The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-07
ENGLAND's WARRIORS.

The Rewards She Heaps Upon Them.
 The recommendation of King Edward to the House of Lords that a present of
 one hundrer thousand pounds be made to Earl Roberts in consideration of his services in South Africa to enable him to support properly the dignity of an
 earl, will undoubtedly be accepted by
 Parliament and within a few days the
 noble and gallant Earl" will find him.
 self much better off in this worlds
 goods than he Is now. As we said
 when Baron Roberts of Kandahar was
 promoted by Queen Victoria to be an
 earl, the value of his services in South
 Africa lies principally In his restoration
 of British confidence. His military ser
 vice was considerable, but its moral ef-
 feet on the British public was greater,
 and it is for this that the reward was
 made, and Is now to be increased.
 Lord Howard of Effingham, who de-
 feated the Spanish Armada, was re-
 warded with the Earldom of Noting
 ham; Sir George Roohe for his victory
 over the French at La Hogue in 1892,
 received a pension of one thousand pounds and was knighted; but the sys- tenn of rewards for military service, of which the grant to Lord Roberts Is the latest instance, got its great start un- der William III and Anne, when John Churchill was promoted to the Duke dom of Marlborough, and received at first an annual and later perpetual pension of five thousand pounds a year. Sir George Byng was made Viscount Torrington in 1721 and Robert Give was made an Irish baron in 1761 for his victories In India. Admiral George Rodney was created a -baron in 17S2, with a perpetual pension of two thou sand pounds, Sir John Jervis got an earldom and a pension in 179S, and about the same time Sir Adam Duncan secured viscountcy and a pension for a naval victory.
 Nelson was created a baron in the same year for defeating the French fleet at Aboukir In the so-called Battle of the Nile; and pension for three lives went with the peerase. After his Copenhagen victory of 1901, Baron Nell son was promoted viscount. When he died at Trafalgar his brother was ere ated an earl. and received a perpetual pension of five thousand dollars. Bar on Exmouth was promoted in the peer age to viscount for his victory over the Dey of Algiers in 1S16, and received a perpetual pension.
 Hon. ArthuruWeHesle younger son of an Irish earl, became Duke of Well lington for his victories over the Napo- leonic armies in Spain and the Low | Countries, with pension of four thou sand pounds attached to the dignity l and an Estate as we'll Wellington and | received higher rewards | than any other British commanders.
 Hugh Cough was made baron and | viscount for military services in India, l with pension for two lives; other mil | itary officers similarly rewarded were | Henry Hardinge and Robert Napier, | while Lord Raglan, previously enno- bled, received a pension for two lives.
 For his share in suppressing the &c., | poy mutiny, Sir Colin Campbell was | created Baron Clyde, and received pension of two thousand pounds. Sir | Garnet Wolsley was promoted to the | peerage In 1882 for his victory over the | Egyptian army at Tel-el- Kebir; and | Sir Beauchamp Seymour | was made baron for his share in the | bombardment of Alexandria in the | same year. Baron Wolseley obtained a in 1885 for his campaign in the Soudan, and received q grant of | twenty thousand pounds; in 1892 Sir Frederick Roberts was ennobled as Baron Roberts of Kandahar, because as his march to Kandahar in 1879, and after British defeat he restored the prestige of his country in India. For yiping out the Mahdi and his hosts at General Kitchener was made baron in 1898.
 Thus the proposed grant to Lord Roberts appears to be the regular Brit sh method of rewarding military vic .ors.-New York Sun.