Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-17
TOLD OF KITCHENER.
Anecdote BY a Kansas Soldier Who
Knew the Victorious Gen.
eraI in Egypt.
Detroit Free Press.


Lieutenant Colonel G. G. Little, OF the
famous Twentieth Kansas Regiment.
which was commanded during the most OF
its service in the Philippines by General
Fred Funston. was in st. Louis the other
day and told a reporter of the Globe
Democrat some interesting stories about
General Kitchener, whom he knew in
Egypt Kitchener at that time was COM
mander In chief of the Egyptian army,
having been especially assigned TO this
duty.
''I had some interesting conversations
with him." said Colonel Little, and al
ways regarded him as most extraordi-
nary personality. He Is quick. nervous.
energetic sort of a fellow, and a hard
worker In numerous ways he reminds
me of an American. AS far as 1 could see
he was possessed OF a good many derno-
cratic notions. During my interviews with
him we developed quite a way of twitting
each 6ther about our respective countries.
One day. when we were having quite q
long argument about this line. told him
that I was certainly thankful that I had
been born an American. sisAsD
It's all right general I said. to be
an Englishman, II you are born to some
high station, but in America we are all
born on an equal footing. / know there
than have but stfll 1t lssome satisfac@
ton to know that they did not get any
the best of me in their start in life
HE replied with considerable warmth
that England was just as democratic as
America in this respect.
4" But said I, how about your house
of lords?'
The house Of lords he answered.
why, join it. Anybody can get there II
they just go about 1t right have no
doubt that such was his intention at thar
time and as every one knows he has since
Joined the house of lords. To come to
think Of Il, he reminds one a good deal
of President Roosevelt. Both are hard
workers, high spirited and vigorous in
their measures. While was there Kitch-
ener was making his preparations to take
the British army to Khartoum. From his
conversation I could easily see that he
considered this stroke his opportunity and
the goal of his ambition. In fact. he told
me once that he would not stay in Egypt
a week II he did not have that TO look
forward to. However. L doubted it at
the time, and out Of Egypt his rank and
pay was only that Of a major.
$50 far as I could see there was very
little sentiment about Lord Kitchener. He
had the typical Americans notions Of the
ture For instance, was with him once
when an Egyptian officer came to him
with a tale Of woe TO the effect that
brother officer had insulted him and he
asked that he be given permission 10
challenge him to a duel Kitchener would
not hear to such a thing, and from what
learned afterward he simply horse
laughed the Egyptian out OF the notion.
He lived in lonely splendor in palace
at Cairo. visited him several times there.
1t was a beautiful place.
81 read a dispatch from South Africa
recently which stated that in conversing
with De Wet Kitchener slapped the Boer
general on the back and told him to
cheer up or words to that effect. That
struck me as being very characteristics
thing of Kitchener as knew him. While
he was not of the hail-fellow-w ell-met
type with everybody there was much Of
the politician about him when 1t came TO
carrying his point with men under him
and about him"