The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-08

enough credit to the American soldier
Drill him properly and he is the finest
fighting man in the world"
A Rigid DiscipIinarian.
Next to Washington, Wayne respect
ed Steuben. From the time the baron
arrived in the camp at Valley Forge,
Wayne was his pupil, and never did
Steuben have a better or more earnest
one. Wayne craved glory. He looked
upon war as a most serious business,
and he wanted to perfect himself in ev-
cry detail. He did not believe that real
ly efficient soldiers could be made eX-
cept by severe military training, and
he did not consider any man competent
to teach or command others who was
not continually studying or trying to
improve himself. He was such a rigid
disciplinarian that ne showed no mercy
to open viOlators Of the rules. His Wig
lance in supervising every department
of the service made him a terror to
any careless subordinate. At the same
time he did everything within his pow
er to improve the condition and COM
fort of his men,
He gave the Pennsylvania representa-
tives in the continental congress no rest
when his men, half naked, poorly fed,
badly armed and far in arrears in their
pay had to suffer through the neglect
or the poverty of the government, and
he spent practically every dollar he
received to lessen the hardships of those
he led. Never did men show the ef-
feet OF long drilling better than did the
regiments OF the Pennsylvania line
when, their term of enlistment ended
and the men penniless, ragged and bare
foot, they mUtinied and started from
up the Hudson to march to Philadelphia
to demand redress from congress. From
the first day to the last when, at Tren-
ton, they met a committee from con-
gress, they maintained regular military
formation, incidentally they hanged the
emissaries Sir Henry Clinton sent to
bride them to join the British forces.
Of all the lieutenants of Washington,
Wayne had the quickest perception. He
seemed to grasp all the phases Of a sub
ject I'm a moment and his decisions were
given without hesitation. Once he came
to an opinion it was difficult for him
to change. He never lost his self-pos-
session and at various times when his
command was in a position of extreme
danger he saved it by move that was
little short Of military genius. He ap-
pTeciated to the fullest the virtue of
taking advantage of the indecisiOn of
others and by sheer daring he accom-
plished much, but he never went into
an engagement without careful prepa-
ration When Washington proposed the
Stony Point expedition to him, Wayne
told him he did not believe it could
succeed, but when Washington finally
prevailed, Wayne altered the plans to
suit himself and put in fifteen days in
the neighbOrhOOd Of Stony Point study
ing the ground and working out the de-
tails. And so perfect was his plan that
when the fort was carried the two as
saulting forces met almost in the exact
center of the fort
For the campaign that closed his ca
reer with the victory at Fallen Timbers
he drilled his men more than a year
For the complete defeat of the big In
dian force he met on that momentous
day he planned as skillfully as soldier
can plan. He showed a patience and
a caution curious in the light of his
sobriquet of Mad Anthony. But when
he did strike he struck like the furies.
No wonder the Indians called him the
Tornado.
Family of Warriors.
Anthony Wayne was born in Chester
count, Pennsylvania, Jan. 1, 1745 He
came honestly by his love for war His
grandfather commanded a troop of
dragons under William of Orange at
the battle of the BOyne. and his father
had lots of experience fighting Indians
Anthony, when at school, paid more at.
tentiOn to drilling his schoOlmates,
building redOUbts and fighting mimic
battles than to his lessons, but ne did
study mathematics and managed to get
through somehow. The Waynes were
rich. They had a large estate and were