The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-12

LOfd Wauehope TO Certain Death.
Chicago Jan. IA special cable to
! the Chicago Tribune from London says:
Lieutenant General ord Methuen,
J commanding the column advancing to
/ the relief of Kimberley, is to be reliev-
I'd Of his command within two weeks.
Later he viii be sent to Cape Town, and
! eventually ordered home. When he
| reaches England he viii be retired.
/ These facts have been confirmed by an
/ official of the war office.
Lord Methuen's case is a sad one.
/ Always man of rather frail physique,
I although a clever boxer and an all
/ around sportsman, his institution be
1 gan to show signs of breaking down al
most Immediately after he took COM
mand Of his division
The day after the battle of Bel
mott General WClseley suggested TO
! the officials of the war Office that Me-
4 utfuVn be relieved. His advice was not
/ heeted. The wisdom Of the aged but
J keen communicative chief Of the Brit
/ ish army is now realized to the fullest
/ extent by the war officials who scoffed
/ at 'IiP suggestion.
lltLAI u Lulu. 4MELHutu dLlSlob llG
/ is cnly in broken health; that the strain
/ of many campaigns has shattered his
/ naturally nervous system.
His Mind Unbalanced.
Those who know the circumstances
and The situation on MOdder river
/ equally well. and who are wiring to
! state facts plainly. say that Methuen's
iuiEa Isl unbalanced.
] r,r
/ ing to the notice OF the officials Of the
wa> Office for two weeks past. The
/ commander of the AI0dder river force
/ has bombaTded the government with
! some of the most remarkable messages
+ ever received from a general in &C
/ ton One received few days ago is a
! fair sample Of the rest. 1t contained
{ lrst three words: Darkness after
dawn"
1t is stated by those acquainted with
! the inner workings and plan Of cam
paign adopted by the war Office. that
Lord Kitchener. the hero of Omdur-
1 man, who. with Lord Roberts, arrived
/ at Cape Town today, viii proceed i'm
mediately to MOdder river He may
net take active field command Of the
/ troops. but viii put the column IN
working order again, and then assign
some ore else, probably General Col
vile, to take Methuen's place.
Quarreled With Officers.
Lord Methuen. in addition to his other
! eUcentricities. has guarded with a
number Of officers under him. Three
/ of them. Colonel Arthur Paget, Colonel
/ Cough and Captain Campbell he or
/ dered home. They arrived in London
today. Colonel Cough is seeking a Nln-
dicatiOn court martial. When Cough
J rTo Of
/ Magersfontvin attack, Methuen order
ed him under arrest.
! The London press is considerably
/ suppreSeing the true state Of affairs,
/ so far as Methuen's ailment is con-
/ cerned, but the papers do not hesitate
/ to print the hard facts about the battle
1 of Magersfontein, which are just reach
/ ing London through the mails, all Of
which 20 to show. in the language or
an officer. that the attack was that
/ of madman.
Sent Wauchope to Death.
The death of Lord Wauchope, COM
/ mander Of the Black Watch, was one
of the many sad results Ct that en-
] gagement Lord WauchOpe, it is now
/ well known, realized the futility Of the
assault as planned by Methuen. He
/ argued strongly and ezpo9tulated Dit-
I terIy against II. Methuen. however
/ persisted. and the two qaarreied over
/ the matter the night before the battle
which proved so disastrous to the Bflt-
/ ish forces
A member Of the Black Watch, in q
/ letter lust received, giVea the deJalis OF
; the charge which LED WauchoDe to his
/ death He quotes the generals dying
4 ,-ords-words showing how fully ne
realized the situation even IN the nour
of his death. The letter reads:
! ut was one of the darkest nights we
! ever had. The rain fell in torrents
and we went on and forward, taihns,
sfnmbIfng and slipping over rocks and
anthiTs 1t was Impossible 10 see where
! we were going.
AFTER we had been taken BY sur
nri.ss cur right half battalion charged.
/ but the men were mOwn down IKE
e--sin ,,efore a reaper. General Wau-
/ eboDe was shot at the beginning OF
/ the charge When he saw the mistake
! that had happened, he shouted; 'tSaily
/ round me. Black watch It's not my
-aO' Riddled With Bullets.
.eTben he fell, literally riddled with
/ bullets" -. Nj
j 49, ,ivar column tell Of the demoraliza-
/ -, of tbe. troOps since the command
/ -, incapacitatiOn. A Highland brl-
/ 900 mn SAYS. There is not the
I .,iighter- doubt that Metnuen has lost
/ tbe confdence of every man IN me
/ ttIiot,Isu3 brigade. I am not going TOO
+ cav in saving that they are afraid 70
+r1sf their lives with him
/ Corporal Bevan, IN descriolng the
/ fafaflIl battle, says. when the enemy
oTened fire Lord Wauchope our brave
osoeral who was killed, turned TO Us
sTd aid. Don't blame me, lads We
bsar no demonstrated with Methuen
[ before We left camp about the plans
/ for the battle. but Methuen only told
/ him to obey orders.
Had to Obey Orders.
..1vauchope, 10 doubt, went out to
end DEATH writes Sergeant Gray,
when such a disastrous fire opened.
/ ne had previously shouted 10 the Ar
/ wi Ffighianders: Done blame me for
/ f5is 7 received my orders and had to
obsv tbemF With proper handling we
! oo,7Id have cleared the Beers out in two
/ hours AS II was. we were taken into
I s butchers shop and left there
/ DOzeDS of other letters are printed.
an Of the same tone. So far as known
there is no insanity in Methuen's fam
iIv hack of the present generation, but
/ n * generally understood all three of
his sisters have been backward from
/ childhood
YULE HAS COLLAPSED.
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