The Portland daily press., 1900-05-02
MILLIONS TO SOLDIERS.
vast sans for the Famous Fighters Of
Great Britain--One Given ss,oO0,ooO
--some Other Big Gifts,

lacking In the rich prizes which the
church and ths law held out a. baits 10
their zeAIous and capable followers, 10
has brought to some OF Its most skilfui
generals . crop Of dignities, wealth and
glory for which no other profession has
any parallel. In actual money the duke
of weIIington's brilliant sensralship
yieIcei considerably ovsr %. 90 OO0 for
himsslf and his descendants, in addition
to dignitiss and princely presents almost
beyond number. After the great victory
Of Assaye, In which he crrsAed the
Mahrstta power, gifts poured on him In
lavish profus sion, including sword of
honor valued at $780,. tho gift OF the in
habitants of Calcutta ;sand 9 sio.leo ser
Woe of plate, the Tribute Of his army.
After the greater battle Of Talaveraa he
received peerage and pension Of
100, 0JO year for two generations.
Salamanca brought him the thanks Of
pariia ment, q marquisate. and sum OF
600, zoo, ard little later the Commons
voted him further sum Of 5000, 600 20
maintain his dignity SIS peer. The
browning victory Of WatsrIoo was reward
ed By an additional grant Of 81, COO 600,
and among countless other rewards were
| 500 010 In prize money, silver plateau.
worth $O, COO, from the king Of Portugal.
a statue In hyde PARK, which cost an
other 90, goo, and o magnificent sword
| from the city Of London. In addition TO
thess substantial rewards Wellington
| won within this short space Of i've years
viEcounty, an earldom. . marquisAts
and q dukedom, In addition to ssven for
eisn titles, incl ading one OF prince.
The great duke Of Marlborough, the
victor OF Blsnheim and RamiIlies, reaped
o rich harvest from his soldering. or
dignities he won with bis sword o
barony, earldom, marquisste and duke
dom. In addition to two titles Of prince,
all within the space OF seventeen Year,.
A pension Of $4,000 year was con-
ferred ON him and his descendants, the
manor Of Woodstock was presented TO
him By parliament and the palace OF
queens direction at q cost Of quarter OF
Is million pounds. As the dukes pension
was continued to bis descendants for III
years, his skiu and valor. like that OF the
duke Of Wellington, Yielded more than
q million pounds sterling
But these two generals, the military
geniuses OF this and the last century,
stand absolutely alone IN the wealth OF
mel ey their swords won foe them. To
| find o rival We must look to the navy
and Lord Nelson, who. In addition 90
large parliamentary grants, won for bis
descs ndants . perpetual pension OF $50,
0t0 q year.
| yisoount 6ousht, the victor of the
| Sikhs. thrice received the thanks OF both
houses Of parliament, was made baron
and viscount, knight Of Sc. PatrioK. q.
| q. b. l., and privy councillor, and re-
ceived, in addition to thts, honors, q
pension of $1,000 year from the gov
eminent and q similar pension from the
kast India con pany.
| Few soldiers, however, of fany country
or century have reaped richer crop OF
rewards than our present Commander.in-
Chief Lord Wolselsy, or have crowded so
many honors into . smaller compass OF
time In 1870 he Was q plain colonel OF
infantry, with distinguished record IL
Is true, but with little to show for 1t
| beyond . fairly rapid promotion In army
rank
Within eight years be had become
general, o Grand Cross OF ST. Michael
| and st. George, and X. y. Is. he had
been thanked by parliament for bis
courage. energy and perseverance," 10
the conduct Of the Ashanti war, and bad
received a grant Of $l25, 0CO and sword
Since then he has twice received lthe
thanks OF both houses OF parliament.
| was created O visoount IN 1885, and has
since blossome1 into a knight of st.
| EhUklOks pIlVg COuuCAAiOEp . w " Ihss
and commAnder-,n-chisf, In addition
to receiving several honorary degrees
| from our leading universities
Even this astonishing record of distinc-
items has been rivalled, II not collapsed,
| by Lord Roberts. The hero Of Candahsr
| has been mentioned 2S43 times In de-
spatches ana has twice lean thanked by
| 10th houses of parliament, ard on many
occasions by the government of India.
de has won the grand cross OF three
ORDERS of Knighthood-the Bath. the Star
of India and the indian Empire; is a
| priSy councillor and knight Of st.
Patrick and baron; has received doc
| tors degrees from the four leading uni
versitiea in the united kingdom IRnd tins
freedom Of dozen cities and royal bor-
ouGhs.
II Is quite possible that Lord Kitchener
may yet rival even such marvellous
records as these; forr man who at As
| has won pserage. Il. q. b,
| X. U. NJ. g., the thanks Of parlian ent
and grant of $3.50. COO. may reasonably
xnank rsan n very riOh CrOD of lAufo Ia,