Show ENL STXNfi IRREGULARS h AT CAPE COLONY Arrival of Rudyard Kipling and Conan Doyle at Cape town The Author of Soldiers Three Greeted Like I II I a General Sheribel Holmes Creator Kept Out of I J Sight Capetown March lThc two streams that havo been ceaselessly llowing Into Capetown from seaward and landward the living robust arrivals on the troopships and the wounded warriors for the I front have changed thou relative sizes of late The arrivals from the sea have been fewer those by rail bound for the hospital camp deplorably de-plorably more In numbers In lieu oCr oC-r from England Australia Aus-tralia and Canada we have witnessed tho formation and departure of regiments 1 regi-ments composed of the South Africans who since the arrival of Lord Roberts have been enlisted In great numbers The Capetown Highlanders a fine body of colonials have been clamoring to be sent to Will They have got their wish at hist and all who can pass the riding test will be given a chanVo toI kill Boers or bo 1 killed as their destiny may decide de-cide The colonial volunteer artillerymen S artillery-men are crying out for ammunition horses and rniltelon to move and they too will probably Join the Irregu lars The last vestige of Pritlsh exclu slvtncss is giving way before tho clamor of the lOCH Is to bo I allowed tot to-t light for Queen and country under their own leaders and according to their own tactics The name of the leader of the Irregulars Irregu-lars BrigGeu Brabant is i one to con jure with in South Africa There has hardly been a i campaign in South Africa Af-rica of any consequence that Urabant has not figured In as a leader Jn the Basil to war he was at the head of the I yeomanry andrendered signal service Like Lord Roberts Gen Jirabant has suffered the loss of a son in this war He is a farmer In the Eastern province and has consequently a large stake In this country He is a member of the I Legislative Assembly and of course a staunch Loyalist lie Is just the man to lead colonial raised bodies and the Ooloulul troops have every confidence In him himThis This movement of colonial recruits however Is not wanting In Its sensational sensa-tional side It Is said that many Boer sympathisers are enllslmg in the local ranks for the express purpose of aiding the Dutch cause by giving false orders ut critical moments feigning fear of being be-ing cut off to start a stampede rearward rear-ward and misleading the regulars when a called upon to use their knowledge of the country to act as guides It Is suggested sug-gested that some of the reverses tll the I British arms were caused by systematic system-atic treachery within the ranks anti that the mysterious commands to i cease hiring and retire when dl I rcctly contrary orders should have been I given may be traced to this source j Orders have been issued to redouble the care In the selection I of recruits I and any applicant for enrollment against whom there Is a suspicion of sympathy with the Boer cause IH turned clown You cant trust your own relatives here From Ihe sichreiner fan Ur down I the whole colony Is divided against itself it-self II CIOPS oul In Hie very lighting I line At the buttle of Spearmans Kop 1 a corporal lathe Irregular corps delib I erately crossed elver during the engagement en-gagement Johjpd the enemy shak ing hands with Home friends who welcomed wel-comed him like a longlost brother Ilu wan shot dead by the men whose ranks r lie had just deserted The prophets are still busy predicting a complete collapse the Boer defense now that the British are beginning to turn tho tide of battle William Exall a farmer colonist of fifty years standIng stand-Ing has even settled the dale In conversation con-versation with your correspondent he prophesied a complete collapse of the Boer power to remain In the field when the winter comes onwhich in the Transvaal Trans-vaal means in about two and a half months Up to that time IUr Kxall believes be-lieves that the enemy will light very I stubbornly but he will lose heart when he considers the awful possibilities of passing a winter in the fighting l field I and consequently will sue through his agents for peace but here Great Brit ains advantage In I the way of commissariat I commis-sariat and reinforcements wll1 tell and It will be the time to put on the serc and exact full retribution for the events I whlcji led up to and have characleried the campaign The following reasons are given In support of the contention that the Doers cannot keep up resistance and thai they are strong factors In the ultimate ul-timate nsult must be admitted by all having knowledge of life In South Africa Af-rica In the winter time there will be no water in the kopjes and continuous fighting from the splendid positions afforded af-forded by I them would be Impossible There will be no glass for horses and cattle The constant practice of the i Boers of driving their stock 10 the low I country in winter proves that It is I practically Impossible to keep hordes and cattle In anything like condition I without ibis resource They IC bound to run short of remounts and even 1 thobe horses thai are being used and live through the summer campaign I will be utterly done up In the course of a month or two The Boers will be unable to withstand the cold among I the hills with ihefr InelUcieiit camping accommodation They always wait for grass and the spring to start a Kaffir raidj as witness the Malaboch and l itTgato vail not to mention the pies 1 ent campaign when they deliberately waited for the opportune time in respect II re-spect to the condition of the country Then in Ihe winter time they plant their food for the following year and this work Is done on ton gigantic a scale for the women to manage alone especially in the Free State and Kaffirs without male supervision would never do ihe work Seeing that so much depends upon the British power of keeping horses and cattle In good condition Mr ISxall suggests that the military authorities bhould imme diately commence cutting up huge quantities of hay and storing It for lie coming winl r and further points out that the work might be done without extia expenditure by b the garrisons left on the Hues of communication as the men arc chafing under their I condition I of enforced lillencbs Vc have lost It lot of distinguished guests lately but new ones arc continually I continu-ally arriving to fill the gaps > Tho Klnlanns Castle brought us lludyard Kipling and Conan Doyle Kipling i fired a volley of questions from till I deck Doyle was nowhere In > > Igh < After hearing the latest news Kipling turned on Ills heel and disappeared As I descended the gangway later the author > au-thor two ladles and a child got Into a carriage Olliceifi lined the upper deck and j Tommies were clustered aCt Goodnight Good-night sir some one shouted from above and then came three rousing I ringing cheers all spontaneous and much rpore thrilling than if they hud I bopn given to order Kipling took off his hat and revealed a bald pule but II big one The soldiers took up the cheer again and again and then the carriage vanished amid the coal dust and the sunset PERCY DEAKDEN TONES I U 1 J i ft i 4r 1qL4 I Lt J 1 P1 1 c LIl J I I I I p = a 1 = Z L1 i tL A vast amount of provisions is required to supply the needs of the Brit I lah J soldiers in South Africa and between fighting the cooking rations Tommy Atkins gets little time for rest Doers Th above and I picture shows a detail assigned to prepare the staff of life About inimfts 100000 loaves five consumed daily and the amount of flour used is t 1 i + i t < > B o |