General Sheridan is said to have been " interviewed "
in New York directly on his return from the scenes of the great European war, and to have passed an extremely cautious and non-committal judgment on what he had seen. One sentence, however, is worth notice, as containing his impression of the kind of power shown by the German military leaders :—" Von Moltke is a man of tre- mendous inherent will. He moves large bodies of men with rare success, and handles them splendidly. He carries out his plans as a man recites something thoroughly committed to memory. The King, too, has a superb judgment. The beauty of the Prussian military mind is its great carefulness. It is never hasty nor ill-advised." The king has certainly got far leas credit than he deserves for choosing with judgment and supporting with firmness the men through whom he has conquered. For the rest, General Sheridan's encomium amounts to attributing to the German soldiers the highest type of the old German qualities, diligence and fidelity,— Fleiss und Treue.
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