The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-14

n,anGsry TOu ,h ysense OF those who have
led great forces and found the delight
OF battle with their peers, BARTHOLOMEW.
yes. Wellington. yes. VINO next Try
ing 10 discover the next you begin TO
realize how scant is British history In
the names OF great commanders. i be-
lieve Virginia alone In the late war pro-
duced more men for whom that title
could be claimed than Great Britain in
all her history Heroes In abundance AMI
accomplished officers she has produced;
part against interiors; against Hindoos
and Persians. Afgans, Iulus; Chinese.
Egyptians. Arabs, and Matabeles. The
greatest army Of her own ',iaI sne ever
Wellington at Waterloo. Her forces
have generally co-operated with allies;
or been sweled by hirelings and depen-
dents, under her well-trained officers;
as to develop campaigns such as
We had in the late war or TO AFFORD
opportunities for such Leaders as Lee.
Joseph f. Johnson. Ewell, a: F. Hill.
Jackson, Stuart, and Early. The fact is
that since the battle OF Sedgmoor, fought
9Th August, 1866, between the Duke OF
Monmouth some six thousand strong,
and the forces OF King James IL, under
John Churchill. Afterwards the Duke OF
Marlborough. in which Monmouth lost a
thousand and Churchill some three hun
name of battle has been fought on Eng
lish ground"
THE SEA POWER THE SECRET OF ESGLASD's
DEMONSTRATIONS.
While it is true that during this do
nestle peace OF over two hundred years
the British have carried the English
flag victorious from me seine TO the
Indus. from Calcutta 10 Quebec, from
Madrid TO Cairo" II has been more my
the skill Of diplomacy and strategy and
especially more by sea power tnan by
the movements of great forces. IL We
he nd
Weillngton's operations against Napoleon,
all the English fighting done I'm two cen
turtles would scarce amount 10 that OF
General Lee in the single county OF
Spottsylydnia, and would not amount to
the fighting done by Early. "A sea shell"
says Emerson, should be the crest OF
England not only because II represents
power built on the waves. Dut also be
cause Of the hard finish OF the men,
She is mistress of the seas. she is the
dictator of Finance and commemorative
is the key Of her ascendancy. Who then
would you say next?
Would you say Give, the Military
statesman who conquered HindoOstan?
He, who at the battle OF Ilassey, on the
I'D Of June. 1851. in Eyeretts line words
laid the foundations of subject En-
pire TO Great Britain, at the gates OF the
morning. When IL is remembered that
he dispersed the army OF the Indian Ma
bob estimated at sixty or seventy thous-
and with "A thousand European soldiers
and two thousand Indian SepOy troops
and that his training was that OF Gov
eminent Clerk his genius and accom-
plishments are plain indeed But when
we reflect that his loss was twenty-five
killed and about fifty wounded, and that
his superior artillery broke the masses
OF the efeminate foe, we see how ri
diculous IT Is TO compare such exploits
10 the great movements OF the Confed-
crate war. and how ridiculous IL would
be to rank their heroes as military com
mandcrS with the leaders OF such armies
as those Of Lee. Grant. Early, or Sheri-
dan. What matters il to the wolves how
many the sheep be? And how can a
romp Of the wolves among the cattle
be compared 10 the combats OF lions?
Would you say HavelOck? Christian gen
tleman. gallant officer true hero | adj
NIT but only a little Give, Brgadier
General who fought the same manner
Of men and overlaid them with superior
~ Of every kind. Would you say Charles
George Gordon? Chinese Gordon as they
call him. who was only a captain Of en-
gneers in the Crmean War, and who
while we were fighting IN the Confedera-
cy was helping the Emperor Of China 70
suppress the TAPPING rebellion and who
was finally killed in the Soudan by a
hand full Of Arabs" Brave man he was
indeed. but he never commanded even
an English brigade. To compare his Skin
mishes with semi-barbarians to such ac-
tons as we had i'm war, or him to any
great Confederate leader. would be to be-
lttle-aye 10 abandon all ideas of mill
tary criticism
Would you say Lord Raglan. who COM
.manded In tA Crimea? He died of
disease after incomplete experiences,
and cannot furnish a subject OF COMPARE
son.
SOME LATE ENGLISH MILITARY MAGNLTEs-
CARDIGAN. scARLETT. LUCAH. CAMBRIDGE.
NAPIER AND WoLsRLEY. rs
Let us glance at some late English mil
itary magnates, General James Thomas
y ,Ldenal Earl Of Cardigan, who
led the light brigade in the IA
nous and fatal charge Of the 900 on
the Russian guns at Balaklava. while
all the world wondered" was never in
nght before or after the Crimean war,
but he was made Lieutenant General
Knight Commander Of the Bath, Com
mander OF the Legion Of Honor, and
liOnZed generally.
General Sir James Yorke Scarlett. who
commanded 'the heayes' and succeeded
Lucan has a similar record, and became
too Lieutenant General and Knight Com
mdrder of the Bath.
General George Charles Bingham, Earla
Of Lucan, who COMMANDED the cavalry
division consisting OF these two brigades
beyond some amateur soldering with the
Russians In lS2S, never smelt powder be-
fore or after the Crmeen war, but he
became knight Commander OF the Bath,
Lieutenant General and Field Marshall.
What do these cavtlrymen know OF
war compared TO Forrest, Stuart, Hamp-
ton. Wheeler or the cavalry Lees2
Robert Cornelis Napier Lord Napier
of Magdala, as he is Familiarity called,
had served well in India and China,
and he received an annuity OF
Field Marshal. Knight Comman-
der of Bath. and catalogue
Of honors for a little skirmish with
and general demolition OF King Theo-
dore in Abyssina. There were many Skin
mishas in Early's campaigns, the names
OF which | have not callel. that exceeded
all his fighting His Royal Highness
George William Frederick Charles. Duke
of Cambridge Field Marshal and long
time Commander IN chief OF the British
army was in two fights. the Alma and
General Sir Garnet Joseph Wolsley. Wis
count. X. T., X. G. r., q. c. VI. c., -.
g II, T., D. fought the Burmese, the
Russians i'm the Crmeen, the Ashantees
on the African Gold Coast and finally
Eeyptians and Arabs He Is a scholar,
a gentleman and gallant soldier twice
Wounded and has skirmshed around the
world i'm good shape getting twenty-five
thousand pounds from his Government
for undoing a poor African hihe, anu
no end of military ana CIVIC hohoLs, dlu
is nov Commander in ChieI OF the British
Army. M, A.. ,-t, IL
3D., a. 40 Tho largest real estate business
ON the smallest piece OF ldnd' ne mas
nri,ictod The largest wholesale trade on
Mo smallest retail capital; ne has
stretcbed ont the longest lines with the
fewest men: and has got more military
dis,inc,iop for tha smallest lot OF night
- -, any body else that ever lived.
" 80 years the Confederates fought
t"o tbotiSand two hundred ana sixty
enc hattIas an average OF nearly two
dav. six hundred OF them were fought