Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-04-10

rrxbuts 10 Eryrtfan Hzolaiers and Charges
Ags4nst Ens1aziG.

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ftarv affairs n Egypt 10 an asse1nblage
ct reqular army officers IN the museum
Of The mIlitarr service institute, n Coy
ernors island. yesterday General Han
cock suesided and among those present
were Generals Crittendsn, Fry, Reeve,
Rodaxh0agb. EickIes, Sweeney, Morris.
Clarke. Jackson. Tower, Perry, Whip
pie. Davis aud Wilson; Colonies Haml-
ton, Taylor, Lawrence, Beck. MeF2r-
Land, Conrad, Story and DePeyster;
/ Maaer. Raahm Ka4saes
Frfncke, Randolph. and Price; Captains
FesseDden, Wharton, Catlin. Merrlgsa.
willard Hyde. Jackson, PINE and Mer-
rEl, and Ldeutenants johnson, Reilly,
Sawyer. Zabinsh, WhippIe and
Barber.
Gezsral Stone WIS ~spplaHded when
infcDdnred and began his work by
xhing the military history Of the
country mp TO the time when the cohorts
Of Cesar and Mark Antony garrisoned
its forts. I'm the present century on q
H~rrHsns OF 5000 meS Mehenet Ali
|bNdlt 30 IN armv 15a.0ae struzsg. which
finally placed Corasf@ntinopae II the
mercy af lie Egyptian Eiceroy.
tn 1862 the khediTe called 10 hs
stnH Americas officers. They were
swern TO upaGad the eanse Of FgTpt
AGAINST any nzti0n but the United
States. No change IN European politics
esnla elect the lovalty or eEnbarrass
the service OF these officers In 1870 he
|(Gen. ES0ne1 arrived In Egypt. He
f0nnd fhere not more than q third of the
~edfineFE i'm the rmv could read or write
and not cRe In ten CT the rank and file
could do either. With the exception Of
. few Armstrong guns there were no
arms bszt old smooth bores IN the h&r-
bnr fOrts, and the coast defenses were
n00Ht 81 bad "A those Of the United
states" AZ this sally the :ssemblage
reared wlfh laughter. and Gen. Han
cock nodded III Affirmation.
lbs lecturer told how he had es-
kaklisheda military college On the basis
0f the military school 81 West Point for
stafF o6hcers. and how the army was
gradually inst lcted up 70 the standard
0 The best E ypean troops The forti-
6~caki0ns wer ESQ equipped wifk the
besf arms and rtiIiery.
MY advicx to the khedive about the
forts ct Alexander was" be said, that
sSnoe IS was almost an European cry,
&nt1 fe0m its position almost indefens-
A4e TIE best thing 10 do was 10 establish
point a strong torpedo service to-
As tareequartersu Of the property
III AIexaEdria was owned BY Europeans
I suggested to the khediye that no
European power was likely to attempt
ID inJure IL"
I'm an evil hour for Egypt the
Khedive Isnaail, trusting ID the honor
0f European governments, allowed two
European mIl sters to enter his cabinet,
each In charge of q very important
ministry. An English minister of e.
nance and a French minister Of public
works entered his service, but really
they, while holding portfolios in an
Egyptian cabinet, were representatives
Of the interests of their respective gov
ernments. Each one worked to secure
TO his own government the commanding
power In Egypt. This unhappy change
occurred In the summer of 1872
Gen. Stone depicted the money grab
bing policy of the two foreign ministers.
how they abandoned the military col
lege and did everything in their power
70 deprive the soldiers of money and
put it in the pockets of civil employees.
lit seemed to those who looked on and
saw the civil emplcTas regularly paid,
And the soldiers thus badly treated,
that it was the object Of the new govern
meat to crush out everything like mil
itary spirit In Egypt. All miktary per-
sons were left unpaid, and neglected,
while the new ministers had their sala-
ries increased from $15 ,O00 to $50, 900.
Soldiers WHIP had more than a year
Of pay due them, and whose officers had
families nearly starving at home, guard
ing buildings in which were daily store
immense sums of gold, coming from the
taxes and going TO pay foreign bond
holders, the Turkish tribute and the
civil employees. Yet SO firm was the
discipline that in no instance was there
q failure In the duty of soldiers guard.
ing the public edifices or guarding or
escorting treasure. [Applause. He who
addresses you knew officers who ap-
peared daily in their places for duty in
Clearly uniforms, and who, after g strict
performance of their duty during the
day, returned 10 their houses, put care
fully aside their uniforms, and then, in
peasants dress, labored half the night
as porters to earn enough to give their
families bread. [Applause.i Yet this
army spoke not Of revolt
through months of this oppres-
sion for the officers Ln.~r .L.l Il -.