New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21

entered the Bengal Artillery ana went oNc' "a"
10 serve john Company. He was one OF '"'
80, 900 or fewer who dominated, by force Oh pr
sonality, 100000 native troops, and' ia '"','
$50. OO0, 900 natives. lie was, moreover sun
orIinatfd TO and associated with such men a.
Outram. Uavelock, Hodson. Nicholson. taipoei'
ord IN. Iawrences. and from them the young
soldier learned TO be strong with the s'ehs'.
Of the race, TO command. to obey. to endure
Year after wear he worked. simpe uhuis''h-
cuished lieutenant. until the Mntiny.
4, was in 1857 and 1853 that he had his first
seriou. taste Of war; and n strong taste IL was
II. ras NJ frs. ono Of Nicholsons staf officers,
| a. N. head OF the Punaub Movable Column.
Tb.r he won't 20 Delhi. on the artillery stan, anu
had a horse shot under him at the capture oil
| that city. Next he went with Sir Colin camp
| hclI IN the relief Of Lucknow. There was plenty
| If fighting all the way, and no was foremost IN
| u Rut when they got close 20 tho rebel hnes
| . st;ll moro stirring task awaited him. Sit
| Colin 70 let Outram know OF his progress. wahti
| A flag raised on the mess house. lWs was
| only half mile from the Kaiser Bag,. wneie
| the enemy were in force. ana the under,aklus
most pe10us one ns,.a thr fan. and. fol
| inwed nv a single comrade, made MS way 10
| the mess house. and amid ram OF rh9,, al,
the flag on the turret nearest 10 the Zoe n egs
| -.
IL yyas cut down, and again he raised H. 50 Una.
ever upon the topmost roof the banner "
England blew" In tho final taking OF Lncxn""
| Inc PLAYED a leading part, rs also III INC op.n'on'
a nt pCawnpore and many other desperate en-
counters At khodagunse he won the ~ tic'o ond
Cross by his valor in hand 10 Hand , hs tt,nk
a. Tho cni of the campaign he received the IiahA'
at ,%o Govornment and was brevcted major.
Vi T 1,e wears that followed the Mutiny saw him
busv with many affairs. lie was AT noeS "a
| IN The frontier campaign. in 1863 four YEAR
Ia had charge of the embarkation OF the en-,
ire force for the Abyssinlan campaign III 10.
and 1872 was the senior star on!cer ~ ' ho
was Ouartrrmasicr General, having risen 10 .Ha a
ranl, bv successive and rapid promotions hol
merit" IIo thus did scryiee IN al Sri hv hi,
81 army work and distinguished hiinsei w nv
thornmchucss in them all. And then. IN 1873
tbc crcot opportunity OF his life cam" 70 hn'
In the iall of that year Shcre Al ,ho r ai1a
Ameer Of Afghanisian or oil Oa n% tcprraI Sob"rt
'r nr ONT ut the head Of the kuram REID forc'
70 subdue him. With on" Tesls'lesS f"Nr X TotaI
| ,ed the cncny's stronghold AT fei"ar no ,
a5oinst odds OF more than ten TO one ana tnn
| "'on tho attention Of the whole empire Az onc'
The X c. B. was bestowed upon HIM. ana ~ IT,, WAX
placed on the Army Commission az Hi,'n ,a.. c,n.
| he was In September, 1870, when the news cs'n'
| That Sir Louis Cavagnari had been ','nfn'ITt
There was but one man in India who coule
avcnge the crime, and that was ue ,,s q, 10 IL
| With \ mere handful of 5000 men he cut h'
wav straight through the hostile land, ana II
| thirty DAYS hau raiseu tie NIoo VI '' -
| ahnvc The captured citadel Of Cabul. lie scat
| tcrcd the enemy at CharasiyaD. though outnhnl
| bcred n dozen TO one and then quietly SAT nov
| M Cabul and waited for few riorc troops 10 w
| snnt 10 him They presently came: Then ne pn
| Il 600 men in line. and with them maze '"'
most famous march in recent British hlstory-aini;.
| swarming foes and over tremendous moIn' ,''
| ranges Straight across Mghanlstan from ,apn
| 10 Candahar 800 miles in twenty days; ana tIci
crushed Ayoob Khan 1t Bobs' who sen
the " lcct-foot Marri scout" flying
TO tell how he hath heard afar
The measured roll Of English drums
Beat at the gates Of Candahnr'
After these achievements the empire RAM
again and again with his fame. He was MADE
NJ Madras, then in ,urmah. then CommandeI-lI III
Chief in I'll India. What he did IN the last
named place is beyond all telling. save IN Vo"ht
of future history. He fortified the frontier wiz
| n chain of Gibratars from end to end ne nlan
both the British and the Indian armies lar moi
all equipments And he paid so mum a'Ien,, .
TO securing for the men better pay, Mtrer ra,io's
better treatment, better conditions IN all Respects
as 10 make himself the id" Of every one III ", ,'
service. As 4 recent writer VINO wrSon'n ny
knows him well, has said. He is soldier a'noh'
soldiers. skliul in martial EXERCISES. pray, ~ T.,
fault, imbucd with the true spirit oil LhgIls
mannoss ana proud Of his profession ~" ~
leader endowed with those pcrsonhl I''aI.l''
which compel the enthusiasm OF the men nc CON
mands in the field, tier affection ana a"hl'a ~, !.
| in time of peace. He is a General whose ADMIT
and power impress themselves upon iii VII
come within their range, and , on'lanuer-Ih
Chief unsurpassed in his capacity Tor , worS an
his talent of administration. On las. Nt Nv
Years Day the Queen made him feer OF I'm
Realm Nut TO his old comrades ana 10 I'll
army he is, and always will be, bops'