The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-13
I1lF's FAM|SHED MEN.
- CoRREsPoNDEsT TELLS OF
vnronrFUL suFFERINGs.
~.1ouers march with staxgering
-. sal Empty stemachs while
crlses snA Docks are Full of Food
-vsult Lies with High OmctaIs.
f..rrespondence Associated Press.

ef4E E0fY41DC0QtUC6 AbsDcldtcQ f>IeSS.
f0xDON. Aug. ia. @. Hale, repres-
-,4cfive in South Africa of the Daily
Ss1r 4 the latest war correspondent to
E11eck the methods and red tape Of the
Sri11uh war Office He says: Let me tell
80 how our army in South Africa Is
Spofed BY the incompetent people in the
- city OF London. I pledge my word,
= nan and a journalist that every
&Tlafen word Is true. / Will add nothing
u detract from. nor set down aught
= malice II my statements are proven
~, then let me be scourged with the
nneue and pen OF scorn from every de-
mi Briton's home and hearth forever.
81 he who lies about his country at such
4 hour as this Is OF all traitors the
flsst
4 Vim deal now particularly with the
- Who are acting under the command
4 Lieut. Gen. Rumble. This good soldier
and courteous gentleman has to hold a
frousage line from Wiiburg via senekai,
slnoet to the borders OF Basutoiand His
Whole front, extending nearly a hundred
mIjes Il threatened constantly by an
active. dashing, determined enemy; IN
enemy who knows the Country far better
than any English fox-hunting squire
tuovs the ground he hunts over season
nfter season.
~ noio thts VhNt uno intact, Zen.
Iund1e has 10 march from point to point
lhe foe
naaiens Furnished Soldiers.
Gen. Rundie's task il a colossal one
~ any sane man would think that Ei-
unite efEorfh would be made to keep
hin amply supplied with food, for his
pldiers, But such IL not the cas,. The
nm are absolutely starving Many OF the
infantrymen are so weak that they can
mfely etngxer along under the weight OF
their soIdierly equipment. They arc worn
y e.edows and move with weary list
leas footsteps. People high up In author
~ nay deny this, but he who denies
X eullies the truth. This IL what the
eM4eSs get 10 eat. what they have been
gs(tlng TO eat for a long time past. and
~. ~ - ,ns c,, are likely TO get for long
~ ana bites 70 the bone in regard TO
~ people who are responsible for IL:
Qne pound OF raw -four which the soldiers
lave 70 cook after a hard days march.
rte day. The following day he eats one
pound OF biscuits. In this country there
L ~ fuel excepting = little or dung dried
n ne sun. II q soldier is lucky enough
Fsarsst water, Of which there Is plenty.
~ mix his cake without yeast or baking
powder, and make some sort OF wretch
- mouthful. He gets one pound OF raw
1fEsH furnt uafly, winch nine times out OF
~ he cannot cook. and there his sup
Plies end.
Fault In High Places.
What has become of the rations OF
rum, Of sugar. OF tea, OF cocoa. OF
esccsries generally Ask thu snug little
railway sidings, where the goods are
stores In Cape Town and other seapor1s
loWns, Ask In your own country where
eUuntlsss thousands OF pounds worth OF
eoQdstur lie rotting In the warehouses.
sound up and tica down With red tape
q ssking-dama somebcdy high up in
spon't ie, .ome wretched underlIng be
nade the seapexont OF this criminal state
y AFFAIRS. for the faint OF this shame
hl thing rests upon you, upon every
Briton whose home. privilege and pros
pertty In being safeguarded BY these fam
txhlng mon. Tho folk In authority Will
probably tell you that Gen. Rumble and
his splendid fellows are so isolated that
inod cannot be obtained for them. ! say
that II false
Hale goes on to tell Of a ferasinw trip
eighteen hours out OF Gen. Rundle's
camp without escort, securing plenty OF
supplies and without show OF moiesta-
ton. He censures the transport people
for their lack OF activity. and continues:
Famished for Lack of Food.
ouf men on the Held OF war are lam
hhing while millions worth of food lies
Eettltg on our wharves. and In our cities,
food which ought. with ordinary man
1xement TO be within easy reach OF our
hGhting generals, Britain asks OF Rumble
The fulniment OF y task that would test
the abilities OF the first general In Fu-
rpps, and With n stout heart he faces the
work In front OF him. faces 1t with men
whose knees knock under them when
they march with hands that shake when
they shoulder their rifles shake. hut not
With fear iremhle but not from wounds,
eW from weakness. from poverty OF
bcpd ard muscle, brought about by con-
uAual hunger. Are those men NJ to
eorm 4 kapicT Are they ~ TO tramp
he whole night, 10 make a forced march.
70 turn position and then fight like
their fathers fought. next dayg
tell you. no, and yours he the shame
n the empires ing be iowered--not theirs.
tut yours for you--whst 30 you dos You
aand IN your music halls and shout a
chorus 81 songr fun OF sentiment. OF pride
nor your soldiers. full ~ praise for his
patience. his pluck and hts devotion to
dutyi and then you let him So hungry,
- hungry that have often seen him
quarrel with Niger for q handful OF
rtR meaflaa ON the march