New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
SUNDAY IN CAMP.

This talented young correspondent continues TO
exhibit the religious tendency in his accounts which
has been notable only since his capture by the
Beers. Writing Of a soldiers service at Spearman's s
Camp, he says:
1t is a solemn Sunday. and the camp, with its
white tents looking snug and peaceful IN the sun
light holds its breath that the beating OF It's heart
Services 9 of ~ religion would appeal with passionate
force to thousands 1 attended a church parade
Of s graat soni who ne feared God On every side
rankGperhaps in all five thousand. In the hollow
square stood the General. the man on whom every
the week had been face to face with death. and
going to face him again in few hours our Life
sndseaps very whss ali Rs
who died in quarrel he did not understand? All
the anxous of weak & Splits ghf was
have given comfort and strength where both were
permanent impression. The bridegroom opportunity
had come. But the Church had her lamp m mun-
onIed on the detaIS of The siege and Surrender
after while the formal, perfunctory service
reached its welcome conclusion.
is it, when the Church spends so much on mission
airy work among heathens she does not take az the
The medical profession is represented by d some o5
souls left TO the care of the village practitioner"
Nor could answer but remembered I the yener, r.
the River War, and wondered whether Rome was
Ea atnsdtbe opporfnty of telling the glad It'd
ings soldiers about to die.
venerable but virlle Bishop of the Roman Catholic
Church. whose broad chest gala days is simply
covered with medals won while ministering on
battlefelds Tommy Atkins. In the cam
paigns of Kitchener he particularly distinguished
himself and probably the most popular chap
lain In the service. He is working in con-
junction with Cardinal Vaughan in London
MORE ABOUT BOER INHUMANITY.
A trooper Of the South African Horse sends to
Cape Town paper shocking account OF alleged
Roer inhumanity. Describing the AFFAIR near
Chieveley in January when his corps was scout
We lost altogether about twenty five men, one OF
whom Captain De R9ugeh3nt, gen ont WIZ was wbagg
Captain De Rougemont was shot a doctor OF the
ssars named t Eo6 m ms wh fIlSf the 20 Red
Cross flag flying him. the Beers approached
s6o0nR S S Sae doctor he The
Beers then took everything of value on both the
silver spurs, and then went away, bidding the doc
tor gooby These two poor h n The 56 dco 9o
crawled walked for about mile with bullet
fir hut where our picket found him the next morn
ing. The ambulance was fetched ana ne, together
the latter died. Deeds like this make our men feel
very bitter, and it will go hard with the Beers
when our soldiers get among them
The correspondents with General Gatacre writ
ing in February saddened by the inactivity Of
that force and indignant al the way they say Gen
eral Gatacre has been treated Says the corre-
spondent Of The Morning Post:
Nominally in command of a division. Gatacre has
possessed more than a brigade OF regular in
fantry and only one battalion the I'd Royal Irish
Rifles, belongs of right TO his command IL Is for
the reasons which may be gathered from this ac-
count that the so-called Third Division, which is
division. has been compelled TO play the role OF
Fabian. and that soldering with Gatacre since the
Stormberg disaster must be described as but the
image OF war, without its gilt. ana with consider
ably less than % per cent OF Its danger
Constantly. according this authority. troops
have been sent 10 General Gatacre and withdrawn
within few days, preventing all organization
The debut Of the West Australians ut SINGERS