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Show A LOOTER OF FURS. The Serious Charges Against tien. M11-illeton M11-illeton Sustained. Disgrace seems to have fallen lately on several brave officers in various countries. This side of the water the United Stales has seen the downfall of Lieut. Steele, of the arniy.audConimander McCalla.of the navy. Outhe heelsot thesescandal recently came the one involving tieu. Sir Frederick Mid-dleton, Mid-dleton, commander in chief of the Canadian militia, whose career ca-reer of usefulness la closed by tho verdict of a parliamentary parli-amentary committee commit-tee that he "looted" "loot-ed" furs valued at 13,000 while engaged en-gaged in suppressing suppress-ing the Kiel rebellion rebel-lion of 1885. That this is a sorry se-' uuel to years of honorable service can be illustrated no better than by g-, middletoX. extracting from the army list the authoritative review of Gen. Middleton's life and services. Sir Frederick Middleton served with ths Fifty-eighth regiment at the assault and capture of Kawitis Pah, also during 1846-7 in the southern part of New Zealand, including in-cluding the repulse of the attack o Wan-ganui Wan-ganui (mentioned in dispatch), and subsequent subse-quent affairs there (medal); ssrved as a volunteer vol-unteer during the Santhal rebellion in India In-dia and received the thanks of the Indian government; served in the Indian campaign of 1857-8 as orderly officer to On. Frank.? in the action of Sultanpore and subsequent affairs in the advance to Lucknow (three times mentioned ,iu the dispatches); was ald-de-eamp to Gen. Sir Edward Lugard at the siege aud capture of Lucknow and storming of the Martinicre, Bank's house, Begum's Kotee and Mouloy's mosque (mentioned in diBpatch and made brevet major); was deputy judge advocate and aid-de-camp to (Jen. Lugard at the relief of Azimghur and action of Jugdespore (mentioned in dispatch); recommended for the Victoria Cross for two act (see Kaye's History of Mutiny Mulleson), but as being on personal staff was not considered eligible; eligi-ble; was brigade major to the Suraon field force at the reduction of Dehayon, Tirhal (mentioned in dihatch), aud other of the Oude forts (medal with clasp); commanded the forces engaged In quelling the rebellion in the northwest territories of Canada in 1885, received the thanks of ths senate and honse of commons of Canada (medal with clasp and K. C. M. O.) In time of peace he was aid-de-camp to Gen. Franklin at Cfibralter, 18(50-61; aid-de-camp to Gen.; Sir Henry Bates, Malta, 1861-2; is graduate of staff college; was superintending officer of garrison instruction instruc-tion to the army in Great Britain, 1870-4; commandant Royal Military college, Sand-hunit, Sand-hunit, 1874-84. |