The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
|lEBAUOY WILL have
WORLD s BEST Army.
Its First Battalion to be Offered
Exclusively BY American
Veterans.
) str1sl N ) EcoNID
Native Arabs to Form a Cavalry
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the World.
BRITISH IN ssEsCON8I
LONDON, February 9.

E3f J IN SAfEae@ sLONDON, FEeDTuhEyA VI y
Tho construction OF tho army for Jao-
aucs T, emperor Of tho Sahara" con-
tinucs. rho organization Of z, q modern modern
army on the most scientific pattern Is the
latest detail OF administrative Develop
ment. 5 s3.i5 !,
Speaking on tho subject to-day. 4 Colonel 'ol11
Gouraud, y. overnor General OF the sa-
hara,, said: sc /,
~ an crentlng the most Wonderful g,
army tho world has ever seen. 'The First
Regiment OF the" Imperial saharan Lie LIE
Guards will consist Of two bnttalions.
5.,The First Battalion will be oiilcercd
exclusively by$imericans, all cx-m ne =,
Of the United States army. They VII n g
selected from the renowned Roosevelt
Rough Rider Corps, with priority OF seloc-
ton after that from the United States
cavalry regiments generally. We shall
disregard their past rank officers. non
commissioned officers and troopers alike,
all will receive commissions when chosen,
for the selection will be simply upon merit
and certain special qualifications.
Needed Qualifications.
'These are firstly, their past war rec
ord In the late Spanish-Ainerlcans war;
secondly, present physical condition, and
"
1.-THE officers and non-cOmmissioncdo fti-
GERS OF tho Second Battalion will be Sc
Ilectcd on relative lines from ex-ott GERS
and non-comm lssoned officers and troop
crs OF the British army. with priority OF
selection from the Seventeenth Lancers-
the Death or Glory Boys-and the Brit
ish regiment next in priority Will be the
Royal Horse Artillery. III
1.-THE troopers OF. both bnttalions VII.
be exclusively saharan native Arabs. thu
prime pick OF the manhood of twenty-five
millions who 8inhabit our empire. All the
troopers will be mounted on English thor.
oughbreds. #
what do you think Of that for d
cavalry regiment?" proudly asked the
&C; overnor General of the Sahara" Does
the worlds history present anything
| like IT.
Arms and Accoutrements.
Tho arms and accoutrements, he con-
| tjnued Twill be the same rs have re-
Gently been adopted by the cavalry ser
wees OF both Britain and America. with
the addition Of the lance.
THE First Battalion will be the body
! guard OF his Imperial Majesty JACQUES
lT, Emperor of the Sahara who VIII be
colonel-in-chief. and the Second Battalion
is to be the body guard Of the Governor
General It's coonel-in-chief
E"Whnt regiment" exclaimed Colonel
| Gouraud '"rhinls Of 1000 sable warriors
mounted on English thoroughbreds and
differed BY the flower Of the American
and British armies, sweeping across the
sun washed spaces OF the Great Sahara
| And every man full OF grit.
1.-THE First Regiment Of Imperial Life
| Guard Lanccrs' will have attached to y
batteries OF field guns OF 100 shots min
ute. OF the very newest pattern. and we
| shall keep well ahead Of the times" said
| the colonel.
eve in Sahara have not to consult
! War Office trammeled by heterogeneous
Parliament, and under the thumb Of Q
| narrow minded Treasury. We are one
man power"