New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

Borgo did 50 much to foment Is, IN sense. be-
side the point The main fact IS that Elliot. as
Viceroy. may very naturally have felt THAI
Moore was not on the whole factor making,
| in the circumstances. for the harmony that was
essential At all events the DIARY makes bet
| ter reading when It traverses Moore's West Ind
ian expedition. and, taking Us to his period OK
service In Ireland, shows US something OF his
methods as an administrator in the field We
have a glimpse Of his invariable moderation In
this brief passage:
| took my post IN. Lord TyrOne's paEk. which
afforded a good position The house was small
very neatly furnished. and had escaped destruc-
6 0Sh to amit neither R ooeTs nor men INTO it
made use OF one room Tor mySe fb q f troo 9
An old housekeeDer told me that the reDe!s nzad
Vine I reused it though had none and con-
tented myself with drinking water out OF MS Ms
etc, which were furnished to me In this army
fRe s s Gb 10 De : hat 30 and Il nsceTy
to be extremely cireumspect AltogetneE J b I1e
had from the best wine
/ He finished his apprenticeship In Holland,
where he received three wounds and otherwise
earned the appreciation Of his superiOrs and the
admiration Of his men, When he went with
| Abercromby to Egypt It was as seasoned ofri-
Ger, from whom much was expected he old
| splendid work In the East, work especially no
table for the thoughtfulness underlying it.; and
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thinking out military prOblems-Is further Illus
trated in the chapter given to his labors IN
Kent. There he began by regarding the talk
| OF a French invasion as NapoleOnic "bluH,
but he got over that, and ended by making
| every effort to bring order out Of chaos and
| create discipline among BritOns whose pa
triotisn had previously failed to develop sum
| cient sense Of what would be required to with
stand a determined and experienced foe In the
1 Cir am
| said. she devised such improvements in drill,
| discipline dress. arms. formation and movements
| as would have placed him for military reforms
beside the Athenian Iphicrates, If he had not
the greater glory Of dying like the Spartan
Brasgas. His materials were the 43d, I'D
and Rife regiments and he so fashioned them
that afterward as the Light Division under
wellington, they were found to be soldiers IN
surpassable, perhaps never equalled-" To wise
instruction he added inspiriting example, NOV
ing constantly among his men. and bringing out
their best efforts largely through bringing out
their regard for his own character Sir Charles
Napier has thus sketched his friend In those
days Of jealous organization and training at
shorncline:
/ SIR John Moore was equally destitute Of affected
| under his command their equal, confident that
his vast superiority as man would al All ali tnes
rank could do; he required no external aid There
|
was not Inspired by any reserve or haughti3es5
/ OF manner on his part, though I have seen him
put down pert and self-SufhCtent men BY a degree
Il OF sarcasm which few could withstand those VINO
i could not likely to provoke II his manners
| were extremely polished and agreeable, and az
/ times even playful 1 recOllect once standing IN
/ the street at Lisbon looking at a very pretty
woman who at a window, when some one
gently laid hold OF both my ears, saying IN a
/ Joking tone, "Ah, Caitimi have I caught your
| What right have you TO look at such an ugly
woman thatR I VIII put you under arrest
Turning around. IL was the commander IN
chief. IT will thank you for the punishment
sir" said I. if you will place the ugly old woman
from his quarters IN the village OF Sandgate to
/ the evening parade the heights OF ShOrnclide,
the ascent being Steep Moore said to six eight
officers who were with him. Now for race to
Campbell (afterward with Napoleon at Elba) beat
US all, and Moore second These trititng
matters. but they mark the unaffected and social
/ feelings OF a great man, and as such the reader
will perhaps pardon me-
/ General Maurice makes much OF the really
enlightened character OF Moore's discipline.
I Speaking OF Wellington and the army, he says
that his remedy and Crauford's to fog and
hang it into order" and he likes to dwell on
Moores superiority to this ruthless mode OF
moulding raw soldiers to good purpose. But
we wish that he had been content to praise
Moore only in the right place. avoiding lauda-
ton OF him as great military genius. A great
deal OF space is given in this book to the IA
nous retreat that ended In its leaders death
The Importance Of that retreat to the allies In
the Peninsula has been recognized by all his