The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-01
PHIL SHERIDAN.
His Reminiseencess Stirred by w.r Par

His "Reminiscences Stirred by War Pan.
Drama
The late visitors were leaving Mis-
slonnry Ridge panorama little after
10 o'clock, says the Chicago News,
when a stout citizen clad in a gray
travelling suit sauntered up to the box
Office. A moment after a slight, ac-
tive man emerged from the wire door
and-"Gen. Sheridan, you are just the
man l am glad to see" "Hello, old
man; hello, Davis, are you here?
Well''--and off they started toward
the new diorama just finished and
opened-the battle among the clouds,
Fighting Joe Hooker's Lookout
mountain.
The general was interested in ths
diorama. But his mind seemed
to be busy, and his thoughts
were evidently at work on some
other subject than the grand painting
before him. Presently the general
turned and moved toward the stair
way leading to the platform on the
principal exhibition-the panorama
OF Missionary Ridge. Mr.. Webster
tells ME that this is Gen. Sheridan's
third visit. On the two previous oc-
casions he was accompanied by Col.
Sheridan and his wife. On these occa-
sions the platform was crowded and
the general quickly recognized. This
recognition embarrassed him and
hastened his departure. On the pres
ent occasion the platform was nearly
empty, and the general, as he looked
| thoughtfully down on the scene, spoke
freely OF this and other battles, OF the
unhappy necessity which could force
men into such situations as we here
saw.
This sort of thing" said he, IT'S
not nice. There is not one comfort.
able thing about it. Look this field
over. My loss that day in the old I'd
division was a fearful one. Over l, 800
men, brave, gallant fellows, led by of.
ticers who did their duty, were lost in
the old I'd division in time SO short
| that it seems incredible that we could
have compassed the distance and car
RED the crest
II have often thought we should
have captured Bragg and l think it
was close thing as it was. If Icould
have got Granger to push a little
| there, after got them over that Sec
ond crest you see there in Chickamauga
valley, we should havecaptured some
thing more than rations at that Chica-
mauga station. By the way" con-
tinued the general, "you know my
men didn't have the chance to get re.
ported dead after fight that they had
kept out of had taken place, for had
the name of every man who was either
killed or wounded, and my men knew
that they were being looked after.
81 never did like to see men skulk
out OF fight when the skirm-
ishers were pushing in and the
| line dressed up and following close
after. You remember that lesson !
gave those fellows up in Tennessee? I
saw several officers dropping out, ,leav-
ing their companies to 60 into the
fight, while they hunted safety. l had
those fellows picked up the day after,
formed the division in hollow square,
the skulkers for a centrepiece. They
didn't know what was going to happen
| to them. You know / am not much
on making speeches-in fact, never
was. But what told those men that
day was clearly understood by every
man in the division. | told them that
would not disgrace one OF the brave
soldiers OF my division by asking him
| to receive the swords Of such COW
ardly whelps; and while did not like
| the idea OF intiicting unmerited cruelty
on the colored race, that l should,
nevertheless, ask my negro servant il
he would take those swords away
from those things standing out there.
Possibly said the general, reflect
lively, this may have had something
to do with my loss OF officers at Mis-.
sionary Ridge"
"There is nothing nice about
war" said the general again,
"and, 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, 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 out,
starved out or may be forced out by
position. ct all events, we must have
one of two things--either a long, te.
dlous method, wearing alike on men
and the impedimenta, or q rapid and
vigorous attack upon real property,
commerce, railroad, steamboat.
| What is naval warfare? Simply a
war on commerce. Effective? Very.
| Why not the same on land? There is
little doubt that the horse must play
a larger part in future war than any.
| thing we saw or knew Of And | am
not sure but what this is the humani.
| tartan view.
"We should certainly save life, and
lives OF human beings should always
| be preserved at the expense of real
property. think lam right in this y
Went on the general, rehectively.
Anything that shortens war, stops
| the conflict, is desirable. OF course
we should have bitter fighting at
points; that would be necessary
But a war to day would be- anew thing"
| In New York Tribune: I hear from
Washington that Mrs. Cleveland is
gratifying those who meet her by the
| QulckneSS OF her wit as well as nv her