The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-22
WAR IS NOT NEAR OVER.
Americans Who Fought With
Beers Back From the
TranSvaal.

American scouts and Irish cavalry
men just arrived in this country,
after service in the Boer army. are
private T. \. Belford of Ireland and
J. \. King of California. better known
as dynamite Dick"
1--WE are all members" said Bel
ford, ''Of the Irish brigade, which was
commanded by an American-Col.
Johnny Blake. formerly of the sixth
United States cavalry. and a West
Point graduate. This war is not
near over, Notwithstanding reports
to the contrary. Read the reported
losses of the English, which they say
in their dispatches. are due TO en-
teric fever. 1t is not the enteric
fever or any other kind of enteric
affection that is doing the work. II
is Mauser bullets and nothing else.
We were in the field from October
6, 1898, to the 2nd day of last
month; then we sailed from Lorenzo
Marques for Trieste. en- route to
America. We were at Spion kop.
ColensO, the siege OF Ladysmith.
MOdder pruit, beside many other en-
gagements. As regards marksman-
ship, especially with small arms. the
Beers can give the English cards and
spades and still beat them with their
eyes shut. During fight on Octo-
Der 30, 800 Johannesburg policemen
fought |, 300 entrenched English,
captured their works. with LIS
men. and killed the rest. This gives
an idea of how the Boer can shoot.
1t sounds strange, but il is true
never saw IA Union Jack or a regi-
mental flag during the war. The
only flag the British ever showed was
II white one. and | never heard of a
white Union Jack
When the poor old president left
for Europe General Botha, in his
order to his men announcing the de-
parture, said:
Now that the old man is safe let
the fighting BEGIN This was the
Inauguration of guerilla warfare.
The English officers are q queer set. |
Butler is the bulldog OF the crowd. |
He has no feeling for his men. On
one occasion Il detachment of troops
in his command refused to storm Il |
Boer stronghold. to face which was
certain death. In his anger Butler |
turned Il battery ofartillery on them |
and seventy three OF them were kill |
ed. "
Dynamite Dick King said the
scouts had an experience similar to |
the lrishmen in most cases, one OF
their duties having been to dynamite
the railways. His participation in
this duty, he said. accounted for his
sObriquet. He said that the detach-
ment was discOurteously treated by
the authorities at Lorenzo Marques,
the Portuguese having imprisoned |
them for six days on d troop ship
before allowing them to board the
Austrian-Lloyd steamship Styra, on
which they sailed for Trieste.
The returned Irishmen are in good
health and spirits and greeted the
delegation cordially, saying that
they were glad to- get back. They
We're all clad comfortably in win
ter clothing and looked as if they
did not suffer for means. Their soft
rOad-brimmed hats were decorated
With buttons and other insignia OF
the Beers.
On their arrival in this city they
we're escorted to the Vanderbilt no.
-el, where they We're entertained. The
original number OF the corps which
vent to South Africa was fiftv-eight.
One was killed, one wounded. one ia
ken prisoner, some are in the hoSpi-
al and some remain in South Africa.
The corps left South Africa for
nome about a month and half ago.
gOing first to Trieste and from there
o Paris. They boarded the Traye
II Cherbourg.
John E Scholman, who went out
Under General HasseIl a. scout.
aid the men had all givena good &C
cunt OF themselves.