Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-10

The Kicks Of tn French Controller
Police Rows in Alex andrIa

The KjcEs Of tn French Controller
Police Rows In Alex andrIa
Special Correspondence OF the Zoe.
Ga The lat Of January, five years
ago, we wrote 3 letter on tho Egypt
ian army, and gave q let of tho Amer
icsa ofi ,ers then in tho service, but
what a change a fsw short years have
wrcught. Dsath, resignation, end
dismissal have played sad havoc with
that brilliant and talented party, and
of The thirteen who then answered to
roll call not one is left to tell tho ctory
of their trisls, troubles and tribula.
lions in en6eavoying to form an army
of brave men out Of
o OF BORN EDWARDS.
There was an impression aoroad
that these officers were generals of
divisions and brigades, and colonies of
regiments and battalions, but such
was not the case, for, with the erccp-
ton Of Con. w. w. Loring, who oom.
handed the Alexandria corps, they
never had higher comm ends than the
guards who accompanied them III their
engineering and exploring trips. The
grand mistake made with these men
was That they were not Incorporated
into the regiments, and made an inte-
grail and component part of the army
proper. After it was too lac this
error was discovered, and bitterly
have l heard sem Of the officers curse
the name of the American officer who
MADE THE BLUNpER
or, as they put it, ''naed them for his
o"n advancement and glory" How
ever, this is of the buried past, and 1t
IL flashed. The name best known in
all the party was thai of General
Charles Z Some, who ia his capacity
AZ chief of the general staff, did more
than any N else towards perfec,ing
the organization and completing the
details necessary for the Harmonious
working of the army. he was born
In Massachusetts, in 1924, aud gradu
aSed at the United Ssates Military
academy at West Point in the class Of
1845. He Immediately entered the
army as q brovet second lieu,enant of
the ordnance corps, aud Ia u sisgo pat.
terry served with dlstincticn during the
Mexican war. where, for gallantry,
HE VAS PROMOTED
to the grade Of brevet captain. H.
vas colonel and inspector general OF
the District of Columbia ia the early
part of 1861, and for his services ia
helping open communication between
Baltimore and Washington was. il
May of the same year, promoted tc
the rank of brigadier general. Hi
subsequent career during the wax II
yet we'll remembered, whist the treat
mtnt he received at the hands o.
jealous and aspiring euperiors id no.
yet forgotten, and should long sine
have been atoned by our government
In 1870 he came to Egypt, upon tn,
invitation Of Ismail Pasha, khedive
with the rank of brigadier genera
Lsha. Psshs), and in 1873 he was pro
NOTED to the rank of Ferik Pasha
which very nearly corresponds will
that of
MAJOR GENERAL
In America. He was an intlmat,
friend of the late khedive, and eve
yet lie his profound supporter an,
warm sdmirer. He bears quite
striking resemblance to our friend
General A. l. Pearson, of Pittsburg
who achieved SO much notoriety dur
Ing the railroad riots of 1877, onl
Stone is now quite gray. He re
manned in Egypt during the Slate ur
pleasantness," aud was faithful to tn
khedive, although he hates the Eos
lish worse than the devil does hol
water, and Is not down on the list {
their beloved; however, 1t was impol
sible, under existing circumstances
for him to retain his position, 81 h
sent in his Resignation, and by IL
English mail steamer OF lsst wee
termed his back on Egypt f1reve,
to find In the land Of his birth
A WARN WELCOME
and employment once again, uudl
the stars ani stripes. We we're at Il
o railway sCation in OIro, on M)nda
morning last, with many others,
0 say farewell and bid him G d spec
s on the voyage. His parting was Vel
. affecting, many of Lii, old compsnio,
. literally fell upon his neck and kiss,
} him, whilst the general in several 1
: stances returned the compliment.
o MEN CRIED I CHILDREN
q and oid not attempt to conceal the
. sorrow OF his departure. The khedi
and many of the hiRhest personages
Q the land are his friends, and "a
token If their esteem aud regar
. presented him with a gratuity or !
demDity Of SIC, 900 Long ere tn
reaches you
OUR ETE MORE,
the Telegraph, will have 10 aunoun
that the f lglish half of the conti
q has resigned, verifying our prophe
IS cf a couple of months since, when ,
20 said "that 1t was 30 dead that t
trump of Gabriel would not resurre
It," This control has been the actu
10 primary cause of the British occur
ton, and a. such deserves a prom
nent place In tho "unWritten histo
of the war" We would like 10 wri
: Its elegy, but u talents aud tir
aud space compel ia to compromi
on a fuaeral sermon. The decree {