Excerpt from John Watts De Peyster, Vol. 2
Important as were the results of General de Peyster"s active connection with the New York State troops, and of his services as Military Agent of the State, it was through his pen that his genius found its suited expression. His literary work as a military critic and historian is the great work of his life. His activities were turned into this channel partly because of disappointments experienced in his attempts to regenerate the New York Militia, but still more on account of ill-health, suffered during the greater part of his life, which disqualified him for the hardships of a soldier"s career.
Finding that the political and military authorities of the State, unmoved by his enthusiasm, could not be induced to adopt suggestions looking toward the creation of a genuine soldiery, he entered upon a campaign of education. In 1850, and during the early winter and spring of 1851, articles by him appeared in the United Service Journal. "Staff Organization," "Headquarters Notices," "Origin of the Bayonet Rifle," "Staff and Artillery Organization," "Uniformity of Dress," "A Vidimus of the Military Force of the Principal European Powers," "Artillery Organization" and "Militia Organization" are some of the titles.
In the summer and fall of 1852, after his return from his first tour in Europe as Military Agent, additional articles were published in the United Service Journal, most of them suggested by the study of foreign military systems. One was upon "Rifles," another upon "The Prussian Needle Rifle." He also wrote on "Sardinia (Piedmont)," "Sweden," "Tunis and Tripoli," and to several issues contributed "Correspondence to Editor."
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