| Show CRITICS ENTIRELY NONPLUSSED Jf DY the tho Astounding lI Mobility of 01 Boor Reason lorit forIt Is Found In III the tho Military System which the I Boers and Brought to I the tho Field Cornets Gathered Their Theil Forces When the tho War Was Transvaal Regulars u u u M ru Iu NuM lIUI The celerity with which the Doers Boers mO blazed theIr army tm In tho beginning ot of tb Ib rr present war excited I the th admiration and the wonder ot of the whole civilized I I d says the Cincinnati Enquirer preparedness for tor the lite conflict that they had bin been arming Md and A AA LA m disproportion seller to tits the number ot of the whole population Is 19 explained l by the numerical superioritY of women great Jt children In Individual lien S 8 to 14 11 years the ripe rl old age to which the B r attain etc From the age ac ot of 6 the oer child Is accustomed to tool feel nt at home on horseback At D a avery very cry early age the boy lioy la Is taught to toA A A A AA A A nate the tho calling out ot of the citizen clUzen troops does not wear a 0 uniform THE TIIE OF THE TRANS TRANSVAAL TRANSVAAL VAAL Besides these thoro bur burghers there are ale two kinds ot of troops In the Iho Tran Transvaal One or of fe several ral thousands not nol eX exceeding artillery and about a sim liar number Jut but not exceeding volunteers rs organized similarly to our state troops These ThellO are aro settled near the cities cilles and meet cn for tor drill and exercise The ot the tho artillery 19 now t a matter ot of his tor tort The Tho artillery thou though h email Is extremely well drilled und and has hns been In by Getman and French Thew regular soldiers wear uniforms very similar to 10 the with nn an ad 51 mixture ot of the tho Dutch For Jor field service tho they are fitted out with khaki suits In addition to th these se troops there are ro Germans French Dutch Irish and contingents ot Of the great number ot of In and ancl In the Transvaal it 11 is 19 sate safe to as assume all floe tho young and p m Y Yahie ahie nil I with the exception ot of course courte ot of the British have placed their services at Oom Pauls disposal The rho German contingent alone alon exceeds 1000 men The ceaseless flow of oC recruits through Delagoa Dela goa oa Bay line has greatly greallY increased this for tor eln lesion legion ot Of the foreigners nil all are old as In Europe every Cery able lOon Is liable to military duty dut With regard to the Orange Free State I the tho conditions ot of life lite prevailing amon am on the Boers there lire are almost theo the same sune The Free muster 1000 fighting burghers and auel are under the th command ot of General Albrecht At tile the receipt ot of n a telegram consist consistIng lag Ing of one word war the eld cornets comp the iho whole country reaching the most mOlt dl distant farm H Every IY burgher sped d to the Iho meeting place mad AA IL IW AA 11 IV also nillo a 11 political club every now and then Ihen several of oC the local shooting so tH chIlies arrange e II a which Is nn an exhibition ot of shooting antI and other othor athletic games atul nd which Is distinctly national No ah over eer joined l or was atlo allowed to join In 1 a The feats or of performed hero hove have earned the great set eel rO p 1 ot of the local l English n Every loor new defeat dertat ot of the tho British brings them nearer n to 10 the of t a 11 rte lag ot of the Cape Calle Dutch thou thoua ands of them have joined the Beers 13 r 11 a aready ready roady many man more atC f The Tho addition ot of such a 11 force torce to the Boer orm army would ho bo a 1 terrible blow to England The guides that mi led hut but a I tom of 01 the tho Dutch They consider the British a as intruders who ho hove no right to tb the country All Ali Alithe the I t I tm scorn sites hown n them thum m b by time the Un 1 I n are fresh freh In Ute the mind or of the Dutch There lher la Is no m 1111 lion that Looks look down upon up n the for foreigner at as time Dosing the whole or orthe time the J n ot of South Attica Africa they ho have V lb att as a 11 higher that the Ka Ip 1 lint Bul the hour or of reckoning has haa come comer r hoarding and for tor some line back The dispatch atch with their troops wore mobilized and brought bro ht to the front will be more ly I understood when the conditions un under under der which they live lIe ore are taken Into con Wh When n In UiS 1818 the D Boers trekked Into theIr present pr nl country to top p the tho oppression ot of their f fora tho they found themselves taco face to face with hos hostile tile the hordes ot of enrages nages ever eer on the aI alert t to cut ort off stragglers and to attack 1 isolated farms Then Thon was laid the of the present military II tem hem of oC the Doers Boers To understand it II one oae bear In iii mind first that the Doer Boers do not il In towns only a few lew Of thom them hove hao made mado titles their resl derce dence and these ore are mostly officials i the Ibe rest feet ot of th the town are for tor I WORK OF TIlE TIIE FIELD CORNET comaT The farms ot of the tho Boers lie scattered over the whole ot of the country Trans veal Itself Is larger luger than Great and Ireland and the d does not exceed d now white burghers tbt foreign population not counted The country countr is 10 divided In field cornet 9 that Ita is districts under the command ot of a field fieM cornet Thesa Thell stand In the closest t communication with every single t farm In the tho country In times limes gone one by n a me messenger from a farm tarm Would Inform the Iho field cornet cornel of at an Qt at attack tack by end and even then the mo 1 wile wee so perfect thAt the tho greatest ot of dIspatch the ot of the whole holo district was alarmed alarm and canto camo to the rescue As s to the tho conn con ot of the tho army ormy every male from 16 to 60 years yenN ot of nl Is liable to In the the male population liable labio to military oer I ie ac according to the latest census In n the neighborhood or of mOn men The handle his rifle The constant tights rs with the Zulus and bate 1 tle Ie the tho Hoer proficient In the arts ot of nr AA A AI great I nt deal drol of tJ the Boer noer sends mi on horseback or In time the ox wai on trekking trek king from one part pari o of time the co country to the other Ills IUs nomadic habits oblige him to get his dinner with his rifle This Thill one ot of the for tor his excellent marksmanship The high price tot ot bullets have taught him not to miss u n shot hot When II a Doer Boer has three bullets bullet ho he cnn can reckon on three meals The story Is told of oC n a Doer Boor who wOnt sweat with an 1111 English officer shooting springboks TOO EXPENSIVE TO MISS The Briton had a bagful of the tho hoer Doer only his rifle Where are oro your our cartridges es asked the captain In my two tiro is 19 all 1 can carr carry DUI But suppose u you OU Nobody ml answered the Boer when time the cartridges are apiece Is on an explanation of their remarkable shooting With the tho Introduction ot of the tole tele telegraph graph and particularly since a war with England became Inevitable the tho mobilization ot of those burghers burh rB was put upon n a thoroughly modern basis With WithIn In an hour after time the declaration ot of war every eer field In the country had sent Pent out his messengers to call the pop populace ulace to 10 arms Every EcO male from 16 to toCO CO 60 saddles his hili horse takes tak a supplY of provisions his rifle his own tion and departs for the prearranged meeting place Rifles and guns ot of the most modern pattern have been n at vat vatrious n rious times dl among the burghers b by the government through the field cornet The Tho Boer goes gocs to war he does not stick at the tho ago limIt there ore plenty of 01 en shove 60 and plenty of boys U H In the ranks rank The heIght of at the hoer Doer the being five feet ten inches and hl his BPI splendid physique mAke a fourteen n 1 carold Doer Boer a fairly matched to the British soldier of oC whom there are aro too loo many Inthe In the tho British army arm The Th burgher who has thus b been n commandeered commandeer to duty this Is the expression used to N man many tam families Illes were represented by three father and sons sona shouldering the tho rifle rille TIlE TIIE OJ OF THE CAPE Perhaps ono one or of the most important factors In deciding the tho campaign Is the tho altitude ot of the Cape It may not be 00 generally known that the tho Cape Dutch are splendidly organized Though less ot of n a pastoral population than an agricultural one the Cape Dutch never forgot the tho tradition ot of their race They are not so SI ott often n called upon to 10 earn their sustenance by br hunt lag Ingo but 9 they are splendid shots Eer Every village has n a shooting society which liS as an open secret is s |
