The age-herald., 1900-03-29
DIED OF PERITONITIS
His Successor in Command to be Gen l. eral Botha

London, March 29-The Pretoria cores pondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing yesterday, says,
 General Joubert died of peritonitis The funeral will take place tomorrow CThurs day). The government is pleading with the widow to allow temporary interment here, with a state funeral. Joubert always ex- pressed desire to be buried in a mausol cum built on his farm.
 His successor in the chief command viii probably De General Louis Botha, now com mandng in Natal.'
 History of General Jouberts Life
 General Pietrus Jacobus Joubert, com mander general of the Transvaal forces bstter known as Piet Jouee:t or"Slien P.et' (Slhm Peter), was born about 6S years ago. He was descended from an old French Huegenot family, which settled in South Africa many years ago. He was born in Cape Colony, but was taken by his par ents, when [ years old, to the Orange Free State where he was taught from early childhood to shoot straight and hate the British.
 He was described as being utterly fear less. Of schooling he had but little, and he never saw a newspaper until he was l9 years old. In spite of this, his ambition prompted him to read the few books he could obtain and he succeeded in abtain- ing a fair knowledge of history and Ian guage.
 In consequence of the acquisition of Natal by the British hts family moved from Natal and settled In the Transvaal. Soon after wards he became a burgher of the South African republic and daring fighter.
 It was claimed in his behalf that he could lead 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 the punative expedition usually resulted in their surrender.
 It was during this war with the natives that Joubert became acquainted with Paul Kruger and the two men became bosom friends
 He was elected vice president of the Transvaal in 1896. defo"'n5 Sir George Col ley at Majuba Hill in 1881, and acted as president of the republic in 1sS3-S4, during Kruger's absence in Europe.
 General Joubert was always in favor of the use of force instead of diplomacy, and President Kruger on several occasions had great difficulty in restraining his hot-head- ed colleague, notably in 1879, when Joubert, with Kruger and Pretorius, was planning the-rebellion to overthrow the British rule in the Transvaal. The result was Majuba Hill and the practical independence of the TTansvaal.
 It was Joubert who organized the army of the South African Republic, later divid- ing the country into seventeen military de- partments, and each of these departments into smaller divisions with commandapts field comets and HeutenantS of various ranks in charge.
 According to the generals plans, every native became a trained soldier without leaving his farm and had his equipment always at hand. So near perfect was the ystem carried out that within forty-eight hours after the present war was declared the Boer nation was under arms
 It was also due to General Jou5ert that the South African Republics succeeded in amassing the immense stores of war muni- lions and provisions which have stood them tn such good stead during the conflict now In progress.
 When the Jameson raiders were locked up in the Pretoria jail Joubert was strong 1y in favor of their immediate execution. 1t was not until Joubert and Kruger had been cioseted together for a whole night that the more merciful counsels of Kruger prevailed.
 In spite of these characteristics, Joubert on some occasions showed considerable re- gard for the usages of civilization. When the Boers raided British territory Bechu- analand, in 1884, Joubert, who was proba- ply then the only prominent Boer refused to support the movement, and his opposi- tion resulted in the withdrawal of the Boers from the territory seized, as he threatened to resign unless he had his way, saying:
 II positively refuse to hold office under a government that deliberately breaks it's covenants, and we have made covenants with England"
 In November last it was reported that General Joubert had been killed in action, and later reports said he was dangerously wounded and had to use cart in order to follow the operations in the field.
 The circumstances of the death of Gen. eral Joubert are not explained in the dis patch from Lorenzo Marques, which re- calls the fact that William Cox, news paper correspondent, who was recently re- leased from Imprisonment from Pretoria, and who has arrived at Durban, said Gen. eral Joubert was apparently suspected of half-heartedness. and that his life would