The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-01-13


him he took Inc up into the composing
room Of his paper. and while there
noticed big fellow carrying galleys
The mans face had familiar look.
but l could not think for long time
where l had seen him. At last he
turned around and l saw a peculiar
wound on his cheek and it struck me
at once that the man before ME was
my German friend Schmidt.
Il walked up to where he was stand
ing and said: is your name Schmidt 2
Begorra, that's phwat it is. Phwat
the divil have We to do with it?
Il almost fell dead, so great was nv
surprise. Schmidt afterwards explain
ed to me that when he left the hospital.
after recovering from his wounds. his
German accent had left him entirely
and in its place had come the Irish.
Yes, sir, gentlemen; that bullet strik-
ing him in the cheek had entirely
changed his accent
Ge.. Grants "Hammering."
In campaigning with Grant" in the
Century, Gen. Porter says:
There were critics who were severe
in their condemnation of what Grant
called ''hammering" and Sherman call
ed ''pOunding;:' but they were found
principally among the stay-at-homes,
and especially the men who sympathiz-
ed with the enemy. A soldier said one
night. when reading by campfire an
account of a call issued by disloyal
newspaper at home for public meet
ing to protest against the continued
bloodshed in this campaign: who's
shedding this blood. anyhow? They
better wait till we fellows down here
at the front hcllo, Enough" The sol
diers We're as anxious as their COM
mander to fight the war to a finish. and
be allowed to return to their families
and their business.
Grant could have effectually stopped
the carnage at any time by withhold
ing from battle. He could have avoid
ed all bloodshed by remaining north
of the Rapidan, intrenching, and not
moving against his enemy: but he was
not placed in command of the armies
for that purpose. 1t had been demon
strated by more than three years of
campaigning that peace could be secur-
ed only by whipping and destroying
the enemy. No one was more deSirous
of peace; no one was possessed of a
heart more sensitive 10 every form os
human suffering than the commander:
but he realized that paper bullets are
not effective in warfare; he knew better
than to attempt TO hew rocks with
racer; and he felt that in campaigning
the hardest blows bring the quickest
relief He was aware that in Yelling
tons armies the annual loss from dis
ease was 113 ont of 200; in our Mexl-
can war; 152: and in the Crimea. 600;
and that in the campaigns thus far in
our own war more men had died from
sickness while lying in camp than from
shot and shell in battle. He could not
select his ground for fighting IN this
continuous siege of fortified lines; for,
though he and his chief officers applied
all their experience and skill in endeav
Ors to manuever the enemy out of
strong positions before attacking him.
his foe was often too able and willy to
fall into the traps set for him. and had
to be struck ia positions which We're
far froli Grants choosing. When Lee
stopped fighting the cause of secession
was lost. If Grant had stopped fighting
the cause of the Union would have
been lost. He was assigned one of the
most appalling tasks ever intrusted to
Il commander. He did his duty fearless
ly To the bitter end. and triumphed. In
thirteen months after Lincoln handed
him his commission Of lieutenant gen
eral.