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Particularly suited for
proper perspective it inay not be in to have got on well enough without appropriate, to turn to the wars of the brains." Military knowledge, indeed,
for nineteenth century
information rather than brains" appears to have Twics within 100 years great national constituted one of the highest claims for armick were raised, officered and led in leadership in the field, and, further, any conditions analogous to those which have intellectual superiority they may have obtained in the British any since 1014, possessed did not enable those who at and it may, therefore, not unreasonably first were without the requisite knowledge bo claimed that the experience of the to overcome this handicap to promotion. Modern war is certainly not less cont French in the wars of the Revolution and NAPOLEON, and of our Amerionn kindred plicated thun vere tiny wars of the end of in their gilent Civil
Civil War, may be of con- the eighteenth and beginning and middle sidarable assistance in forming a just of the nineteenth centurils, and the con
ditions under which it is waged do not appear more favourable to the attainment of that firm grasp of the practical
conclusion in this matter,
To those who tronaure the belief that this generals of the Revolution and the Marshals of NAPOLECN made success.application of principles which must bes ful war by instinct alone, and without possessed by those who aspire to the the assistance of knowledge and experi- control of formations in the field. It is and ence, the sober facts of the situation are probable, therefor, this the experiencs of 1791-1815 and of 1861-1865 will be likely to prove disconcerting. Of the foremost lenders of the Revolutionary repeated in the present war. The fact armies Draocniez had entered the Royals that the army is a learned profession, army when quite a boy and had served for the handling of bodies of troops is [and, (as n'rule, the knowledge necessary
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with distinction as an officer in the Seven Years war; KIEGER was trained at a military college in Bavaria and was for seven years an officer in the Austrian Service; JOURDAN enlisted in the Royal Army at the age of fifteen and was forever, riso but slowly. But brains," it may be urged, must be of value in the field six years on service in America; while HOCHE and MARCLAV both enlisted at as in other affairs, and, if so, where do sixtoen and rose to be non-commis- they take rank amongst the normal quali. Beations for leadership ↑ The answer is, sioned officers; PICHEGRU enlisted at an
apparently, not in the first flight, since. carly age and become a warrant officer energy, dasi and daring, resolution, and. MOREA also onlisted but was bought force of emracter, loyalty and tact, out by his father and sent back to college rather than high intelligence, were tho to finish his education. It is stated,
characteristics of the non-professional Further, that the standard of the no-leaders who attained high command in commissioned rank in the Royal Array the Revolutionary. Napoleonic, just before the Revolution was extremely American Civil War. Those Marshala high-since the officers of the ancien
and
vaginis left the entire organization, disud generals, also, why rog from the cipline and control in the hands of the ranks of the Royal Army were men of non-commissioned officers, and seldom, adventurous character, of action and if ever, visited their companies either in enterprise rather than intellectual dis A. S. WATSON & barracks or on the parade ground," kinetion, and in more than one
Like the generals of the Revolution, were remarkable for the time they spent in hard study of the theory of war. In NAPOLEON'S Marshals were recruited from
most human affairs intelligence cannot all ranks and classes. Nine of the twenty- six had held commissions in the Royal act without a medium of sound knowledge Arny previously to the Revolution in to guide and control the judgment, but in the fold and this is not generally ranks ranging from lieutenant-general
grasped neither knowledge nor intelli to licupant, one was a Polish Prince
ganca will avail unter the mind do h of the Austrian Army and ex-olber
firmly balanced and the character so another had passed through an Artillery | resolute int these can be applied in the College, but did not take up a commis most disadvantageous and trying circunt. sion; eleven had been in the ranks of stances of danger, hardship and fatigue. the Royal Army-nine as non-commis. NAPOLEON, indeed, affirmed that sioned offers and two, one of whom was "general should, above all, be cool-headed. Jourdan, as privates; while four only in order to estimate things at their true had no military training before joining value; he must not be influenced by good the Revolutionary Armies. The careers or bad news." A cool bead. then, seema
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of the nino ex-regular officers prior to the Revolution appear to have been such as are generally associated with profea sional keenness and ambition. They intered military schools or colleges at the early age of fourteen or fifteen, then usually served against the British on the
to be the most important qualification for leadership, since without it 'breing' will not function and knowledge cannot be applied. The biggest brains and most complete knowledge are evidently useless in the held if the mind becomes confused, under the influence of excite-
THE VALUE OF BRAINS IN side of the Attorians, of leatut the ment and danger. Even a cool head;
THE ARMY
no great militar staff. The non-commissioned officers and without knowledge how to net, while the _________ privates were, without exception, men of personal qualities of fores of character, Or all military qualities personal courage adventurous character whose tastes, like daring, and energy are also necessary fo in the rank and file is probably held those of MOREAU, HOCHE, MARCEAU and ensure the exccution of what has bee highest in popular estimation, et Piceanu, prompted them to leave their decided, When asked in 1863 to dismiss NAPOLEON, the ablest and most experi homes, schools or Imsiness and enlist at General GRANT, President LINCOLN To- ages varying from fifteen to nineteen marked “I cannot spare this gencral; encod of leaders, placed it third only amongst soldierly qualifications, ranking. The principal characteristics common to he fights," "Brains," alas! appear to
of greater endurance and discipline as
the four generals of the Revolution who belong to a loss important category so inilitary value. So much emphasis has ose from the ranks JOURDAN, HOCHE, far as commanders of more ordinary recently been laid on the importance ofMATOSAU and MOUEAU-may be said to mould are concerned. In the greatest CAKBAR, brains" in connection with leadership have been courage and coolness, while lenders-ALEXANDER, HANNIBAL,
in the field that it would not be strange of NAPOLEON's four non-professional NELSON, NAPOLEON and their like they wore the possession of intellectual ability
however, to have earned their promotion mainly by loyalty, one was an adminis
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to be classified by public opinion, like Marshals-BUUNE, MORTIER, BESSIERES are found in happy combination with the and StcHer-three were also distinguished other qualities and qualifications which courage in the lower ranks, as the prin for courage. Two of the Marshale sem,, are summed up in the word “genius. cipal, if not the sole, requisite for the cxercise of the command of a division or higher formation, knowledge, balance, TO LET
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Just as the large majority NAPOLEON'S Marshals and of the foremost generala of the Revolution had gained military experience prior to its outbreak, so in the Civil war in the United States:
of Scotland, Bridge-of-Weir
The following cases of communicable discases were notified in the Colony on
all the army commanders from 1801 Wednesday: --Cerebro-spinal fever, 1; 1865 on either side were West Point bubonic plague, 2 (2 deaths), enteric (Military College) graduates, but many fever, 3 (1 death).
Braine!
What does he want with were indifferent officers. On the other brains? You and I have got on well hand, others climbed Fame's military
At the Cathedral of the Immaculate
enough without them," Many a true ladder who never attended a military Conception, the feast of the Sacred Heart 65 G ROOMS
ALEJEND” 109, THE PRAX, SIX word is spoken in jest, and since courage, school Generals Loday and TERBY, On of Jesus is being celebrated this morning apparently does not take first place the Northern side, and Generals Fox af 7 o'clock by a Low Pontifical Mass, amongst soldierly qualities, it may BEST and GORDON, on the Southern side.onducted by Bishop Pozzoni. At 7:30 be neked seriously whether "brains are were distinguished examples; but if to a.m. there will be High Mass. In the indeed the all-important qualification for their soldierls qualifications a military evening vespers will be sung by the success as a subordinate commander in education had been added their ascent to Banctuary Choir, at the conclusion of the field? The military lessons of the distinction would have been greatly which the Rev. Father Sebastian A. da There will be a AURNISHED HOUSE at the PEAK, forast are for the moment held somewhat facilitated. One prominent fact stands Silva, S.J., the Superior of the Shui Hing
4 or 5 months.
at a discount, and therefore to be quoted out that in the long wars following the Mission, will preach. Reply-
with caution, but since thess of the pre- Revolution as well as in the Civil war musical “At Home" at the Catholic.
Union Club at 9.15 p.m. sent war are not yet visible in their the men who rose from the ranks seçm
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