Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-05

lInrfnn described a. one II the most Gu
rious war exploits be had cycr heard Of
The tactics employed contemplated thai
one soldier guided the camel aud fought
from IT, back. while the other acted a. In
fantfyman. In ease OF encountcring supe-
rior numbers. the cameis we're made 70
kneel IN = ring, with their heads pinned
down toward the inside, so that their bodies
formed an excellent cover for the sold'erh'
r,flc practice.
The camel corps suggests that the main
body viii travel by boats. as de-
scribed, 10 Berber. while dash
viii probably be made by the csval.
~ and camel corps across the Bayu.
da desert from Meroe to Berber, or from
Amblkol 10 Shendy (the best watered route),
or from Ambikol 70 Khartoum. The Sc
cond route Is the more probable, because IL
Is best wafered, while below the fifth caia-
Yacf steamers Of large dnueht can run TO
Khsrioum, and u General Gordon Is able
to cooperate
ms STEAMERS WILL NE FOUND or IMMENSE
VALUE.
On the other hsnd force might be sent
from suskim 70 Bcrbes TO cooperate with
Lord wolscley's srmy. This. however,
will be only small body, II any; though
1t one time II was contemplated TO send the
whole force by that way. The places are
distant about $50 miles. and Lord WoIseley
has It IN his power to order railway TO be
tuilt, the terms Of contract OF which he
holds, q prominent English contractor
having engaged TO supply 900 miles Of road.
rail. and patent s,eepers for s2,000.000.
The infantry employed in the expedition
are mostly troops which have been In ser.
vice In Egypt since the expedition against
Arab Pacha. and wbo have been engaged
ia all actions from Tel-el.Kebir TO El.Teh
and Tamasi. Foremost among them for
prestige and service Is the famoGs Black
Watch regiment, the Forty-second High
laudes. Other Scotch regiments are
the seventy-fitb. or first battalion OF
the Gordon Highlanders; the seventy
ninth Cameron regiment. Ireland Is
represented by the Royal Irish regiment,
the Eighteenth and the English regi-
menis consist OF the Nineteenth, First
York: Seventeen. Second East Surrey
Tbirty.ftth, First Sussex; Tbirty.eighth,
South Stafiordshire Northumberland.
Seventh, ROYAL Sussex; Fifty.third, Shrop.
shire; Fiftietb, West Kent; Fortv.sixth.
Duke OF Cornwal's regiment; Fifty-sixth.
Essex regiment.
or. to put 1t familiarity, the "Black
Abercrombie's Highlanders,"
the ImmortaIs," the "Camerons," the
- Green Howards," the "Orange Lihes."
the "Pumps and Tortoises," the "John
the "Five and Threepen-
MES" the "Dirty Hsl'-Hundred or the
=. Fighting Giftietb," {" Murray's Bucks"
and the " Pompadours," form The Infantry
lighting force; while the "Cheeses . and
the "Oxford Blues" furnish the contin-
gents Of cavalry, and with details OF In
'antrymen assigned for the purpose will
Iorm the camel corps.
TIE ofFICERs TAKING PART IN THE ExPEDI-
lion
IRE, first. General Lord Wolseley, whose
'eryiees have been so frequently recited as
% leave little here to mention. Entering
be army at the age OF nineteen. he served
q 1928 with the Eightieth regiment un-
Ter Sir John Cheape against a robber-chief
n India, and was severely wounded while
eading storming- party against the rob-
,er's stronghold; he also took part in
he Burmese war, and afterward went
o the Crimea, serving In the Nine
ieth regiment. and leading in the
ttack and capture and subsequent de-
ence OF the Quarries, where he was Sc
erely wounded in sortie in August,
S55. After the Russian war was over he
vent 10 India, under Outram and Have
Ock and Lord Clyde, and won brevet-
olonelcy for services Mt the siege Of Luck
ow. He afterwards went TO China with
FIR Hope Grant, assisted at the fight for
be Taku forts. and the capture OF
'ekfn. In 1870 he commanded the Red
liver expedition, and settled the preten.
ions OF NJ. Riel, being gazetted q knight
{ the Order Of st. Michael and st. George
Or his services. II began then TO dawn
pom the Government that be was a man OF
minent fitness for the various expeditions
. often called for by the exigencies OF the
british colonial defence, and his subsequent
ondnct Of the Ashantee campaign QS74)
istified his selection. He was thanked by
arliament and promoted. Again. after
10 disaster OF Isandula, he was sent TO the
ape against the Zulus, and was high COM
lissioner OF the Cape Colony, finishing up
De Zulu war, overpowering Chief Seku-
uni and destroying his stronghold, and
pnexing the Transyaal. When the eXpedi-
Y olseley, then full general, was promptly
AIMED for the command, and again carried
,rtune with him, demolishipg the rebel
rmy in Egypt at Tel.el-Kebir and resto.
pg the Khediye's supremacy, winning for
imself a seat In the House OF Lords and
rant Of $4,000 per year. There may be
n earldom in store FOR him before the year
ont.
He has been distinguished-much to the
isgust Of officers not In "the clique for
otnoAfaol AavOfiny m ~ xplAr. ho
rs found OF value TO him In previous
fairs. Conspicuous among these is his
resent companion,
GENERAL SIR REDvERs BULLBR,
Tho, as major, accompanied him 10 Fort
AIRY and To Coomassie. and who, having
cen sent TO the Cape, was found by his
Id commander in the field, having won
ne Victoria cross and colonelcy
re Sir Garnet came to give him
n opportunity TO add other promo
ons TO those already acquired. He
n brave and skilful officer, used to daring
Enterprises. and wears the bronze cross
" an act of chivalrous gaIlantry at the
fight In South Africa,
here, at imminent peril Of his life, he
ived, by three separate dasbes. two officers
nd private from the hands OF the Veto
ious Kafllrs. He went To Egypt with
olseley, and won his military knight
God.
Sir John Miller Adye, whose first COM
lission dates from 1888, accompanied
Volselev rs chief OF staff In Egypt. He il
u old Crimean officer on the staff OF Lord
aglan, and won distinction and the thanks
Parliament at Inkermann. He after
ard went to India, was at the battle Of
awnporc and the defeat OF the Gwalior
obtingent, andlaiter the mutiny, success
lilly led an expedition against the hill |
-ibeS OF the northwest frontier, storming
nc post OF Laloo and capturing the forti-
I'd town. He carried with him to Egypt |
commission to succeed W0lseley II the
ccasion should arise.
Sir Edward Hamley, OF the Royal Artil-
ny also, Is an old companion OF arms OF |
olseley. Tie is an able writer on military |
latters and q tried soldier; was at Alma, |
'alaklaya, and IukermanD; wears the
'rencb, Sandman, English and Turkish |
ar decorations. After the war he
BOX up the pen and produced |
The Operations OF War;" one OF
be most valuable OF modern military
ooks, and distinguished critic has
aid that there il "nothiug In the English
lnguage TO compare with il for scientific |
iar-teaching." He was professor at the |
tad College OF Instruction, and subse-
uently commandant Of the same. His ap. |
continent caused much comment, but bis |
ervice In the Tel-el.Keblr campaign proved
hat, like Stonewall Jackson. his theoretical |
nowledgc Of war was we'll attested by his |
raetical use OF the knowledge acquired by