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UAtVEQAS DAILV OPTIC; WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912.
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I'ITIi SHERMAN
ON MARCH TO
- SEA
OCTOGENARIAN TEUS OF THE
JOURNEY THAT MADE WAR
HISTORY
New York, July 3. Major Samuel
A- Bennett, who rode In the saddle
' Willi General Tecuniseh Sherman on
his famous "March to the Sea,' and
back to Washington, now In his elgthi
ieta year, ia as active and .energetic
as many a youth. He has been em
ployed In the construction bureau of
the borough of IUchmand for the last
ten years.
"Sherman," he Bald yesterday at
his home on Fort place. New Brighton
State Island, "made every officer on
his staff-keep & diary, and from these
he frequently consulted before making
up his reports and deciding on his
plans of action,'
Major Bennett was born in Canaan,
Conn., 1833, and was living in Che
mung county. New York, when he en
listed in the One Hundred and Sev
enth regiment, N. Y. V. I., in July,
1S62. HI? wife is living, and also a
daughter, the wife of Judge Lucien
Burpee, a supreme court Justice of
Connecticut One December 1, 1863,
Major Bennett was ordere'd to report
to General A. S. Williams for staff
duty as topographical engineer, which
position he held until, the close of the
war.,
"On May 4, 1864," said the major.
"we struck tents and started on those
memorable campaigns, Chattanooga
to Atlanta, Atlanta to Savannah and
Savannah to Washington. "Sherman's
march to the sea' was a mighty un
dertaking. In It were 62,250 men and
offkers. Particlplating in that march
from beginning to end, and riding up
and down the columns and through
them every day in the discharge of
my duties, I had unusual opportuni
ties for observation and acquiring gen
eral information.
"The march, not alone that from At
lanta to the sea, about 250 miles, and
from Savannah to Washington up
through hostile country, about 530
miles, making 800 miles, if considered
as a tangent, but about 1,000 miles in
if' : the routes taken by the army, was a
Itt4a ctful movement, unique In modern
THRIt
ommandt-d about 30,000 men; and
General Kllpatrick was put in com
mand of about 3,000 cavalry to cover
our left and rear.
"Here was the hazard of It all.
Sherman was to cut Lee's army from
bis base of supplies, plunge into the
heart of an enemy's country with
enemies enough In his rear to over
whelm him If they had concentrated.
In front of him in and about Savan
nah and between him and the sea
coast were Harden, Hampton and
Hill; back In Albama and west Ten
nessee were Beauregard and Forrest
with their troops; more northerly was
Hood with 45,000 men advancing up-(
on Nashville there were Brocket!-1
ridge and others In east Tennessee;
there was Johnson In North Carolina
and Lee in Virginia. Though the
march was not a great distance, It
was daring and its strategy ended the
war. When the confederates heard
our army was moving through their
country and their homes, they lost
all spirt and Iee surrendered to Grant
before Sherman got within 200 miles
of his rear.
"On November 15, 1864, Sherman
telegraphed to Grant: "We are off,
goodby.' Then he cut his bridges and
telegraph wires and started south,!
the nation did not know whither, and
Intended to kill all foragers. It leaves
no alternative. You must retaliate
man for man and mark them in Hko
manner. You will therefore shoot at
once, and leave by the roadside an
equal number of their prisoners and
append a label to their bodies that
man for man shall be killed for every
one of our men they kill.
"In a general order Sherman said:
'The army will forage liberally on the
country during the march under
charge of discreet officers. The sol
diers must not enter the dwellings of
the inhabitants or commit any tres
pass, but during a halt or camp they
may be permitted to gather turnips
potatoes and other vegetables and to
drive In stock In sight of their camp.'
There were m,en in our army who
had suffered In southern prisons or
AUTHOR'S 1RI
IS NOT A
SNAP
PAY IS POOR, NOT AVERAGING A3
MUCH AS THAT MADE BY
OTHER TOILERS
When the suggestion was made to
the magazine writer she Is one who
bcv'an to be heard from about 190?
and is even yet heard from that she
tell the truth about what she made,
for just this once, and under seal of
liad relatives who died there. Such;a double-dyed anonymity, she began
men, were bent on personal revenge.
They would burn unoccupied houses,
There were those who would steal
when out on foraging expeditions. But
I nffver heard of a case of personal
outrage in deed or In word. Any man
caiight pillaging in a house was ar
rested, tried and. If guilty, suffered
death. Our rations Issued from the
wagons were stinted, and we had to
depend largely on the 'bummers' for
supplies.
home folks spoke of us as the lost "It was still the preference of Fres-
mcui uncum ana ueuerai urani lor
Sherman's army to come up to Vlr-
I
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!
" warfare. Taking six months in all,
. with one and the same army, sur-
t
f rounded by the enemy In his own
f country, and all moving with one and
the same object namely, that of
bringing Lee's army in between Gen
eral Grant and Sherman and thereby
-t having it out in the last ditch was
the grandest of the war. ,
. "First take the situation of Sher
man's army at Atlanta. You must
I keep In mind four geographical points
Washington, Nashville, Atlanta and
Savannah. All summer, Sherman
with an army of about 100,000 men
had a hand-to-hand fight almost every
day from Chattanooga to Atlanta, a
distance of 150 miles. Atlanta was
the heart of the Confederacy, while
i Richmond was its brain. After Gen
eral Thomas had started to retreat
upon j Nashville to draw General
Hood's 45,000 troops after him, it left
Sherman free to go on and sever the
confederacy as far as jthe sea coast.
Sherman's own plans extended fur
ther than the sea coast His heart
was set on not only going to the sea
but of then marching up through the
confederacy to the rear of Lee's army
In Virginia,
"In the make-up of a general there
must be many qualities. Iri him there
must be something of the butcher, for
war is a killing business. Sherman
handled an army as a skilful fencer
would a rapier, accomplishing his pur
pose with a sllttle bloodshed as pos
sible. Grant went at the enemy more
like a meat axe. ,
"Sherman's army was devoted to
him. He was tall and straight and
although only in his forty-fifth year
his features were deeply furrowed,
voice heavy and penetrating, words
quick and thoughts crip. He was not
only at the head of the army offi
cially, but he was the smartest man
in it His army was a perfect brother
hood and he kept it in masterly good
order. There were no jealousies among
the leading officers; it was one hap
py military family. Sherman was
democratic i he never wore sword or
sash. He walked around among the
troops with coat unbottoned, hands
In his trousers pockets, chatting with
whoever was nearest to him be he
private or general always intelligent
ly and mailing one feel a sort of equal
ity with him.
"To command the wings of his
army he selected General H. W. SIo
cum and General O. O. Howard,
both West Pointers, each of them
army, it was the Indian summer at
the south. We took it easy, going
about two miles an hour, and our
bivouac and camp fires were without
danger, cheery and restful,
"It was a rich country and we lived
well. Our. trains were regularly stock
ed with hard tack, pork and coffee,
but these were preserved for' emer
gencies, in case we should become
surrounded and have to go Into a be
sieged camps You have heard In
song how sweet potatoes even sprang
from the ground. These and the de
licious cured hams, the stores of
corn and meal, of honey and molas
ses, made life worth living. Every
body was in good spirits. How did this
mighty moving mass appear? Like a
plague of grasshoppers. Each army
crops took a separate road, keeping
abreast of each other as nearly as
possible. The whole army In one col
umn would have filled a road for 45
miles.
"Over this moving mass Sherman
had an eye at all times and any day
he could have squared off and given
battle In scientific order. He had to
watch front, sides and rear, fight
when he met an enemy, take care of
the sick and wounded Indeed the
whole army like a father. In flVjO
minutes the grand army from Its
Sleeping bivouac could be put in motion
each man and officer of the" 62,000
always In his proper place.
'Jeff Davis said In his last book
that Sherman's foraging devastations
were as relentless as savage Instinct
could Buggest. That was untrue. Sher
man knew and announced when he
set out from Atlanta; that he would
live off the country as a war right;
he ordered nothing not common or
recognized ' In rules of civil war. The
rule Is this: Whoever carries on a Just
war has a right to make the enemy's
country contribute to the support of
his army. Accordingly he Issued the
following ord,er to General Slocum
" your aespatcn or tn zoth re
ceived. Am delighted at your suc
cess at foraging. Go on, pile up the
forage, corn and potatoes, and keep
yqur military horses fat. Send back
all unserviceable artillery and at the
last moment we can count upon our
horses and see what we can haul, and
send back all else. One gun per thou
sand men will be plenty to take along.
We find abundance of corn and pota
toes out here and we enjoy them very
much. They cost nothing a bushel. If
Georgia can afford to break our rail
road she can afford to eed us. Please
preach this doctrine to men who go
forth and are likely to spread It
" W. T. SHERMAN, Major-Gen.'
"And to Kllpatrick he wrote: 'We
have a perfect right to the products of
a country we overrun, and may collect
them by foraging or otherwise. I
want the foragers to be regulated and
systematized so as not to degenerate
into common robbers. They can collect
corn, bacon, beef and such other prod
ucts as we need, and the foragers are
as much entitled to our protection as
our skirmishers and flankers. I regret
the matter that yon report that 18 of
your men have been murdered after
surrender and marked that the enemy
ginia by sea after it reached Savan
nah, but General Sherman begged
hard to carry out his own personal
Plan, of marching up through the
country. Beautiful Columbia was
burned, not by official authority, but
to gratify personal revenge of private
soldiers who stole out of their camp
in the night"
"Lee and Johnson having surrender
ed, we knew that our work was done.
As we took up our march homeward
th heart assumed a lightness and Joy
that were inexpressibe. Our Joys
reached a climax when we came in
sight of the dome of the capltol at
Washington. At the national review
as Sherman reviewed his bronze, vet
erans passing before him down Penn
sylvania avenue he wept. Before the
review the colonelB were asked for
lists of clothing necessary to make
the soldiers give a good appearance.
The Joint report showed 3,538 men
barefooted, 2,298 without coats, 2,726
bareheaded, and 5,023 with trousers
that were nothing but rags.
"That army traversed a lineal route'
of 1,500 miles, cutting the confederacy
In three, had tramped 3,000 miles in
all; been In the field a year with no
more shelter than wild animals; had
breken up the entire railroad system
of the south; taken thousands of pris
oners; fought several battles; captur
ed hundreds of the thousands of dol
lars worth of ordnance; captured 50,
000 bales of cotton, destroying (is
much more; and destroyed arsenals
and foundries en route. For months
they had been under intermittent fire
night and day. At other seasons, with
wet feet and clothing ragged, dirty
and filthy, officers and men for
months had no opportunity of bathing
and soap was unknown. Then we
were mustered out and each started
for home and fo quiet citizenship.
BANQUET FOR MINISTER
'London, July 3. The movement for
closer .trade relations between Canada
and the British West Indies is expect
ed to receive a decided impa'us tomor
row night, when the West India com
mittee in London will give a ban
quet in honor of the Hon. George E,
' Foster, the Canadian minister of trade
and commerce. Mr. Bonar Law and
a number of other publio men of
prominence will be among th,e guests,
CANADIANS AT HENLEY REGATTA
London, July 3. The annual Hen
ley regatta today and will continue
through the remainder of the week.
No college eight from the opposite
side of the water figures thl3 year
in the aquatic Derby but the Argo
naut Rowing club, of Toronto Is en
tered for the grand challenge cup,
while in the diamond challenge sculls
the same club will be represented by
Italy, Tasmania and Belgium -also
will be represented in the diamond
challenge sculls competition. The at
tendance of the king and queen next
Saturday is expected to make the re
gatta the most brilliant of years from
a social viewpoint
Little Mary, tired but smiling-, had a wondrous dream,
Thought she was canoeing- on a great big lake of cream.
AH around were reefs of Toasties. while her only oar
Was a silver spoon with which to eat her way ashore.
Written by F. J. O'NEILL,
Lafayette Hill P. 0., Montgomery Co., Pa,
One of the 50 Jingles for which the Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich., paid $100,000 in May.
to lie In the dear, blithe, literary way
and for a few minutes could not be
stopped says the New York Evening
Post
"It's to be a face story, and it's to
help other women," she was Informed
relentlessly. "It's to clear up for
them 'the economic possibilities and
encourage them to let go of a 'steady
jeb' to write short stories, If that Is a
wise thing to do, and warn them if it
isn't a wtee thing to do."
"In that case," she said, "I will stop
trying to drape this negligee so that
Its folds will make an Impressive fea
ture of the story, stop trying o show
that the young author has eyes that
'twinkle merrily when she is amused,
stop 'moving gracefully about the
small but luxuriously furnished apart
ment' and step down on the brass
tacks.
"And see te it that the resultant
language has special reference to the
matter of making a living out of lit
erature." ,
Handicapped From the First
"With special reference to that,
then, I was terribly handicapped be
cause I sneaked up to writing with
such a semi-sacerdotal spell upon me
that I soon found myself In a mesh of
misconceptions about the practical
side of the case. My most dire sup
position was that if I ever got a story
or two accepted, I should be made,
the battle won; spoils to the viceor;
I should never get printed slips
again."
She got up then and went over to
a desk and drew , forth a little quarto
book, home-made of white typewriter
paper. With an occasional glance at
it, she assembled these figures:
"In 1907, my first year of recogni
tion, I wrote six short stories. Four
of them weer accepted. They averag
ed about five thousand words each.
For one of them I got $30,- for an
other $65, for another $75, for another
$S0 different magazines paying dif
ferent rates, you understand. Total
for the year, $310. The next year, I
wrote seven short stories, and a book,
a short book. For one of the stories
I got $75, for another $S0, for another
$S0 again, and for another $60; total,
$295. For the book I must tell a
little about the book.
Received $413.41 for a Best Seller
"I followed its career with the aid
of that indispensable adjunct of an
author' equipment, the clipping bu
reau, for p year or two of its life as a
seller. It fared well at the hands of
the critics" she pronounced it "crick
ets" "was accounted a success, went
through three editions mjutalble
terms! was published in London
(the Athenaeum said there was a big
public In' England awaiting my future
work), and brought me in Its entire
earning period exactly $413.41. Now
add that to the total for the short
stories that year and you get $708.41,
as the total return from the year's
work. ,
That was my banner year. You
can't imagine how well editors and
publishers treated me. I rode in
their motors and went to their coun
try homes for weekends quite as if It
were going to keep up. They sent
those nice - looking young men, that
book and magazine firms keep as a
good will' force, around to see me
once In ever so often, knd everybody
made me promise not to sign up on
anything I might write until his house
had had a whack at It .When a pub
lisher makes us promise that, we au
thors commonly refer to the entire
transaction as a 'contract for my en
tire output'
An Income of $600 a Year
"The next year I wrote eleven short
stories, of which five were accepted
For one I got $150, for another $75,
for another $80, for another $75, for
another $250. By this, time som
magazines were paying me five cents
a word, and some were paying two
cents. My total Income for the year
aw $605. The next year I was ill, but
I wrote four short stories. Two
stuck. For one I got $75 and for the
other $100. ,
"Th,d next year I wrote another
booh, my total income from which
has been $389.55, although It was
called a great advance over the first
boor. This year I am writing still
another book, and if I don't realize in
It the promise that the 'crickets' have
promised me Is In me, I am going to
top taking my.self seriously as
writer and go in for active suffrage
work. Three hundred and eighty-
nln.0 dollars and fifty-five cents ia no
sort of living for an ablebodied wo
man to make, with porterhouse steak
rapidly going to forty cents a pound.
"Some years you made more," she
was reminded.
In Flva Years $2,187.96
"True. Let's get the average. The
total Is $2,187.96 for five years. That
is $437.69 a year, still not nearly a
match for the porterhouse. Now.
there is another thing to be consid
ered, when you stop to consider writ
ing as a means of livelihood. That is
the ephemeral quality of literary suc
cess. When you get a real start as a
maeazlhe writer one of two fates
awaits you: either you have It In you
to peg away, year In. and year out
mounting from a short story to the
book, and making a name for yourself
that will entitle you to a place in the
next Shaw's literature to be wrtteL,
or you are going to have a mere mag
azine vogue.
Having a vogue is about the most
cruel fate that can befall any kind of
artist Only Arnold Bennett seems
to know it for what It Is, and ws-
sess his soul accordingly beneath the
same old size of hat. The rest of
think it Is going to last. It isn't Bv
and by our stories begin coming back
to us just as In our salad davs. Not
oecausa they are tiny worse than
tnose that were accepted thev nroh-
ably couldn't be-but because some
day else out In Oskosh has made a
hit along our lin,e. Having the fresh-
er point of view it is her turn now.
Go back o-r the files of the leadlne
magazines r the last ten vMr
Where are the writers of 1902?"
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