The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-05
THE WAR LOSSES.

on October 9th. about two years ago.
 Oom Paul isucd his ulitmatum. and loSt
 no time thereafter m setting his forces
 in motion. The Eocrs asumcd the agiyrcs-
 siNr lt once and wers with diClcul,l
 checked in their career toward th' ocean
 by thr British garrisons and field foc's
 In these two years of stirring events some military rrp1tations have ,."n made and not % few lost. General EIllcr. and the man from whom th. most vas expected. has been the chief sufferer. Hr went forth heralded as the cmhodimcn; of British courage and determination. Today hc is considered unworthy of command b~caus', he refused to abide D., the British tradition that when once tho nation sets Us hand Co an undertaking herr shall be no turning hack. If hc had been discreet and held his peace he mieht have suffered nothing worse than the re- call from south Africl But as the iron cross upon hts breast tcstines. he iS a man of courage. IIc stands by hts opin- ious and hc publishes them to the world which is not a wise thing Co do when they ary unpopular. as many 90 man has found out beforc General Butler. The British public likes Co remember heroic acts and Go honor the doings of heroic deeds If Iadysuith had been slrrrn- dcred possibly th, result might not Lave been so disastrous Co the British ts some authorities believe. but it would have brought immediate pp,stigc Co th' n"ers and would have been rgIrird as a diS- aster Co the British and one of the mos, stirring and hc3rt-moyIug chapters could have been eliminated from th" hist 'ry of the var These things could not be tolerated T.et tlr tacticians anal thc humanitarilus settle the question os they please he British public has its opinion and it win not br changed in this Scucr,- tion.
 Canadians have had their share if thr honor and glory that have been E ,th 'r ,l in tho campaign. Many of the youns men are stul in the field. some ,f 'h 'm in very responsible positions. one 'c- cupiys % post second only. t is s.'id Col 1hat of thr commandrr-in-chi,f. Not a few viu urturu uo more Co the homes of their f1thvrs; their dust wui mlrgl' with th1t uf their sons of the Emiit, who had gathered Go au ts part Co defend it> cause. The only son of the hcst-hclovyd and most popular British generals lies there lu company s.ith th, hope and pride of the head of the Canadian militia They ur, both gallant young men. and lt 's given Go few Go understand thc weight of the blow which rel upon their antilles when they dird Eut thc suffering and | mourning wsr, not confined to any ror- tion of the Empirv cor any section of soc ciety m, thoughts lr. suggested 0y a | psrusal of thr llst of losses for ta' tw" years published hy the war department
 The total number of deaths in SoIth | Africa from th. beginning uf the war Co th. close of th,' lnst month was li is S2t officers and l6.ct> men.
 Adding Che missing prisoners and in valids sent home. who have either iiel or left Che service as unit We get 90 D- tal reduction of th, fooccs iu south tf- rica of %. sNs making a ritc of over il.- D"a a year.
 The actual clusalty roll from th, two years is s5.s,S No less than %, 'i' "t these however urr officers ani m'n invalidsd home. th, great majority of whom hay, rccovcr.d and rcjoirri f'r duty
 During th, past month 70 officers and 2a men have died in south Afrio'. ,d- ding those missing captured. or iu aided home th, totals reach 9N officers and D. 5io men.