Arizona republican., 1893-02-07

-. NJ not, IL might have been, and must
K, hepn If Jackson was on the spot at
Z Gen. Robert l., Lee promptly sent the
Wv into the Union lines under n flag of
moo without waiting for request. Nc
Tn,n wcpJ uncomfortable tears when he
.,,,lbefore the bierin Washington. When
Iopewall's" career was ended by ran
,,r, outpost shot at Charlottesville, a
" months later, the world was not more
Err,fed that war should be so cruel nor
= south more staggered by the blow than
M north was staggered and the world
,s-rfpd over the skirmish line tragedy
DAT removed the most picturesque figure
gmr time from the stage of war. Kearny
Sltin him to make another Murat to
lrp modern Napoleon, and surely some
VI Numbered when he went begging for
efqnre 10 draw sword in 1861, and cav
~ volunteers were snubbed and told,
DFhiS is not q war for horseback fighting"
FstrooperS had their day in the end, but
ssanwhile Kearny, fretting and chatting
Mind slow moving infantry, had thrown
x life away ignobly running after that
,tc,emeut which comes legitimately to a
Narshal Of squadrons.
Kearny's career was an original one and
hsoms respects un-American in character.
His youth was passed in isolation, ward
"a the country estates of his grandfather.
fenherited soldier blood, but his grand
Nher wished to settle him as an Episco-
allan clergyman. The old man had lost
y his sons, one on the field of battle, and
4 thought that his grandson would have
a"goOd, safe time in the ministry. The
hahad other notions, and his rural isola-
I'm was enlivened by object LESSONS in war
Il spent the leisure of many years in his
EnsexercSing on mimic battlefelds, with
thousands Of leaden soldiers, artillery
rains, spring guns, elaborate fieldworks
I'D Notifications. He carried his war plant
pcOllege even. He idoliZed two masters in
var-Tilly, a Germany Of the Seventeenth
CENTURY styled the "Old Devil" on account
y his cruelty and Count Lippe, of the
Eighteenth century, a renowned disciplin.
Gan tactician and commander. While
krerencng these heroes, both Of the schol-
rly type Of soldiers, Kearny yearned TO be
4 dashing hussar and perform reckless
avalry charges He early became noted
ga horse killer and as boy ran his grand
AtherS bonded stock at breakneck pace
Ger the toughest courses he could find.
When in Europe, at nineteen years Of age,
he would sacrifice rest and food in order TO
A on the drillground and witness cavalry
Exercises.
kearny was just twenty-one when his
grandfather died. and though born to am
pc fortune he put everything aside and
took second lieutenant's commission In
the cavalry, the famous First United
yates dragons, then led by his uncle, S.
" KeErny. That was in 1886, a dull
time for American soldiers. Kearny was
Intimately chosen to study cavalry tactics
Eroad and went to Paris. In 1910 he
sryed through the French campaign In
Agiers as an aid on the staff of the Duke
TOrieans, and had his baptism of fire in
Glying the fierce Arabs from the noun
eln Of Mouzaia, another celebrated bat
above the clouds"
After kearny's return home in 1S4i
fere was stagnation in the army for five
BARS, and he resigned his commission in
Ssgust on the eve Of the Mexican war.
Sen, Scott quickly reinstated him, and he
''P"il Vi uAosOohol oil PiSAoa
zen on mounts Of iron gray. The dragons
Sned Gen, Taylor on the Rio Grsnde, only
70 be recalled, without getting in saber
kfoke, to march with Scott upon the City
SNe1ice Kearny's troop was with Gen.
Elbows division, and the 'grays" quickly
s'came famous under their dashing lead
Gs, At dinner given the American on
Wis IN Pueblo Kearny descanted upon the
@ilneS Of the work assigned the cavalry
M said that he would gladly give an arm
sVlh GEsyst. But the mountain passes