Show TAUGHT BY GEN JEB JES STUART tactics of famous confederate can oral approved and adopted by german bla maen stars of war twenty ekht yeara years ago ak when ben I 1 was in germany studying art ma aid id a new york artist I 1 I 1 had a friend who waa was a in the army like moat most german officers he was an tio boedler militarists we call them now and one day ho be brought a book to me to read because it was be he eald said an gla autho authority rity w with it h all german of officer ficere in tactical m cattera A tte ris and wae was really part of military education 1 I waa was not especially interested not no being much of a soldier but when I 1 caw saw the book my interest very ma serially ter teri lally ally increased tor for it was a copy of drel jahre im sattel by hecla von borke the representative of germany with ith gen jeb stuart 2 cavalry in our civil war the english title being abeln 0 three year years in the saddle von borke bad had not only been with the con federate general for three year years but be he was in the thick of it and had hall written a story that wae was ints in te resting for its daring adventure and waa was of such technical and tactical value as to arrant warrant tile unusual position accorded it by german military militar authorities the rhe fact that I 1 was i as a yankee did not lessen my pride the least in general stuarts stuart a work works tor for we were all good americans by that time and I 1 was proud to know that we a were teaching germany one style of fight ing anyhow the book was in german and I 1 suppose it U has been translated though I 1 have never seen a copy outside of germany |