Morris tribune., 1883-07-04
Tecumseh's Grand Rounds.

Gen. Sherman, who is making his
final official tour Ofinspection as gem
eral of the army, of the forts in the
Northwest, and along the northern
frontier, reached Fort Smelling last
week. He arrived in st. Paul Thursday
morning on the train from Duluth at
7;45, having made lake trip to the
last named point on the steamer
Nyack. The veteran general was ac-
companied by Col. Tidball his aide-de-
camp, and by Chief Justice Waite and
Judge Gray of the supreme court.
Lieut.. A. B. Johnson of Gen. Terry's
staff, was at the Union depot with a
four-in-hand, to meet the dis
tinguished party, and upon their
arrival, they were driven direct to
Fort Smelling. A salute ofseventeen
guns greeted Old Tecumseh as the
carriages rolled up on to the plateau.
The battalion, including the four COM
panies of infantry, and the light bat
terry, was drawn up in line at the
lower post to receive the army COM
mander, and was presented by Col.
Blunt. The troops then escorted the
party to Gen. Terry's residence,
where they were met at the door by
Gen. Terry and his entire staff. This
concluded the formalities of reception.
The party took breakfast, and after
that went out to look over the post.
Great improvements have been made
since Gen. Sherman's last visit, which
was in 1880, including the erection of
all the buildings at the department
headquarters, tree planting, fence
building and the laying out and grad
ing of the grounds. The old COM
mander was very much pleased with
this, and thought he had never seen
Fort Smelling looking more beautiful.
About noon Chief Justice Waite and
Judge Gray went to Minneapolis for
the purpose of visiting the flour mills
there Gen. Sherman did not take the
trip with them, but stayed behind
and looked over the headquarters
buildings, and drove out with Gen.
Terry over the grounds.
A CoLLoQUY.
The reporter knowing that Gen.
Sherman always had something inter-
esting to say to the newspaper men,
called upon him soon after he had re-
turned from his drive. The general
was writing letters. In responce to
the modest request of the reporter for
an interview, he looked up from his
work and replied, somewhat bluntly,
II certainly will not talk"
couldn't you tell me something
about your future"
"No I've got through talking with
you boys. I'll say something and
you'll go to work and twist it all
around so that I can't recognize it
when see it in next mornings paper.
It's just the same from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. You're nuisance
don't mean anything PERSONAL---VERY.
you interviewers generally. There's
subject-take a seat and make
yourself comfortable-there's SUBJ
ject that I'll give my opinion on If
YOU want it. This interviewing BUSH
ness has got to become a worse evil
than the pest-the cholera or the small
pox-why they are nowhere. It's the
dread of every public man in Washin-
TONI
1Then you won't even tell me
about
mo I'm out of public life now,
and my opinions are worth no more
than anybody else's. If you want to
print an interview, just go and cut out
a few pages out of your catechism
and print them. They'll answer the
purpose Just as well as any questions
and answers between you and me
lust exactly as well--and be good
deal more interesting"
And q veteran resumed his writing,
after again inviting his unwelcome
visitor to take seat. He was not