The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-17
DEATH OF 4 NOTED WAR CORRESPONDENT Sir William Howard Russell of
 the London Times HONORS SHOWERED ON HIM Dubbed Bull Run" Russell After His Visit to Understanding
 About Knlehtage and
 the Garter.
HONORS SH0WERED ON HIM

1 spondent of the London Times was held
 In life the correspondent. who was known
 on this side of the Atlantic as Bull Run"
 Russell was heaped with honors and de-
 grees.
 Things are different in England When
 a correspondent does things he gets some ] glory In thls country when he returns I from the war he goes back to hum-drum
 reporting. No niche in the hall of fame
 for him.
 | Dir William Howard Russell who was dubbed Bull Run" Russell in America
 because of his description of the first | battle of that name in the Civil war was | an Irishman, the grandson of an army | captain, to whom he traced doubtless his
 love for military matters and his skill
 and acuteness in dealing with such sub | jects. Had he lived until March 2s he | would have been S7 years old. He was | born in Dublin in 1920.
 | Probably his career of thirty years as i a war correspondent gave him a closer view of more fighting than almost any | other human being has seen. ANYWAY | the period from the Crimean campaign in | 1854 when he may be said to have created | the art of war correspondence, down to | the Egyptian struggle of 4so4 was a sui l --A---
 | of warfare. His power of vivid deserlp- | ton was extraordinary and his conVers- l ance with military tactics was great. Ihe | colorings of prejudice may occasionally ] have spoiled his brilliant pictures 1 He achieved worldwide reputation ana
 he was honored with many foreign deco
 rations and orders and finally ln loso he 1 was created a knight.
 | Knightage does not mean great deal
 to Americans and in England 1t Is not ! valued as highly as formerly. In aheleht | days the investiture of knlghtage was | solemn ceremony. sword was then | girded on; but in more recent times the l accolade was made 0 substitute; that is'
 A mere tan with that weapon by the | soyeraiqn ,,non the neck and shoulders i of the knight. King James, famed for ms | awl, wa rdness was only prevented by the | Duke of Buckingham from thrustlns tne | sword during this process into BIT Neh-
 elm Digby's eye. The accolaae got so | cheap that 1t was conferred py hoDies . | ehcleslastics and generals oi s,'soS .ne ' +ba | Many men of genius nave reluseu sie horor The Garter was offered on ms | ,.atIrarnent to MT. Gladstone who oe- | clined. both it and the customary peer.
 age: and yet the Garter is the oroer ena.
 ranks indisputably as the nrst Ill 'iio | whole world ..oa,.a--1 | LnIqbtape as a rule is not hereditary.
 As for inc matter of titles, wherever the
 b1sband is styled "sir" the wife. In con- | ventional usage, has the title Laoy | "Dame'' as In the case or a parohoeo9 s | Rut in her case the honor IS one os s | courtesy and not of right. The iauy o1 5
 a certain city knight was once piesosse plis.,e. | to the old Princess Amelia, Wno was s,,s 7 | deaf. The princess, not aware tnae o.e
 Suas merelv A. knights lady, was eDoue
 to salute her as she would have done the l dougbter of A peer, to the great noFtoi
 os tbe qentleman usher in waiting who' l sbocl,ed at such a violation or etlqueeee,
 exclaimed loud enough to be. nearo oy t d
 present--"Don't kiss 'er, your roS"i ie
 ness; she Is not real lauy hara soma
 It nav be Interesting to note nere so,ii9 ID 1 os tha stories that have been nahoeo'
 down regarding the institution or lle a | 6or of inc Garter. Common penel ID ITI
 if was instituted in 134S by EoWaru n.,, | Al a court ball the countess oi oais ,i,s's. |,
 dropped her garter; the Rhs, .an,s .iaIs n
 Tn observed some of his courtleis U
 up opse ,s ba had not obtained this
 s,.ar hy acident; upon which ne caiioo
 ort "IJonl soft uui nal y pehse! | othar story Is that it was hdWalu .4 o tt
 o1,aen who dropped her garter ana .Ias as
 ,raa she and not he who pieKeo lt . up t. 1 uttered the famous words, III p.'lri,t iespo of
 tts rellv as to what would be thouehs ol
 ms ms so. +hus losing the circular oano III
 ,l,,,,,ic Edward then placed the c@i ,ot 1 ro,,na h,s own knee by way or .eoun" o'.
 u ai tt,osa who thought they saw marin
 , ,t The occurrence became famous
 and the garter was adopted as 'he l signal at Crecy 4r,, wholly d.
 ,3 srom the other two. Richard 1 coa,,r da Lion in the Crusades oi,co | oSontad a white Ieathern strap peiow lhe
 ,Nst irnee +o distinguish his own soi9Ie,s , .
 so,, 4nadels in a night assault. lhis
 nav have been a real historlcai eNen. I l hut there are valid obtectlohs 'o H .,a | the first place there IS the coiot o,, a1s l garter. which appears to nave oeen as
 ,,ars blne. only slxy-blue in earlier years,
 N,,t never white, which evidently durlns | Ats ,ight attack was it's most esseheiai
 snature Secondly, how Is the motto to
 he be accounted for? How coulo any
 .scendal' attach either to the .ea.,u' ,,,,.
 strap or to the night assault ,a.aa th a
 n,otto thus. May he be dishonored WHO
 thinks i'll of it''-that is, the expeoleion 'o
 put to get back to Russell. To Amer
 ,cans the most interesting episode III ele
 career of Sir William, who at the .lil,e l was just Dr. Russell of the Lohuon m.
 wac his visit to the United States before
 ,ha outhreak of the civil war ana IS
 ,attars to his paper descriptive or a trlp 1 +hroueb the south, which he took ae the
 t,roo ssVhen secession seemed inevitable.
 tJa was in Charleston, s. C., a short tune | oftar Fort Sumter was reduced lie re- l corded then in his diary, afterward pup | lished: ,. ao,,ob+
 "The secessionists are fin great ueAsns 1ss 1 o,,ar C.overnor I.etcher's proclamation calling out troops and volunteers; ana IL [ ,s hinted that Washington will De at i tackled and the nest of black repupiican vermin which haunt the capital pa oriVeh 1 out" . ., He also discovered the fact that the | South Carolinians of that time were eager
 for an English King and he mentions | that some of them told him gravely ana
 seriously that if there were an Enghsh 1 Prince to bee had it would be well 10 l send him over to be placed at the heao | of affairs In the south.
 | pr Russell Joined the Union army un- | der General McDowell. as correspondent, | two days, before the first battle oI bun aI
 Run. which was fought on July zl, lSol | He was with the Union army through- | out the battle or rather rout, and the de- | scription of the behavior and department | of the federal forces on that occasion | which he sent to London was too much | for the sensibilities of the Union leaders, | called as they were by the results Of the | battle.
 | Dr. Russell left the United States not | long thereafter, leaving the American | forces north and south to finish their | struggle unaided.
 The nickname of Bull Run Russell" ! xrox h.s+owod ou him on account