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Show Sherman Prepared for Any Emergency ludge (Jury at a banquet was praising prais-ing an ellicient overseer. "The man's surprising elliciency," he said, "reminds me of Sherman on his march to the sea. The way Sherman could repair railroads! The Confederate Confed-erate cavalry hovering in his rear would tear up a mile of track or burn a bridge, and an hour or so later they would hear one of Sherman's (rains go whistling by. This naturally disgusted dis-gusted them. "In a Confederate conference one, day an engineer proposed that they try blowing up some tunnels. Hut another engineer gave a sour laugh and said: " 'No use, boys, Sherman's prepared for that, lie carries duplicate tunnels with him. Better save our powder.' " Detroit Free Press. |