Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-05-16
NO. XXYL.
The Commanders In the Crimes.
FROM THE ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL.


In the first place, the English General in, chief
has never been, as many Of our contemporaries
think, Vscount Hardinge. The biography now
going the rounds, madesap from "Burke's Peer
age" does not fit him, but somebody else.
Imagine gaunt. erect, gray haired man, with
only one arm, 4 quick restless eye peers out
from under his plain black chapeau, and long
blue cavalry cloak is wrapped around him, pro-
jecting from which is the scabbard ot sabre, and
single hand grasping the bride OF his high
spirit gray horse. That is.Field Marshal Lord
Raglan, as he appears to the troops before Sc
bastopol.
He is of the Somerset family. His father was
the Duke of Beaufort but, being younger son.
the ducal title goes to brother, while he received
the name of Fitzroy James Henry Sonorset at
his christening. That event took place sixty
six years ago.
When he was sixteen they gave Cornetcy in
in the 4th Dragons. He rose, as Corness who are
Dukes SONS do in the British army, over The
heads Of Cornets who are sons OF commoners.-
lie became Captain Somerset in 1903, Major
Somerset in 1911. and Lieut. Col. Somerset in
1912. Nevertheless, he has earned promotion by
long and faithful service. He landed on the Pc
nnsula early in the war, fought at Talayera.
Sir Arthur, WcIlesIey's orders TO his Generals.
was severely wounded at Busaco, and left an arm
at Waterloo. lie brought away instead such
compensation as can be made b. honor, which,
according to Falsaf, is but little in such case.
His whole life has been spent in the service.
In the thirty years since the war he has devoted
much time to perecting the army organization and
discipline. He was Master General Of Ordnance
FIR Io hali i'm he
mons, but was never known to rise to speak. in
1852 he was raised 10 the Peerage, under the
title Of Baron Raglan.
lie may be said to have Studied the art Of war
under Wellington. He was WelngtYn's Mill
tary Secretary, his Aid de- Camp, his companion,
and afterlie his intimate and (as was supposed)
influential friend. He married niece Of the
Dukes, who is still living. His career shows
that he has taken Wellington tor his model, both
as dscpnaran and campagner And now he
is Welllngton's successor.
General Francois Certain Canrobert is not of
patrcian birth. lie is 4 native of the same neigh
borhood as Murat, in the Department Of Lot
lie is twenty years the junior Of the English
Commander, and entered the Military School at
ST. Cyr long after his present ally had been fig ht-
ing the graduates Of St. Cyr at Waterloo. lie
received the commission of Sous Lieutenant in
1928, and after few years of inacton was sent
to Africa.
In the campaign against the troops of ADD ell
kader he served with distinction, was promoted
to Captaincy and received the Cross OF the Le-
gion OF Honor. He received also less pleasant
souvenir, in the shape of wound in the leg He
returned to France, and was engaged for atime in
organizing the Foreign Legion.
lie went back to Algeria in lS4l with the
Chasseurs. In the various hotly contested battles
between the French and the Algerines he fought
under Cavaignac and ST. Arnaud, both OF whom
were then Colunes At the little town Of fOued-
Metmour, Captain Canrobert, with $50 bayonetS,
succeeded in keeping at bay 5000 Of the enemy.
for which exploit he received upon the field the
rank of Lieut.. Colonel, and for subsequent de-
fence of Tenez that Of Colonel.
It was Colonel Canrobert who reduced the
Kabyles and the tribes of the Jurjura to final sub
mission, and made prisoner of Ashemed Bey. 1t
was he that organized the Zo,tares, who are just
beginning to win distinction in the Crmea.-
They are corps composed of the natives Of Al
geria, whose Moorish blood and French drill rem
der them very affective in quick movements, seal
ing heights, SC, Sc. At the Alma an English
correspondent describes them as being las Dmble
as monkeys"
! General of Division Canrobert, Commander of
the Legion of Honor and Aide de- Camp to the
Emperor, was assigned command of the LIST In
fantry when the army Of the East was organized.
| lie had charge of the landing of the French in
the Crilnea, and now succeeds 10 the command
vacated BY the death Of St. Arnaud