New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
BRlTAIN'S IRISH TROOPS.
REGIMENTS THAT HAVE GAINED GLORY
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

duce Irishmen to aid the Beers, and her spec
tacular campaign against enlistment in tho
BRUSH military service it is interesting to note
that while Irishmen are conspicuous at Boer
meetings. where they denounce England and
say unkind things about British soldiers. Irish
regiments are also conspicuous in the field.
where their valor and bravery show that then
are among the Queens best soldiers.
| the army statistics show that Ireland's quota
| In the service IS large, being nearly % per cent
Oh the total force recruited in the British ISL
ands' The last figures published before the war
| credit England with 72,34S officers and men,
| Scotland with 3.947 officers and men, and Ire
| land with 22.963 officers and men-nearly five
| times as large force as that contributed by
| Egypt.
The army consists of four arms, or branches.
| for which the records give the following
| figures: Cavalry u.251: artillery 16,9S9; en-
gineers. $685. and infantry special corps, Co.
$50 total, 90 25S. OF the total number of horses
and mules O.O63-required by the British army
| Ireland furnished 2,7S4 or more than % per
| cent
| FRESHMEN AT THE FRONT.
There have been few engagements since ths
war in the Transvaal began in which Irish SOL
| diers did not take part, and in some of them,
| like the attack Colenso the Irish Soldierf
| earned all the glory. at the cost of great NUNS
bers killed and wounded. The Dubns and In-
| niskngs were the organizations which dstin-
guished themselves in this engagement.
Among the notable Irish regiments tha Prin-
cess Vctoras Royal Irish Fusiliers take first
rank. This regiment organized in 1893 by
Colonel Doyle, who led the original force of six
hundred men to Flanders, where they distin-
gushed themselves. From Flanders they
sent to Puerto Rico in 1897. where they
manned until 1904. when they returned to Eng
land During the
West Indies the regiment, which had received
recruits at frequent intervals, lost by disease
between seven hundred and eight hundred men.
In 1907 the regiment was ordered to MontevdeO
and saw service there and at BuenOs Ayres. In
1915 the S7th-that is it's district designation
was sent to Egypt and remained there until
1926. After an absence of thirty-three years, on
it's return to England the regiment received the
title Royal" But the regiment not allowed
to remain at home long. and sent to India
in 1919, where it active service until 1876.
GREAT RECORD IN EGYPT.
The I'd Battalion is designated the S9th, and
it has as glorious record the S7th. It stood
in the fore in the Egyptian campaign of 1884.
when it in the force under Sir Gerald
Graham. At El-Teb it was the right OF
the square; at Tamai it in the First
Brigade under Butler, which. according to the
official report came out in perfect order and
with the steadiness of troops parade"
The old 18TH the Royal Irish Regiment
raised in 1854 1t the scarlet uniform
with blue facings, and carries on its colors the
inscriptions, Egypt" with the sphinx; the
dragon. superseded China" and the harp
and crown, with the names of the following
battles: "Blenheim," "Ramiles,' "Oudenarde'
"Malplaquet," "Pegu.'' fSevastopol,' New
Zealand "Afghanistan 1S79-'S0" Egypt.
1892" "Te-el- Kebir' and Mile. 1SS4-'S5."
The SD and Seth Foot make up the Royal
Irish Rifles. which were organized in Ireland in
1893, and saw their first active service in the
West Indies a year later, and until 1906. In
that time the regiment lost &c officers and $40
men. Then the regiment was sent to the Cape
and placed in Cameron's brigade.
A LONG CHAPTER OF HEROISM.
The history of the regiment is a long chapter
of bravery and herOism. and at some of the bat
ties where the SD took part the Irishmen were
conspicuous because of their dash and daring,
and their devotion to duty. At Badajoz where
the carnage great that when it was told
to Wellington the pride of conquest sank into
a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his
gallant soldiers" the Irish regiment was the
first to rush to the assault, their bugIer though
grievously wounded, sounding the "Advance!"
as he lay helpless beside the headlong rush Of
furious men.
The uniform of the regiment is green with
facings of dark green, and the badge Of