New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-15

clean living and generous race. They nave
| openly given IT out that the British are 10 De
uprooted stock and branch. and the or heara
phrase ITO every man damsel or two throws
lurid light on Mr. krug'r's pious front.
We enjoy the sublime advantage OF eventual
" posing as the attacking party anl IL 'enl''nS
10 be seen bow far the Doors are fitted FOR IN"
wearisomc roe Of passive defence which, soon
or late. viii be imp e"d upon them-
The service revolver they have In many cases
discarded for one Il ten chambers. but 90 NOT
believe there will be much hand 10 hand fight
inC for Sir Redvers Butler is we'll aware tnat
in a melee the advantages % iron discipline
are to a great extent lost We do not ini'nd 10
allow the Beers to close with our infantry al
though cavalry patrol skrmishes will be IN
/ avoida bic. The Transvaai forces prefer am
huscades. and our difficulty VIII be 70 get lnto
contact with them. 1t is 10 be hoped that the
british India troops win be detailed as an ad-
vance guard. for tney are well tralhe' III
ambush work.
DATE FOR MOVING TROOPS.
Although Sir Redvers Butler has gone. most
Of the CORPS IS stil here. 1t Is learned that the
Admiralty has finally fixed upon October 90 as
the first day Of regular embarkation. this con-
tnuing each day thereafter from Southampton.
which will he literally red and khaki brown with
departing troops on October - and october -
there Will be enbarkatiors Of large contingent
Of men and equipment at Tilbury These two
ports will BE- the only outlets Of any impor-
lance
The Outlook quotes a member OF the can
met. whose name is not given, but who IS evil
IDENTIFY Slr Chamberlain as saying in private
conversation
Absolute equality-nothing more and nothing
less-,s what we intend 70 secure In South
Africa There ca be but one fate for the Boer
obligarchy and there can he left no DOUBT re-
garding British sovereignty over al 9outn
Africa. When those ends have been attained a
policy OF magnanmty and considerauon suc c
as has made the French Canadians loyai bFII.sn
subjects Will. / have no doubt, be appHeu WIN
equal success In South Africa. To Destroy run
lesslv The best traditions and amour propre or
The Beers would boz an act Of the snprein'S'
folly
The Shipping Gazette says that the calling
out 81 the reserves is seriously affecting the
shipyards and engineering works especially 'he
latter resulting in a slackening ~ the rate OF
ship production.
The capture Of the armorcd train on the west
ern border II the Transvaal is the beginning OF
a few anticipated rcverses at the outset OF me
campaign The Boer plan IS now un'o'd'ns
itself II seems 10 be TO strike smuitanrouSS
ar different points with view OF obtaining
etrong strategic position In Natal before the ar
rival = the British army corps AZ 2" p''"'s
tho British are faced b. Boer forces superior AZ
least in number
PROBABLE POINTS OF ATTACK.
Tho mos. dangerous positions. especially since
the loss Of the armored train. are Mafekns ana
vrvburg Colonel Baden Powell who Is IN
command AZ Nafeklng. IS man OF the Creates
courage and energy. but he has only two thou-
sand men. many OF them irreguars' whose
nahtng capacity IS rot known although -
,'ei,e,ed 70 be good. The fact that ne has moved
out of Mafeking indicates some appiehehslo"
and IN aU likelihood he viii nave 70 stan"
ofrnr lf
General Sir George Stewart White, command
tho IN Natal. is estimated 10 have about fifteen
,boueara men stretched In strongly int1enched
noetions from Ladysmth to Dundee lie IS
10, - great resource. and has the valuable as
s,stanca ot General Sir william Penn Syinoh7'
exnerienced IN Hill lighting in India. ana OF Cen
oral Sir Archibald Hunter experienced IN
Soudan campaigns
VAST SCALE OF PREPARATIONS
49, 7,,.-o,a &c watching Great Britain at this
.,.,,i ,,,ornont IN her military affairs. Foreign
s.atoe-oon and military experts regard the re-
ell. p, he war with the Beers as foreeone
.,,..,o, What they scan with such anxious
,,..res, are her tremendous preparations for
-ba contest Nv the result of these efforts Wil
he, strength be eauged. In assembling an army
..,oo ne large as that which she sent 70 ire
cr,noea. ENGLAND IS Offering an Illustration 'oi
tho srst time IN many decades of her ability 10
fight on the land
Although her naval strength has often n'en
demonstrated to advantage. X has stu oe'n q
matter II doubt whether her military arm "oula
.orrrara fazorablv with that OF Continental ma
+ioos and in the throcs Of such test she has
been engaged this week day and night
canrs Of men are working necessarily az the
ports that dot Engaui's shores Transforming
uners into troopships. Largely ausineh'eu
forces are ceaselessy turning out ammunition
and ordnance stores. Some Idea az the aou|''3
IN this branch can be gained from the fact that
three million rounds q sna" an" "''''''
left Woolwich last week
ZINC FOR WAR BALLOONS
Although the manufacture OF the favor!te new
bullet Mark >" has been retarded by an out
break Of lead poisoning among the employees
this Department is working day ana night
Tons Of scrap zinc are being shipped TO make
c,e for Nh. war balloons. which are being taken
out on more extensive scale am WIN more
conrlete equipment than eyer before
Meanwhile the men for whom these imple-
r,ents OF war are being made are pouring out
n, barracks 70 the ports standing by TO embark.
drilling. manpuvrng and practising at targets
eve-v snare hour Tho reserves are swarmins
into Aldershot in unheraldei patches, and re
sbouldering their rifles as II the transformation
from civil 10 military life were merely an every
DAY occurrence.
Tho huge mobilization at Aldershot Is now IN
charge N Major General Thomas Kelly Kenny
inspector general 81 auxiliary forces and re-
c-uiting. who has succeeded General Sir Red
vers Butler All the work is new. II IS the
first time that anything Of this kind has been
attempted since the short service system went
into effect A visit 70 Aldershot produces the
impression that everything is going Ike clock
work but II IS too early yet to express definite
opinion regarding the British mobilization.
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