The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-04

ir'esent, nut py INC pale moonlight of
itue past; and in so doing pay tribute
Ito that people who made possible the
reformation In tho present army and
stnavy service and it's efficiency. out OF
i The poverty OF tho South the mother of
4 invention cut :, new pattern TO meet
Ithe needs Of the Coufedcracy; thus the
4 South's gift 10 the Union In :, practical
land unitarian way equals her other
4 Jnuniticcnt endownlcpts. Not only did
j the South bostow magnificent gift
4 upon the United States, a value above
Il question, in demonstrating to the world
4 the superiority of ironcla6s over wood
en- vessels In limo Of war, but 10 this
added the grave importance Of provid-
ling national naval stations. not only
lin midocean., but upon coasts OF con
ltincnta.
Dear old Confederate veterans. Out
| ioP your necessity came the shirt and
f5iouch hat. Your manner OF wearing
| Them was considered irregular then,
| put has now been recognized by the
| United States as Regular" army uni
i formu. From you, too, tho army world
mas adopted the mode of carrying bed
iind bedding"
To the Confederate army IS also due
t'hc acknowledgment OF the Importance
pr .tits artillery. This was never fully
Appreciated By the army OF the United
s been demonstrated 10y tho little French
corporal. Tho Confederate army proved
beyond question tho value OF this
branch OF service. and the man who
rnada tho beat Individual record Of ar
iilleryist- In all history. Is our own
splendid Alabama soldier, John pei
hamssvho swung into the orbit OF tho
war planet the new artillery aatilllte
from the Army of Northern Virginia
/ Ths s,rmy OF the West. the splendid
Army fof Tennessee, also made "A record
m tifs army branch as yet never
Hquas9 In tho historical records. re
Ter 10 the great artillery duel which
took place In tho Cumberland Mountain
range. known as the baltic or Chicka-
auauEa, AT Lookout Mountain in tho
battle above tho clouds, IL was Larry
Boyie. of Waters's, Alabama Battery.
who placed the trail OF a gun upon his
saoulier. thereby depressing the gun.
cnnbli1g the gunncrs' lre TO sweep the
precip-ce upon which the soldiers in
blue wcrc toiins like ants. Splendid
records We're made by Dents EufauIa
Battery. Rolb's, the JEFF Davis Artil-
lcry. Powiers and Semples Batteries,
all Alabamians.
~ Lees. Hardccs, Jackson's and Wheel
er's tactics have been adopted as tho
~ u. c's OF soldier life at all military
schools OF the leading nations. Arc we
not Justly proud Of the fact that both
Hardef and Wheeler were citizens OF
Alabama?
Perhaps the greatest specific benefit
The world received from our Confed-
crate service was tic establishing OF
a new branch OF the old cavalry ser
Vice called Partisan Raiders. This in
novation WAS as soundly abused as
was the one made about the then Sec
rotary OF War. Jefferson Davis, whom
no formed the Second Regiment or
Cavalry in order to try out new meth
DDS and theories The Partisan dangers
I wore regular organized bands OF South
crn sympathizors under commissioned
leaders: these bands We're OH the same
footing, and served under the same
rules of war. "a did all regular enlisted
trcrps. but instead OF being under the
direct cort roi Of the general command
ing certain division, the Raiders were
under tho authority OF an independent
leader. This leader, while acting upon
his own initiative, always did so in tho
interest OF the general commanding the
division OF which the Raiders or
Spanish War tho Rough
Riders were a Partisan Ranger com
pany.
Tho Northern press IN tho sixties
constantly abused and called these
Rangers guerrillas. but tho South never
used that term until during tho better
days OF reconstruction, when 1t be-
came u matter Of Indifference whether
tho guerrilla or rebel term was used.
for in either case5it was synonym
for patriot, gentleman, honest, law
abiding citizen.
Partisan Ranger, or Raider COM
panies were mustered in men and boys,
not eligible to the Confederate service.
through age limit or physical handi-
caps; hut the companies were regu-
lar branch Of the cavalry corps, and in
TIE regular Confcder service. There
fore their glory, fame and achievement
reflects upon the regular Confederate
army and is forever linked with the
Il. cavalry corps Stuart and Forrest de-
yeiopcd to the highest mark of perfec-
ton, perfection foreshadowea ny the
Dragons of Marlborough. The inter-
yeninE wears and their wars saw moth
ing like the Confederate cavalry, that
cavalry which AS yet has never sue
c,.ssfully been initiated. IL must be
remembered that the men who joined
this branch of service were accustomed
TO tile saddle, to long rides. Ihey' IKE
tho Cossacks who came from their
native wilds on the Don to break the
4 mower of Napoleon, had no training for
war other than had been given them
84by their nomadic life. Thus our G. ;.
IA cavalry efficiency bloomed over
might.
4 The Partisan Rangers Were wizard
branch developed under the protection
e of General Stuart, by john Mosby, or
Virginia and TO these Raiders Is due
tile change to-day found in the equtp-
5s,ient Of the cavalry. The sword which
+ sbefore nc Constitutional War was the
necessary weapon OF attack for cav
3 nlrymen. has been abandoned, and III
FITS .placo tho Colts revolver has beer,
& substituted, but UP to tiiat time The
8scavalry generally fought with and al
ways carried the sabre. Mosby ap-
ypreciated the handicap, and us soon as
The had the opportunity, proved that
sabres were as useless against skill
fully handled rcvolvers as would be
wooden swords or the harlequins. Re-
polvers in Pnrtisnhs' minds were as
tatsfrcctive I'm surprise engagements as
, were whole line of light ordnance
during a slsirmish with the enemy.
Wand all Partisan attacks were sur
! prizes, and all Raiders were daring
men of unusual, accurate and rapid
II Workmanship 1t was not unusual for
Raider to sallop by Il tree al full
flsttlt, and In succession put three bullets
Alntoz4ts trunk. Southern youths almost
,jleaped into the saddle from birth. Tho
lhHbftg and education of the Northern
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