The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-19
NOT A SIGN OF ABATEMENT
MILITARY FERvoR HAS A HOLD ON
THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
Roth the Purple and the Hoi Poioi
Represented in the British Army
Now Contrasting with the Bocrs.

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London. November 1S.-The military
fervor which has scscd hold Of the nation
shows no sign OF abatement. This Is
<acarcely to be wondered at when Il is re-
slised how many households of all degrees
throughout the United Kingdom are al
fected land how deeply the war has entered
into the happiness of the people. For Ia
stance, Mrs. Pecheli hal .i.rre sons. offi-
GERS. ordered to-;hr cane aad tive cf il"m
,r, now dead. Sir r.'.e- reid9n Of
kildare. when the war commented had
four sons, three brothers eud five acpl.eNs
IN the service. The list IS Low one less,
since Captain Weldon was killed at Dun
dee Lord George Hamilton, the secretary
OF state for India, has one son and thir-
teen nepbews in the field. The Duke Of
Atholl has three sons in the war, including
Lord Tullibardine, his helr, while three
brothers OF the Duchess of York. Princes
Adolphus, Francis and Alexander of Teck
are all bound for the war In South Africa.
Thus IL will be seen that the case OF tho
widow of the Irish sergeant whose seven
sons are serving In the ranks at the Cape,
letter and gift, has parallels in the high
-st circles OF society. The calling out OF
the militia also takes many distinguished
men from their regular duties. Including
Mr. Akers Douglass. the first commission
er OF works. Lord Salisbury loses his pri-
waite secretary In Viscount Newport. who
belongs to the same regiment as Mr.. Akers-
Douglass, while Mr. Joseph Chamberlain
and sir Michael Hicks Beach ESQ lose
secretary each Titled officers without end
are now called upon TO do home service
including the three sons Of the Duke OF
Bacclueus. the Earl OF kilore and the Earl
OF Cassilee. The lattor Is now in the Uni
ted States.
The prominent part being played by tns
armored trains in the war has set tse
service critics at work surmising its place
In warfare OF the .4iufe. The Engineer.
whose critic is the well-kaown Order
Brown, gays: we look 10 sse some 10. m
of armored train much more generally used
in the future than now 1t may find AL
field In motor cars, or 1t may take the
form Of armored screens. mounted on
wheels which men can push before them.
Very little viii shelter prone man. but
a spade or stone will not protect one
advancing We feel that circumstances
Will eventually compel us TO do on land
what has long since been forced en- Us to
do at sea. In the way OF armor and tho
present war may be the starting point, In
spite OF the ridicule which was felt at bull
let-proof coats two or three years ago. y
A large number of traction engines,
manned by reserves chiefly drawn from
the railroad machine shops. were recently
shipped TO the Cape after steaming over
The roads from Aldershot to Southampton,
dragging trucks already packed with
stores. which were embarked as they stood.
hat rit val e., f.ta q,
hoped these engines and trucks will be
able to make good progress over tho lines
OF communication independent OF the rail-
roads.
Criticism OF the intelligent department
of the war office continues to appear in
publications OF all kinds Even the con
servative Times makes 1t the object OF
scathing denunciations, saying; 1--WE hope
that the war office, having learned by cX
per!enee what might have been learned
from cheaper sources. will not omit to
provide our troops with artillery heavier
and OF longer range than our excellent field
guns"
1t appears that Ladysmith was chosen
at least two years ago as an outpost In
case OF war and II Is pointed out that the
omission TO provide 1t with guns with
an euqal CALDER with that OF the Beers
can not be charged to the uncertainty and
political conditions which Immediately
preceded the present hostilities. 1t says
also II fears the ammunition of the naval
guns at Ladysmith Will soon give out IL
II is not already exhausted Only ten
lyditte shells per gun are carried on each
cruiser and though II Is believed the sail
ors took an extra supply secured from
other ships. It is felt that they must hus-
band resources In order to enable them
10 make the artillery effective until the
place is relieved.
Though the part OF the small ammuni-