Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
LIEUT.. GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN LOOK
ING AT A BATTLE PICTURE.

"Nothing Nice About War"-s1en who
Future-A Humanitarian view.-A Visit
to the Missionary Ridge Panorama.
The late visitors were leaving Missionary
Ridge panorama a little after 10 o'clock last
evening, when stout citizen clad in gray
travelling suit, sauntered up to the box Office.
moment after slight, active man emerged
from the wire door, and-"Gen. Sheridan,
you arc just the man / am glad to see!"
sHello, old man; hello, Davis, arc you here?
Well, D. and off they started toward the
new diorama just finished and opened to-day
tho battle among the clouds, Fighting Joe
Hookers Lookout mountain.
The general was interested in the dioranla
But his mind seemed to be busy, and his
thoughts were evidently at work on somo
other subject than the grand painting before
him Presently the general turned and moved
toward the stairway leading to the platform
Of the principal exhibition-the panorama Of
Missionary Ridge. On tho present occasion
the platform was nearly empty, and tho gen
eral, as he looked thoughtfully down on tho
scene. spoke freely Of this and other battles,
Of the unhappy necessity which could force
men into such situations e. We here saw.
LOSS IN THE SECOND DIVISION
"This sort Of thing" said he. sis not nice.
There il not ono comfortable thing about it.
Look this field over. Ny los that day in tho
old Second division was fearful one. Over
thirteen hundred men, brave, gallant fellows,
led by officers who did their duty, werc lost
in the old Second division in ahs 50 short
hat la h~~
compessed the distance and carried tho crest.
Il have often thought ws should have cap
tured Bragg, and think il was close thing
as it was. If could havs got Granger to
push little there, after I got them over that
second crest you SEQ there in Chickamauga
valley, we should have captured something
more than rations at that Chickamauga sta
ton. BY the way" continued tho general,
''you know my men didn't have tho chance to
get reported dead after fight that they had
kept out of had taken place, for I had the
name Of every man who was either killed or
wounded, and my men knew they were being
looked after.
II never did like to see nen slulix out Of g
fight when the skirmishers were pushing in
and the line dressed up and following close
after. You remember that lesson | gave
those fellows up in Tennessee. [ saw several
officers dropping out, leaving their companies
to go into the fight while they hunted safety.
l had those fellows picked up the day after.
formed the division in hollow square, tho
skulkers for q center piece. They didn't know
what was going to happen to them. You
know l an not muck on making speeches
in fact, l never was. Eut what | told those
men that day was clearly understood by every
man in tho division / told them that /
would not disgrace ono Of Tho brave soldiers
of my division by asking him to receive the
swords of such covardly whclDe; and while
did not Ike the idea Of INJECTING unniarited
cruelty On the oolcred race, that should,
nevertheless, asli my negro servant if he
would take those sword; away from those
things standing ont there
THE WAR Ov TIL: FUTURE
possibly said the general renectively,
"this may have had something to DO with my
loss of officers at Missionary Ridge"
"There is nothing nice about war;" said the
general again, "a1d, Davis, this scene before
us neither Of us will ever see, either it or any
similar scene. War of that day and war Of
the present is and must be a different thing
from what we have here The advance in
war machinery, material and weapons Of
every description makes different mode Of
warfare necessary. Armies will not attack
each other in the field like this. An army
must be dug ont, starved out, or may be
forced out by position. Al ell events, we
must have one Of two thinSs-either long,
tedious method, wearing alike on men and
the inipedimenta, or a rapid and vigorous
attack upon real property, commerce, rail
road, steamboat. What is naval warfare:
Simply a way on commerce. Effective!
Very. Why not the ame On land! There is
little doubt that tie horso must play larger
part in future war than anything We saw CT
knew Of And an not suro but what this is
the humanitarian view.
"We should certainly ave life, and lives Of
human beings should always be preserved at
the expense Of real property. I think am
right in this" went on tho general. refec-
lively. Anything that shortens war, stops
the conflict, is desirable. OF course we
should have bitter fighting at points; that
would be necessary. But war today
would be new thing."-ChicaSo News.