The National tribune., 1909-04-15


tanned by the sun aad heavens breezes.
Around him in comncil sit his brigade
commanders. The two young men,
Wnom ,,s even tbs dusty fight OF fon me othnr thnr
than bright, iMteHHent thinkers. VINO
| probe the questions before them 10 their
| core and comprehend their import as
ne who planned, are Cols. Danlei NC
Cook and John G. stitchell. As tho the
emotions andimpelhng principles WITH
IN worked the character in hneamen.s
not to be mistaken on the faeiai front,
You may read there that they know the
work and APPRECIATE its bloody import.
| The word is spoken, the plan di-
gested. and to-morrow's sun Will wake
to life and health for the last time
many noble fellow that slumbers in
the forest around
| Morgan. the old weather-beaten
farmer General, who is as stern ana
| fearless as he is grim and rough, with
his placid features, is reassuring. Let
| what VIII come to pass, you can but
| ruffie his equanimity. It is self-adjust-
ing, and when duty and the responsi-
bilities of his position are in one scale
they outweigh every personal consid-
Grafton that would deter or impede.
He thinks and seems a statue in bronze.
Give him an order and you imbue the
statue with life and fire and energy
iseSh aS iHoNt d HeIO. AL AhS
| road was alive with troops and trains
and horsemen. The clatter and rumble
| went on A simmer of moonlight
lsifted thru the tree-tops. and one in
voluntarily reverted to the cavalcades
iof Boabadirs hosts that the Moorish
legends describe.
-Four men passed my tent moving
silently along, bearing something on a
| litter. As they approached I saw they
were carrying a wounded man. The
hospital was just below US in the ra-
vine. had almost forgotten the oc-
| currence and was getting drowsy, when
his shrieks reused me again. The Sur
geons were at work. His agonizing cry
was the only sound that broke the still
ness, and it penetrated and Impressed
me. l remember the shudder with
which 1 sank to sleep, and as recur
| to 1t it comes again"
The End of the Battle.
In an hour and a half the assault
was over. and the lines quieted down to
their usual pickering fire of skirmish-
! ers, with occasional shots from the ar
tillery- Presently Sherman asked for
truce to succor his wounded and bury
ms dead. which was granted. In that
hour and half he had lost $500 men
and gained absolutely nothing, except,
as before stated, what had been Sc
cured by Schofield's manuvers on the
extreme right. Nothing in Sherman's
career has been more bitterly criticised
than this, and the very many who. did
not like him chose this subject for un-
measured denunciation. Sherman's de-
tense, it must be admitted, lacks some
thing of plausibility. He says in his
report:
"Altho inviting the enemy at all
times to commit such mistakes, I could
not hope for him to repeat them after
the example of Dallas and the Kolb
House, and upon studying the ground
had no alternative in my turn but to
assault his lines or turn his position.
Either course had its difficulties and
dangers, and / perceived that the enc
my and our own officers had settled
down into a. conviction that I would
not assault fortified lines. All looked
to me to outfiank.
AN army to be efficient must not
settle down to single mode of offense,
but must be prepared to execute any
plan which promises success. I wanted,
therefore. for the moral effect to make
a successful assault against the enemy
behind his breastworks. and resolved
to attempt 1t at that point where sue