The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-02-03
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From the Albany Evening Journal.
The Commanders in tho Crimea


In the first place, The English Gcncral-in-
chief has never been, as many Of on" con-
.omporarcs think, Niscount Iiard@e The
biography now going the rounds, made up
from "Burkr's pccrugc," docs not lit INN,
but somebody else.
Imagine ;, gam.t, erect, gray-hailcd man,
with only one arm. \ quick restless eye
peers out from under his plain black chapcaI
and a long blue cavalry cloak is wrapped
around him, projecting frpn which is the
scabhard of Il sabre. and single hand graap-
ing The bride of his high spirited gray horse.
That is Field Master Lord Raglan, as he
appears to the troops before &claStopol
He is of the Somerset family. His father
was tic Duke If Beaufort; but. being 4
younger son, the ducal title goes toa brother,
while he received the names Of i'itMoy James
llcnry Somerset at his christening. That
event took place siXty-siX years ago.
When he was sixteen they gave him u
Cornctcy in the Eth Dragoon,. He rose As
| Colnct who are Dukes SONS do in The British
army, over the heads OF Comets vino are sons
Of commoucrs. lie became Cantain Soncr.
set in 1908, Major Somerset in 1911 and
Lieut.. Col. Somerset in 1872 Nevertheless,
lie has earned ErG;lCtion by long and faithful
service. lie landed on tbs Peninsula early
in the war. E,noht at Taloyrra. pror,;spl COY.
t(ication At Torres y,Iras. carried Sir Arthur
WdlcSlcy's orders to his Generals, was Sc
ycrcly wounded at Busaco, and left al arm
at Waterloo. lc brought away instead such
compensation as can be made by honor,
which, according TO Elastatl, is hut little in
such case
His whole life has been spent in the ser
vice In the thirty years since the war, lie
has devoted much time to pcrftctng the army
organization and diSciplinc,--Ile was Master
General Of Ordnance for time. He held a
scat in the House ofCommons, but was never
known to rise to speak. In 1852 lie was
raised to the Pccrage, under the tide of
Baron Raglan.
He may be said to have stud,d fire AFT Of
WOW rndor w,11;,r,o, IIo,vos y,,,;ro,o,,,s
,r,toru s.crotorv lie A;11..Con,n Ii,
con,,n;o, and in ,rtcr ,ir, his intimate and
las was supposedly influential friend. lie
married niece of the Dukes. who is still
living Ills career shows that he has taken
Wellington for his model both as discip-
linarian and cainraianer. And he is Well
ington's successor.
Go,oro, Francois Ccrto;r Conrobort is NOT
Of nar,,ici,n birth Tie is native of the
somo pa;ohhorhood a. Murot in fine Dcnort.
,oont orTot un';s t,vnntv years thc iunior
Of tbo E,p,;.h Coumondrr and cn+crcd thc
Military School At st. Cyr long after his pres
cnt ally had been fighting the graduates of
St. Cvr at Waterloo.-IIe received the COM
mission of Sous-Licutcnant in 1928, and af-
ter few years of inaction was sent to Africa.
In the campaign against the troops OF
Abd.el.Kader he served with distinction,
was promoted to a Captaincy and received
the Cross of the LEGION of Honor. lie rcccv-
ed also less pleasant souvenir, in the shape
of would in thelcp He returned to France
and was engaged for time in organizing the
Foreign Legion.
lie went back to Algeria in 1911 with the
Chasscurs. In the various Eotlv contested
battles between the French and the Algcrines
he roupht unde, Coyoirnac and ST. Armand,
both of whom werc then Coloncls. AT thc