The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
ADVENTUROUS BR|TONs
BAND IN new LEGION
!" Frontiersmen, with Records on
Many Seas, in Many
Lands, United.
New X rk Herald Special Cable Service. Copy

New X rk Herald Special Cable Service. Copy
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, March 3l.-The Legion Of
Frontiersmen has now come into exist
ence, with head offices in the Adelphi.
Probably no organization in the world
possesses the elements Of romance in so
great a degree as this new legion. Its
object is wholly patriotic, and it's mem
bers are associated for the promotion
Of imperial interests of peace and for
defense in time of war. - ,".
The official definition Of the term
"frontiersman' states it ''includes
men trained and qualified by previous
completed military service or by work
ing, hunting or fighting in widl coun-
tries or at sea, who for various rea-
sons do not or cannot serve in the ex-
isting military forces of the empire, and
who are not prepared by reason Of tenn
permanent or vocation to submit them
selves to the ordinary routine Of mill
tary discipline except in the time of
war;
Under such conditions the legion has
already gathered into it's ranks men
whose collective adventures in all parts
Of the world would, if set down on pa
per, make more thrilling and absorbing
reading than any volume of fact or
fiction ever published. The general
council consists of experts, financial,
military, judicial and representations
Of all vocations of the wilderness and
of the sea. The chairman is the earl
of Lonsdale, who himself has had ex-
periences which fall to the lot of few
men, his collection Of hunting trophies
lat Lowther castle being supposed to
be the finest in the kingdom. -"
Some of the Leaders.
| The chairman Of the executive coun-
| Gil, Sir Henry Seton Kari, is a famous
big game hunter and was one of the
pioneers of that sport in Wyoming at a
time when he was liable himself to be
hunted by redskins. ~,
NJ. H. DeHora g career furnishes one
Of the most remarkable stories Of the
present age. One of his little exploits
was the cutting out of the battleship
Huascar from Peru, but that is by no
means the most exciting Of his .adven.
lures. ,. .....-.
Captain Walter Kieton has been 2
prospector, gold miner, engineer, guide
scout, hunter, seaman correspondent
and soldier.
The founder of the legion, Roger
4 Pocock, has the extraordinary RECORD
of having filled thirty different voca
tions in his highly adventurous life
including those of trooper, cowboy
seaman with the Yokohama pirates
captain of pack train and scout.
Morley Roberts, the distinguished
novelist, is another member of the coun
Gil. He was sailor the greater por
ton of his life and left the merchan
service as master mariner.
Two of the greatest journeys Of re
cent times were those made by Captain
Harry De Windt and Captain E.
Grogan, both Of whom are in the legion
From Ends of Earth.
, r. Bowman Ballantyne is an old COW
|: boy, and South American explore,
whose name is Colonel s. B. Steel, i
known far and wide in Canada. He i
the hero Of remarkable feats of blui
which tanned the fighting tribes 0
western Canada without fighting. ;,
General Sir Reginald Hart, Sir job
Frech, Sir Edward Hutton, Sir I
Maurice, Sir E. Brabant, Admire
8 Prince Louis Of Battenberg, Admire
Sir Percy Scott, Sir A. Conan Doyl<
Rider Haggard and Sir Claude D
:. Crespagny are few who are adm
the legion.
The war office has recognized tn
] value of such an organization to tn
! empire and has given its approval, an
. already, it is stated, correspondence ha
. elected the fact that there are goo
; men in different parts Of the empir
who are ready to enroll themselves i
the legion.