The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-10-20

pert of his life psrhaps more per. tectly hrings out the varied qualities which went to make up the sum of MArlboroughA genins than the cam paign of Blenheim and the diplomatic labors with the states general which preceded it. The large and statesman- like potiticai grasp of tho whole sita- ation is easily appreciated by tho carc- tui reader ot his life. But what MArl- borough was on the field of Blanheim itscif, how in the moments of Appar. ent ill-suocess and failure his presence, by It's combined tre and caimness, re- animated the wAvering and assured the victory--this may be recorded; but here, as elscw here, I believe thAt not one man ln thousand who roads of it realixes what 1t implies.
 And lastly. let me glance at General Lea. Lee's strategy when he fought In defense of the southern capital, and threatened and finally struck at that of the United States, marks him as one of the greAtest captains Of this or of any other ago. No man has ever fought An uphill and losing game with greater hrmness, or ever dis- played higher order of true military genias than he did when In command of the Confederate army, The knowl. edge of his profession displayed by General Mcclellan was considerable, and his strategic conceptions were Aat- m!rabic, but he lacked one attribute aa general, without which no man can ever succeed In war--he was never able to estimate with any accuracy the numbers opposed to him. It was tho presence Ill Lee ot that intuitivc gen- ina which Mcclellan lacked which again and again gave him victory oven when he was altogether outmAtnhed in numbers.
 Small and large armies have each had their day. The present ago ia one Of large masscs of fairly trained sol. diers, but it is by no means ccrtain to mo that the time may not yet come again when all nations will once more resort to small standing armies oi the most highly trained and disciplined soldiers. We may find that tho sol- dier, 10 be At hls best, or to bc even thoroughly efficient. will require such long aud, above all things, such con. stant training, that an army consisting of people in arms will be impossible. in fact, we may find out by and by that n comparatively small standing army of carefully selected men, the flower of the nation, highly skilled in all manly exercises, In all military arts, and kept In a constant state of perfect training, is a more effective weapon for fighting purposes than the slow moving and more or less un- wIeldy armies Of the present day. It Ia only by a deep study of military history, Of tho military arts and sci ences In all their phases, that the heaven- born genius can be converted into tho successful commander. Not even Jomlni was moro thoroughly conversant with all the great cant paigns of C1sar, Hannibal, Terenne, Marlborough and Frederick the Great than Napoleon was. Yet what Is the lesson the history Of the American war teaches usp All thoae whose names will be forever remembered in connection with it by the English speaking race throughout the world were educated soldiers. Leo and Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Sherman. McClel- Ian, Sheridan, Longstreet, Johnston, Hill and host of others, whose names arc and will long bc household words in their own states, we're ai! graduates Of West Point. that most excellent of military colleges -- Fovtnfghtiy Re- vietc.