ncho and Dodge, recently
MC ,4 ~, no abandoned. Built within
0 oiI'..,,,s a. immense cost, and now use
lev VI said the General, my order
~ ,.SCs Them started the Senators ana
L'.sa,,, ,riyes from Texas and Kansas
IsHH, :, ,,orE 10 stop the abandonment.
IT,, ,..,,Ie about the forts want the soldiers
- INN and spend their money among
~, ~ | find ! have 10 abandon my
useless posts by degrees. $780,, l. NJ
Tbs COMPARISONS instituted oy MT
- ,s,UfeD the rewards showered by the
IUiG,S ',,,srnment upon her successful
pl-.,n,ar lars did not stir the General 20 any
vyr,sssinp Of dissatisfaction with the lot
- American officer. He thought that
- 80 usre we'll treated, at least while alive:
u ibs matter OF pensions, the families OF
P,;,i.b rOpuuerers had IN advantage, lot
i.,,s tensions were often continued TO the
SscSpA and third generation. Now, my
Ne ssid he. were l to be killed
on The plains in an Indian nghI
SrorId get no more than would the
If nj n priyate soldier. So We are all on
an srnsIity after We are dead" He be-
Tsysd however, that in no country were
snccss.fpl commanders more beloved anu
bonored by the people than here. Protes-
s;onsI politicians are the only men IN the
limited States Jealous of the emolumentS
snd popularity Of the soldiers who crushed
lie rebellion. The people are now as en-.
Enthusiastically the friends and admirers OF
me Generals Of the late war as they were
in lSf5 There might be forty Governors
or senators on train willing enough TO
speak 10 the dear people,
But Let Phil Sheridan
step on the rear platform and all the
,,rs,rs would call for Little Phil 10 say
something. although he can't make much
more of a speech than his horse. 1t IS the
same with Hancock, aud would have been
the same with Meade or Thomas. The hold
Grant has in the hearts OF the people IS
mystery to the politicians. II they were
wise. instead Of trying to get him out Of
their way by abusing him, they would do
as the Chinese do with Josh, feed him up
with honors, until he became so fat, good
natured and lazy that they need
not be longer afraid OF him. |
swung round the circle with PreSl-
dent Hayes from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and back. and think the people
liked tr see me Just as well as ever. The
popularity of the soldier is enduring con-
tinued the general, while that Of the pol
itician is ephe at best. What the
soldier did covers multitude OF mistakes
and iOlieS As well as few sins. An I'M
timely letter may snuff out the most sue
Cessful political leader and lay him on the
shelf Under the same circumstances the
people forgive the soldier and conclude
that writing is not his trade. I'VE have
gone. said he, Ito the verge of eNtraya-
ganCr IN granting pensions to our priyates,
but believe the people are satisfied that
We should err in
The Direction OTTOO Much,
rather than too little. The soldiers of the
y
S,rOye 10 get back into the traces of civil
life. The mass Of them did 50, but thou.
sands found themselves at a disadvantage.
The exposures and tolls had sapped some of
their vitality, and camp life left them less
able TO cope with business. Every year in
creased the difficulty; wounds began 10 tell,
and so the people found their soldiers poor
the veterans were dropped to the rear in
the battle for bread. The people demand
ed the pension increase, rather than the
soldiers, and they will pay it without a
grumble. They don't want their heroes in
the poor house. Besides, il will not be for
long. Every year will decrease Il, and only
few more. enrgRsratiESly, will pass until
the last psnsicNsr viii be paid off as he
drops into She Kraye.n
The 6esctptEon, Of TIE parade of "a SQUAD
ron OtCaval ~ ready for b scout, at Fort
Cum mings, pleased The General greatly.
He thought IL only did justice to the efi-
Cheney of our'1en On ithe plains. Display
would be Ousa u STAGE, But nothing was
latkiOg to gete6ccsi,e Rprk done. Live
Wrtee aoma<e a shou Ne hhd che man "a
90 q with. The msrch,nz SD personnl an,
Ps9<eQce q our soldisrs on :i1as,rorxtion
~ Neyo y good - The bask 10 81 sean Il.
M A 4try .Hdv BrifSsA 90 - ~ q & s
osl,s p W sac a 81 the AatsS wee Sc 10
a,fsf oe troops cbssi3g Ltdiar1
6lftks Ai<4 Plains o. AFfaHa. But Ne
Noelf au4 tI1eir cAroines als$a ght-"as
Sosd 2 am N TIE BY, az thet 5 in the
He1b sal0 ~ GenerAL H
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Detroit Hnx AtHE -
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