Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.
The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.
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