New-York tribune., 1901-11-14
REDVERS BULLER: THE NAN.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE ENGLISH GENERAL
BY T P. o'CoNNoR. NJ P
From NJ. A. P.

have no intention In these columns s % eathered
round the dismissal Of Sir Redyeps sdet the range
Of 4f this iournaii But picture of the general as
will perhaps be welcome at omewhat short
and abrupt in manner, he is not REGARDED ats genes
ally by the outside pubic of fsc as in mis- his own county
Devonshre. he is SO university PoP4ia to make
snV attack or even any Slight. upon him Mohfns ,tns
ago an article sppeaed IN the representa-
tive Journal and old farm or The On en ee
senerss al the old oH Sa aborer
We'll, sir. If any one was to say & Wv and Knock
him we would all get up one man diio 49, 49,
him down" And this as a matter of fact, is "hal
an b on wap 9Pe wSs at its baces
Devonshre town One of the er1 enlen em n
of the conservative party And in the course Of
his speech he got to the e pon should on be atacEing
but the generals and esPscialy General o6sisng
tempers ali at once left their seats in BODY l,
sbeaRef had anf TO m for his M life If had assasd
the late queen his language could not nave oeeh
A somewhat similar idea of the hold Rsdvers
by another story well known and frequently print,
ed. When he young lieutena1t oed ne was Ha gt
his way take up garrison duty in Caha9a f h 60
and his troops were delayed by the fogs OF the ST 81
Lawrence and their PROVISIONS n vas sent to an
islet on which situated station for succo'ins
fieutensnt Butler went with the boat. and he
and mis- companions found the store IN Gh fbsn, anV
No She said firmly. the supplies be for they
who m shipwrecked. not for such as you. - ,ra
But this is government t5eIsr aePos: anu
Cant help it; youm not shipwrecKeo' eaiH7
THE young officer caught the slightest susses5,
ntonation In the womans Ernrh last acoet anu
What not for dear old One and All. and l a
"!Wbat, be yew from Cornwall, en- Butler?
Take everything there is in the place youm hearty
welcome
HIS FAMILY AND ITS TRADITIONS
secret of the hold Redyers bqifr ha be is
Thoroughly a Devonshire man.. His family nvins Ii
Of British life in every department; He comes.
among other things from great ahar Were
members of Parliament and Charles Bmeran is,,g nf
5eeT be Tong men of the Liberal m party in es
and forties It may be remembered that CaTIyIe I
Cling s'' tutor in one Of tn many branches Of the
Butler family. The Bullers sve neen s ea1thv
marriages and thus it comes to pass that Redyers &
Butler has estates on large ab seae IN nf o6 bjs elder
brother made him the lord of the ancestral BniieT
afr af RalleT out Of Uniform Would the
eusion that he T. was , st4Fas h so,iy farmer that
he IS most known and loved in his native county
awass s is ae grea ThG asT sS Of DEAN On one
when he organizing mounted ferce IN =, South @
ing that the saddles properly fitted the horses so
to avoid all danger both to the horse ana 'he
He carries this thoroughness into his business of
and money on the rearing Of cattle. and was in
consequence a great prize winner at cattle SHOWS.
He also is great lover of good orchard. ana mas
imported many specimens OF the French apple and
acclmatized them in the mild climate OF Devon
But it is his treatment of his tenantry which has
idolatry which he gets in his own county Red
vers Butler has the old fashioned idea OF the Glose
5S t al fhg b6t sfuF hy ms a8d
his estate and their tarnllS NTCuII-
stances and the and fall in their fortunes 10
serfs. ciphers names. mere rent payers. In
deed this CURIOUS gift Of familiarity which Sr .arSrs
Butler. He has always been conscious Of and
iaborer or q private soldier and hence he IS. and
always has been. the idol Of the masses when
everybody in England bowling against Butler
because OF the slowness of his operations before
IN t and hen moT5 b efS e 2ac TsheS
that Butler lost the Sondenee % or the odS 9Ye s of
followed him blindly and gladly through 1t all
THE GENERAL in IRELAND.
It this intense interest in the individual al man nan
scrapes of his Iife Sent over as under secretary
to the Lord Lieutenant in the days when Ireland
OF the centres OF the most violent outbreak
The @ Isdg soaer Whose duty they
understood it was TO COW them by al sol soldier @
few days IN Kerry when he and the people were
on the best of terms. The first thing he did was
to show that no man had the power of making nm nm
afraid; While resident magistra;es and other on,
& country in open war with posses OF police armed
with loaded rifles. Redvers Butler calmly left his
quarters in the morning take stroll OF obserYd-
ton in the country all alone. without single man
even as an escort. He had not long been out when
| he two men pursuing him with great eager
! and zeal. and when they came up they proved
| be his protectors Butler dismissed them the
! spot, and would have any escort or protec-
tion whatsoever except that which was afforded to
him by his fearlessness, his strength and his long
| experience in places Of danger
And when he and the 1rishmen got to @ ia talking king TO
/ each other-whch very soon happened-they learned
to understand each Other & with @ extraordinary ~
rapidity, perhaps because there are some points or
| resemblance between the character OF lrishmen
aannshnesS aG san eI theP dw and fhr md Climate
| Anyhow, Butler was not impressed favorahly by
| the soldier who had been brought over drown
| in blood the tenants organization. had expressed
those he had been sent to serve. and almost loved
| by those he had come to put down.
STORIES OF HIS BRAVERY.
But the real secret of Buffers immense popularity
is, his bravery. That is the quality, which. after
| ALL most appeals to the primeyal man. And that
bravery is Of the kind that is always ready always
the history of British battles any more glorious
| thrilling page than that which records the deed
| have space to tell the whole story here, bat
suffice it that it was won at the inhlobane Noun.
to ascend this mountain in the gray dawn of the
before a body OF %, 900 Zulus and down mountain
heights that tested the skin of goats. he the
hind e everybody else covering the retreat Of those
he had sent down, and with seven men trying to
In that retreat he saved the lives of no fewer
hag f@F not s snf four IN @ e the Victoria
Never has Butler allowed soldiers life to be
never has he retreated from task of saving an
other mans life because his own happened to be in
! danger This is the explanation of that awful
scene between him and the hapless Captain Carey.
after that officer had fed, leaving the Prince I'm
story has been often told but probably Pomeroy
| your men, asked Butler. How many lfd You