Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
BIRTHDAY OF LEE IS
F|TT|NCLY OBSERVED
DR.. Douglas S. Freeman Makes In.
tercsting Address at tho Uni.
ycrsity Club.
MILITARY OFFICERS PRESENT
Major Sweeney Reahs Paper on cleo
;. as Military Man General
ErcA and Other Camp Lee Officers
Honor Centennial Exercises.

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formally celebrated General Robert L:
Ices birthday n'!,h a supper and An
informal meeting las. night, Tie
event OF thu .e%Gn.n. was Dr. Dou.!as
>. FreenlaHE. adti 60; OH Lees Con;G..
button TO .aIodsra Strategy which
theme is OF ,addsd interest wlen 1,
is reflected, 'thst pgcclnsly ;hsc phase
OF the crea:t coG.:nando: has been yer:
l:;tle treated.
in his .utroduc;:cn, Dr. Freeman
showed the fu:ili,y or speculation uDo:
what general q time! past might
accomplish al th= present day. II, /.
Impossible 20 os,:rt.e what progress
petain would have n..I2 Wcty years
ago With tho inadel tatc mod. OF trans.
rorta,ion AVID without The French -
or what Lee Nigh: have accomplished
on the raodcrn b2.t!a Mcld,' nc said.
Therefore. the speaker declared L is
useless 20 compare 4 ,.odHrn ccncra.a
tactics with those or Ice under the
Sainn circumstances. Nevertheless QUO
i"aT trace Ia the main what contrion-
lions Lee has given :" inpde.n a,'1:c:y
LEES SI,fPLIFICArIoN
OF STRATEGIC METHODS
The frst great contribution ~.
Freeman said. WAS Lees sim YiiEclt:on
os strategic methods. Charts we're
shown showing the complicated means
~: attack Il; the action around Fsaztga
l'ar,n and The subsequent si:nplHncai!ou
e; attach ~ second "2"a As ana
Chancelior"viilr. The reason FOR ,l:s
ccmplCs tea at: Is i; the o.; :. .! the
yar the speaker explained. was ;.!c
o.er- estimation Win which l.e- !elG
the orihodo2 training .. : solder.
!.clso1,'. ,:,nr,.. and a ,...t attack 4.
,,,.,,c.i;o,.,..,.c .bn,.ni I'm. 80 conn.
49,, .,-.. ia 49,.
'"'t' ''u ,I.,
"h-"''Hh q" t'e conc! ''o.i@ ~ "''''!'
an amy o. Ia. Gon:eGerac" .ou@nt
The second contribution OF Lee wa
NE means ;hat Ae adopted 70 secure
,,ohjif. OF .,s t.,o,s when nr :s-
.,-,oJ ,o,.,.,,rs 49, .bo ..o,!,ie..,..
t,,,... =. -.
'hsFch'Hs !''c'' o nv '''c"' ""' ~
ADDITION ~ carried On ~" Ni'eA INC
I'm quo't o. s'''' ''+ 900 WAs'"s.
~ The iup.;,:...sa,4 "ac ta.ci. 'ro'n
n. march so y. urcLoY,!on did In. no.
,ri... ne 40 -. i-r,..4, X.y.-
.. sd, H., 49,
,"a''' ca '-'s az ~ ~ 80.
tho sh3-psGucT caa', 4i.;n. Gradually
the Ammunition reeorra InGe- Fenilc-
"a, cam. 90 lie and took =" stand
-, ,,i,n, ,.ht,J - b...;. li,. T-uy
70, 20. i,.
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"Hc QUO" !h"'e'e''
VALUE PLACED ON
INNER LINE or DEfEN>E
I.ea.n ,'1i-t End ,c-v .,lu1..a.: ,Ju.
,-,i,,,.io1 v,s his ,uiU.- 20 decide b.
,,vrcn NO ,o;ru.ra..y. ..!ue ci .n,.~-
Inc dc:cnse ana IN .:tac;i CT -,
,7ca,.'y Communications. s. Cham =
Iorevil!e ana ,farnssas. I.a. ss-r,ie I'd
utterly his .7nc- l.al % mako ,'..ri:,.
He rcn"rt cd, ~ na''"r q: "r''s 81.
the wount.:.S Of Jackson. ana H''"S
INN ed!nt" p!sH' Nha next hr:-
i'aEe !eft - moa"r: strategy Ms
tGe empA@s:s T.a'H! on IH.H :0;'-
tca,ion. "hcr Lee assumed coz" naaa
nc found group .: men "'l!:nE 20
hSh; and 70 DC, ort d"eiaoa!F u"";..-
!hs % c.:' me Il. ',t 80 - u'i-''s
nH0os" ''e conn. me- II" 80. -
oa"Ges Hns q. NC A'4 Z" a. -
""' -" ~. Co." -
Wen "!'l:'' - ~. ~ u %"
Snbcoi..e GUS. "i,Ncnt Wofu @.
-oII'''"h, .."," '"e', "'n.r'S: %. pa.
Up an" '!"1 n"ne.n t'ei' ip,i!.a'
cation ~ INC o.'r'""'.l 81 Lee HoicE'
80, .r.c -: -,
r,ovc1,c-.e h,y ,j,,;r,h,. cs,,orora
Svata;r, his daily pr,uea! o: l.der.i
new. PAPER. in conn.ctIoN ara his per-
sonai relations With the men under his
command pac.ic,!larlv was :hn litter
inc:tinn, er7,hRy;scd In 1856! he VAS
rracticary unIaorn 20 Nirr.n.s The
Enou!rer said: WHO = th:e new con
puc-o- or Ni.ClnIian?" Who IS this
nc,r STAFF officer" :nan!.ed L3acstrsr-.