Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-12


had upnortunitv To see during that long
WINTER i'm The mnd. before WASHINGTON,
the other half nl Unncuck's character. ~
the Two brirndp. law i'm close nroXimitv
under the same div sion commandpr-thg
,riftpd and brilliant soldipr Gni, YIN Il
Smith how lahortous in dntv how nnnc.
r hons in detail how exnrtiug in his ac-
uniremnnte. hove innntient IF fn,,its that
amid he rnrrertnd vol how toIarnnt IF
dptiriencies i'm those who we're strivinp tn
imnrove
10 commando, ever moro carefully pre.
nnrnd IN ,.,,,,1r For. .,,rc,ss in tha tinii thnn
Hnncork AID hero and tbronyh all his
suhsenrent career Dnuhtless most who
have any imnression v.hntrver regarding
Unncnnt nrrsonallv. think OF him ms y
kind of neteor ON the battle fold , an Oh
iact Of admiration or If tarrnr. Anshiny
hither and thither. achieving his triumphs
Inv shear hrilliaucv If ho ,ring force Of in
t1ition, and mvsterons no,yer '0 over men
In fact # was win intinite Labor that he
forced the wennon nj. hand was to weld
with s,,ch efTprt lie knevv thnt rho oreat
er the force exerted tine more likely was
the sword to hreak nnder tho hlo,v nniess
it were perfectly wrought and il was
with care and Mains inpynressihle that no
shaned and temuered if for the Gaming
conflict. If at Williamsburg in his first
eurouutar ,vith tho pnnnv no mot and
easily vnnuuished the Conf9darotn hiitada
sert aoainst him led an nnn yino, IN n
II UiI and ON tho thor NV Inh9i EarIv
two of The nblest commanders nf MI
army il was NOT more nv raaeon Of the
GREAT tactical skill calm conr,,raand mo-
iestic hnurin0 winch fnrevnr stannaG
Tunn him NrC'lplInn;s nnithat cnnnrh
than nv reason If Tho long ond na{nfni
trnininy to which his tronnS had hean IN ~
iested
OF Hancock i'm the vvintnr canine of 1861
$50 N't'''l Va
First. willie he yns ~ st,,ict and aven ster,
discinlinnri,n ne was yhnIi,. inc,nahle If
any Of those siliv hrntolitias ,.birL ~ fa,,,
officers Of The rep,1iar army wbn were set
over volunteer regiments and nnnv vol
unteer officers. VINO thou@ht thev ,vara
initiating regular army methods, indulg-
ed in during the first year If Tho war
Secondlv. although a .re~nlar,, in everv
fibre of his being. Hancock was alfopethay.
destitute of thai Cnohh,chnaus ralrnrdin,r
volunteers which was evhih,tad hv -
many small minds. i'm 50 many hioh
nlaces durino the first vear of tha rahail
lion He rerognized tha foc+ tb.t ia
war was to Inc Ivn,red nv voinntae,, anG
that however mnch tbs re[,ninr = b,d
to Give to mo vast rnnssaS Of earnaeJi 1"i
diers syv.r,uino in from, ane+ nn1 ,rast
tn the Gefanse 7of tha f,nion il t,,o oftar
an these men who we're tn hear he beat
and burden of that great comairt IL
saw thar il was Of sunran,e in,nnrtarca ~,
nrnmnte Tho seIf-reinert ana caIf'nnn6
PiOlilo'e une seil-IeSPeCt anu seIl-cQhi,
E , Vi ioiuttee' ioIlIneHtS 10 leau
thIn0 and thar tn Inc nvariastin,,Iv toii,
i,,l! az ,"at ~ NC eneIIastlhHly lux
LIZ, ,,i'-,, 49,. LIZ ''i'i a. as So many
WoiJ, Dv ?,ilt'S wv i'oN VI Us me nous
t,' ~, ~ otlU,'S con palisoIs'
" ,,,, az ,"r ue'.cleiclea Oh ihe
irm ,ioIbpS' WIS WY poor way Oh ac-
III II ipitsaiuS 80 tInt up ~
iialioot N lio. o.iiS ulu no. sueer AT VOL
- !J ie' e. THeh '"tIoiIHeu theu.
,'l ii,",e .leiil iqel ny ms evident respect
"t',' iir"t ~ IItq,lnsi hla warm approval
W ~ "a LntnS NY VI" NeII' tnat ne re-
SaIleu 'heiii as oelhS Just as tully, Just as
- MY Iust as nohoraoly, soldiers OF the
u i lli'Ti 9t"te9 army as IL lhey belonged 10
tne oi'' 2'l lhi3hllS. Such was the spirit IN
WtlIii Ilducoch lileI MS new command.
we hnoM WIN "nat assldulty, patience
anu anu soou ieeliilg' "haI almost pathetic
e"TeiliesS 70 ieHIh ana 10 Initiate, the
to!uIlleels VI iooi sought TO III themselves
'oI .nell par III tne great struggle
ii"lEoch ; llolouSh ana corulaI accept
ance Vi fo!unteerS was seen again in his
Tuolce q! san VIllCers throughout the W 80.
i l-lell ~ ueI ne htu pecolhe Il corps com
,,!"iI'ei' anI any captain III the service
Mo"lf' n",G oeeli PROUD 10 come at ms call