The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-24
SOUD ANEsE SOLDIERS.
stories of the black warriors of the
British Army of Occupation.

the sUDerior officers British The inferior
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HlV' ]" natures tempered ny the hap'S
OF discipline and subordlnauon; tar-haired
Albanians. proud of the land of their birth
an, ,.,,r...;,. . ..t.. lin d., -. a.,
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SNehudH's OF the Aanclukes' purlN turks
Nu'tt', loNu-pLtu fkNplauS, as Wen as
lh'lr heavier teHah"en brethren, black
oou'ahese' VINO had risen from tho ranks;
tHc"SsIahS' ana adnlNi lures OF most OF
these races The men were either tella-
heen on nlAck Soudanese, VINO many OF
them had hten formerly DerNiSh Rlnemen,
ana had fought against us time and again,
had seen the ran or khartoum, the de
SlruCtloh OF ltlek S dictated army. the de-
hacle az Bakers Teb, and many other
stricken HeldS.
me Fellahten, patient enduring. OK
IKE men, 10 not call for much comment;
though capable Of being worked up 10 a
hlsh state of efficiency and discipline, ana
though second 10 none as workers. they
are NOT by nature soldiers. Their hearts
are in their native villages ON the banks
of the Nile; they look forward .ongiugW
to the day OF their release from military
service. when they may return to their
uiage, tend their cattle and their dare
trees, look to lheir wator-Wheels and slun-
Der through the heat of the day In some
shady corner.
WIN the hlaCh II IS faf dlttefent lie rs
by nature a fighting man and a soldier
and loves lighting for hghting's sake. We
had representatives. of many tribes i'm our
ranks. all with their tribal characteristics.
Trusty ShillOCks, long, 1.-THE Dinlkas. rugged
NubuS. Furs, OF whom 1t is said thar ev-
cry man is a thief mo pun is intended on
The Latin equivalent and every woman no
better than she need be- Then there were
members of the canniba tribes Nyum-
nyum and Fertile, and men from far Ba-
girma and from the headwaters of the
Congo. Some of these men had been in the
old Khedvial army, aud had even fought
against us in the ranks of Arabs army ut
Te-ei- kehir and had helped to work the
guns at Alexandria, and they had almost
TO a man led lives teeming with adventure
and OF the deepest interest There was one
old black officer in a regiment with which
I served, by name All GifoOn. of the Shll-
look tribe He had been captured by the
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medal yivor NV th. T5nnnero,, Of the French
.,for v9ior" Gnother offcer in Inc same
hattaIion named omar bad nccoronanied
stanley through darkest Africa ana for
bis services he was pronoted frnrn the
ranks Poor Omarl He was an untann n hle
| savage with a hopeless liking for strong
| Iiouors ana | am afraid he was Of MID
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were two pvemies with reference 10
these pygmies | remember once or twice
in the Soudan coming across slaves who
from their dimlnutive stature and ply
sidue must have been very nearly related
10 those strange dwarfed inha bitants of the
Central African forests.
our blacks were fun Of curious supersti-
lions, with. strange to say, an implicit be-
lief in their white officers powers as aver
tiers Of the evil effects Of magic. Often have
l known a staiwart Nafar (private) come
before his commanding officer in the or
derry room with the complaint that he had
been beWitchcd, aud go away quite happy
with a letter 10 the Hakeem TO give hm
some Incidence to break the charm Of
ten was one told on the rife range by a
man that mis- rife was bewltched, and one
broke the supposed spell by loading 1t for
him. or by firing a round or Two.
Their view of the Mnhdi
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w Nat dpDu' ADu Niss SIe. t,S W.
NOT present, ne ueNsl suw ueieat' was
the iep-y' ms was ~ tius .nh' mans
ca the suDJtcN ana asheu nun "hat nc
thoughl o. Osinah Dlsna c'', ,I Dis-
ma ne saiu' Ot'Hian i'lsna ne "o1hs
by magic ne wiItSs III 'ue SAM, ana Il 'ne
lettefs speii victory ne ienislhs' ou'
they speH oeieal ne Boes'
me Dack Is an extremely uAorious man,
ana IN the hsyP'iah army they were aii
ahowed TO marry ana d ceftah pefcehtsse
We're piaceo on inc IharIed Strength anu
received en- allowance lot tne mainleh-
ance OF thelr wives ana ihhiliies' WIN
his wire ana Iamly near nlh' the D-ack Is
absolutely happy. me woman waits upon
him, COOKS lor nAin the saVofy messes ms
soul loveth, ana ministers generally 90 his
comfort; the chldreh are mas heaft de-
| light, ana ne never seems 50 happy as
when he Is playing WIN them. me surest
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