Evening star., 1901-04-09

no apprehension Of militarjsm or of Caesar
Ism. Ihe regular army is but the pickets
anu the skirmishers of that vast host who,
from the mountains and valleys from plains
and cities, from hamiets and towns are
ready to respond to the cali to arms for
the protection OF their liberties from within
OF the de1ense or their country from abroad
Iogans brilliant career emphasizes the
necessity for military education. In arms
as In art. In the professions and the indus
tries. the severeSt training and the best
education are the requisites for success in
our day of terrific competition. We will
not dispute LogaR,s claim, carried too far
IN his enthusiasm, of theSdistinction of the
natural soldier; but great as were the merits
and the success of our general, if his genius
had been trained broadened and strength
ened by the drill and discipline of the acad-
emy, the fort and the field, he would have
stood in the front rank of the commanders
Of great armies of modern times.
LOgan's Fine Traits.
"The magnanimity and generosity of this
thunderbolt of war were as marked as his
courage. When Grant became impatient be-
cause General Thomas fingered at Nash
vile instead of moving upon the enemy, he
sent Logan to supersede him. When Logan
arrived at Cincinnati he learned that Thorn
as had started. He knew that he could
reach Thomas army before battle, and
that he had before him that greatest temp
tation and opportunity for soldier-a sig
niticant and decisive victory. But he knew
Thomas, the Rock of Chckamauga' He
knew that Thomas had made the prepara-
tons with such care that failure was inn
possible He knew that the honors were
due to the organizer of the prospective tri-
ulnph and he delayed plucking the laurels
that were within his grasp, that they might
adorn the brow of Thomas. So again in the
bloody battle of Atlanta Mcpherson fell at
the beginning of the fight He was the idol
OF the army and one of the most brilliant
accomplished and promising officers of the
hn lfNT,, nd a raI
from the West Pointer to the volunteer. 1t
is the testimony of Grant, Sherman, How
ard and of all of his superior officers and
contemporaries that in no conflict of the
war were the troops more ably and skill
fully handled than by Logan. Not only was
fle the directing genius, planning and
derlng the execution Of the complex de-
tails of a widely extended field but at the
critical points, upon his black charger, this
IDEAL soldier, with his flowing raven hair
and flashing eyes, the incarnation Of bat
tie, was rallying the routed troops and
leading them again to attack and TO vic
tory. sherman dlStrusted officers who had
not been educated to arms, and so when it
was the unanimous opinion of the army
that Logan had won the command of the
Army of the Tennessee, which was the am
oitlon or his career, he was sent back to
MS corps and another was given the COM
mission While other officers under such
circumstances frequently sulked in their
tents or resigned, Logan, without a word
or a murmGr, assumed his old place and
went on lighting until there was no opposi-
tlon, but general demand that he should
lead the Army of the Tennessee.
First Commander of the G. A. r,
The most gratifying tribute to himself
and the best expression of the opinion of
the volunteer army in regard to him was
his election as the first commander of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, and the cleo
ton repeated as often as he would accept
the place. Long after allsbut the leaders
OF the civil strife on either side are for
gotten Iogans memory will remain green
because OF the beautiful memorial service
which he originated and which now in
every part OF our Reunited land sets aside
one day in the year as a national holiday
in order that the graves of the gallant
dead, both on the federal and the confed-
crate side, may be decorated with flowers
1t Is no longer confined to the soldiers of
the civil war, but continued to those of
our latest struggle The ceremony will ex-
list and be actively participated in while
posterlty remains proud of heroic ancestors
and of their achievements, and our country
Venerates the patriotism and the courage
of those who died for it's preservation or
its honor.
But our typical American had only be-
gun his Kaleidoscope career when the war
closed. Like his companions in arms he
returned to civil pursuits. Illinois second
ing the voice of the people everywhere
demanded that he surrender his private af-
fairs to the call of duty and give to the
country his ripe experience in the critical
measures of reconstruction and pacifica-
tion. The dashing soldier became the acute
parliamentarian, the vigorous debater and |
the constructive statesman. The fierce pas
sionS of the civil war and the yindictiye-
ness of the irreconcilables made the way
difficult for the legislation which has !
happily made our country one In the III
tanic debates of the giants Of those days |
there was no more conspicuous figure and |
no more absolutely unselfish legislator |
than Logan. His nature was so intense |
that he could not help being a partisan, |
but the kind Of a partisan whom his worst !
enemies most highly respected. He fore |
saw in 1910 the necessity of that work for !
the Cuban people by the United States i
which was done in 1895. He stood for the t
credit, the honest payment of the |
national debt and the redemption at every |
sa crifice of the national honor, at period |
when We We're rushing headlong into re- |
pudiation and fiat money. He courageously |
TOOK up the problem OF the negro. that |
most difficult of the questions which are |
still before us. There has been in the thirty |
years since he preached no suggestion bet |
ter than the one which he advanced, which |
was educate, educate, educate !
No Nobicr Figure Than Logan
This typical American who was a good |
lawyer, a great soldier, a constructive |
statesman and q magnetic orator must /
needs give rest to his restless activity by |
iaDOTS WIN the pen. IN the intervals of |
his work in Congress and responses to calls |
for speeches at public meetings and the |
drudgery of a vast correspondence he found |
time to prepare two large volumes, one |
and the other critical, which are |
Of much value and merit.
Happily for the youth of our country, |
We are peculiarly rich in these exemplars |
of American liberty and opportunity. With !
the extension of our boundaries our pro- |
ductiveness, our industrial enterprises and |
our educational institutions the old ave- |
nues are kept open and newer and broader |
ones are builded for present and future |
I'm every community in our land the |
leaders of public opinion and the dwellers |
in the homes of prosperity have come from |
the ranks. Among those successful Amer |
leans in many lines who have won and held |
the public eye and died mourned by all |
their countrymen there will live in the |
future in the history of the republic no no.
bier figure in peace and in war in the pur- I
suits of the citizen, and in work for the
welfare Of his fellow-citizens than General |
John A. Logan
When Senator Depew had concluded the |
Col., &c,