New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24

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formity in this nation. politically so well unit.
The book lacks what would be the first cha,
actcristc Of a similar collection in Anar..
namely. humor. These islanders may be Chez,
full. but they are very serious in camp and h.,
tie and on the march. The reader will find a.,
warns like many that raise laugh at an A,nar
can campfire But it must be rcmcnhered tia,
American Grand Army tales have not all boo.
revised at headquarters a noteworthy addlo,
to the book Is a collection Of the songs Of ns
war.
A history OF war modern Greeks make vs.,
Is really wearsome. The war Of Greek ind.
pcndcnce was marked by few brilliant an,
daring achievements. 1t was tinged VIII
romance by the fate OF Byron II was brougt,
~ a successful end by the Intervention OF fo,.
eIgncrs But otherwise it Is one long record Of
misused resources, Of massacrcs when the We.
tins could not resist. oc trcarhery and ncge,
and misery The IIcllcncs would not study Los
TO make war scientifically Mr.. Philips aims 10
make his narrative impartial. He points Or,
that tho Turks violated the laws Of war hs,
often by cruelty than did their opponents H.
oxcucos the Greeks on the ground that they we,.
=, eemi-harbarous people and that they had bee,
long cnslayed. In fact, his main thought ap-
pears to be very much the same as that 9.
BYRON. after Byron had encountered the reallta
OF Greece Even the newly awakened curiosity
OF the Greeks about thei: own classic past Vas
made subscr !ient to the savage instinct OF Their
puerlIIas. 4 massacre Of helpless Prisoners wa
excused because the old Athcnians Ut Sparta.i
bad done similar things The contrast betwen
,his first modern war OF the Greeks and Tie \
first modern war of the japanese is marked
The admiration Of William Oconner Morris
and other military experts for Hannibal 3
shared by nearly every one who reads or writes I
about the Carthaglnian general In point d 1
ability nobody thinks or comparing him except
with the greatest captain OF modern tins
while I'm moral character in generous feeling
and In the capacity for telling the truth be I
seems TO have been as far above Napoleon |
he was above Scipio in generalshp Hannial
was Obliged 70 make war under peculiar cori- l
tons. He had practically no national supp-
Carthage treated all its bcLefactors with chn
actcrstic Semitic ingratitudN But Harhnd
was MS dreadful to the Punic sh1pkeepers so. !
uilllonaires as the Roman power itself Vile {,
he invaded Italy he took upon himself in eGse |,
the whole responsibility for his army. He Ia. |,
to feed. cothc and arm his troops. lie had u |.
base OF operations in the large sense Of u 4
word. Spain was lost soon after he left IT, i.
II was only In the last few years II the hIl,
war that he could reopen communication by "a |,
with the African capital Meanwhile he &.
stroycd army after army Gent against hin y
the Romans He marched through the whii
extent OF Italy with almost as much ease as ~
rtIpff.ra
and accepted battle or avoided i with The infSi
ference Of one who was perfect master Mn
situation 1t was not patriotism in me h2l I
OF his sollicrs that enabled him 20 10 this II 4
NurnldIan horscmcn. the Spanish foot solth ,
and the Gallo triLcsmcn cared no more q
Carthage than IIamlets player dd for He'gA
They cared for Hannibal. however lie sa" w
that they were fed and paid. and b. seems |
have taken the greatest care tina, they shll. 1
be uniformed in the most picturesque wY lg |
siblc in accordance with their national p;Gt
cnces. With money and rations. Win EH [
man accoutrcd TO perfection. the army w
bound to love its commander. Besides, isa I
were never defeated.
Whether Hannibal was powerful croUsh [
wage offensive war or was so envlroned tAl [
had to confne himself to defensive campas2
he seems to have been equally at ease IN |
strategy The peculiar tactics OF the koma' {
put his infantry always on the defensive on y
battlefield. and this slmplified his proDleW
giving his men the kind OF, fighting To- TMl
they had always been trained. The uY' [
phalanx was ordinarily no match FOR the hoHA |
lcgonary formation. But In the hands OF f'f |
nloal 1t became perfect fortress, whie Y
Numldian horse on its wings swept away
meagre Roman cavalry and turned upon u [
Roman foot, flank and rear. with decisive "