Show TAUGHT BY GEN JEB STUART tactics of camou confederate gen era approved and adopted by german masters of war twenty eight years ago hen I 1 was in germany studying art said a nev york artist I 1 had a friend who was a in the army like most german officers he was an enthusiastic soldier militarists we call them now and one day he brought a book to me to read because it was he said an authority with all german officers in tactical matters and was really part ot military education 1 I was not especially interested not being much ot a soldier but when I 1 saw the book my interest very ma ter lally increased tor it was a copy ot drel jahre im sattel by heros von borke the representative of germany with gen jeb stuarts cavalry ia our clell war the english title being three years in the saddle von borke had not only been with the con federate general for three years but he was in the thick of it and had written a story that was intensely ln for its daring adventure and was of such technical and tactical value as to warrant the unusual post alon accorded it by german military authorities the fact that I 1 was a yankee did not lessen my pride the least in gen eral stuarts work for we were all good americans by that time and I 1 was proud to know that we were teaching germany one style of fighting anyhow the book was in german and I 1 suppose it has been translated though I 1 have never seen a copy outside of germany |