Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-28
REAL SOLDIERS TO LEAD new ARMY

perts admit that in recent wars many
elders Of the services have made ever
lastingly good.
Selected on Their Records.
The 81 major generals of the new
National army nominated by the preSl-
dent were all selected on the basis of
their records of service. On going
through this list find that out of the
81, 90 were cadets ut the United
States Military academy at the time
that | attended that institution. Some
of them | knew we'll when l was a
cadet. Others did not know well be-
cause they were upper classmen when
I was Il junior clasSman. but with the
plebe and the yearling's interest in the
older fellows | learned a lot about
them while they hardly knew that L
was in existence. This is the way of
things at the military academy.
Seven of the new major generals
were my classmates and ii ought to go
without saying that these men | know
well, but at present | shall write moth
ing of them except to ST. that every
one of them has IL good military record.
1t happens. however, that with some
of the upper classmen of that day L
have had more or less intimate ac-
quaintance in recent years and in some
cases strong friendships have devel-
oped.
Frederick s. Strong is one of the
new major generals. Strong, l think,
will look after the men lucky enough
, TO be in his division as father looks
after his children. but when it comes
10 a case of fighting he will display
/! the Roman fathers fortitude and will
lead his children to the front with no
thought of sparing them If sacrifice is
/ necessary to win the battle.
Strong's just hut kindly disposition
! led the military academy 10 put him in
! charge of the incoming plebe class in
! the year 1879. Those were the days
of hazing and hades at West Point.
cadets. Made major generals with
him are half n dozen men who re-
! Ceived their first soldier instruction rs
! 1lebes mt West Point from Frederick
S. Strong.
Are Real Leaders.
/ Maj. Gen. Edwin ST. .I&hn Greble
who either will lead Il National Guard
or new army division to the front. is
O SOD of the first officer of the regular
army to he killed in the Civil war. The
newly appointed major general was q
gOdson of the late Gen. o. o. Howard
sometimes known as the christian
soldier" When Howard went to West
Point to become the academy's super
! ,ntendent. Greble. his gOdson was 8
, first clnsSman and the cadet adjutant
Greble cut up some dido or other anC
Howard promptly reduced him to The
ranks.
The relationships of father and scr
Cor leniency in the army when regula
lions have been violated. Greble's of
Tense would not have amounted to ,
bill of beans at college, but at Wes
Point it was made TO appear a noun
tain. Major General Greble's recor,
of service is one of the finest that ap
pears in the pages of the Army Regis
ter.
II was predicted six weeks ago tina
Joseph T. Dickman of the Second cav
airy, who then was promoted TO
brigadier generalship from the rank o
colonel. would on the next promotion
occasion be made a major general. TIL
prediction hit the mark.
The regiments that 90 to the from
with Dickman can be sure that the,
are following soldier. Dickman is
hard-tisted fighter. much more read
to spare his men than to spare himself
but he will spare neither unless tn
occasion requires sparing. He ha
fought everywhere that there has bee
a chance to fight since the year of hi
graduation.