Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . CHAPTER UPON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE WAE. THINK it is due that some word should be said in par-ticuLir, before closing this of my military life,of certain gentlemen of my staff and officers whocontributed so largely to any success achieved byme. I think I have sufficiently dealt with those whogot in my way. Gentlemen holding staff positions in the army, andespecially at Washington in time of peace, who have been edu-cated a
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . CHAPTER UPON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE WAE. THINK it is due that some word should be said in par-ticuLir, before closing this of my military life,of certain gentlemen of my staff and officers whocontributed so largely to any success achieved byme. I think I have sufficiently dealt with those whogot in my way. Gentlemen holding staff positions in the army, andespecially at Washington in time of peace, who have been edu-cated at West Point, in the language of General Sherman, toocommonly construe themselves into the elite, as made of betterclay than the common soldier. I had a few of such detailed tome, but they never stayed long, and I will not trouble myself tospeak of them. My personal staff, that is, my aides-de-camp, I selected from civillife. For my field staff who should have charge of the technicalmatters of military campaigning, such as chief quartermaster, chiefcommissary, chief of artillery, chief of ordnance, engineers, surgeons,and inspectors, I t
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