The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-15

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cam, ..l ln l-'ir l.r t. the
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ti.p AYiA. ailt. / tie ariuic- "i SCI
VA irl:c'i is. age to I'ut away the
RS Aprc dian q generation aeo.
W. . lie w,y,ri /, IN front Of hi- tim
~. Atrepl line on Eulr I!ill,
Gc,iy-hurr in l-,;::., l.c wa ~ ycar>
"lI within two year of The retiring
asc .pr army oiiiccr~.
Strangc a> it mag -'.,hn 10 r'aicrS
unfamiliar with til" subject, the ease
"i Gen. Greene hut one Of many in
the aunAl- q. tir American soldier
Tie present commanding General Of
The ,iitoi >,atc- army. Cen. Nelson
\. Miles fought hi first BATH almost
: .car- ago. but hc is to-day the
y"i.ncc-t Of ,I, most distinguished
III. i.or- Of tllr '.ivil war now in lar
nr~~ Irookc. Merritt, Shartcr Mcr-
ria!n. Oii~ ana Henry will reach the
age linlI, ahead or Mile. .r, and
Wilson are Iii, seniors. and - is
Wheeler. who is marvel Of activity
AT o.. When the army wa, narSliallci
for tie war with Spain. all the major
gen, rails Of the line. except Wade, and
not fever than Il hundred subordinate
officer, were older than Miles.
Tlrcc>corc years or an a"c approach
ing j, is Il common one for American
!cati".- When Winfield Scott stood
lron the dome Of the capital OF Cha
Iultcpcc, directing his battaions in
the attack on the City Of Mexico he
could look back 81 years to the day Of
hi, first battle wound. And Gen.
Zachary Taylor, who initiated the
Mexican war with all the fiery ardor
OF youth was - when he crossed the
Rio t;randc at the head of the .\mcri
can army, marching 10 Bucna Vista
and Monterey. And it was only last
year that the world aprlaudcd the
Spectacle Of Dewey, in his ';l>t year,
smashing Spanish sovereignty in the
Philippines, but he was simply bring
ing TO fruit, late in life, lessons hat
he had learned back in the sixties,
sailing un0cr Farragut, then veteran
OF more than thrccScorc, having a
rcc"r, of almost ~ years of active
warfare behind him.
Headers of history know that these
martial veterans have not played the
role Of conservative counsclors merely
while younger men bore the brunt of
battle l'arragut was g.; when he was
dashed to the >hrouds at the battle of
Mobile Bay. Juniors about him
shouted warnings that the flagship
was leading the line of vcssclt TO :,
nest cf submarine torrcdor> but with
All TX, usable oath. considering what il
}a> done for the American navy, the
yray- headed admiral cried out "I,amn
the torrcdocS TO ahcad.' And the
old hero didn t stop with mere words.
out Immediately drove his wooden
la.>l.ir upon the low forward deck If
The iai.i Tennessee in III effort u sink
!.r with superior weight. although he
knew that his own vessel must 20
down in the general wreck
In the same spirit Gen. Zachary
Taylor acted when his juniors appeal
Cd o him to fall back At Rurna Vista,
for the safety Of his army. NO,
said he firmly. III never PASS my
wounded alive. lie stayed on the
hard fought field and was rewarded
the next morning by seeing that the
Ncxicans had rctrcatcd in rout. al
though they outnumbcrcd his troops
four 10 one.
Scott displayed equally aggressive
vigor when the American army lay in
front OF the forbidden heights Of Cha
pultcpcc. After meeting with bloody
reception at Molinos del Kcy he asked
the younger generals about him to
suggest plan for the capture of the
City of Mexico, which lay beyond the
heights. All of them said that the
army should go around Charultcrcc-
''avoid it was the military tcrm-and
approach the city from the west side.
After each had spoken and given his
reasons Scott ended the council by
saying: "Gentlcmcn, we will first
storm Chapultcrcc, then look to the
city gates on the west side Chapul-
tcrcc was stormcd and won and the
city fell without any defense of its
gates worthy the name.
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