The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21

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GiDi7 Var Veteran
congressman Says Destructive
Power Of Arms is Ten Times
Greater Than in '61.

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Il = 2f y not what ,is was IN the old
"a "a 0Ayk More specifically, there Is
y VAST difference between the fighting
that has been listed in history under
X the name Of the Civil war, and the
Sighting Of today in Europe, for which
the itnal name has not yet been found.
Gen. (. r. Sherwood, congressman
IS from Ohio, the only member OF Com
gress who served In the Civil war
& ~ an officer, has been drawing COM
PARSONS for himself, and his conclus-
ions are interesting
Yes, indeed, there is Al difference, .
he said. THE destructive power OF
,modern arms and armament is prob
ably ten times as great as in our
"a Civil war, which was at the time the
greatest, bloodiest and most destruc-
tive war of modern times. But the
ethical differences are most startling.
Z Our war OF over four years dura-
ation WAS fought on both sides by
SEnglish, all the great armies in this
European conflict are regular soldiers,
trained to kill for hire. In the Civil
war the one vital question involved
had been In the arena Of fierce con-
stentton and debate for a whole decade
preceding the war.
In our war every soldier behind
gun knew what he was fighting for.
In the European war not q soldier
behind a gun knows what the war is
about or what is involved in the CON
aict.
And ON the sea the killing power
u Is probably twenty times as murder
Gus. In the battle between the Mon
flor and the Merrimac, in Hampton
Roads, few lives were lost. Now the
ssubmarine, which Only carries crew
OF from IL to 20, sends the heaviest
iarmored dreadnought, carrying 500
trained men, to the bottom OF the. sea
In 20 minutes.
In our Civil war the soldier in
the ranks carried gun with kill
Ing range Of 800 yards, and, accord
Ing to Casey's infantry tactics, he re-
hurried six distinct military motions
to- load and fire that gun. He carried
in his cartridge box on his left hip
only 40 rounds Of shot. And that &c.
der could not pass the mastering of
s fcer without good, strong set Of
front teeth, TO bite the deadly charge
4 wrapped in strong brown paper.
In the European war the infantry
man needs no teeth to kill. Gle car
Ties a gun that shoots 10 times, while
the old Misunderstanding Springfield
ffhe OF 90 years ago, fired once; and
Tine modern gun carries to kill over
one mile. The modern artillery guns
not only carry six times. as far as
4 the guns ! used to hear in battle, but
the death missiles they carry are
more than three times as destructive.
Another striking difference be-
tween the two wars is the large num-
her of generals who were killed in
attic in our-war, and the remarkable.
absence OF distinguished victims in
either OF the armies in ,he European
combat, where at least 20 times as
3 many colonies and generals are en-
gagged. Up to date, and on battle-
font OF over 200 miles in East Prus-
STA and France, have heard of only
two generals Of the line killed in bat
lie, while five-hour battle at Frank
lin, Tenn, November 80, 1864, on a
battlefront OF only two and one-half
miles, 12 Confederate generals were
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We; read also OF bayonet charges
reported from Paris, Berlin, Petro-
grad and London almost daily. II /
were betting man would wager
my January salary ($625) against a
Panama bond, that neither in any
Russian or German or French on Eng
fish field hospital can 10 soldiers be
found afflicted with bayonet wounds.
In our Civil war our field trenches
+ were only waist deep, generally
thrown up over night, while in the
European war they are over six feet
deep and covered with adequate pro-
lection against the havoc OF explod-
ing shells. The infantry arm Of the
service is under ground and out OF
sight. And when the field hospital
record of this war is written, 1t will
pc found that six soldiers died from
pneumonia and malignant fevers, con-
tracted in the damp trenches, to one
killed in battle.
In our war the soldiers on the
march, or around the bfvouac fires at
night, sang patriotic songs, written
by soldier song writer's. The North
rallied to we Are Coming, Father
Abraham; Eve Have Drunk from the
Same Canteen"; TRAMP, Tramp, the
BOYS are Marching. and the Battle
!. Cry of Freedom, while the Southern
soldiers sans. Dixie "The connie
Blue Flag, = Somebody's Darling and
Maryland, My Maryland" In all,
some 50 inspiring battle songs were
sung, The only song SO far heard in
the damp and distressful trenches is
sgTipperary," roly-poly ditty with
out an inspiring idea.
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