The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-06
WRITER'S ABOUT WAR.
SOME OF THE ENGLISH CORRES-
PONDENI
huJes Under Which They Are Allowed
to Work with the Army.


to Work with the Army.
1t is reported Of the late General
Pennefather (who by all accounts seems
10 have been a lineal descendant of the
troops who fought in Flanders) that he
remarked to Sir William Russell, THE
Times correspondent at the Alma, by
God, sir! Why are you here? I'd as
soon see the devil! What on earth do
you know of this kind of work. and
what will you do when we get into ac-
tion?" The distinguished officers mode
OF address was not embarrassingly con-
ciliatory, perhaps, but it indicated, all
the same and in a very precise man
ner, the official attitude that six-and-
forty years ago was adopted toward the
pressman of the battle field. Since then,
however temporara mutantur, nos ct
in ills mutamur-as they say in the
classics-and the result is that the ways
of the war correspondent of to-day are
those of comparative pleasantness, and
his paths are paths of peace. Indeed,
such person is nowadays fully
recognized factor of modern warfare,
and without at least half dozen repre-
sentatves of his craft accompanying
the troops no campaign may be prop
erly regarded as complete" to make use
of the Technology of the auctioneers'
catalogues. This, then, being the case.
brief account of some of the best
known followers of this branch of let
tiers, and the manner in which they or
dinarly ply at this vocation, should
prove of some interest at this juncture,
when "the blast of war is ringing in
our ears"
To begin with, then, here are the
names of a few of the more conspicu-
GUS among the war correspondents of
the present day-Melton Prior, Bennett
Burleigh, H. Fl. S. Pearse, Hilliard At
teridge, George Warrington Stevens,
Frederick Villiers, Kinnaird Rose and
Wilfrid Pollock. Sir William Russell,
Archibald Forbes and David Christie
Murray have long since retired from
the arena in which they once did such
good work, and the veteran William
Simpson died only the other day. Their
places however, are ably filled by the
younger hands above mentioned. Re-
ference may also perhaps here be made
to the smaller group of purely military
men who have on occasion shown them
selves-amateurs though they be in
journalism of this descripton-quite
able to meet their civilian comrades on
their own ground. Foremost among
such are Colonel Rhodes, D. S. O., and
Mr.. Winston Spencer Churchill late of
the 4th Hussars.
fox.r
fessional soldiers-of his age who have
seen more Of warfare and ''the immin-
ent deadly breach Gas Othello aptly
has it, in all their four corners of the
globe than has Melton Prior Thus the
Ashanti, Herzegovina, Kaffrarian, Zulu,
Transvaal, Egyptian, Soudan, Nile,
Burmah, Tirah and Turko- Greek cam
pafgns have all found him representing
THE Illustrated London News" with
notebook and pencil, for although an
artist primarily, Mr.. Prior can write
good descriptive prose as we'll. For
this reason, accordingly, he is as fully
entitled to be included in category of
war correspondents as he would be in
one OF war artists. His numerous jour
neys in the interests of his paper have
naturally caused him to travel extern
sively, and he probably knows the seven
seas as well as he knows London. In
deed. he has twice sailed round the
world, in addition to making frequent
visits to the colonies. Only few days
ago he sailed again for South Africa on
behalf of THE Sketch's" elder brother.
Like Melton Prior, Fl. f. S. Pearse
wields both pen and pencil in the in |
terests of the papers with which he is
connected. The chief of these is 1.-The |
Daily News" but he has also performed |
good work for 1.-The Daily Graphic"
Mr.. Pearse is a veteran at his craft, for |
he has devoted more than a quarter of |
a century thereto. During this period |
very little fighting has taken place in |
any part of the world without his being |
on the spot in his professional capacity |
He has been through the Egyptian and ]
Soudan campaigns, At the present mo- |
ment he Is in Natal.
1t Is just twenty-three years now !
since Frederick Villiers--tl1en a very |
young man indeed--went through the |
first of the long list of campaigns in |
which he has subsequently been engag- |
ed Hostilties had just then broken |
out between Turkey and Servia, and to |
the headquarters of the army of the
latter country the newest recruit to the |
ranks of the war correspondents was |
by Mr.. Thomas of 1.-THE |
Graphic" On the restoration of peace |
he accompanied the Russian troops to
Constantinople, and received a decora-
ton for taking part in the famous pas
sage of the Danube. Then came the
Afghan campaign of 1879, through the
whole of which Mr.. Villiers served, UNI
til the signing of the Treaty of Gunda-
muck put an end to hostilities. A great
deal of active service in Egypt followed, !
and among the numerous battles at |