Evening star., 1885-07-25
Gen. Sherman.
THE VETERANS RECENT TALK ABOUT THE AID
MINISTRATION GRANT AND orIIEps

THE VETERANS RECENT TALK ABOUT THE AID
M1NIsTRATIoN, GRANT AND OTHERS.
From the Chicago InterOcean. July IS
I'm soldier, not a politician" said Gen.
"Tecumseh' Sherman, as at the Grand Pacific
yesterday the old warrior offered his good
natured apology for neither knowing nor caring
much about politics. Said the general
am on my way to Lake Minnetonka where
my family now is, and stopped over to arrange
some matters with Gen. Chetiain regarding our
reunion OF the Society OF the Army of the Ten
10. 1t Is all arranged now, and think we shall
have beautiful meeting. We shall not throw
IT open so much to the general public as hereto
fore 1T Is Il reunion of soldiers, you see to talk
over Old war times and keep alive our Old :ssO-
cllt1OnS as we'll as the organization itself Yes
! have been its president since its origin, in
1868. How many shall we have here? OH YES
over 2OO-25U, think. The first day we Shall
transact our private business in some rooms
cific, and in the evening in some public place.
Tor everybody to hear, there will be public
address by Gen. sanborn: The next evening
we shall have banquet of the society,"
The general got TO talking about The civil ser.
vice Institution, and he seemed cordially Will
csred % e beeyed IN his ,ha He de-
government and it seemed to him to furnish q
great relief to Senators and Congressman, who
nd out 70 REFER their petitioners office to the
ciVn service commission Tor an answer. Said
the reporter: General does it strike you that a
good GOOD many rsRuelican soldiers have been re-
No, promptly replied the veteran. "Idon't
think there have been. They seem to have
been very moderate in that, and not to have re-
moved man except for 4ualificatiOns''
The subject was introduced OF Wade Hamp-
tons recent letter regarding the particular ser.
S wee OF ms Troops at Manassas, whereat Gen.
sherman speedily said: "Gen. HAMPTON is un-
doubtediy truthful man, and do not cues
tion that imbOden is honest, but that battle
was ten miles long, from surrey church To Man
assas, and a man is liable to write from the DO
sition he occupied. My men were new and did
not have sufficient tenacisy; but they were not
RI "a
were not as 'stonewall,' but they stood behind
q stonewall in fact
Have you seen Gen. Grant lately?"
mo, not since December, but heard three
DAYS ago rom Fred, and they feel very appre-
hensiye about the general. Save the cancer in
ms .nI0at nS s1und s in bis lungs heart and
months yet"
He has written valuable book, general?"
his own hand, but still 1t comes too late. that
is, do not mean that it is really too late but it
would have been better il he could have written
II twenty, fifteen or ten years ago, when he was
fresh. A man commanding everything Is better
qualified than colonel to write such book,
.Gr ne e. KNOWS al things. I feel even now, in
view ol an the material tnat had, that have
little to add to my MEMOIRS"
.'Shail you ever publish again?"
mo, think not, though I may add an ap-
pendix to my memoirs, and perhaps insert
something here and there.
shall you put in any thing about Jeff Davis9"
the general shot out his reply with a soldiers
siedge-hammer emphasis:
III JEFF Davis Is u patriot, I'm traitor and
amt. II jeff Davis Is u patriot, Abraham Lin
coin Is a traitor, and If God ever made a pure
man Abraham Lincoln was he. Oh, no, have
nothing to do with Davis. He saw ut to take
up something said to a Grand Army post No,
nave never met him. believe Davis is hon.
his country"
You think Sheridan will have no trouble
with the Indians?"
to. "oh, no, | think not You see the only way
ior an lhdlan TO be honest is 10 kill q white
@ man OK; Ihere is no game left; the buffalo
anu tne Elk are gone. No, the Indian question
VIII De settled when he is given for his occupa-
tion section Of land and the remainder In.
vested for his benefit"
Zen; sherman got up to wish his visitor good
gay Ihe same plain, grizzly old fighter In ia
ugue oress ne remains. He stands with his
leet together like the soldier he was trained,
ano MS tall form appears perfectly at ease In
DlacR alpaca coat and low-cut white vest,
WnereOn army buttons declare the trade IN
Wnicn Iecumseh' Sherman made his ever.
Msung mark. When he talks he talks with
tne utmost good humor and straightforward
.. SSa.ntPacity. he was speaking OF his home in
e. S tGois, nus mouse building. and the provision
Wnen ne was gone. When he mentioned his
six cnlidren and seven grandchildren he came
70 speak Of the families or brother officers, men
MS peers In the service years ago, who passed
away only 10 leave those dependent on them
OegXafs Tor office at Washington. willing to
work Ten nours q day for $40 month, simply
" Get 0reao and meat. Forty such instances
ne SAID ne could recall, and the thought scanned
70 nave its deep pathos as the general dwelt