Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-04-30

Charles Lee and Washington by thu
gallant Laurens II the same course
mad been in vogue during the civil war
there would have been duels by tn,
score. There were many hot words
spoken in tue army over the Mcclellan,
Pope, Burnside and Hooker episodes
but never an open rupture. IL was
charged that Fitz John Porter virtually
turned traitor rather than sustain Pope
at the Second Bull Run, but impartial
investigation proved that he had actual
ly done jealous work not called for by
his orders and had obeyed orders to the
letter and saved Pope's army.
McClellan's removal and Burpside's
appointment, coming in the way they
did, caused bitter feeling in all ranks,
but Burnside himself had protested
against his own appointment and acted
so chivalrously throughout that while
tho other generals had no confidence in
him as the successor of Mcclellan they
sustained him most loyalty when it
came to battle. General Franklin, who
commanded the left wing of the Army
Of the Potomac at the battle of Fred
ericksburg, was made q scapegoat for
the horrible disaster to the army on
that field, but Burnside had said to him
after the battle, Franklin, you held
up my hands that day"
All the troops and the generals ad.
mired Burnside and felt for him in his
situation, but when he was succeeded
by Joe Hooker patience and sentiment
had been exhausted. The act seemed
direct slap in the face. Fortunately be-
fore that came some of lhe leading gen.
erals had been relieved, among them
Franklin. Franklin has made no secret
of the fact that he would never have
served under Hooker Had lie Lern
forced to say so as bluntly Us Marina.
duke did Of Walker the quarrel wOuld
not have been confined to franklin aid
Hooker.
After Charlottesville the cou!manH.
ers were not chary about letting Hounrr
and the administration know their
views of Hooker General Couch. the
commander of the Second corps. very
able soldier and splendid man, was nat.
urally the representative OF the protest
ing leaders. He said boldly thar b.
would no longer serve under Huokrr
and Hooker, instead of taking umbragy
begged him 10 remain in the army. hr
then stated that he would serve uudci
Meade, who was his inferior in rank,
but this was not until the command hau
been offered to himself and firmly r,
fused.
Between Sickles and Meade there was
eternal war, SO to speak, and it is Ut
wonder that they came to two ways Oi
thinking in the crisis at Gettysburg
Meade said to Sickles when he reported
the enemy as active on the front, "Oh,
you volunteers are always looking for
attack T.
Sickles looked upon Meade as a
military pedagogue whose true place
was in cloister teaching milksops the
tn ories of war. Perhaps the country
lost nothing and risked little when
these two generals had its tlestinies in
their hands, but who shall say? Meade
and Slocum, commander of the right
wing at Gettysburg, also had a misun
derstanding ON that field, and Meade
was compelled or constrained to make
amends officially for statements in his
first reports Slocum was transferred to
the west after Gettysburg, and Sickles
also left the Army Of the Potomac. Blu,
Meade's quarrels with subordinates did
not end. He removed General Double
day from command ON the field at Get.
tysburg. Soon after the army started ON
its campaign toward Richmond in 1864
Meade stirred up the Irish in Phil Sher.
idan, newcomer from the west, and
thereafter these two were two, not one,
as commander and lieutenant should be.
Sheridan took his orders from Grant
after Meade set him to the task of wag-