New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11
THE SEPOY REVOLT.
A SCOTCHMAN IN INDIA.
MEMOIRS OF NY INDIAN CAREER. fy Sir George
Campbell Edited by sir Charles T.. BERNARD Two
volumes. Octave. pp :}0j and i:-. Macmillan
A. COMPANY London and New York.
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Campbell Edited by Sir Charlcs T. i"rnn,d. Two
volumes. Octave; PIP, 800 ana rs Macmillan
a. Company, London and Ne"-tork
While Sir George Campbell was not one of tho
great administrators of India, he wax one OF the
most influential members Of tho working force
which governed the provinces and objected Eng
lish policies during critical periods. These me-
mors were written by him during the last two
wears of his life, and were barely completed when
death brought his long and useful career 10 Il
close in 1892. The editor has Wisely RETAINED
from revising the text, and has carried out IN"
authors purpose by supplcmcn,ing the chapters
with various papers viii Ii had been marked ioI
publication in an appendix. Sir George Campbell,
while neither scholarly man nor literary
genius. had an incxhaustible fund of informa-
ton about India and an unialling supply OF hard'
nractical Scotch sense The memoirs, while lack
ING in literary form and finish, are Illuminated
with lucidity of judgment and grim humor The
STYLE is tcrse direct and vigorous. While much
is to no learned about Indil AMI British methoI
Of administration in every chapter, the reader Is
never AZ a loss TO ascertain what was Sir Geore"
Campbcll's opinion Of every controversial na'"f
under discussion That opinion Is expressed with
downright Scotch candbr III prose IA clear a. II
is hard
an account Of his education at Edinburgh ana
81, Andrews which almost entirely cll'siral
with a little mathematics thrown IN. ana weekly
dose Of the Shorter Eatcchisn-Just enough, ne
SAYS. 10 make him hate it. For mathematics ne
had natural liking, but nobody could max" "a
classical scholar Of him. " II has always been
rccrct 70 me-" hc says. that havin- been - much
over tho world many OF u> nave, h'N"I
60, a little smattcrng ~ useful science III my
yonth-gcology and botany and natural history
and such things The classics and EucNd c"t
tainly were "A mcagre training for career oil great
affairs and business OF State in lndin hi- '"o
wears az St. Andrews he considers were wasted
His yegr M school IN the north OF Englah"'
which followed his Indian appointn"n'. W." more
usrfnl He Learned from DIR. Dawson Turner, who
was then "A young ONforl man. great dcAi oil
what he calls rational history--not kings ana
Queens and battles, but the history Of nations ana
peoples" Paley was substituted for the shorter
Catcchism greatly 10 his relief. and h" was Wei
prcparrd for tho examination for haucyhHN'
orthodoxy being included. This w,- IN" SCHOOL
which the East Indil company provided Tor can
didntes for its service He remained there I"r
two years getting smattcrlng oil or"htaI ian
enages. Sanscri, and Persian and reading lt'"
poitical economy and law Then he went ont TO
India ~ the age Of eighteen.
II the educational equipment was not rs pr'r-
teal as il might nave been. the physcal training
wss more useful He learned TO ride. h. SAYS
AT tho 90 Of two and al SIX could 20 twenty
five miles without feeling il II" loose
rider and was more successful In avoling serious
harm from accident than he was in sticking 20
his saddle He began to shoot early and was IN
footed with the feeling that gentleman must
a.. of killing something's
supcrstition from which hc WAS barely "manc-
mated after fifty years His love of sport AT least
gave him change air, exercise, and a pleasant
variety Of food during his long term Of service.
Il ALWAYS felt more jealous" ho says. when
shooting for the pot. stalking ducks and tie like:
and after long career Of not very successful
shooting ut flying creatures. il gradually dawncd
upon mo that nature had made mo for po1chcr
rather than n sportsman Perhaps tlrIt il why
in game questions ] rather svnIpafhizc with III"
poachcr" His health good except for that
worldwide scourge Of the human race. dyspepsia
lie consulted a sensible doctor soon after his ar
rival in India. and was grmy told that III" dis
case was incurablc. but that il would tax" long
time TO kill him Fifteen years af'crwarh an
other doctor in Calcutta prescribed this Smoke
a little and wait till YOU are forty He tried
that, and rot being cured returned to the doe
tor Well" was the reply. wait till YOU are
fifty"
The young officials earliest service was in tho
Northwest provinces; and in 1916 he received.
when he was twenty-five. his first inlcpcn lent
command the position Of Deputy Commissioner in
the eastcrnmost district of the Cis-Suici States
After an arduous service of five years in the Sikh
country lie received furlough Of three ye,rs.
which he passed in England and on the Continent
80 - ,.I
s-Sutlei States till Immediately before the ont:
break OF the mutiny. Sir John Lawrence Offered
him the Lahore Division of the Punanb and sub
6cqucntly the Rawal-Pindec Division. II he had
accepted either Offer, he would have held one of
the most important posts during the mutiny and
continuing in that province would have worked in
a sympathetic atmosphere in the later days when
the political tide had turned. and the Punianb
alone remained the country of popular institutions
AS il was. he accepted an appointment as secrc-
tary OF the Northwest Provinces. was without m |
Office when the mutiny broke out. and subsequent |
ly driitcd into countries where maintaining ns
principles when others had changed theirs he was
out OF touch with the policy of the day.
While he was out OF office during the mutiny
he was at Cmballa. the base Of operations against
Delhi" and had excellent opportunities for watch
INF tho military operations as interested |
spectator. 1ic witnessed the attempts made 10 !
recover the district about Meirut, WIS within |
hearing Of the guns during the critical stage OF
the siege Of Delhi and the first outsider 10
enter the town after the capture. lie fhen be- |
came special commissioner with the first column |
marching into the Northwest Provinces and was |
the first man 70 enter the fort at Agra. Between |
the second relief Of Lucknow and its ultimate |
capture he was militcIy assistant Ia the Governor
General at Calcutta After the fall of Lucknow |
he sent to Dude as second IN command and |
witnessed much that happened In 1858. Beyond |