The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-27
PRINCE 1NspEcrs yEoMANRY.

PRINCE INSPECTS YEOMANRY.
At the Life guards barracks, Regents
. Park, this morning, the Prince of Wales
inspected the first lot of yeomanry who
start for South Africa tomorrow A
number of well known people were pres
ent, including Lady Essex, Lord Roth
schild and Lord and Lady Lonsdale. The
Prince of Wales, who wore the dress uni
form of staff general, walked along the
entire line with Lord Chesham, making
the most minute inspection of every man,
often taking a rifle in his hands and ex-
amining all parts of equipment. The men
looked very businesslike In khaki and
puttees with cowboy hats, turned up at
the side, with a little bronze emblem rep
resenting the Prince of Wales feathers.
At the conclusion of the inspection the
Prince of Wales made a speech during
which he said.
II am proud of the privilege of inspect
ing you here today before you start for
active service. 1 also feel it is very
high compliment that 1 have been asked
to be your honorary colenel. You may
be sure 1 shall take the deepest interest
in your welfare and watch all your pro-
ceedings.
Throughout you will, like all the men
who have volunteered for active service,
do your duty to your sovereign and to
your country. | am sure that, although
you leave your homes and your country,
you all feel that great duty devolves
upon you to maintain the honor of the
British flag, and that you will assist the
regular. forces of her majesty and do
credit to your corps. | wish you now
Godspeed and a safe return"
Lord Chesham called for cheers for the
prince, which were enthusiastically given,
the men hosting their hats on their rifles.
MORE TROOPS
Probably as an immediate effect of the
receipt of the news of the abandonment
| of Spion Kop by the British forces under
| Gen. Sir Charles Warren, orders have
| been sent to Aldershot to have the Fourth
| cavalry division In readiness to embark
! for South Africa early in February.
WARM AT KIMBERLEY.
PRETORIA, Wednesday, Jan. 24.-The
! federal forces have started a heavy bonn
| bardment of Kimberley. The garrison's
new gun carried five miles, but collapsed
| after a few shots.
body of 200 lancers made a sortie
from Ladysmith under cover of a heavy
cannon and rifle fire from the forts op-
posite the laager of the Pretoria COM
mando. The British retired with evident
loss One Boer was wounded. A heavy
cannonade started this morning and still
continues.
BOER PRISONERS AT DURHAM
DURBAN, Jan. 24.-One hundred and
sixty Beers, captured during Gen. Bui-
ler's recent operations, have arrived mere.
A Free Slater, who is among the recent
arrivals, says that President Steyn has
been removing his furniture to Pretoria,
where several of his officials have taken
houses 1t Is stated that no big guns are
now left in the Pretoria forts, that the
Beers have expended their stock of good
cartridges and are now using cartridges
formerly condemned by Col Jouberf.
They are said to be manufacturing 12ooO
cartridges and 200 shells daily at the dy-
Mantle factory.
GERMAN HATRED OF BRiToNS.
BERLIN. Jan 26.--The latest news from
South Africa is interpret as Sig
nal defeat for the British. The Deutsc1s
| Tageblatt Zeitung calls the British posi-