| Show u GREAT DEBT TO TOM TOl l HER IRISH COMMANDERS J M Jill return from 1 South TL of Lord Roberta Robel and tits hll eat appointment a an commander command tit er In of th the army hit hate attention anew to lu rho great t debt the tbt th are under tv to Ihland tot for pros ot of their blat ablest in tilt the rota t that pt their wa warn Jt le III welt well now II Little Iule Hobs Hobl though both to India Id had a sit father but It ft Is sat tIO 00 promulgated that the t British who h their Dam names In III tM It g ty own up to the Emerald isle Ile DI U d ot of their U further back than the first tIfe ot of the century sad nd sousing upon t i F the nine that presents Itself most mOlt or of find that the succession ot of eminent In III the army has hal re malMd almost unbroken to the present time Among those oho ho have risen to fame UI through P theIr U deeds ot of valor there are at last Ave who the English claim rank with tie Ule worlds great command era 1 The Thee Ste Wellington on Roberts Will and aud Kitchener U It is p flit err ary back to liar days ot of Wellington tId Bonaparte brit sit it that tints when this century wu waa young It will feared that the lIle great rat Na Napoleon would become not atone the uror ot of Europe but ot of the world n nad for tor hi p part rt the former took In Infiltrating filtrating tho rho pistil ot of the latter h hwal its wag wal Ulan than tailed as the savior ot of bl ds slid and s eh entitled to I Isal sal ad Arthur sae horn born at Canis h Ireland stay Isy I L IT WU three months montha the senior of I its greAt antagonist who was fI born 1 U of 01 the MIlle ms year r He chose the ee ca r ot o t arns aa I hie 1111 profession an In 1114 was an ensign In nil to IndiA a I coonel ot of hi his reg IC III nil UN the year ear GeorBe Inton died he took part In the war warthen then being wA waged 11 by hll hie Sultan and In 1902 1102 wag K maa a major rp menh The he next year ear he wen 1 victories on his hll own 8 ec cout and In 1807 1801 returned to England and aDd altered parliament but was II appointed ap pointed chill ebler secretary for tor Deland took patt UI h tI the which captured the fleet fIt at Copenhagen and the made malle a lieutenant general feDeral sad mid Mat nt to 10 command In the peninsular for or Spanish lah to In Qt at the silted forces against the 1 Frh ch Js in III 1109 he those thol fM fa Unee lit of Tor Torre a ed 30 miles mile in III extent wb eh stretched ur semis Por lor Portugal lura from the ae Tt h mIs to the and train frota which he allied forth tit nt to those battle whIch In ng tilt the French from Spain In t J I t six lix years eara of f fHI lIp HI eom late lall mighty t W en to England Oft one to tnt to the Netherlands to oppose the ot of the of which was as al the world 1 or hi knows knol Waterloo and Ind immortal tame I This event brought the climax to 10 hIS 1111 honors but he Ie had been a fa favorite ta I with Ith the Ull powers KII that were weM In 1805 after he hat had a and andI I fallen tallen ban c k hlll 1 till I he wu was raised to tIlt lute peerage G as Haron ot of and Viscount Wel Wei WelI I of and Somerset In Ini i Jill 1313 after aller more victories and tour four times I felling back ek h lie was wall made Earl ot of Wellington Wel lington Spanish flake ot of Ciudad Roil Rod erigo and Portuguese ot of Torres Toms Vedras After ho had beating 40 men In to 40 minutes and another retreat t he was wal made madl madla madea a marquis th the same Ram year In tau 1111 a 1114 marshal In III 1811 a aduke aduke duke receiving the thanks ot of parliament ud and a pension ot of d 1 r t if e 4 ct 2 4 1 cN aRV a a r Sian iE aG Y J s sV S I M MA t V A 1 t 1 HE DUl E pf W r fk I s sr 7 la lae t 4 e p W H oo Tn The battle hattle or of WAterloo brought tutu him as prize money momy the kin king of the created him Prince ot of gave gae nn an estate and tie he was made a afield field marshal ot of Austria and later In life lite ho he was prime minister ot of and the Duke ot of York as commander In chief or of the annl armies it III 1838 1821 Wellington rondo his ilia 1 last speech In In June 1363 1162 pUling passing aWRY away In September ot of that year par parI It II cannot be Ml said that England I la I neglectful ot of her heroes herDt ea especially elII the titled ones oneil the ot of the late Ite corn com comI I mander In chief Field l VII Vie count being n a conspicuous cue case In Point Like his hiM great grent wr lOr Wellington b he jointed the army and was a mid made an ensign ft at the age ot of ofis is and like him too h he was Irish born hating ha In first seen Men the light at Golden Bridge house County Dublin In the year 1833 1813 unlike however who passed through nil his hla tattles with halI hardly a scratch WoI wu was badly wounded In hi his first campaign which wa was In Burma Ito He was ns twIce woun wounded In the Crimes Crimea and to 10 one ot of I the wounds hr h 1 till hues 11 of nr nil an eye 1 i In India later latr on hI he and allol the i led lell a storming party part nt at and I altogether hr hf gained gu 1 a well II deserved t fu dash and gallantry In n I hla hili attel tears U hO however lr perhaps I g hann t v har by experience h he would r I hatt b be rI r rt for tor the same arne man manI I I It amid seem by bi manning theo the record of his hili and honors that he was for those ot of his hll deeds which were werl leant worthy ot of ree I Jour For hs was made mad I a In aC C n IL and a K C 11 U 0 for tor his bit campaign In Canada promoted to be beI major majur general and made mad It Ie C i 11 and I I G 0 C M n G for tor the Ashanti war with the bla blacks in Africa promoted etl ed again for tor hi his services In the Zulu ulu war a baron after his hili first campaign In Egypt and on his return I from the procrastinating Ung expedition up the Nile lIe for the rescue of Gordon who mIght have been n saved If more rapid marches had been made h he was advanced to the rank ronk ot of viscount In I 1890 Ire he waa al appointed general com commandinG commanding mandinG time tile forces forcell In Ireland In 1195 succeeding the oM old Duke ot of Cambridge nl as commander In chief ot of the army Field Marshal Land Roberta Fred IFred Frederick erick Sleigh h Baron ot of Kanda anda liar har otherwise Little Bolle despite hll hie long array ot of titles who ho succeeded as commander ot of the forces In Ireland and no now deposes hIm him All as su au supreme preme commander In chief is III a year eRr older thin than the latter having been barn barnIn In 1593 Tire Ilor story ot of his hili career has hen been too luo often dwelt upon of lat late to bear ar rt hut but It may be t noted that he and Wolseley were In India to together gether lher were Iere promoted with almost equal tepidity nod are both ot of Irish Saxon lineage Wellington Wolseley all served ed In that great groat school for h In ad l lion Wolseley has fought In Chins billA Canada and nod 1111 like Uke In nil no he Is known re II d his hilt till uric ot of Baron I HI or of II hren his hilt highly ul l tul campaigns III bI I and especially In honor ot of th Ih defeat or of I th the Afghans III ht the mar h ruin 1 to lie He was all a bw u o unet ont nt net 11 la I Itel and of and in in ISO I III his campaign In South Roul II a w 11 I he and lind ord 1 r w In n sr lIt nr t I take hold holl ot of OIl lice n II 10 spite ot of t is su MI t I cent lIt as to Ia be in III the of nil all litO I lieutenant In Africa U titan i years his hll Junior wits Wail Lt 11 I rasa n j Lord of J Khartum hart wit who I white hlll ot of English a I San In Ireland lie He got hl his reputation we know b by hi his great In III th Ih Sudan the capture ot of 1 hartum and the batch fit of II lie Is as gums n a as I has haa been wounded as to lUan many lint M B anti and like the tho latter won well hie chief laurels laurell III ht Another Ir h lore horn a Scotch Irishman Is General SIr George S ler t White the t ro or of Ln La who he made the great rune milt ii h with ts from Kabul to Kandi har and through the 1111 lathers n received the V C for tor x 1 bravery lie served under WOI l lIe Ie ley In the Nile expedition and under In ladle the latter a commander In chief ot of the ton fors II In that country whim when Lord Lurd tt II HI as retired from the post lie won on II Imi er laurels In Hurma and tb ugh his hla promotions came slowly In Ih rho nl nd he achieved high rank After st In ing ingas as 1111 governor or of Gibraltar he was sent to 10 Attics to take command In Natal and there this greAt united against n a common cammon enemy It II b said that thaI South Africa hu has been helLn the gray grave of th the British soldiers reputation tation but It seems Hem that the fame oi of these three la II too firmly LaNd based to auger nn any lose In have been or of high honors honore for tor their and it II Is 18 firmly that w when n Lord Lard Roberta shall have resigned lila hla commandership he will he JI h by the dashing hero of f I hartum |
