Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-16
HOME FROM THE WAR IN EGYPT.

Bronzed by the Sun and the Sands of tho
Desert and Dazed by the Brilliancy of Their
Reception-The Gaudy Guards and the
Victory That Their Fellows Won-The
English Excited-Social and Dramatic Az
Iars.
Special Correspondence of the Pioneer Press
LONDON, Oct 24.-The guards have come
home from Egypt didn't think that Eng
hshmen could get so excited as they do, and
didn't think they could get so terribly excited
over the wrong thing The guards are the
crack regiments of England. They wear bet
to- clothes than any corps in the world. They
are the one beauty spot in the English army.
1t is fact that the equipment they have costs,
including charger, $500: By that mean
helmet, tunic, silver, gold and brass orna-
looms, saber and carbine. They are the most
expensive body of men in the army. They are
paid more, dressed at greater cost, lodged and
fed better than any other body. They are fine
dress parade troops. They number in all
1000 men, About one-fourth Of them went
to Egypt There they we're failures. They
didn't get chance to fight and they didn't
march we'll. Both the foot and the horse
guards were too heavily weighted with comforts
to be valuable as soldiers. However, on their
return, they received such welcome and ova-
ton that I could scarcely believe 1t was Lou
NohA eAASSS PSSPAS'
of NINE who has just returned from
Egypt, where he served as one Of the SUCCESS
full war correspondents in the field, tells me
that in the battle of Tel ell Kebir the guards
were out of range altogether, that they didn't
get under fire at all, that the pursuit they en-
gagged in was failure and that so far as being
of use is concerned they were on the other
hand handicap to the army. Mr. Ross Ray
mond, who tells this, with many other stories
not so creditable to the English army, will
probably give his attention to putting his
knowledge into shape that will present the
heroism now so applauded in a different light.
He knows Of the killing of the wounded
Egyptians on the battle field and confirms the
rumors of the cowardce of some of the regi-
ments of the army at Ramleh and Malahalla
l fancy it will be
VERY INTERESTING READING.
Nevertheless the guards are to be feted,
wined, dined, toasted, praised and decorated,
and the Hlghlanders, marines and mounted in
fantry, who did the work, received nothing
beyond moderate praise and medal. The
spirit of English fairness is touching. 1t
usually touches the wrong place, it seems to
me. Johnny is marching home again just
now, and the army in Egypt is reduced to
5000 men or less. They will be commanded
by Sir E. Wood who caused the Zulu war and
the troubles in South Africa. He is good
and appropriate subject of Great Britain to
carry out the behests of Sir E. Malet, who
governs the country. find in England that
while the war was not popular, and THE cause
of the national party in Egypt is in increasing
favor, the warmth of the soldiers reception is
as marked as though theirs had been mis-
sion touching the safety rather than the I'M
imperiled honor of the great British nation.
This welcome took strange forms, but the
funniest of them were the newspaper stories
that grew out of the return of the troops. II
there is anything tho British Journalist prides
himself on, it is the purity of his diction, the
absence of strained figures and the straight
forward directness of his reports and editorial
comment One has to laugh, then. when he
sees such paragraph as this from the Daily
News:o the goth, in re the return of the
guards:
The brawny troopers for the most part were
bronzed by Eastern sunshine, and seemed a little
lacking in flesh compared with their ordinary
| parade condition. Some of them too had strange
look in the eyes. but whether brought about by the
lurid glare Of sunlight reflected from glittering
sand, or by the fercer light of battle, who shall
say? In all other respects, however, they seemed
none the worse for their hard campaigning. Fined
down they were, like athletes in training, but all
thews and sinews, aud plainly fit to exchange stout
blows with any foes.
1 will match that against anything ever writ
ten in Chicago. Wouldn't it be funny thing
to see in their eyes on Oct. 20 the light of a
battle that took place Sept 3. The more so as
they didn't get into the battle. Altogether il
was funny. From another sober. respectable,
and, oh! how sober and respectable the Lon
don journals ale, find the following gush
about the horses of the returned troopers:
The troop horses looked well enough too closely
packed though they were in narrow stalls with no
room to stretch stiffened limbs and opportunity
for change of position until their weary legs gave
way under them the rigid muscles relaXed,and they
dropped into their slung hammocks rocked to sleep
| by the ceaseless. soothing motion of waves.
These are average specimens of the publica-
| tons on an occasion of Englishman getting ex-
cited.
PARLIAMENT pEGTNs
| its winter troubles pretty soon. and it will be
| busy enough with the success of the war in
| Egypt, meeting the current of popular feeling
| for that unfortunate country that is likely to
| arise, and good many red hot questions OF
| dispute Probably they will not create a DIS
sension fatal to the government, for the army
spirit is as strong as the political, if moi
stronger and In the glory of the British arms (?)
| the misfortunes of another county will surely
not predominate. Then, Ireland will attract
great attention. The troubles of the land
| league and the difficulties and sorrows Of the
ever turbulent isle will have full share OF
attention. These two questions will be the
mons, and as the situation now is. there is nc
reason to look for anything dangerous to the
| Gladstone government The success in
Egypt and the military Hurrah tina,
attended 1t was necessary -. -te
body then sitting, but it passed by, and the re-
suit is that Gladstone and his ministry will
| walk into the house stronger and more able te
sway than on the first day OF their election.
| JUST NOW SOCIETY IS DULL
enough, for the fogs have begun and only
few people who don't have to stay in the city
| The fog begins when the people begin to ligh
their fires and its first specimen of the season
| promises an ample crop. The queen is in
| Balmoral but will presently come to Windsor