The times., 1899-10-23

sion in Yorkshire, Devon, and Kent. The
colonel, Maj. Gen. Sir William Drysdale,
is to have command of a division. and
Lieut.. Col. Bloomfield Cough is marked out
for q high command The Hon. C. II. C.
Willoughby Lord Douglas Compton. a
brother of the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON.
and son Of the Marquis of Dufferin, Lord
Frederick Temple BIackwood, are young
er sons of peers or peeresses, and Wyke-
ham Fiennes, a Gordon a Campbell and
a Cayendtsh, are names with memorable
traditions clustering round them To hand
them down untarnished the present bear
ers may be relied upon to do their utmost.
and, in fact, the Lancers, fresh from India.
have on the frontiers of the northwest
provinces displayed their metal in earnest
fashion.
Prince of Wales and the Pagets
To Americans the incident of the 'inspec-
ton of the Scots Guards on Tuesday
brings home the tie of Iinship With intense
realism. After the Prince Of Wales. ac-
cOmpanied by the Czarowitz of Russia had
passed down the lines and noted the battal-
ions fitness for embarking for South At
rica, he stopped to congratulate Colonel
Alfred Paget and his American wife on the
fine appearance of the men under his com
mand Mrs. Paget the daughter of the
late Mrs Paran Stevens. is a fgure no less
welcome in London houses than in these of
New York and Paris, and her tastes FOR
golf, cycling, and skating are Just those
" hich appeal TO the outdoor lie of the
English army officer.
AT the Queens drawing rooms. the
Princes Ieyees. and other court functions
this popular officer, by reason of his du-
ties, is well known 10 the public. and HIS
battalion. the second OF the Scots Guards.
when ranked with the Grenadiers, making
a special brigade OF the foot guards, will
carry with it to South Africa the affec-
tionate pride of London.
The alliance of American women with
the Churchills comes into note again
through the war. An aunt of the present
Duke Of Marlborough. Lady Sarah Wilson,
has gone out, if possible, to join her hus-
band Capt. Gordon Wilson, who is with
Colonel Baden Powell at MafekinE. She
gives her service as a hospital nurse, while
Mr.. Winston Churchill, who, in spite of
his youth, has passed through more than
one dashing cavalry charge unscathed. will
tell the story Of the campaign as a special
correspondent.
Deyvey's Friend n Baronet.
Few English officers will draw to them
selves a greater interest on this side of the
Atlantic than Will Sir Edward Chichester,
who Will act as transport officer in Natal.
His home coming, after an eyentfuI COM
mission on the China station, preceded
that of Admiral Dewey by only a short pc
rlOd, and his speedy reappOintmeut signi-
fed the approval of the British Admiralty
Of his action at Manila during the fighting
when he made fast friends among the
officers of the sister navy. a Devon man,
like Butler. with his seat at Barnstaple,
this ninth baronet Of Raleigh has follow
ed out the instincts of his race at sea.
Commanders and Their STATS.
Sir Redvers Butler himself who will have
supreme command. has long possessed the
confidence of Lord Wolseley, the present
commander in chief In the Gordon expe-
dition he won the nickname of the sol
diers general" for his personal bravery at
a critical moment of the battle of Taniai.
But, indeed, his close association with VOL
seley dates from the Red River expedition
of Canada, in 1870 He was employed in
the Ashantee war, the Kafiir war. and the
Zulu war of the seventies and possesses
the Victoria Cross for valor. He is just
sixty years of age, junior by four years of
Sir George White, the late commander-in-
chief in India, who now is commanding in
Natal General Whites career is of an even
more varied character, as it was not until
the Afghan campaign of Lord Roberts.
after long years Of waiting, that ne oh
tanned the opportunity of distinguishing
himself
A more typical instance OF q society SOL
dier is that of Sir f. Forester Walker. the
guardsman who has been sent out as gen
eral at the Cape Town base. Charming
manners have made him one of tn chief
faVorites Of social life and good fortune in
the things of this life has aided his rapid
promotion though he has so far no claim
to high military reputation His services
at the Cape as military secretary to Sir
Charles Warren. in Bechuanaland, should
stand him in good stead in dealing VITA
the eEigeueies OF the situation
Another guardsman Lord Methuen, re
ceives a divisional command. and among
the brigadiers are the Hon. Neyi le Lyttei-
ton, brother of Lady Frederick Cavendish,
the intimate friend of the Gladstone fam
lily, and Major General WauchCpa, who was
the late statesman's electoral opponent in
Midlothian.