The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-09-27

other officer bestrcdc a uui u ma.
tive pony. lie woV a white helmet
and when il rAined, As a did all sum
mcr, white "sliket"--a combination
thai made him easily the mos, ccnsr'c'
nous object on every field.
His second in command and his s'aa
vainly besoaghl him not 10 bc forever
pushing out with the foremost lines.
Rut he could not hclpit, He had Tough.
his way up from the ranks 10 The com
mand Of gallant regiment Of Indiana
volunteers before hewas fairly iwoniS
one; had fought and ,railcd Indians all
over the West, aud even when he came
To be major general he could not
shake of the habit Of seeing and doina
everything for himself,
Finally. when out with command
hardly hig enough for \ colonel, on the
drcary, driExly morning Of San Matco,
be was picked Of by sharp.shootor,
and his division wept To rival the skrs'
Egbert was anotherciyil war veteran
who had habit of getting shot every
war he took part in, He was shot IN
the civil war, he was shot in Cuba, and
despite age, wounds and infrinities,
insisted on leading his men 10 Malinta,
and was then shot to death in the mo
mont OF victory.
Then there was Funston, wounded
while serving In the patriot army OF
Cuba, wounded again leading his Ia
nous Kansas regiment in Luzon, swim
ming rivers and straddling railway
bridge beams in the face OF spitetul
FIRE, and far in front of his men. II IL
a wonder he lived, not ito tell the tale,
for he never mentions il, but 10 plan
aud carry out the capture of AgulnM-
do.
There was Wheaton, ganoral com
manding the "aying column" (ncver
heeing), leader like Lacy Yea, whom
Kinglake immortalizcd as the onward,
vehement spirit" of the British army
of the Alma--a man forever nj the far
front,
There was Bell. who won his spurs
in the famous Seventh Cavalry, and his
stars by charging in person an insur-
gent riae-pit, and ordering It's inmates
to throw down their arms, which they
did, appalled, at such utter daring.
But these are Americans and these
American methods, and, although in
the great and bloody war in Manchuria
some prominent generals like kondra-
tendo were sacrificed, the student OF
modern military methods is already
drawing his contrasts between the
methods of the generals Of today and
of the past.
Oyama and Nogi, victorious leaders
at Mukden and Port Arthur, Il would
seem we're seldom visible entities TO
their men in battle. On some distant
height or ridge, ensconced in splinter
proof shelters and far beyond range oil
rife or field.gun, they sat at broad
topped tables, with the best OF topo-
graphical maps before them, surround
ed by staff Officers, who, at the eye
lens Of powerful telescope or the ear
tube Of the telephone, received constant
impressions of everything going on at
the far extended front, fancy battle
line nfty mles III tonss''i r.~---s's
| reported each change TO their silent
chief. who in turn issued his low.toned
orders-such "A point 10 be instantly re-
enforced, such nm assault TO be vigor-
ously pressed, such an outpost TO be
withdrawn, so many guns 10 concen-
trate their fire on such redoubt.
Even as the train-dispatcher OF some
great railway center directs the shift
ing, shunting and running OF scores OF
trains; even as the experts at hire dc.
partment headquarters launch such and
such companies or battalions to meet a
blaze at one point or overwhelm con-
flagration in distant ward, so by the
aid of science may our generals OF to-
day. secure from shell fire or small
arms, handle and vancouver their bat
Ting lines away from the crash and
excitement Of the front, and 50 most OF
them, presumably, very properly and
sensibly do. The days of the Helmet
of Navarro" the "Aigrette of Murat,
the white tunic Of Skobelef, the charge
leading array of American generals are
probably gone forever.