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Show uu COLONEL SEELY HEAD OF CAVALRY Ixmdon. Feb. 0 Colonel J E. B. Seely, former secretary for war, who has been appointed a brigadier general, gen-eral, will have command of a new brigade, bri-gade, which is being formed from the Canadian cavalry and King Edward's horse. Colonel Seely retired from the British Brit-ish cabinet last spring as a result of the Irish troubles Field Marshal French was forced out of the army council at the same time for having given the English officers in Ireland assurances that they would not have to fight the LTIster volunteers. Like General French. Colonel Seelv has always al-ways been rated a better soldier than politician. |