The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-24
THEY SHOOT TO KILL.
Shocking Mortality Among Sons
of Dist nguished Families.
LOOK ALIKE TO BOERS
Armored Train Likely to be q Proni-
nent and Elective Feature
in Future Wars.

London, Nov. 1S.-Tbe military feryor
which has seized hold Of the nation shows
no signs Of abatement. This is scarcely
to be wondered at when it ~ realized how
many households of all degrees, through
out the United Kingdom, are affected
and how deeply the iron of war has en-
tered into the happiness OF the people
For instance, Mrs. Pechell had three
SONS ordered to the Cape and two Of them
are now dead. Sir Anthony Weldon Of
Kildare, when the war commenced, had
four sons, three brothers and FIVE neph-
ews in the service. The list is now one
less since Capt. Weldon was killed at
Dundee. Lord George Hamilton, the
secretary of state for India, has one sod
and thirteen nephews in the field. The
Duke Of Athol has three Sons in the war,
including Lord Tullibardinc, his heir,
while three brothers of the Duchess of
York, Princes Adolphus Francis and
Alexander of Teck, are all bound for or
are in South Africa. .: =,
Thus it will be seen that the case Of
the widow of the Irish sergeant, whose
seven sons are serving in the ranks at
the Cape which Queen Victoria has rec
ognized by kindly letter and a gift,
has parallels in the highest circles Of So
ciety. The calling out Of the militia also
takes many distinguished men from their
regular duties, including a. Akers-D Doug
las, the first commissioner of work. Lord
Salisbury loses his private secretary in
Viscount Newport, who belongs to" the
Joseph Chamberlain and Sir Michael
Hicks Beach also lost a secretary apiece
Titled officers without end are now called
upon to 10 home service.
Armored Trains in War.
The prominent part being played by the
armored train in the war has set the.
service critics at work surmislng its place
i'll warfare Of the future. The Engineer,
whose. military critic is the welEknowH
Order-Brown, says: I'VE lock to see
some form Of armored train much more
generally used in the future than now.
1t may find full field in motor cars. or it
may take the form of armored screens,
mounted on wheels, which men can push
before them. We feel that circumstan-
COS will eventually compel US to do Oh
land what has long since been forced Oh
us to do at sea, in the way of armor,
and the present war may be the starting
point, in spite of the ridicule which fell
on the bullet-proof cuirass two or three
years ago.
Criticism of the intelligence depart
ment of the war Office continues to ap-
pear in publications of all kinds. Even
the conservative Times makes it the OBJ
ject Of scathing denunciations, saying
I'VE hope the war office, having learned
by experience what might have been
learned from cheaper sources. will not
emit to provide our troops with artillery,
heavier and of longer range, than our e1-
ccllcnt field guns
Delay in Preparation.
1t appears that Ladysmith was chosen
at least two years ago as an outpost i'll
case of war, and it is pointed out that
the omission to provide it with guns Of
equal caliber to those of the Beers can
be charged to the uncertainty and politi~
cal conditions which Immediately proceed
cd the present hostilities. There is also
considerable fear in British circles that
the ammunition of the naval guns at
Lalysmith will soon give out. if it is not
already exhausted. Only ten Lyddite
shells per gun are carried on each cruiser.
and though it is believed the sailors took
an extra supply, secured from other ships.
it is felt that they must husband their
resources in order to enable them to make
the artillery effective until the place is
relieved. Though part of the small arm
ammunition reserved for the British vol
unteers has been requisitioned and sent
out for the use of the regulars in South
Africa, there is little likelihood of any
serious scarcity for these weapons. as the
manufacture Of such ammunition is ROW
being pushed forward at rate which
inSures an adequate supply.
The special preparations which are be-
ing made for fitting out the battleship
Glory. now building at Birkeiihead. have
given rise to the belief that the Duke
1~s.
the special purpose of greeting the Amer
lean squadron which is expected to visit
Spithead next summer. That such a ma
val visit will be paid is taken for grant
ed by the British naval officials. Among
the special preparations in connection
with the Glory are painting the gig royal
blue and careful arrangements to prevent
chiefs bed.
Wi''iam's Visit to the Qu.es.
The preparations to receive the En-
peror Of Germany have been completed
The Duke of Connaught will greet his
majesty at Portsmouth instead of the
1'rlnce of Wales, as originally intended
six battleshipS. four cruisers and eight
torpedo-boat deStrOyerS under Admiral
Seymour will assemble at Spithead to
meet the imperial yacht Hohenzollern.
and the new battleship Kaiser Friedrich
49, Ahe StteetS VI w lnUSOF are al
ready gay with arches and decorations in
honor of Queen Victoria and her grand
son.
There is considerable disappointment in
Great Britain consequent upon the an
nouncement that the Emperor will be I'M
able to attend the public functions zpro-
Jected in his honor, and that the royal
visit has now been curtailed to visit
to the Queen ut Windsor and to the
Prince of Wales at Sandringham. but
this was not taken in order to rob the
visit of political significance.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
News from Berlin. Count Won Buelow
brings with him Privy Councillor Kleh-
metz of the German foreign Office, who
deals with Eastern .Asiatic affairs.
The proposition to transfer the remains
of Chopin from Paris to Cracow for in
tcrmcnt in the vault of the Polish kings
has brought out contributions of 1000
forms each from Frederick Chopin and
Paderewski. 1t is intended to make the
reinterment the occasion for a great Pol
ish festival.
The cable accounts of Sir Henry Try
ing's American success are whetting the
appetiteS of the London actors who have
future United States engagements.
In the meantime the London theaters
continue to pour out n stream of gold
into the lap of Mrs Tommy Atkins"
1t is estimated that $4,000 persons hear
the kipling poem read and sung in Lon
don music halls nightly.
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