 Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and...  In Memoriam, Major-General Joseph Hooker - Page 11by Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 22 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...%vhich is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear the spirit you have aided to infuse into the army of criticising...confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall 3O2 MEMORIAL VOLUME. assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were... | |
 | 1887 - 668 pages
...a great wrong to the country, and toamost meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have beard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, u he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1887 - 834 pages
...more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which yon have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 580 pages
...wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of any army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 818 pages
...wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it. of your recently saying that...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 574 pages
...army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that*! have given you the command. Only those generals who...as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, were he alive again, could get any good out of any army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now,... | |
 | 1888 - 334 pages
...needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will...shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Netther you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - 1894 - 564 pages
...great wrong to the country and to a meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if lie were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now... | |
 | James Schouler - 1899 - 686 pages
...that both the army and the government needed a dictator. He warned Hooker to beware of rashness. " What I now ask of you is military success, and I will...shall assist you as far as I can to put it down." l Hooker was deeply impressed by this letter, and its tone of mingled authority and kindness, notwithstanding... | |
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