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Show THE "FIGHTING RACE." The number of Irishmen prominent in the South African war is extraordinary. extraordi-nary. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the present pres-ent War Minister, is a native of the Green Isle, and comes of an old Irish family. Mr. Wyndham, the Under Secretary, Sec-retary, who has created such a favorable favor-able impression ' in that office, is a grandson of th Irish rebel patriot. Lord Edward F?tzgeraid, 'to whom he bears quite a remarkable resemblance. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley was born . in Dublin. Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Waterford and Candahar was born 1 in India of a Waterford father and a ! Tipperary mother. Lord Kitchener was born in Kerry. ,-' General Sir George White is from , Antrim. Sir" Francis . Clery is from Cork, arid General French , saw the light of day in Roscommon. I General Kelly-Kenny is also, as his name indicates, an Irishman. Lord Methuen, who was defeated at the battle of Belmont, is the descendant of John Methuen, who was Lord Chancellor Chancel-lor of Ireland in 1701, and who was afterward very prominent in the diplomatic diplo-matic affairs of the times. j With the Transvaal forces we have Colonel Blake, ah Irish-American graduate grad-uate of West Point, who commands the Irish-American brigade.. The latest estimate of the strength of that force is said to be 2,500 men. T. ST. JOHN GAFFNEY. New York, Feb. 5, 1900. |
