Evening journal., 1891-02-16
GEN. sAERMANs CARER.


Gen William Tecumseh sherman was
the last Of the war idols and perhaps the
most popular Not one great figure re.
mains upon the canvas. For two years he
had stood alone, welcoming the alteration
Of the rank and file which was poured out
SO lavishly at the feet OF Grant and Han.
cock J, but above all others at those Of old
Uncle Billy" For years the grizzled
giant had been going up and down the land
TO the stirring notes of Marching Through
Georgia" the tune which shrined his great.
est achievement, and from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific he bad recently stood as the
great living memento of the days whose
heroes are fast gathering to the dust.
From West Point TO Washington, from
the Battery TO the Golden Gate, no mill.
tary reunion Of consequence had been es
teemed complete unless William Tecumseh
Sherman sat at the right hand Of the prcsi
dent, and preached his warmly appIauded
little sermons on duty and bravery and
honesty, for he was one who believed them
all TO be integral parts OF heros compo
sition.
A Soldier from Early Youth.
The profession Of arms was his from
early youth. With only a brief break in
his military career he served ia the United
States army from the time he reach the
minimum age for admission to West Point
until the maximum limit Of age brought
his retirement from the highest military
Office IN the nation. Gen. sherman spranp
from Que Of the oldest and best known ~
New England colonial families the most
prominent member perhaps being Roger
sherman, one Of the signers Of the Decla.
ration Of Independence. His father,
Charles X. sherman, established himself
and his family at Lancaster, o., in 1911,
and there William Tecumseh, the third
son, was born on Feb. 3, 1920 He was edu.
Gated at Lancaster, and in 1896 went to
West Point He was graduated in Is40 aud
stood No. 8 ia class Of fOrty-three
The young cadet OF 20 was commissioned
second lieutenant and assigned TO the
Thirdeavalry His first service was against
the Indians ia Florida during the winter
Of 1904. Promotion to first lieutenant
came in November, 1871, and then followed
four or FIVE years at garrison duty In south.
ern forts. 1t fell to him in this period to
spend several weeks on horseback in Ge0r.
gia, traversing the very ground where
twenty years afterward he conducted vast
armies and fought great battles To use
his own words, THAT the knowledge thus
acquired was Of vast use to me- and cOnse
quently to the government, have aiways
felt and stated" "
He passed the ten years following inI
California, but took no active part much
to his disgust, in the Mexican war Soon
after his departure from California be
married Emily Boyle Ewing, daughter OF
Secretary Of the Interior Thomas Ewing,
who at the death of Gen. Sherman's father
had reared the Ind
Buii Run His FIRST Real Battle.
From 1853 to the breaking out Of the re.
bellion he divided his time between mill.
tary duty, banking and the practice OF
law. He had become Capt Sherman by
this time and was one of the few men whc
realized the full significance of the fall Of
Fort Sumter. With his characteristic
bluntness, he declared that the presidents
call for 1900 volunteers was but triflinl
with a serious matter. that the rising OF
secessionists meant war TO be fought out
BY great armies. The call for three
months volunteers brought no response
from him. He was soon commissioned,
however, as colonel Of the Thirteenth regu-
lar infantry, assigned to the command Of
brigade Of Tyler's division of the army,