The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-29

| seldom called upon Tor active service N
war. There were some grounds then for
regarding the subalterns. and even Off
GERS OF many years standing, as merely
carpet knights.
They were the cHrled darlings Of So
| ciety, and their brother officers IN >rdin-
airy line regiments had a ready jest OF
their expense as more at home in the sa-
Ions of Piccadilly and Mayfair than on
the frontiers Of the empire. Such is not
| the case today. In recent expeditions 70
the Nile the crack corps OF guards and
cavalry have borne their fair share Of
campaigning.
Not since the Crimean war, more than
forty years ago. has England sent cut
an army on so comprehensive a scale
/ as in the present crisis. A deeper inter
/ est attaches to the Transvaal campaign
| for this reason. as it touches more close
| " aristicratic families and country houses
throughout Great Britain and Ireland
A more pathetic note Will sound from the
news sent from South Africa. and many
a village church may have. in conse-
! quence. additions 10 its war relics, such
/ as may still be seen recalling the great
/ Waterloo days, the Crimea and the In
dian mutiny
| From the queen downward the upper
ranks Of Great Britain are sending out
/ their best and bravest.
t Now all the youth of England are on fire.
And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies
The names among the officers whom
| the transports week by week are hurry
ing to the Cape include most of those
| which have been familiar as household
| words for centuries in English history
/ and still fill a large space in today's So
/ ciety.
] The royal family will be in the closest
! association with the front through the
/ service OF the queens popular soldier
/ grandson, Prince Christian Victor Of
Schleswfg- Holstein, who holds stan ap-
/ pointment. and last year in the Nile cam
paign earned for himself much military
! credit. Prince Francis Of Teck. the
! Duchess of York's brother. may also go
1 TO the front with his regiment. the First
/ Royal Dragons. The premier's soldier
/ son, Lord Edward Cecil, who was Lord
! Kitchener of Khartoum's aide-de-camp
/ last year at Omdurman is by this time
| helping Colonel Baden-Powe1 TO hold Ma
| feking against the most formidable Of the
Boer leaders.
| Lord Lansdowne. secretary Of war
has two sons in regiments under orders
| the Earl of Kerry. his heir. who is
| lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. and
| Lord Charles Fitzmaurice. a lieutenant in
! the First Dragons. The great duke
! doms of Buccleuch and Portland have
! scarcely less vital stake in the struggle
! than Lord Salisbury and his Immediate
! colleagues. For the Duke Of Buccleuch's
/ third son, Lord George w Montague
| Douglas-Scott, is a captain in the Tenth
| Hussars- while Lord William Augustus
/ Cavendish Bendnck holds the same rank
/ in that gallant regiment
/ This IS the corps known as the Prince
! Of Wales Own Royal" and the officers
! form, perhaps, the most exclusive set
/ in the army, as they include besides
| those named, Hon. z. Barring Of Lord
| Revelstokes family, the we'll known
banking house; the Hon. T. w Brand.
| Yiscount Hampden's heir presumptive:
the Earl of SALISBURY. the Hon. D..
Anderson-Pelham and the Hon. G.. B.
! Portman.
] The Earl of Derby's youngest son is A
| lieutenant in the same regiment. His
| father. when known as Lord Stanley.
was a governor general Of Canada from
| 1855 to 1898, and his uncle. the late Lord
! Derby, was the minister of rather
! cross bench turn Of mind. but nj re-
| puted common sense. whose omission to
/ define the rights of suzerainty N the
| convention OF 1854 has been seized upon
! ny the TrausvaaI government as the rec
! ogniti0n Of the complete independence OF
/ the republic in its external as well as its
| internal relations. Viscount Downe's
I heir, the Hon. J. Dawnay, IS now The ad-
/ jUtant of the prince OF Wales Own"
/ and the Duchess of Portlands brother.
! the same corps.
! Another dandy" regiment which IS al
| ready at the front awaiting the Boer at
/ tack in the tongue of Natal IS the Ninth
/ Lancers, the Queens Royal. AMI this
| again numbers among its officers repre-
sentatives Of many families in the peer
/ age and the equally influential county
4 families not possessing a title, but whose
/ estates have been handed down for gen
/ erations in Uubroken succession In York
/ shire Devon and Kent The colonel
| Major General Sir William DrysdaIe. is
| to have command Of d division. and Lieu
! tenant-Colonel Bloomfield Cough IS
/ marked out for high command. The
Hon. c. n. c. Willoughby, Lord Douglas
/ Compton, brother Of the MARQUIS os
+ Northampton, and a son Of the Marquis
( Of Duferin. Lord Frederick Temple
+ BiackwOod. are younger sons Of peers or
/ peeresses, and Wykeham- Fien7es. a
( Gordon. a Campbell and a Csvendish. are
names with memorable traditions cluster
/ ing around them To hand them down
/ untarnished the present bearers may be
I relied TO do their utmost, and IN fact,
I the Lancers. fresh from India have on
/ the frontiers OF the northwest provinces
/ displayed their meta in earnest fashion.
/ Through the blood relations OF the o.
/ fcers OF these two regiments alone IL
J may be expected that such feat q arms
! as another charge az The light brigade
/ would bring fresh renown for reckless
/ bravery 70 the nobility O. England o.
/ plunge half its families tnto mourning.
! To Americans the incident o. the in
! spection q the Scots Guards on Tuesday
brings home the lie OF kiaship vi-h In
+ tense realism After the Prince OF wales
( accompanied by the CzsroE1tz OF Russia.
has passed down The lines aud noted the
+ battalicns fitness for eraba-kirr FOR
+ South Africa ne stopped 70 conErataiate
f. Colonel Alfred Pzzet and MS American
wife On ne me appearance u tHe men
under his command. Mrs. Page. the
. daughter % he late Ms Paran S-sve-s