New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-20
WARFAREIN SOUTH AFRICA
STORIES TOLD BY CORRESPONDENTS IN
THE FIELD.

London. May s-when the last mails left South
Africa the British army and the army OF CORE
spondents were engaged in the hardest task OF all
waiting for the word to advance Bennett Bur-
leigh. Of The Telegraph" pays the following trib-
ute TO Burnham the American scout:
South Africa knows him wen, for he has ere now
gone into battle helping British Troops Perhaps
who ended the Matabele war by managing to track
ths ref Burns Teh soe s e
medium sized man Of thirty, with light blue gray
all acutely trained and highly. developed. as much
absures as it is calculated to impair his faculties
for tracking Like an Australian aborigine: ne is
An onion. a negro and a Boer are all alike TO him
Many time has he saved his own and others
lives by his exquisite of scent Perhaps this
could myself undertake were the wind in the right
shot of; But Burnham goes beyond that in nice
washed itinerant solitary dTelier upon the veidt.
Lord Cecil Manners writing from Bloemfonten
TO THE Morning Post" adds:
A man like Burnham could III have been spared,
British army does not possess few more highly
trained scouts like him.
THE MIXED BRITISH ARMY.
HH. S. Pearse. chief correspondent at the front
of THE London Daily News" brings
clearly than has been done before the marvellous
and varied composition of the British forces. He
also takes occasion to pay the Canadian contingent
one of the highest OF the many compliments they
have received. He writes:
Rodes ian knowing ' fun We'll WRat Butch SUI
7remacy unbridled would mean for them. were
likely stand aside and watch the struggle
without taking a hand in ii, however much the
formation OF armed forces was DISCOURAGED by the
family OF British in South Africa that has
4 sV In h we S them ' ghne n
GUIDES OF or doa duty % the Amy sTSe corps
as transport riders. and no men could be better better
bred many of them may be. but most are accus-
toned to the saddle and hard life OF b exposure Sf
qualities. Hundreds of the younger ones are with
eRt Of .e South Rfrscan Light Horse or Kite-
e or Nesb but all these regiments d have saT IN
airy soldiers and young English sportsmen, w46
the aptitude Of practlsed campaigners. Among
them some of the best shots in the whole force
To great extent their training has been pre-
eisey like that Of the Imperial Light Horse , Wno
smith. and won for themselves a fame that should
never fade. The Diamond Fields and kimberley dr
men Of similar mettle, who; throughout the long
and Of whose merchandising the Beers had such
a wholesome dread that they did not once venture
Rimingtons couts-distinguished from all other
bap hal by as of o1 gF
French's Scouts, mostly veldt men, or farmers.
the wsrf fhsP IS s ps n Wa
do not live by the rife as the old Eoertaekken5
companion and know how to use It most effective
1y. as Rimingtons troopers showed even W Wnn
To tight beside these South African Colonists and
Coonials AnstrSa has s sent her hardest T s0ns
yS t aed aeensshd % good Tders and nearly
all sklifui niarksrnen One detachment is made up
men who some day may be owners of hundred
sgua rs m s TT a Ph oT nosseo of barren kop
in a foreign land Just because they want TO see
s%aS S over south the AFRICA The Union Jack has
aer % a nGm 9qs 9s to 5f he cali net es
enthusiastically than her sister colonies and among
With Maori blood in their veins. who speak Of Eng
i thr aS ves e For the honor Of the flag that has be-
To Canada We take off our hats She has sent
besides other worthy REPRESENTATIVES tai regl-
e9t a OF iR6an1 Src Ian or endurance or ghng It
Ell RoSsFis' that Is Saying great
Now we have Lumsden's Horse from India, near
~ all rich planters. with planter at their head
Who guaranteed 10000 toward the expense Of
eupPnE anf o @
but if their conduct in the field bears out the
here doubt it-they will revive the glories Of
ife s famsr friend often fred and seldom
known to fail them In the ranks of this regiment
are many noted shikkarria, who have staked their
Ihemseive! Hf by pe eoo steadness Of aim
e,eqy COUNTY Of Merrie England and scotland are
men of similar quality Farmers, squires5a fox
sportsnen all and accustomed TO vigorous exercises
all their lives. Rich brewers and bankers are
also men who hold their own across country
rs hod a6d ard b Gy dee
or any similar trial of skill and endurance Some
but the other half is devoted 70 field sports or to the
pursuit of wild game in foreign lands Colonel
from his Yeomanry regiment serving under
him troopers in the ranks. and one of them
draws an IN income that may be reckoned at some
And now one word for the British soldier. who,
in this campaign, has proved himself be worthy
descendant of the heroes who fought Albuera,
that has been written concerning the boy soldier
IN recent years, there is nothing degenerate about
pie who know .Tommv" onIv as he appears on
parade Aldershot in Hyde Park would
stiffness has disappeared with the glitter and trap
pings Of martial pageantry. Weatherstained.
snartest OF uniforms. he swings along with supple
freedom. erect yet easy, every inch Of him
succumbed under heavy strain. but of those who
remain In the ranks can confidently say that finer
specimens of well trained physique not to be
found in any army all the world over They have
ana stern have in them the light that tmorous
enemy would care 10 see and every movement OF
1,i fbaf SIS i n the 10 rr1 set up Inns e
That is Tommy he marches bearing his burden
iaxation st regimental sports improvised games.
and he Is boy 2nee ST s In ~ 9 o
of human nature. Children seem 10 know this In
stinctivey; To-day saw two gigantic Life Guards
with that set determination their faces II
A tiny younRster. four years old. nothing daunted
BY these stern warriors. ran forward ana put ms
troopers In a moment all the barbarian herceness
had gone. The troopers eyes softened into smile,
iiYted s The chIId n his arms foreign atache to
whom ! talking at the time. said: These
world" And I agreed with him.
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