Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-04
GENERAL DODGE on GRANT
Why the Latter and General EaIleck
We're az Outs During Campaign.
BETRAYED BIZ AN OPERATOR
Cau-e % Grsnt's s-usp-nsfsn from
Command After shfIsh and
DaneI.an. m -IntervstfnE
Bit % History.

hAA ~ ahaNaEEH
one ~ the most Interesting and m
pur-ant statements -sla-nE % -1n1anpo-
rarv 1ist1rv and bearing upon the early
career Of General Ulysses :. Grant vas
made wednesday evening AZ he meeting
II the Nebraska c-Imma1derv Of the Mill
rarv order VI LovaL Legion. BY Major Cen
araI Granville n Dodge. -mmander-ln
chief n tle order and a contemporary gen
era officer with General Grant during ne
civil var
Genera Dcdg, was The guest II honor
a. me c-ommanfery meeting ami the SUD-
-ecr 8t his address vas. General Grant
He gave a review 1f the early stages -r
General Grant career prior 10 the DON
zi51n and shiloh campaigns. and dvsir
particularly upon the differences that zx-
Lsuad between Genera Grant and Genera
EalecL
II vas charged against General Grant
BIZ Genera. Halleck and others Llat he
vas careless and negligent IN his reports
and ma ne a. -1ls period pad ItIa A.
-snuon % orders sent aim --1m Washing
ton. SAID General Dodge. The result n
these charges vas ne visit 1f General
Ha-Ieck 20 General Grants headquarters
--A "a "-". AaF4NNa.ha aA .aE AlnaLA 3L
General Grant regarding the DoneIsou am
Gllg1. and The subsequent removal Of E=n-
--ai Grant from his command ar-er ne
taI 1f Fort Douelson in me early sur-nE
u L-5Z
Report Ga wrong.
It now appears -1a- General Grant had
submitted mis- reports or all his move
n=nts. As he presumed. - Washington by
Ha.au-HAH -- r-aaa -..----
trusted -I ar operator AZ his headquarters
VINO vas a cun-edera1a svmpacrizer and
instead Of forwarding these reports 70
Washington. communicate them 70 the
confederate authorities. and az he same
time withheld dispatches from General
aAleck ar Washington. for General Grant.
ana cummuliCa1ed these dispatches 20 the
cnnteuerauss. LluH contributing TO me dis
rust thai General HaIeck 1ad II General
Grant ana thereby su5feclng rle latter %
he severest criticism. General Grant vas
SO constituted rlac he never entered A pr1-
test against ne criticism directed AGAINST
nin. being conscious Of his own integrity
and would rather suffer the greatest MUS
ice -1aI % invoke any political influence
IN MS behalf
He vas confident. as shown in 4 Letter
written 90 his wife a. The tine --7m
Ftt-sburg Landing, aF-er he aad been r.
stored % his command. -hat time would
justify al OF his actions. which we're %
DO his duty as he saw IT, and without an
niCon. As a 1ialner II battles and cam
paigus he stood without A Deer he Al
ways planned ahead and carried out his
plans. w1ers they were not .urar<ar-ad
WITH rom Washington. This lntar<ararca
vas. however. frequent. occurring IN 7rac-
ucaily every campaign in which he was
engaged in tie western army IN n and
including Chattanooga. But sttll ne lid
not complain. He felt thar tine would
viudicara aim.
Prohts by the Past.
When he vas eventually called "a the
command Of the entire American a-mv a.
lieutenant general he accepted the -rn-
mald only on the condition tIla5 AIS mans
should not Be tnrerferred with. and tlar
the Ha1 Departments a. Washington
should % Under MS command. President
Lincoln agreed 10 the FIRST proposition. bu-
said % Ge1e-sl Grant rhac the rarrar
proposition would be uuIawtlL and no
could not conceda lr. but Ar The same
time assured General Grant taaz he. -b-
president would be The one with whom
he would have 70 iea. IN the final deter
mlna-!on Of military Affairs.
General Grant had long realized mar
II vas a settled policy n the -unfader4ras
% engage IN the great CAMPAIGNS " the
eastern and western armies alternately -
-la- me entire fighting MACHINERY Of ths
eunf=Geracy could be concentrated in the
active campaign and then shifted when
an active campaign vas 1ecessIraraf aIza-
wrere. T. was hfs policy 70 keep Lee 41d
his army busy constantly. and thus ,ra-
venV the diversion n any 1a-- Of ne
confederate force - the western @aIss
The result realized his expectations Ard
50 his Instructions - Sherman and his
other generals vera 20 kaep fKhr5ng ard
give he confederaces no rest. and II L.
sent any portion OF his army TO TIE am
port Of Johnson. that Grant would send
sherman two men for each one that Laa
sent % Johnson.
Warm rribute to Grant.
In his closing remarks General Dodge
paid a high tribute 10 General Grant as
a soldier and a statesman. He was
equally great IN each. said General Dodge
he vas KIND and -cnsideraSs 70 his z1I.
Eers and to hts younger commanders
His early services we're as great as Ms
later services He vas loyal 70 bis friends
ms family and his Cod. He gave q Others
praise for teecs that belonged % himself
He was EnselEsl, earnest and one OF -,
greatest patriots n this nation
a r-soiu-0n n thanks vas given Gen.
era Dodge for his address by A srandfaa
vote. Following his address an intlrma
reception vas rendered tile general. sue
-eeded by A light luncheon ami cigars.
The IuIv other speaker OF The av=nlnl
vas Captain J. e. BUr-lerir Of Chicago.
member NJ the Illinois c~ammandery
About thirty members Of tile commander,
we're present and tie occasion VIII 81
long rendered as one II the most an