New-York tribune., 1900-04-29


third care not to call up the nd to Of
tering limbs OF the whole six hundred only four
could Write r a0t Of the not
half likely 20 do service again for Her
are TeVeng "a AMONG % streams Of cool % Wafer in wide
come to the tronghs for What the Americans term
"a good square meal" For my humble part l
ard squarer If its component parts were more
usa ne" gh pounds and eha
unlimited ,as per CONTRACT are naray caSuaea @ @
ionged fatigue and hunger But this point. i have
proper quarter. and Is likely to be remeded For
1t Is satisfactory to add-out of about one hundred
Camp month or five weeks ago. and there fed
freely from linseed bran and oats more than forty
working condition. 1 now quit this rather sad sub
GLIMPSE OF THE WAR
Amid the columns that during the last few days
have by mail from correspondents de-
scribing the trumpha entry into Bloemfontein the
splendid strategy Roberts and the that
month We're marking the progress of British
arms there is to be found in The Times buried
away in dull looking columns, this incident Of the
burial of a soldier, name not given:
One small item was left out of the gPound plan Of
h & 6s tent to the M % e foow 6
group of stunted pines. 1t Is only dot as the eye
leaves the big marques, but greater than all or
no bed or furniture is to be seen, nor anything
save Two narrow wooden boxes lying side by side
One OF them is just going to burial-a Roman Cath
olic-and their cemetery being two miles off. the
have been gun carnage to take him but some
one has blundered and the TRANSPORT has only sent
an ordinary hooded wagon, from which firing
party OF six mlitamen in khaki h tumble out and
SEly a featherweight. covered by the Union Jack
on on their shoulders and march up tbs slope We
salute the militiamen try hard to get the reverse
blinking has to twist his rifle four times round be-
IEre G;a ne can stop 1t putt uppermost: The coffin
change step and march before and behind the the
hreUgb h sana And T so he mor little u cores noxes
off insignificant, unnoticed, with its unsung hero,
Who to some one, somewhere. perhaps the one
man in all the world
FROM THE BOER SIDE.
From the other side. through the correspondent
OF THE Daily News" who was captured and re-
leased, there comes the tale of Boer lad that
tells how Boer well British hearts are break
ing, how burghers lie buried the vedt with
out benefit of the little wooden box The
captured correspondent was talking with group
OF Beers in their camp What do you fellows
think of Australians hghters?" he inquired. He
proceeds:
that | got brought me TO my bearings quickly, for
then learned that more than one gallant Austria
WHO spoke was little more than lad, a pale faced
sienderiy built son of the vedt He had tangled
curly curly hair and and Big pathetiS blue eyes soft as
less something" that indefnabe expression In his
face which warranted him q brave man. He
Eied one one ar arm in @ sling and the bandage round
fight" he said, simply. They wounded me, and
they killed my father" Perhaps it was the wind
Boer lads y0iee grow strangely husky; possibly the
same cause hIied the b!ue eyes with unshed tears:
was the fortune of war
Yes" he answered, ut was in fair fight, an
Ike it Damn ne fighting! he broke out Hereby.
ians didn't Want to XIII amy Of 04 them Gy
m IS @ haf 0 II W there fq @ Rey to hn yet
where the |ind always blows cold and dreary
man doubt the love of the Christ. And now who
will go back and tell mother and little Yacoba
more m Oh; damn the war; the lad called again
which side is right OF wrong but do % know that
the curse Of the Christ will rest the heads of
or the greed of gold and the good God win not
let @ the widow and the orphan child go unavenged;
either on the heads of Kriger and Steyn Cham
We had ambushed a lot of the British troops
the Worcesters 1 think they called them. They
them in like sheep, and our field cornet, Van lay
rifles to save being slaughtered for they had no
chance Just then We saw about a hundred Aus
behind US: There were two great big men in front
cheering them M on We turned and gave them vol
ley, out 1t I'D not stop them. They rushed over
everything; firing as they came not wildly, but as
sharp upward jerk 10 the shoulder the rapid sight
and then the shot. They knocked a lot Of
to expose themselves to get to US, and We shot
the rescue of the English. It was splendid but it
was madness. On they came, and lay behind
again at pistol but we d9 not a op tPoss
Wiid men unit! they charged right into little
rocks covered with bushes. Our men lay there as
trapped. They far worse off than the Worces-
tiers up high in that ravine.
% ana called on them to throw down their rifles or
oon one With S vods Rs IKE o0gh o
FORWARD, Australta-no surrender" Those We're |
right put bullet clean between his eyes. and he
fell forward dead We found later that his name
as brave as lion, but Mauser bullet will stop
wolves: it was awful to see them; thew SMASHED |
at our heads with dubbed rifles or thrust their
One after another their leaders FELL
THE BoER CONVICTIONS
The same correspondent gives exceptionally |
dramatic insight into the strength of Boer convc-
tons upon the He says:
p Many a time was told to remember the jameson
not only the leader of that band of adventures |
ing me- as he leaned with Negligent grace on !
his rife. i was one Of those who helped corner
Beers knew. very well that we would have been
and every he had with him, because his was
not an act OF war, 1t was an act of piracy, and |
the deed half the cvilized iptsG World You'd
seek those mems blood we gave them Quarter @ 4 as
soon they asked for IT, and after that though |
We knew very well they had done all that men |
could do to involve us in war of extermination |
with n great nation, their leader home to |
his own country to be tried by his own country |
men, and the rank and file forgave freely. |
We may be nation of white savages but our |
past does not prove it, and If Britain wins in the
war now going on she will have to be very gen |
erous indeed before will need to blush for our |
conduct. ~ 80 ~
own? the old fighting man said, passonatey. |
We We e. came ne here and found the country wilder
into the land step by step, holding our own with