New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

sturdy stuff Of which her enterHrisng men were
made.
COLLEGE TRAINING COMES TO THE FRoNi
1t was no uncommon thing for the college SOL
diorg to enter the ranks as prlvates ana pe
mustered on: at the close of the war AZ o'i'e'S
q high rank There may be two opinions as 10
whether a college education helps 10 hahc d
better business man; that is subject tha' HAS
been moocd good deal But there can he no
Question that a college man makes a good ana
n gallant fighter That fact was proved III tne
War Of the Rebellion over and over again. IL
&C. true that many Of the students VINO went l"
~. front csueciaIly those from New England
,,o,o Of Puritan and Rcvouti onary descent ana
da,ccd energy and dauntless courage were porn
in their blood: but that alone would not nave
r,a.lc them the superb soldiers that they proved
1t seems to he clear. and in fact IT was otteh
remarked Icy leading officers Of the Army 'ha'
il vas the training that the young college me"
had received that enabled them to take up
quickly and with an extraordinary degree OF
capacity and success the stern problems OF mill /
tary life To their new work they applied the
thought and training that college had gwen
them
But however buoyantly and gayly the stu
dent companies from Princeton and Harvard
always a tngc of bitter sadness in the knowl-
edge that they must sometimes fight against
their old college mates. Just before the outbreak
OF the war the Northern colleges contained
large number OF Southern students. who hcld
as loyally to tie cause Of the COnfederacy as
their Northern chums DID to that OF the Union.
And many OF these ch!vaiic Southern students
made the best soldiers that the Con'cdeiacy
produced General Gaines a Yale man, WAS
prominent in the Southern army. and furnished
a record of gaIlantry that could hardly he sur
passed.
MANY NAMES TO Re PROUD OF
OF course the annals Of tn" Army show many
officers Of high rank who were graduates "i
college years before tho war broke out. but
the achievements Of these men are hardly
coed indication OF the spirit that burned IN
the breasts Of the undergraduates at war time"
The colleges may we'll Ice proud however OF
the records of such graduates. Every one re
members how the Nation deplored the death OF
fighting Phil" Kcarny. who had received his
early training at Columbia. Other sons Of Co
lumba who won distinction were General Au-
Eustus " II. Ellis. Of the class of ~. who, tn"
organizer and commander Of the "oran+" Bios
SONS" fell under circums;an Of conspicuous
gallantry at Gettysburg; General w. W. DUFF
ield, Al; General Charles II. Hoyt. Ia, Colon'l
Matthew NJ. Blunt. 30 who still wears the
Army blue: Colonel r. r. Auchmuty. 81; Gen
eral John Jacob Astor. -. and General II. NJ
Judah 40 Captain A. r Mahan. who at once
entered into active service and who has won
such conspicuous rcnOWn as TO tc summoned
back from abroad to become a member If the
Naval Strategy Board in the war with Spain
WAS also graduated from Columbia in - There
are many other well-known names In the inter
esting pamphlet that Columbia has just issued
containing the war records OF her students and
graduates The committee that has compiled
this consisting Of Professor j. H. Van Amringo
and John b. Pine. acknoW Lodges that the list Is
very incomplete, but il will continue to collect
information on the subject and hopes TO make
the record fuller as time goes on.
Yales list Of graduates who won high name
In the war includes General William Birncy and
Major General Francis +. Blair. also Genera
Stewart l.. Woodford, -. whose careful work
as Minister to Spain has brought him much be
fore the public eye Of late. General Wager
swayne, the well-known lawyer Of this city
made a spirited leader for an ohio regiment
In the list Is also mentioned Colonel Oliver II
Payne. 60 and OK Judge Henry f. Rowland
"a whom all Yale men delight to honor hat
the rank Of captain in the war. The name O
General Cassius NJ. Clay, -, is also well known
Harvard's roll Of honor" contains not a few
Names that reputation for Valor tin
chiyalrous General +. G. Barlow. 30. upoi
whom General Nelson a. Miles, at a recent IIar
ward dinner in this city. pronounced glowing
eulogy; General James S. Wadsworth. who fcl
MORALLY wounded at the Wilderness; Colonc