Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Interest In the Preparations
of England
FOR TRANSVAAL WAR
The Matter 0fTransporting the Troops
Has Caused Much Talk--The Cont
missary Department is Not Well
OrganiZed--Other Notes.

LOndOn, Oct. 14.-(COpyrlSnted, 1888, 10y
the Associated Press.)-All Europe is
watching Great Britain at this crucial
moment in her military affairs. Foreign
statesmen and military experts regard
the result of the war with the Beers as
foregone conclusion. What they scan
with such anxious interest is England $
tremendous preparati tions for the con-
test. BY the result of these efforts will
her strength be guaged. In assembling
an army twice as large as rhat which she
sent to Crimea and considerably greater
than Wellington's force at Waterloo.
England is Offering an illustration for the
first time in manv decades of her abil'
ity TO fight on land.
Although her naval strength has often
beer demonstrated to advantage, it has
still been matter of doubt whether her
military arm would compare favorably
with that of continental nations. and in
the throes of such test she has been en-
gagged this week day and night. Gangs
OF men are working necessarily at the
ports that dot England's shores, transfer
ring liners into troop ships Largely
augmented forces are turning out am
munition and ordnance stores. Some
Idea of the activity in this branch can
be gained from the fact that 1000 90 I
rounds of ammunition for small arms left
Woolwich last week Although the man
utacture of the favorte new bullet mark
hve.' has been retarded by an outbreak
o! lead poisoning among the employees
TINS department Is working day and night
Tons of scrap zinc are being shipped to
make gas for the war balloons. which
are being taken out on a more extensive
scale and with more complete euuin.
me mt than ever before
meanwhile the men for whom these
Nirlements Of war are being made are
rauring out of barracks to the ports,
81 'nding by to embark. drilling and prac-
Icing at targets every spare hour The
reserves are pouring into Aldershot in
rsiheralded patches and reshoulderjnc
their rifles as if the transformation from
cl,i1 to military life We're an every dav
occurrence. The huge mobilization at
A'dershot is now in charge of Major Gem
e. al Thomas Kelley X enney INSPECTOR
general OF auxiliary forces and recruit
'hg, who has succeeded General Sir Red
vers Butler
All the work Is new. IT is the first
time that anything of the kind has been
attempted since the short service systan,
Went into effect. A visit to Aldershot
produces the Impression that everything
Is gong like clock work but it is toe
early yet to express a definite oninion
regarding the British mobilization Fer
the reserves themselves, who are Obliged
10 leaNe thef wives and families on a
pltitul pittance from the government
lhoch pubic sympathy has been aroused
eAenpllfyng the truth of Rudyard Kin
lings 1eer "A Special Train for Atkins,
!" hen the Band begins to play" num-
per or reserves who were not called on,
nave asked to be allowed to serve in
south Africa and a similar spirit of snon,
taheons, practical patriotism is seen on
all sides.
. Sir Redvers Buffers forces include the
mower or the English nobility. The nx
celleht lsoer craftsmanship. combined
WIN the fact that it is an unwritten rnle
IN the British army that officers mus,
always stand under fire. even though the
mci. are lying down. makes MORNING
III many a noble British home
ne admiralty is, perhaps. more on
lriai than the army, especially as il is
Well known that General Lord Garnet
" ""lsley, commander-in-ch chief does NOT
'prr"ve system which gives the nayv
'och Ear reaching power in Transporting
ioops In 1882, Great Britain dispatch.
"a $4,000 troops in three weeks to Al.y- |