The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24


gunners. which they did with precis on
ana accuracy. That practically ended the
fight.
Tae strength of the Beers as a military
nation lies in the fact that nearly every
man possesses innate wariuess, and is
himself general. This man Cronje. who
captured the raiders. was not a celebrated
warrior. vet he took hold of a campaign
on moments notice. mapped OUT MS
plans, quickly led on Jameson until ne had
him surrounded and then went at him
Unui the last four years Kruger had
taken no precautions against a siege. re-
| ylng entirely on open warfare. After the
Jameson raid however he began to fol-
low the example of more advanced ma
/ lions. The first step was to erect forts
at johannesburg and Pretoria. The for
I rner now reposes under the brow of strong
Notifications. There are six forts alto
| getner and they command a broad ex-
Danse of country. Ia these he has placed
long range rife guns Of French and Ger
man patterns and numerous quick firm :
guns. He has filled four warehouses with
arms and made secret prepare tons which
| include long TUNES underneath the GOLD
| fields so that the town of johannesburg
can be destroyed 10y one train of powder
for tho motto of the Beers is the same a.
that of William of Prague: Rather a
! ruined country than no country"
PretOria's Four Forts.
Pretoria is guarded by four forts. one
az ede" OF the IouT corners OF the Town.
leaNy guns OF 'he hiupp make are m
o1"Ileu HSIe uhuel tue direction OF Ger
man, Holland and French officers Men
have beeen drilled to train these guns eff
IecuVeIy and the town is supplied with
provisions to withstand a long siege.
ne ldteer netHoH mas peeh the 1aVor'te
one spoken Oh oy the English TO conquer
WV poei ?; ne lIdHsNaai IS such a poor
country that wild animals ay-fs
~ oOiiIe Pai u vi IT, aiu the fniltlsh experts
nave Always salu that 10 starVe the burgh-
eLN "ouIh pe the easiest way OF suDdulhg
,He'i'- hIuser mas proVined against thIs
III SUM- measure ny pululhs great
el'"olS ~HeIe meats ahu canned 1000
~, 't 80 ~ Idl se qudnIlLles. ne mas
ltue rear OF such pass however ana
W W ''!c mii'el leCeHuy sac that 'he Eng
,i S'i Hi4sHt Ouiu van drouhd them as
ms 90 I'M anu lnen ne anu ms peo-
i,a,rs NV '''''' ~ '"0"'S
The old Beers do not worry much about
being starved out for a Boer can do more
work on less food than anv other human
being if he wants to. He is accustomed to
living on the veIdt for weeks with no
nourishment but a long strip of dried meat
called bill tong. coffee and mealies What
he most breads Is to be deprived of coffee
which fluid the Boer drinks black. and so
hot that, as he saws. if he spits il on his
dog It will take the hair off Mealies is
species of corn, very nourishiug. which is
raised in large quantities in South Africa.
1t is cooked like oatmeal until the kernels
are soft, and then eaten with salt or milk
and sugar.
On a campaign The Beers. observe very
strict rules. If a man fires after the or
der is given 40 cease the commandaut
fines him. Every night the lights
are put out early and the men urn in
promptu fertilization made by lashfng all
the wagons together and affords a good
protection against hut7ets Their method
when attacked Is f5 send on, a line at
double quick. drop to the knees. take
steady aim and fire. rushing back to the
lager then.to give way Ia a second par
ty. Thev have always been successful
in native warfare this way. bur against
trained English soldiers with machine
guns they would have small chance
Don.t Fam 81 Iony Comuaign
A long campaign Is no hardshlp TO the
Boer. When the alarm comes the women
OF the house, ana nearly every Boer has
FAMILY OF ten, twelve or eighteen, OF
whom two-thirds are g.r.s, get MIN haf
a dozen pieces Of" OIL tong ana supply
OF cofee ana TOBACCO, Whhe the boys SAD
die ana equip me pest morse IN me slao-e'
roarcb also GOES 70 The frant for he poer
children are Taught IN use a rife nj an
o,,I, 80 a,I Il l. n ,or,,,,o,, s.e,t,+ 10
noeet on he omen veIdt two or ,hree stran-
nino gir1s SWINGING aeone with a rife on
,bn loolout for ha1,theesfe or turkey buz-
z,rds
Tn foot the women count An doing their
stara of he fgbtine S;nce the Roers
Ieft CaTa Colorv in 1s36 the feminine nor
tion ba,o been accusto,ned 70 LOADING a
rife rife b@bfnd he Lager and if necessary
e. :: - . ~ go II ,a-o of No.
u,ith the Englisb thev are sunnosad to
Ionlx aftor he docks and herds and de-
feY,d ,bo bor7ostaad and avery Roer h,,-
IN Tho ,rransvaa1 in war fine is a forti-
fed MOL, houso defended nv q comnonv
Of girls and bovs with the mother Of The
bo,,7r in commend
What thev most fear is an unrisina of
The natives The very Thought of which
gi,,ae every while nerson in south Africa
. chiu Of horror If a cbioftain shou,d
arise win the ability of Dungeon or Jchnka
at th. t:me when The English ana Roars
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