Show grant th unassuming graut and were the only officers of high rank I 1 ever met who did not charge the atmosphere about them with military consequence while at city point I 1 frequently joined my friends of general granta porter babcock billy dunn and others at his headquarters the general in undress uniform always neat but not fastidious in appointment would sit at the door of hig tent or sometimes on one of the long settees that faced each other under the tent fly emche listen and sometimes talk and not a soul of us from the youngest to the oldest ever had a thought of rank without lowering his manner to the level of familiarity he put every one at his ease by his natural simplicity he had none of the ca prices of moods or vanity quiet in his presence and natural in his manner gentle in voice of absolute purity in speech of unaffected simple dig anity grant threw a charm over bis campfire campf lre west point never graduated a man who added so little austerity or pretense peak of fame general morris In Atlantic i |