The Irish standard., 1907-10-26

!DARD. SATURDAY. ocToBE
attack made by the savages on a block
house situated on an island near the
Cascades Of the Columbia River.
Strange to say. this future Napoleon
OF cavalry began his career as a lieu
tenant of infantry. and it was almost
oy accident that, when the Civil War
grew hot. he was commissioned colonel
OF regiment OF mounted Michigan
volunteers. The star of his coming
glory first appeared above the horizon
at Perryville and rose higher and high
er still at Murfreeshoro. Chickamauga
and Mission Ridge The lion eye of
General Grant was steadily fixed on
the young Celt from the moment he
came under his command, and the
greatest Of American soldiers, with the
instinct Of genius, Immediately recog-
nized and appreciated the worth Of the
greatest of Irish generals.
When Grant became commander.in.
chlet OF all our armies, in 1864. he
looked around for a thunderbolt on
horseback and found the fateful bolt
in Sheridan. The lightning was not
quicker than his masterful movements
in the Shenandoah Valley. recalling
Napoleon in Italy. Victory after VIC
tory followed the. flash of his guidons
until, at Cedar Creek, Oct. 10, 1854, he
accomplished the military miracle of
changing a total rout to a sweeping
victory and compelled Early to efface
himself and his army amid the recesses
of the Blue Ridge.
Subsequently. during the spring CAM
paign Of 1866,
His sabre flashed on many a field,
His flag DER many town"
$500 -.Ns sSSoAS 4SdI VI CdIISllE HIS
cavalry corps in safety clear around
the entire Confederate army defending
Petersburg and Richmond, inspired the
whole Federal army and spurred it on
to greater deeds of daring and to final
victory. Five Forks was the acme of
Sheridan's glory, for there he maneuv-
cred his infantry with as consummate
skill as he handled his cavalry and
proved himself general of the first
class. Impatient of slow movements.
he suspendedgthe brave but phlegmatic
Warren on the field and swung the
Fifth corps like barn door" against
the enemy and, sustained by his caval-
ry. made the final apitulation Of Gen.
Lee inevitable. He stood like a lion
in the path of that great warrior on the
despairing% march from Petersburg to
Arpomattox and on that memorable
Twas Phil who hurled our final
strength d.
And won our fnal nght."
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In the whole long and resplendent
list of warriors that ireland has fur
nished to Europe and the Americas
the Laceys Of Russia: the .Nugents,
Browns, Taaftes and O'Reillys Of Aus
tria; the Blakes, O'Donnells and o'Don-
oghues of Spain; the OBriens,. billions,
MacMahons and Neils of France! the
Montgomerys' - Waynes, Moylans,
knoxes. Fitzgeralds. Jacksons,
Shieldses, Kearneys and Meaghers of
the United States; the o'Higginses of
Bolivia; the Lvnches of Chile and the
O'Neills, O'Donnells and sarsfelds of
Ireland herself, no name shines with
more enduring lustre than that of
Philip Henry Sheridan.
In raising a. monument to commemo-
rate him, the Irish Fellowship Club
opens the door to it's fellow citizens
of all other races who desire to honor
a great American soldier of Irish blood.
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were the
three supreme generals of the Union
army and each recognized and did full
justice to the merits of the other. They
belong to America. their memory. their
achievements and their fame. and all
Americans delight to honor them and
perpetuate their victories in marble and
in bronze.
AS OTHERS SEE U.s.,
When 1rishmen are not fighting the
English. they are fighting each other.
says the New York Post. A bitter