Grenville Dodge: “You saved your army and won a glorious victory by refusing to take his advice.”

I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.

Under the regulations, it is impossible for the Army to defend itself and make answer to these attacks, except through their own officers, and their reports do not reach the public, for the press seems to use only that which reflects upon…

It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.

The national honor never has, never can, and never will be protected by such methods.