Show JI n Q f WAR R IN 5 WAR DEPARTMENT 5 I S anto I II Secretary y o f a for War the tho Feud Between and In Chief Lord I 01 0 Stalls J to mite h Al r Miles Case Coso in fn this c countrY 1 f t Country j M u urN rN February lAI It Is Isbill t in gnat t t feud ud which has that bill II a rr for several months Is Ise rt n tat Ga In Ii the theA burst 1 e to Ie lost b I Ibra till A reV few have f fI th Ihl and man lit of II a r m bra fa at it a thin the last tour par tlc 11 U Yet haN ha been said Bald oU It Iti r r r 1 But Built It can not be amo amoW i tr W lik from the human Interest that that air u ou err w W WW rr N W w to M signally to ground Itself and Its dI In the essential princIples governing modern warfare tl Is It not that the errors of the wor may not be entirely attributable to the of the civil side slay May I be to draw the alien atten Uan ot of those thole Interested to the following sentence In the In Ip speech ch of November G We h have e found that the enem enemy who declared war they are the aggressors are are much snore ore powerful and numer cue OUI than we anticipated It enough that by the time the A AAA y CHIEF WARD OF THE HOSPITAL S Fn r Y A i j V 4 x r ki iP A r t I c a ray N f 1 a oj I I l A R r rap attends II a scrap this affair II fa erpe ally jally In III the United bI There almost exactly the same J If hI happened ned In the Spanish Ian WIT war although h perhaps for n a Ceni try let of reasons reason I tr Ik are the of r j e tc of state slate for tor war wara W a act IV WJ Field Marshal tI r in of the tho m that rHen them is equal to the bit as sand to exist between Alper and Ild Gen Jen Mlles Le is II man days older rr r jem j ul be the center ot of t from a t ai a rg the liberal I tuch Is t alre already ld It has hns G q d by friends e the m that when h asp aua kI he will wt bring forward e x to sh eh 1 w that It was the mill l teal or of the army nut not the civil i th thai t sae U at fault That ot of course coure Gel and the atilt old Ii ur r tl II mad ab tit It On at least one on u as II he hl has broken n out In Inq f e It and a few days q tit In what to have been an Inspired L mr iris t sod raid r U tort lor hele la I In any fashion h he wit rill deliberately I reo re 1 the a Tos r I n hI ha hu has taken Inken lit In lioa vur ur anna arma cI c 1 evidently consIdered h enough for tor i Sn 3 sw Lord l Ernest rne t lIam b Ou rot be t expected to 10 have art with his sued I 0 promptly retorted OUr mr ml au tar tary has 6 U opposition gets reta through with Its attacks I on the present government for of cf the war and by tile the time Ume the Boers get through taking advantage or of that mismanagement the war department depart department ment will be ready for tor the greatest shakeup It has hns known within the mom memo Its oldest fossil As n veteran war correspondent oh ob served to me yesterday The Tho war office olilee has always boon been the weed garden n or of l politics and anI society It has bas b been n the one department In which the royal family has had much personal Influence available for Cor providing fut places for highborn but otherwise un personages er from the Duke ot of Cambridge down Hence the most Important office In the tho cabinet peat nest to that of premier hu has been above awve nil all others the portfolio fillets lit In the war have been sought alter aner even 0 more than good places In the treasury The best families hate hae nl al trays been wanting places there for their sons on onIt It was society III as much ns as that sent to the front some lome of the gen Iren generals era Is now there There II is no hum harm In mentioning the name or of one or them Ihm for even een the Times has tethers In n whIch It Is stated without re reserve e that he ha has not proved himself to be the man manfor for tor the place Gen Oon Paul Methuen le lethe J the man ret ned to J 1 am told laId that his was a society appointment pure and simple and It Is reasonable to suppose that th the ot of Lansdowne Lm downe was re R for tor it II although alt Important appointments are supposed to come primarily from the In subject to the Indorsement of the war secretary i Perhaps some facts about the present secretary of stale slate for Cor war help American renders readers to get a better grip M on the present peculiar elate ot of affairs and will prove Interesting ee as Ito he was n a near noar for tor live ora having been govern r f general or of Cana dl da frown from 1963 to 10 1381 lII Ills name Is Henry Charles Pett ice Ic and the mere mero of his titles would stretch across two columns ot of this lie comes from one of the oldest and haughtiest families In inthe the kingdom dom dating to 10 the cen century fury tury lie He succeeded his father the fourth marquis when ho was ony 21 1 and lord ot of the treasury three years lie has baa been In alike almost al most steadily tur tor tile the last thirty years his highest poet to that he holds now having been that Ihal of Rever nor Ir general ot of India front ISIS to 1103 J a In nil all this long political career lie he has hall always alas been suave kindly and 1101 11 no other men man manIn In ha has had so many important hires and made so 10 t fety There ulf used 1 to 10 be a theory that was hidden schoolboys and that even een after thy they grin 1111 u up was its parted to them only frith reluctance although eXI frequently proved the theory to be sound It vas that tho ho man lOon who never nOer made a 11 mistake never neer Was likely to amount to a row of pins pine Lands was n II liberal until Mr Ir home rule bill sent ent him over oYer to 10 the other Ills coward was aB lh the appointment by Lord Salisbury ro fo fobe robe be governor general or of and after arter his return thence to be secretary ot of stale tor war In III India lie he had rather u 11 lively Urn ot of It but his hilt doctrine ot of let well served ned him In good stead Doubtless It halo done the same In time war office it If the fibers noer hall had not mixed things up It has been said that no greAt amount r f lovo hits hilS been lost between Gen aln and Lord Landsdowne from he b beginning Gen was os lint brat lintn n the ground anti and It was a big day dayn dayI n I the war office when he made his tip nil prance there ns as in I n IM 5 succeeding the old duke of t Cain Calli ridge the queens first cousin who ad held that place for almost torI forty ears The rho duke Is a delightful old uld but not exactly what one could call progressive p Ill Ile had bad a royal I corn or of liens I It had been apparent for year that he British army would not nol necessarily offer If sumo other men man hI duke dukeN Ce CeI N I Iere Ie made Its but butas ilS as h the was the queens cousin no one I I ared tackle the tho problem un II SIr Henry Campbell the i much liberal leader In InI I he house ot of commons undertook the tho ask Sir Henry tops ot of war from 1812 1592 to 1895 1393 and those who ar are lumping Jumping on him now because ht ho is 18 so that on one neVer can feel sure hat hal he really thinks think occasionally tern tem temper per their criticIsm when they remember hat It was waB this same smoothness on which the ancient duke slid out of ot of rice without knowing exactly what had happened to hint Through t Sir it Viscount whom many regarded nt at that time its AS the tho fore Core tY most mOlt t soldIer In the empire was Has made tn chief p the arm army time the I appointment was WIB the liberal suddenly tripPed and toll over oer a snap vote vete on cord cordite It 0 and for a little time limo there was hope on the part of oC limo flukes that he might got back Into again It Is not Impossible that the of Landsdowne wl Wimp p Sir Henry In laid It a foundation for tor bad between be between tween himself Gen aen by the claims of at the duke lIlIko or of Cambridge nt at an any rate th the voice of at the pan plo pIe made itself heard and nUd Olin Gen Icy ley In his p pace C CAnti Anti And mat man l is Gen Wal iSol eele seley There are arc almost nJ ae many different opinions about him ne there are afe men who have served ened Under und r him lie Its Is II not halt so popular n a as little J rd who hOI has In some sense been his hili rival rhal over Oer both entered th time arm army In the earl early Ica n a older and n a year earlier In the Little hobs dill did not become a co captain until 1560 he Was a captain lit In 1356 6 Front that time Utne on the two hare hae ahead almost evenly wound for tor wound medal for medal promotion for tor promotion got Little got a year lIr or two later until they were Werl as tar far up the lall ladder or an 1111 there ther was room for t two o omen men Wolseley field marshal In 1891 and lA 1895 Perhaps Little tie U Hobs bs and ill jh ve ve liked to 10 b be lna Ids supporters woUld lIa have been but bUI AS Vie Vis count had r fUtile the lime start or of him and tuns Va senIor reo re that he be chosen Comparison bote the two Iwo rIvals who have huc been runn ns neck neek and neck for tur halt half n a century j but probably rather Ul it Gen Oen Is II a man who so far liS as outward appearances went enl never Arod ared much fur for p whereas fiord never hue hus been a averse erst to u applause plaue The newspaper tr dents always had n better show shul with him than they did Still SUII no ono one doubts that both of then them are gallant soldiers the lime man many acknowledged blunders nt at the beginning of this WAr Indicate the need of a In time till war and the temper of the tho house of at Com COin novas Indicates a determination to find out whether these blUnders cnn can be laid nt at the door or of or of Lands downs or of Cen One thing In particular Is to be do dc and It If It Il turns out us some of Gen Con Wol eles friend that It will It ft Is not unlike unlikely that It will lead to the ot of the or of Landsdowne This extraordinary tr concerns the status of Sir Wll lIa ha Francis fuller Butler who was In corn com mand of the tho troops In South Africa Un tin time the war became n a It was its his place to learn and to report the exact strength ot of the Doers and to provide the British goy gov government eminent with such aft as place on the rIer where huller Duller and Joubert are now struggling that It Is known to t the he nail natives CS u as flood lUver and is II frequently called b by that name among the Time The first known battle to have hae oc occurred occurred on its III banks took look place during 1812 or 1833 1333 between Zulus and not far Car from what whitt Is III now nOl al although though not quite so flO far Inland says sas the St SI Louts The great greal chief Tchaka had succeeded In conquering nearly nil of oC the tho I country south ot of the TU Tugela ela anti and hall had the inhabitants either to the coast or tar far Into the Il south when for tor some reason that Is not known to this t I Ic c lay n a harm e party of warriors warrior and man many gathered from other tribes I to go 10 up 1211 the Tugela trout where they were At that time totaled located near I Its mouth on the coast coastIn In 1537 tho history or of South a an event that III fa commonly i called uprising although this la Is n a misnomer fur for It was not nn an at all allin In February I U occurred the tho mae mo or of Flet and seventy of hIs followers just jUit 1 a little weal of the where the h and Boors have hav been struggling for so NO weeks fl was lAS at the III head or of a large caravan or of Doers whIch had trek kod late the Zulu country lie Ile and hi his I followers had been enticed Into Din i kraal to 10 attend a big feast and treacherously slain while enJo enjoy lag Ing the blacks Time The balance Ot of the caravan III ht defending themselves from attack and I th the Zulu then down the Tugela I slaying all she tho feces ho could find that had not placed Ihm themselves In a position I to 10 resist his hll onslaught TO The number ot of killed In this raid run up Into the hundreds The Tho Doers Doert who had themselves however were unable to 10 escape and when Inter of their plight reached the coast coalt been accepted At Al last a largo large force was completely con coil principally of British though hough It also numbered man many friendly I natives and a few tew flours The I lion mar hied hed west wust along the Tugela They Thoy had hod two tWI b bottles with the Zulus In 1 both bolh ot of which the they were but were finally led lea Into nn an not mAli many mt j tr from m th the n tit w fam th lI r i completely After this vic victory tory tor bore down upon the main body budy ot of the caravan which had boon Jeon under the Ibe command ot of PIe o and nil fell upon the IL a force Coce ot of nearl nearly There wire w re but 1400 fighting men In this thle laager but the they completely defeated II by mAk makIng Ing use of strategy the thing the they have used so o well In their 1 present It nt war A force of 00 horsemen wore sent out tram from the longer laager end ond upon the Zulus from the rear created A panic In Inthe inthe the army ot of blacks which was WaR defeated with whim a loss ot of about 1000 ad a de defeat feat that broke power and sent him Into In Ignominious exile This victory occurred on December 16 a dAY that Is celebrated nR an th the principal event of the year ear In time the Trane aal And an another other bar hind had been added to the song lIong of war the Tugela babbles to the sea Save for Innumerable small fights peace now reigned along the Tugela until and the two sons lions ot of lande king or of the Zulus be began began gan to Quarrel over their right of t sue JUC AA A A A A y during this perl period occurred alonG this the Tugela Fifteen tights In which enough warriors were engaged to warrant a rant call caU lag Ing them battles took piaca and anet In one which occurred during the lattEr part ot of mo life At a spot let mimes from the mouth of th the Tu Tugela pta nearly 1200 warriors were plain sev we ural of i ae g most mOil par M I C be the th In iS the country Ras up into Inlo thirteen dr did these were rt given by the to ele eleen elev eleven en chief t one chieftain and on one white man all of whom hAd helped the In their war ThIs arrangement re resulted In numerous I Pet Pett et tr t war wan but during this period only ono one hattle battie occurred on or near the Tugela I This was between l tw n a large luge party of I und and a Zulu Imp Jt It was on an all allday ar tight fight but inti the drove their from Crom the field With 1111 enormous loss 1018 This fight In which more mere tires were lost then Ihn In nil all of oC Huh pers fighting occurred In a defile of the not nol five mItes from the p scene ne of the battle of at plon Jopp Jop Joppa Jopa a defile that i Is probably held b by th liners Boers lodl today And no now dont you ou thin tb the Zulu name of flood I le more mor thin then Tugela for tor thAt which flows by II so O man many and along whose hOl banks flU so man many Root goof fighting end sacrificed their lives Iea on time the gory altal allu of war ar |