The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-14
NO ONE IS JEALOUS
OF BoBS' DuKEDOM


, LOndOn Cor. Chicago Chronicle1
The dukedom which is the Christmas
present that England has in store for
= Lord Roberts, viii ne a little beiated.
! | for the announcement viii not be made
; until the New Years honor list is is
sued, but the time viii be singularly
! ! appropriate, for the little veteran is
not expected TO complete his triumph
ant homecoming before the end of the
year. -
Furthermore, parliament is to be
asked to vote Lord Roberts $500 GOO as a
further tribute to his services to his
country. says that newspaper. In court
ciEcles il is believed that the news is
inspired and official
/ The proba biIity that Lord Roberts
! would be made a duke has been dis
! cuSSeC generally ever since he achieved
I ms first triumphs in South Africa. The
/ likelihood of Lord Roberts receiving the
! present Of 100000 is strong. and this
! phase of the surprise planned for him
; is a surprise to the English pubic
Not since the dukedom of yelling
Ton was created for the cOnQuerOr of
Napoleon has such high recognition
! Deen given TO military valor and
achievement as is destined for Lord
roberts. At once the waning star Of
Lord Wolseley goes into eclipse before 4
The eEeT-brigh tening luSteF of the glory
OF the man whose prestige in the army |
mas risen so rapidly. For while ~'Bobs'' |
has had a long career in the ouAen's
uniform and conducted brilliant cam |
paigns in India and Egypt he never
was looked upon as even possible
rival OF Wolseley's until within the last
year.
So Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Baron
ROBERTS OF kandahaF and Waterford |
h p, O. G. B., G. G. L. E. V G. d. G
l., Ii. D., becomes today the biggest
figure in England. A dukedom is the
most gigantic thing that a man not
porn OF the blood royal can achieve in
the kingdom Of Great Britain. It means
personal and social Importance next
to that of the members Of the reigning
family.
Nor viii the dignity excite jealousy
anywhere. There never was a man
more popular wherever his Influence /
has been felt than Lord Roberts.
His popular nickname of "B0bs' i'm
pleS affectIOn without irreverence He
IS and has ever been the idol of Tommy |
Atkins In India he was worshiped ,
Dy Ionny Hindu In Egypt he won
similar devotion from Tommy Cont. !
The deep hold he has established over
the affections Of the British public was :
evidenced by the enthusiasm which
greeted MN when on the milk-white | y
palfrey that had borne him from Ka- :
ouI 10 Kandahar he rode in the dia- r
nOnd jubilee procession of the queen. =
Little BObs' looks after yer grub y
ana treats We like 'uman Christian /,
vas remark made by time-expired !,
soldier who had served under him in n
nQld. The sentiment may De a tride 9
'ugged. but nevertheless it is the ex
preston of a widespread belief in the
-rmy that every improvement which
las taken place affecting the happiness
ma welfare Of the British soldier has d
'een his work c
His military career began as second g
eutenant of the Bengal artillery in
december, 1851. He became lieutenant
June, 1851; captain in November.
sou; breyet major the day following;
reVet Lieutenant colonel in August
S6S; brevet colonel in January. 1875. &C
laJOr general in December, 1878: lien v
enant general III July, 1888; general in "
oVember, 1890, and field marshal i'm 81
lay, 1893, having been created baron
kandahar and Waterford in 1892
most OF his active service has been
India He served throughout the ]
ldian mutlny and for his personal -,
,urage against the Sepoys won the -
lcIorla cross, saving numerous lives =
the nerce gaIIantry of his onset. He -
rived brilliantly in the Abyssinian
.mpaign in 1868 and ten years Later "
came chief of the Afghanistan army.
hleVing many signal victories After
e massacre of the British embassy IN
- General Roberts occupied Kabul
"a commanded the Kabui- Kandahar
Id force on the summer of 1880 In
ly Of that year Ayoob Khan defeated
g british forces under General Rur-t
and inflicted terrible losses The Fl
clmated columns retreated to Kauda
+. General Roberts gathered tOgeth
1000 men at Kabul and marched
IDLY to the relief of his beleaguered
General Roberts defeated the Afghans
der Ayoob Kahn, virtually winino
ms army and missing the capture
the afghan chief only by a narrow
-FSIn Upon his return to England
neral Roberts was made a baronet
scented with the freedom Of London1
j other cities and thanked nv yar
nent. He served in Natal and theH
4nsVael in 1881, and after that CAN'T
gn ne commanded the trooDs in
dras from 1881 to 1885. and a. the
-eF year was given chief command
al the forces in England. ~