Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-12-30
LOGAN as AN ARMY MAN.
A WEST POINTERS OPINION.

WEST POINTERS OPINION
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Dec % -
Gen. Philip II. Sheridan tonight gave the
following as the view of Gen. Logan held by
regular army n ::
l have known Sen. Logan for twenty five
years, and am familiar with his military career.
Ihave always had the very highest appreciation
OF his ability as a soldier, ana high regard for
his character in every way. Since the
war / have known him more intimately
than l did during the war, because we
were not thrown together in service. Our
duties were in different fields. When he was in
the Army OF the Tennessee neither of us had
emerged, so TO speak. and l have known him
best since he was in congress. He had been
looked apon by the regular army men as one Of
the best soldiers the war produced, coming from
the volunteer service. He had the highest re-
spect OF Gen. Grant and his administrative
powers and contiol of men entitled him TO high
rank as military commander.
WARM ADVOCATE.
Gen. H. " Boynton. who for twenty years
past has been one of Senator Logan's warm
est defenders from charges made during
and since the war regarding his connection
with Gen Thomas removal and who has
ldolized him as a soldier, sends the following
to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette to-
night:
Gen. Logan Is dead. Gen. Sherman excepted
the most popu ar Of the great military leader
VIII m he yeais had spared has passed to his
rest. In this hour those who baue known him
through the many years of his intensely active
career turn with an exalted pride 10 that part
OF his life which the grave can not claim, and
which viii not die so long as history preserves
the memory Of his couhtTy's suprem 81 struggle
for nationality. This will always form an en-
during halo around his name. In the light
which flashes from such service the contest of
ordinary politics. and the triDmphs and the
errors of politicians are but as the fine dust in
the balance which the rushing memory of the
field sweep away, leaving nothing to obscure
the brightness which hoveFs in upon the vision.
The state confers honor upon politicians
Presidents aud congressman, through the long
lines since the republic born have been
hus honored, but soldiers are those
who confer honors upon the state itself From
TO the victorious commander OF an army on one
OF the bloodiesb and most important battle-
fields of the war, Gen. Logan was the typical
volunteer soldier Full OF the cause, alive with
epthusiasm, bold. dauntless and reckless conf
age, of q dashing presence, sharer in the thick
est of the fight and a leader there, careful
of his men but striking at the oppor-
tune or necessary hour with the deadliesL
blows as the best means Of saving life and short
ening the contest: protesting fearlessiy In the
interest of his troops against mistaken plans,
but obeying to the letter il overruled: ever
wakeful. ever earnest, and ever approving with
necessary TO find success. There was no better
type OF the American volunteer In all the army
Of the Union
WAR AND CIVIL RECORD.
John A. Logan was born in jackson county,
Ill, Feb. 8, 1929. His early life was spent
in that county, where he obtained some edu-
cation from his father and such school
teachers as eihanced to teach in the district
At the outbreak Of the Mexican war young
logan volunteered and was chosen lieu.