The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-27

views OF the sla yes at the time the
proclamation OF emancipation was L.
sued: The power OF revival In a sight
OF the flag to men who had not seen IL
for a long time; the effect Of long en-
listment on the morals OF The men. n
much else hat has peen rarely noted
by writers on the war. On this last
point a brief quotation from the out
line OF a sermon as given by DIR. Trum-
bull while at home. near the close OF
the war. is not TO he passed by:
IT pointed out the elements OF SOL
der service as tending to the develop
ment OF manhood. ~ demanding I'M
selfish devotion to an object In life.
obedience to orders. a high sense Of
responsibility and interdependence on
others In cooperation In a holy cause.
War was terrible, but war existing.
those who suffered most from It's de-
morslizing influence were not those
who went 10 the front to put IL down.
at the cost OF their lives n need be. but
those who remained at the rear. intent
on money getting and personal safety.
History was cited in proof 81 this view
Of the case. In the character. as shown
in their later life. OF Cromweifs old
soldiers. OF the veterans of the Ameri-
can revolution and Of other surviving
campaigners OF a righteous var OF
these soldiers IN our civil war. both
North and South. those who knew
them best were surest that their moral
standard improved with their length
81 service. Profanity was rarer in our
camps than IN the average city street
at the North. so rare was II. indeed.
that a common remark OF old soldiers
was on hearing blatant profanity. You
swear like a new recruit As to trunk
enness. there were no open saloons
within the army lines. and in couse-
AA--A to- 20 Ain In The
ordinary walk OF a soldiers life. And
a. to dishonesty. feeling Of honor
and Of comradeship made II almost un-
known IN the army.
AT one time q squad Of 10 recruits
came to our regiment In Florida. Soon
after a theft In camp ~ reported. Al
once the tents of only hose recruits
were searched. and the stolen property
was recovered. No one thought OF that
theft as perpetrated by an old soldier
7 emphasized the fact that cur soldiers
were ennobled by their ennobling army
service and that they grew more man
~ day by day, while men of a CORE
spending grade In social life AZ the rear.
who could have gone but would not go.
were deteriorsting as the war dragged
on All my army experience. all my
chaplain experience. tended TO confirm
my conviction hat what ] aid in this
sermon FOR the veteran soldiers OF
the civil war, was the ruth. This
seemed 50 as Viewed them then from
my chaplain's standpoint. and II seems
so now as they q come TO be view
ed by their fellow citizens generally
In the more than 10 years hat have
INTERVIEWED since hen"
rhe most fascinating and yet most
fearful chapter In the book Is that on
desertion and deserters. II IL the story.
sad. terrible n strange. OF that cour-
age. co~wardice and cupidity which 50
nearly wrecked the army. and Of the
merciless measures which were taken
70 stamp IL out. II treats also OF the
shameless business OF the substitute
brokers and its effect on the entire
country. IL IL full IND complete. and
no part OF II could be given here with
out giving n all. The entire book in
deed IL readable. and should be read
from beginning to END. and no extracts
are adequate because the picture as a
whole il better thar any OF Its parts.