The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-20
What English Military Men Saw

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch I
LONDON, Feb. 19-[By cable to the N.
Y. World. Ito get opinions on Sherman's
position as general from the disting uished
English soldiers, one would be obliged to
search the entire Riviera. The Duke of
Cambridge is in that part of the world
somewhere. The subordinate officer who
is the nominal head of the British army
during the dukes absence, declined to com
NIT himself to an opinion.
Lord Wolseley, who is believed to be the
best informed man in the British army,
and whose estimate of Sherman's work
may be taken as thoroughly representative
of all military men in every country, said :
II join the people of the United States in
their regret at General Sherman's death
for his loss is not confined to America, but
is shared by all military people. I regret l
cannot in the short space of newsDaper
article do justice to General Sherman,s
high character and great military talents. %
When asked what he thought of Sherman
as military commander, Lord Wolseley
replied that it was difficult matter for an
outsider to make comparisons, but, speak
ing purely from military point of view,
he would undoubtedly place Sherman at the
head OF all the northern commanders asa
strategist. In his march to the sea, he dis
played a dash combined with strategical
skill that at once proved his great power.
Major General Philip Smith, @. B., COM
handing the home district, whose opinion
may be said to represent the entire brigade
of guards, says he thinks Sherman was the
finest all round soldier of the American
civil War.
One of the most accomplished and best
read staff officers in the British army is
Colonel j. F. Maurice. of the Royal artil-
lery, at present, professor of military art
and history at the staff college He said:
III have long considered the Atlanta cam
paign of Sherman as one of the most yalu-
aole lessons IN war furnished by our time
The feature OF Sherman's character which
has always impressed me with most inter
est, as man, was the generosity with
which, after he had himself opposed
Grants arrangements for the Vicks-
burg campaign, he Immediately afterward.
on the spot and at the time confessed him
self In the wrong and used all his military
genius to point out the skill, foresight and
Importance of what Grant had done To a
large extent the United States to Sher-
mans generously of character and to his
military clearness of vision the ultimate
selection OF Grant who carried their army
to success"
In the house of commons there is mill
tary circle composed of several soldiers
who have been famous in British history.
but who laid aside the sword for the pen.
Foremost among these is Sir Edward Ham
ley, K. G. B., who is regarded as the first
OF living English strategists. His work,
The Operations of War, has been trans
lated into almost every language. Said Sir
Edward: II have already expressed in
writing my opinion of his march through
Georgia. 1t was deliberately planned, and
for holiness of conception and marvellous
organization it has scarcely been parallel
in the history of war;
Colonel Charles Crawford Fraser, V. c..
who has led many gallant charges of En-
glands cavalry, said Sherman was one of
the very able generals of his day; the
record OF his march through Georgia would
always remain as grand operation which
was to be read carefully by every student
of military history.
Colonel Sir John Colomb, M. P, to whom
the lmperialists are indebted for the idea