The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-12-15
sherman ana Hancock.

General William Tecumseh Sher
man, in a slouched hat, an old.fashion.
ed broadolOth frOck coat AMI a short
military cloak, went over to Governors
Island by the 124 ferryboat from the
battery recently, and visited Gen. Han
cock tor an hour. Gen. Hancock is
confined to his house. After the visit
Gen. Sherman went to the meeting of
the Military Service Institution and
heard read a paper Oh the duties, hard
ships and necessities OF. the calvary at
the frontier poses. The paper was
written by Col. Bracket, Third Calvary.
"Gen. Sherman was 'intl oduced by
General Crittenden and a. he got up he
Was applauded.
u dld not come here to speak, > he
began. 1T Ii the iirst ,til1e L have ever
heen present at one Of y5ur meetings,
put, through correspondents with Gen.
eral Hancock, L have encouraged you
Ill your purpose, which believe is to
develop military art aud military
science. Tie paper Just. read is almost
like a Is 9 To me. 1 believe the cavalry
arm OF the service has tur fifteen years
past helped on our national civilization
Ill a manner tor Which 1T Is entitled TO
receive The respect OF its comrades and
or tile people OF this country and the
whole clVllzed world, 1t has done
more actllal service LII proportion to Its
SIZE Ihan any other part ot the army
since the civil war closed, twenty-five
yea1s ago, and that is LAe lifetime OF u
man. IL has done great work with
Indians and cowboys and all other irrep-
ularlCles i'll the tar West. Now It Is
time Tor the cavalry to linsaddIe their
horses aud take tner ease.
AT the same llme,' continued
General SHERMAN, this ls a curl0us
World we 1--we III and there is no peace
1or the Wlcked-or Tor the happy elUller.
~ WISH 10 encourage by Lne wisdom
o[ experience tne yOuLn VI the land. In
lrohC OF whom tile the work likes.
IHele IL yet plenty Of work for eyery
man LII the service and there ALWAYS
VIII De work Tor Tie military. OId men
ike General Hancock AMI | understand
Ih;lC we musC PASS OF the stage. but wa
nave GOT our heads yet anu Jney Will
ever w at lie servIce OF our men VINO
1ollow US. We have gone ahead auu
SOU tile example. L know That there
always VIII De WAL on earth. America
IS oluy Oh the threshold OF her history
ana the American Government IL Lo
play lie part OF protector OF the human
iamlly. Tue WlIoIe world turns to uslo
See what the result; Ut our experiment,
III GoVernmenC Will be. We do not
oelleVe III Ine divine light OF kings TO
RUE, DuC we DO bbiIuve that the
and By laws almost too
~. t!h!ha!ke ,I9i Jna Nh
ing cough OF history, aid now national
ulanhOOu begins.
"'As l SAID before, there VIII always
be War Oh earth. Ii foreign VAL
should come to us, that would De easy
10 take care OF. Its the civil war
whicn is worse. Maybe 1t will be
DeJween labor ana and property. The
regular army WAS a great boon III the
civil war, and 1t would be III another
civil war, Politicians and civilians
sneered at the regular service then, but
1 saw these men Deseech US to give them
somebody to put a battalion into shape.
"BetOre allOLher lifetime comes around
there will be 2uO O,UOU, ,OUU people III ths
country. The regular army Will always
be needed. 1 believe we could put lhtc
the ield an effective army OF lUO, ,OOI
men. Keep up the army. 1t viii
form a hardened centre which will b'
able to penetrate to the end OF the worlt
il necessary. 1t will be a bond beLweel
all parts OF tho Union. have no fea
for tho future. Let us keep ou
knowledge Oh which this mllitar.
system Ii founded pure, holy and sacred
/ believe that in our army the captain
and lieutenants are rs we'll endowed a
} any on earth and willing to 40 or al
:, for their contry.