The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-04

Is the section about Armagh Ireland,
where the regimental depot is located.
FOUGHT IN FAMOUS BATTLES.
These men and their predecessors fought
in long line Of famous battles, as their
regimental standard and the army lists
show. Their colors carry the plume of
the Prince of Wales, an eagle with q
wreath of laurel, the harp and crown,
Princess Victoria's coronet and a sphinx
superscribed Egypt. On four continents
these men have fought for their SOW
ereigns and their country-from Monte
video to Sebastapol and the Egyptian
campaign of 1882 and 1884, concluding with
the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, until forced to
surrender their flag to their present
enemy, the Beers.
The battles in which the regiment claims
honor because of participation are Mon
tevtdeo, Talavera, Barrosa, Tarifa, Java,
Victoria, Neville, Niagara Orthes, Tou-
louise, Peninsula, Ava, Sebastapol, Egypt,
1882 to 1884, and Tel-el-Kebir
The Worcestershire regiment, which
was also captured by Gen. Joubert, is one
of the oldest and most honorable Of the
military organizations of Great Britain.
1t used to be called the "Old Twenty
eighth" and Lady Buffers picture Of
THE Twenty-eighth at Quatre Bras is
as famous as the regiment itself. The
Gloucester was organized in 1894 and
the list Of its honors includes Families
and Waterloo and Delhi. 1t has the
unique distinction of the right of bearing
the badge of the Sphinx" both on the
front and back of the helmet This right
was won for the regiment by its valor at
Alexandria away back in 1901, when it
was assailed in front and rear and
when 1t formed back to back and beat
off the enemy. At Quatre Bras and
Waterloo its cry was Remember Egyptw
and with that cry sounding the regiment
was cut down to four of its companies.
From the records of the battles in
which both these regiments have parti-
cipated it will readily be seen that they
have been comrades in arms on the field
of battle many times before. Where they
have met with success for years and
years gone by, they now meet with ad-
versity together.
BOERS' DANGEROUS GUNS.
- The Paris correspondent of the Daily
Mail says:
''I learn that the Transvaal and Free
State governments, before the war, plac-
ed large orders with the gunmakers at
CreusOt, but not all the weapons could
be delivered, owing to the suddenness
with which hostilities began. The guns
the Boers are actually using are quick
firers and 155-millimetre siege and gar
rison guns, all mounted on light carriages
and adapted in every possible way for
use over muddy roads.
''They had two months firing practice
under competent Creusot agents. If they
could have had another months practice
no European artillerist could have with
stood-them.'
OPEN ENDORSEMENT OF BOERS.
PARIS, Nov. 3.-The municipal council
! today passed resolutions offering it's en-
| tire sympathy to the Beers, who are
struggling for independence" expressing
regret that the European powers had not
intervened to prevent the conflict and
hoping that peace would be procured.
NEWFOUNDLAND CONTINGENT.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 3.-The New
fOundland government is considering a
proposal to form half the colonial police
| into a company for service in the Trans
vaal The Canadian government will be
required, it is understood, to incorporate
! this company with the Second Canadian
! regiment, Newfoundland paying a pro-
| portionate share of the expense.
The colonial police brigade, like the
royal constabulary, is a military body
armed, well drilled, and could take the
field at moments notice. The PROPOSE
ton meets with papular approval.
BRITISH ARMY CRITICISED.
BERLIN, Nov 3.-The statement of the
! British secretary of state for war. the
Marquis of Lansdowne, at the Cutters
! feast in Sheffield yesterday, that the mill
! tary preparations in the difficulty with
the Transvaal could not be kept abreast
! of the diplomatic negotiations, has
evoked severe comment from the Ger
man press. The Neustee Nachrichten
| says:
This assertion will amaze the world
| and especially Germany, for 1t implies
either that the army and diplomacy OF
Great Britain are unequally balanced, OF
| that both are inefficient. For the purpose
| of comparison we need but recall Ger
many's preparedness in 1870 and the fact
that Count Won Moltke, on the first day
| of the mobilization, was found reading O
| novel. Lord Lansdowne's statement only
! confirms the opinion of numerous critics
! that the British army is no longer an eff.
hcient tool for politics on a vast scale
| Perhaps England's experiences in such
affair will suffice to bring home to the
national instinct of Britons the necessity
for a radical reorganization of the British
military system"
DEADLY LYDDITE SHELLS.
NEW YORK, Nov "A special from
London states that a Ladysmith dis
| patch, dated Tuesday, at 5:15 received ir
London today, says: Although Monday
was not a good one for US, it was awful
for the enemy. Our artillery fire was ap.
palling. The Beers lost hundreds killed
and wounded where Lyddite shells from
the naval guns rained upon them. They
fell in heaps. The havoc was so great
| that Joubert sent formal written pro
test to White against the use of Lyddite
as inhuman. The British long-range
guns are vastly superior to those of the
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