Show The Philadelphia Press brings to light some features of the English army which people In this country generally gen-erally are not acquainted with and says there has been a feud of nearly 0 century between the AngloIndian and English mllltiry serlce between the Indian army headquarters In Calcutta and the Horse Guards In London between be-tween the officers whom birth position privilege pull and Influence give favored posts In England and when war comes at the front and the hard worked officer who docs the work of the Empire In the heat and burden of India I was in this last service that Gen Roberts made his great fame His father was in before him and yet twenty years ago Gen Robertss superior su-perior In India criticized him as severely se-verely and as publicly because o his failure while In command at Cabul to occupy the hillside from which later an attack was made on the English camp For the last twenty years Roberts Rob-erts while in service in India has seen one London favorite after another detailed to some small war with a chance to gain fame while the much harder pfilclal service In India received re-ceived scant reward and little olfielal or court recognition The Press says that Gen Roberts himself found hens he-ns shelved In London When this war came on the men who were put to the front were men who had caught the public eye Roberta believes the English En-glish service the best of 1 schools Ills lime came at 1astQnd lie did not spare his brother ofilcers at all But it would be pitiful to think that any kind of spite In a brother soldiers breast could find expression In a report particularly par-ticularly when he was embarking In the same business with the same doubtful Jesuits before him Whether the English succeed In the Boer war or not the lesson they will receive In that country will be of Infinite assistance to those who live through the campaign |