El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
AN ENGLISH HERO
The Man Who Is Expected To Con-
ouest.South Africa.

General Sir Redvers Butler, the com
mander-in-chief in South Africa, wht
is about to sail for the Cape, and tt
whom the English people look for tbs
conquest of the Transvaal and OF the
Free State. is tall, powerfully built
man, over six feet in height, loosely
| Joined, with q saturnine, some " hat
stern expression, which, taken in con-
juction with his.reticence, his absence
of geniality, and his restlessDess In
warfare, has given him on the whole
an unmerieed reputation for blood
thirstipess.
The latter is a fault that should never
be ascribed to hero-and Sir Redver RS
is hero. For be wears on his breast
the badge of heroism the
Victoria eros priced beyond every
other insignia of honor by the 300, 600, =
600 subjects of Queen Victoria, owing
to the fact that 1t is only conferred for
feats of the most exceptional 6nd ex-
traordinary bravery. Butler won his
Victoria cross in South Africa during
the war with the Zulus, and should by
ri ghts wear one or more clasps to the
cross, since it was granted him in
pieces of bravery, all performed on the
same day.
1t was during the battle on the In
hlodne Mountain. Finding a soldier
who had been isolated from his COM
rades and hemmed in by the Zulus,
Butler, sword and revolver In hand,
dashed into the midst of cloud OF
blacks and rescued him. Then, on its
becoming necessary to withdraw from
a position. it was Butler himself who
covered the retreat with a little band
of seven men and Lieutenant Everett.
Four of the men were killed and the
horse was struck down and
his rider would have fallen into the
hands of the Zulus had he not been
rescued by Butler, who took him up
behind him on his own horse. Later
in the day Butler saved yet a third
comrade-namely, Captain d'Arcay,
who, having lost his horse, was en-
deavoring to outrun the advancing
feet of him, when Butler galloped back
and took him up behind him.
With such record, 1T Is needless to
state that anything approaching
cowardice calls for his must unmeasur-
q BILE scorn. and few of those who were
present when Lieutenant Carey report
ed to him the death of the French
prince imperial, who had abandoned to
his fate at the hads of the Zulus, can
inquired of the lieutenant:
But how comes it, cir, that you are
still alive?'
Carey, it may be rememb ered, was
acquitted by court-martial of the
charge of cowardice. But be was os-l
,rscised by every one OF his fellow Of
icers, who. leaving aside the question
If the imperial rank of the young prime |
VI France, could not forget that the
lad preferred his own safety to help
ng dismounted comrade in his |
light after being abuehed by the
,ulus.
Unlike several other successful gen
rails, both in England and foreign
ountries, Butler is so modest that he
huns rather than seeks Hopularity,
nd if he has come to the fr0Rt iJ has
cen entirely on his own merfts3 skill
8 a military leader, and bravery. As
lredly the press has contributed in 1osl
snse toward his fame, for be abomi- e
ates newspaper correspondents, and
oes not conceal his dislike. In fact,
is reserve of manner, and his stand
his utter disregard of things
lat insure popularity, have rendered
i'm personally extremely unpopular.
ct with all that there are few gener-
Is in the English army who enjoy a
reater degree of admiration, trust
I'D respect.-Chicago Tribune.