| Show BOBS THE IDOL OF SOLDIERS 5 Brilliant Modost Modo and nt at AU All TtO Not n a Fall ure Blots Bota tho Rec Record rd of the Man by Whom Tommy Atkins and His hy AlI Alien How HowField Field Flold Marshal Marshol Lord Roberts Now Now on His Way to Toke Take Supreme command In South Africa HOB Has Won the Devotion of Engl Forces at Homo Home I and In India w men have hae so completely of their followers n the that ot of Flew Marshal Lord Fred Fredk k Sleigh who salted yes es n ay from England on the take supreme command ot of all u Ile to tJ Brush forces In Africa ver sUII are arc the commanders who enjoyed so eo large a ot of tr Ir soldiers love nS as that which the lish and Indian armies long ao ago ve to nabs Bobs Little Bobs noba or Bob Dob AI trues most valuable service to the empire were comprised In the arduous unobtrusive labor by which he remodeled the frontier d defenses tenses and virtually rev re remade made the Indian arm army bringing it 11 to Ill iii present high More than once his reforming opinIons were so opposed to general notions at al that time that the they made him the object ot of at attack attack tack and even ridicule But Dut ho he stuck to them and later W was S vIndicated by their adoption Much ot of his success all as IL a general and andas all as a was duo not only to hIs rev ref magnetism but to his clos close A A A thin After quiet administrative work ho he won a medal and clasp In the Um belan campaign In lIe joined the expedition or of Lord Na Napier pier ot of Magdala to in As assistant quartermaster general he superintended the embarkation ot of the entire lie Ho WM was thrice mon men Honed for tor his services and Lord Nn Nar pIer selected him as the bearer ot of the dispatches which announced the entire success or of the expedition Thus Thu he won another hedal and was wa breveted lieu lieutenant tenant colonel In the Royal HOal artillery As a reward for his services with the expeditionary force In 1872 he was made a military companion or of the Order of the lie as a colonel in 1576 and received un an appointment ns no permanent quartermaster steer general with the rank or major Lord Lytton offered him the com command command mand of the forces In 1878 when he became a major general or of the rho army Then Ihen In 1879 ho he received the command ot of Eastern Afghanistan from flom Kabul abul to It was In the war whIch broke out soon afterward that he first began to attract the general public atten attention which culminated ted In m over oer his famous march During the campaign he was mentioned eight times In the dispatches On his march to In 1879 while In command or of the Valley force torce he fought rought a fierce and nd bloody battle at Pet ear Kotal winning a brilliant tory at al before his cApture or of orthe the capital Thence ho he had to retire to cantonments where his fore foresight foresight sight had led to the construction of n a strongly position for tor Just ns as he was Variously known In their rma of endearment This reeling feeling for tor their hero Is almost at ot of a family for tor Its head There is patriarchal about it Tom Tomy y 1 be hI he Briton or Indian dearly ves II a hero but says the No New York erald when he finds II a man who ho com comes es moral and physical courage of a order with brilliancy dash and and a personal reg regard rd for fore rore e comfort of th the man in the ranks Tommy straightway tails falls down dOn and And he has been doing that etore Dobs Baba for tor lo these many years With never a failure In his record rd Roberts has man many a teat feat ot of gen ship and Individual bravery to his relit That for which he Is most ta fa ous Is his hIli march from abul to the elief of In 1880 while Eng Md and was on ot of anxiety ns as aso o his hIB safety Ot Of It he tells u us himself hat he found his advance to Kabul In he previous year a tar far more difficult ark Ins 1119 successful movement ot of a od ody comprising about fighters British and camp follow rollow follows s rs and 2300 horses and gun mules hostile territory In weeks wIth the loss or of only one soldier and a dozen natives Is III by competent critics the OIL an rem achievement ot of Its lad Ind in modern times General Shere Sher ans march to the sea probably Is the earett to It A special ronze was glen given to each of th then the en participating in the march AS DEWEY WAS Ills His completely bam battled d the nem nervy In i own wn country and enabled to administer the crushing 10 low which end ended d the campaIgn Ills III then taken In conjunction with he foresight and c caution characteristic t f th the man no less leu than his tact In ealing with around him augur veil ell for the nt ot of the British apes which are counting on hla hie skill o counterbalance the extreme mobility t r the Doer Boer forces torce from which the lin t sh h have suffered most heavily during he present War Upon his return to England after that arn the countr country honored Roberts uch 8 as AdmIral Dewey was Wa honored ere He was thanked b by the govern overn ant ot of India and by both houses ot of art h The queen summoned hm him hmo himo o Windsor The municipality ot of Lon Len Lonon Lenon on Presented d to him a sword and the reed om ot of the cl city a rare gift Itt accorded o comparatively few men among horn General Grant was numbered nh the ancient trade guilds nd commercial bodies vied led with Uh each then ther m In degrees es privileges ban nets UHs anI and addresses U But Dut that was U anI only one episode In a care and many ot of best beat to belleve that hat Roberta the men in the ranks LellY Leay Ing India In 1893 after two terns or nearly eIght years as chief at a 11 farewell banquet In Calcut Calcutta ta he strongly urged upon all officers the necessity for tor sympathy with soldIers and ond their families and nOO of giving effect to orders In a liberal and Intelligent spirit On the same occasion he showed his faith In his system by saying that thal tt If the time of at trial should ever eer come India could rest secure not only on her ller troops her t forts and her guns but on i the loyalty of her foundations an and the of f her lie always gave the She credit ot of his hla victories to the themen themen men under his One ot of his names among the people who honored him only second to their sovereign In the parade on the occasion ot of her diamond jubilee two and a half years ago 1 is that of the soldiers gen general generate erate eral No mill military tar leader In England stands higher In the hearts or of the Ish nation and In the jUdgment of European critics his hili ability ranks with or above that of Lord Wolseley his commander After Atter passing through Eton and Sandhurst FrederIck Roberts then nineteen years ears old obtained his first commission as a 0 second lieutenant In inthe the tho Bengal Dengal artillery artiller on December 12 1 1551 1 Going at once to India he learned from his father much about Afghan Afghanistan J tan and the campaign through which General SIr Abraham Roberts had just ed thereby laying the foundation ot of the knoWledge which he later put to such good use lie soon lIoon afterwArds obtained a start staff appointment and discovering the value or of set to work to acquire the language with the assiduous thoroughness characteristic of nil all his doings lie went through the tho mutiny in 1857 1557 and 1558 tram th the siege and Capture or of Deihl to the relief ot of winning distinction through his courage and ability Three horses were shot under him during the At he Won the Victoria cross lie He had just saved IL a native of Ute when he SAW two carrying ort oft the colors Dashing after atter them he slew one and seizing the standard brought It back In triumph II lIe would hive have lost his life had not IL a musket missed ra while Its muzzle was pressed against leis his bod bodIn body In one ot of his hili carll earliest st engagements while Aiding drivers to limber up guns i he was shot n near ar the spine and the wound wa not mortal morn al only because a leather pouch whIch had slipped lipped around to his back received the force or of the Impact lie left the mutiny as a brevet breet major with II a medal with three clasps In 1869 ho married 1 lIss DIs Bews a daughter of CAptain ew ot of the regiment Sh She entered thoroughly hi his work and her sym sympathy pathy athy hoe hll him This lady and two to daughters now comprise hi his family TV In 1560 ho he became a regimental cap such an emergency Throughout the winter he held the place with n a force torce of against tierce tribesmen awaiting the arrival ot of reinforcements with the aid of which he promptly re recaptured rev captured Kabul and was ready to march to when the necessity presented itself From ISSI to 1885 he WM was In com cam marl of the Mourns Presidency troops and his latest fighting was with the I Burmah expedition In mG 1686 lie was vas of the tho forces In In dla from 1885 1855 to 1893 1593 and then Was sue suc succeeded largely argel on his recommendation by General Sir George White now be In Ladysmith since Ince his r to England Lord Roberts has been commander of the forces In Ireland lie was raised to the peerage ns as Baron Daron of lor In Afghanistan and of the city of at Water Waterford ford tord In 1892 1692 ms HIS FEELINGS REGARDING TILE TUE DOERS BOERS Were Lord Roberts small enough to need any personal persona Incentive to ek eke out his sense or of dut duty there could bl be no doubt ot of It In his present com command man manI Hastily dispatched to Capo Cape Town ns as I governor of Cape Colony and rom com commander mander ot of the forces there he c I led ivied Just after the battle ot of IfIll when pence peace had been A peace alas without honor hp he m said to which rna may be teJ the recent state ot of affairs In th the Trans van ani lie was summoned back to England after atter less than hours In Cape CaIO Town Ho was created n a military knight ot of the tho Grand Cross ot of the Bath Dalh and ond a 0 baronet In June 1881 1681 In recognition of his distinguished servIce In India In the present campaign his hll only son was wag killed nt at Tugela T ela river and his nephew Colonel Coonel Sherston at Glencoe Ills famous charger the tho white Arab which carried him from lea la bul to and through the tho ju bilee parade died last year ear showing to the lat last that affection tor him which he Inspires In everything living that comes In contact with him |
