New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
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knowledge Of the country over which he Is 10
watch Unlike most OF his brother commanders
elsewhere he must supervise native soIniers AZ
we'll as the faithful and docilc Tommy A'Kihs.
and instead of comparatively small areas OF
territory he is responsible for the controi OF IL
huge Empire. The four great army corps are
scattered through enormous provinces which
stretch from Chitral on the north to the Indian
Ocean on the south, ana from 'haman on the
west to the Burmo-Chincse border on the east;
ord no and this gigantic force must be in CON
slant state Of readiness for sudden outbreaks IN
INV direction. Az "Sir All Bahia. Is. c. H.. Wit
tiIv mt IL AT Sinlla and Calcutta the Govern
nent of India sleeps with revolver under It's
nIllow-that revolver being the Commander-n-
Chief"
A conscientious chsf will deem 1t incumbent
upon him to visit at least once during his 1--WE
years tenure every garrison Of any Importance
I'm the Empire, especially those nearest the per
ennialy unsettled frontiers. The forces under
His Excelency's orders are recruited from many
incongruous races. differing so widely In their
characteristics. social and religious. that the
military authorities have the Gravest anxiety
and perplexity IN so arranging their disposition
and apportionment as 10 prevent dangerous fric-
tiop. But his duties extend beyond his profess
.,on az n commander in that as extraordinary
member OF the Viceroy's Council, great deal
of his limited time is absorbed In expressing
oninions upon technical civil subjects quite FOR
e,pn 10 the military side OF the administration.
To this important post Sir William Lockhart
has been appointed. and II would have beeh
difficult 70 get better man. He Is one OF the
most distinguished and experienced soldiers III
India and he has started with memorable
record. which only few now on the active list
ran excel even outside that country.
A VARIED MILITARY EXPERIENCE.
Rorn in 1S41 a son OF the Rev. L. Lockhart'
- Wicketstow and Milton Lockhart. Ianark-
shire, he Is a nephew or the biographer Oh
Scott He entered the army In 1913 ana IN
the same year. at the age or seventeen iouhu
himself serving IN Cudh with the 9th fusiieers
N the Bhootan campaign OF 1St4-6o ne was
Adiutant OF the 14th Bengal Lancers. most
responsible post in the field for boy OF twenty
three years OF age. He received the medaI ana
clasp In the Ahy sSin!an campaign WHICH
brought Napier his peerage. he was aide-u
camp to the cavalry commander, ana WAS PRES
ent at Arogee and the fall OF Magdala lie
was mentioned In dispatches ana recei'eu
medal In lSGG-'67 nc was attached TO the IN
structon staff OF the Swiss Army and the FOL
lowing wear found him serving az Deputy-As-
sistant -Quartermaster- General on the NORM
west frontier Of India with the Hazara tor
BLACK Mountain) field force. lie was men
toned In dispatches and received medal ana
CLASH. During the Dutch war In Acheen' IN
1S75-'T. he was employed as an attachc with
the Dutch Army, and was present at the capt
ure of Lambada, where his skill and proves
as a leader won the admiration or the Dutch
He was mentioned in dispatches and received
tho Dutch war medal with clasp. lie served In
the second Afghan War OF 1S10-'SO first as Road
Commandant In the Khyber, and afterward as
Assistant OuartermasterG General to Sir F.
Roberts He was present at the operations
round Kabul including that never-to-be-for-
gotten Investment Of Sherpur; was mentioned
in dIspatches and received the c. B. and
medal with clasp. Subsequently he acted as
Chief of the Staff with Sir Donald Stewards
force and at the termination of the war was
appointed to the Intelligence Branch" At
SimIa where he did valuable work and built
Nd what Is now an important and indispensa-
BILE department On his quitting It In 1885 he
iaft indelibls marks Of bis originality and tn-