The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-29

funeral will take place tomorrow CThurs-
day.. The government is pleading with
the widow to allow a temporary inter
ment here, with state funeral. Gen.
Joubert always expressed desire to be
buried in a mausoleum built on his farm.
His successor in the chief command
will probably be Gen. Luis Botha, now
commanding in Natal"
SKETCH OF JOUBERT.
Gen. Pietrus Jacobus Joubert, command
ant general of the Transvaal forces, bet
ter known as Piet Joubert, or "Silen Piet''
(Slim Peter), was born about sixty-eight
years ago. He was descended from an
and old French Huegenot family which
settled in South Africa many years ago,
and was born in Cape Colony but was
taken by his parents when but seven
years old to the Orange Free state, where
he was taught from early childhood to
shoot straight and hate the British. He
is described as having been utterly fear
less.
OF schooling he had little, and he never
saw newspaper until he was nineteen
years old. In spite Of this his ambition
prompted him to read the few books he
could obtain, and he succeeded in obtain
ing a fair knowledge of mis- cory and Ian
guages. In consequence of the acquisi-
ton OF Natal by the British his family
moved from Natal, where 1t seems to have
located after first going to the Free State,
and settled in the Transvaal. Soon after
ward he became a burgher Of the South
African Republic and a daring fighter It
was claimed in his behalf that he could
lead a body of men more successfully
against hostile natives than any other
man in the Transvaal. He came to be so
feared by the natives that the knowledge
that he was at the head of a punative
expedition usually resulted in their sur
render
1t was during the wars with the natives
that Joubert became acquainted with
Paul Kruger, and the two men became
bosom friends. He was elected vice pres
ident of the Transvaal in 1896. He defeat
ed Sir George Colley at Majuba Hill, and
acted as president of the republic In 1888
81, during Kruger's absence in Europe
Gen. Joubert was always in favor Of
the use of force instead of diplomacy
and President Kruger on several oc-
casions had great difficulty in repressing
his hot-headed colleague, notably, in 1879
when Joubert with Kruger and Pretoria
was planning the rebellion to overthrow
British rule in the Transvaal. The result
was Majuba hill and the practical indie
pendence of the Transvaal
ORGANIZED BOER ARMY.
1t was Joubert who organized the army
Of the South African republic. later on.
dividing the country into seventeen mill
tary departments and each of these de-
partments into smaller divisions, with
commandants, field cOrnets and leuten-
ants of various ranks in charge Accord.
ing to the generals plans, every man be-
came trained soldier without leaving his
farm, and had his equipment ready at
hand. TO such point Of perfection was
the system carried that within forty-eight
hours after the present war was declared.
the Boer nation was under arms
Ii was also due to Gen. Joubert that the
South African republic had succeeded in
amusing the immense stock of ammuni.
tion and stores which haS/stood them in
such good stead during %he conflict now
in progress.
When the jameson raiders were locked
up in Pretoria jail Joubert was strongly
IN favor Of their immediate execution 1t
was not until Joubert and Kruger had
been closeted together for a whole night
that the more Aerciful counsels Of Kru-
ger prevailed.
In spite of these characteristics, Jou-
bert, on some occasions, showed consId-