The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-01
WHY KITCHENER NEVER WED
Famous Soldier Who Favors a West
Point Academy In Australia.

Point Academy In Australia.
Field Marshal Lord Horatio Herbert
Kitchener. who recently visited West
Point, is one of the foremost soldiers
In the world of today and is known
to his brother officers as *. of K"
Kitchener of Khartuml
The establishment of an institution
In Australia similar to West Point is
a pet scheme of his lordship, and in
company with Colonel Scott he was
taken through the cadet barracks and
the various academic departments.
where everything was fully explained
The noted soldier has explained to
some of his friends in New York that
he has been wrongfully classed as a,
woman hater. He has never married
chiefly because of his firm conviction
that a man can't be a very good bus
band and soldier at the same time.
During his first campaigns in Egypt
as sirdar, 1892 to 1896. when there was
continuous fighting on the Sudan from
tier, he had frequent occasion to dis
patch officers from Cairo hurriedly to
the front Many of them lived with
their wives at Shepherds or the Con
tinental hotel The women came with
fearful pleading to request the com
mander in chief to send any one to be
killed by the dervishes except theil
husbands.
The sirdar finally decided to send
back all the married British officers to
the imperial forces and keep only the
bachelors IN the Egyptian service.
Since that period he has made a point
of getting rid of his staff officers di
rectly they became husbands.
When Captain Fred Jones returned
to st. John. N. B., from the Boer war
he was asked by his friends if he had
seen Lord Kitchener. He replied that
he had, but that their chat was some
what brief.
at was IKE this" said the captain.
Il had received my marching orders
from home and did not wish to leave
until / had seen the commander in
chief. of whom had heard so much
! asked horse gunner If he could di-
rect me TO ks tent. and he told me
where to GO
81 followed the instructions and.
looking through an opening in the can
vas, saw tall man, who badly needed
shave. sitting at small table smok-
ing short clay pipe and writing dis
patches. He wore riding boots, khaki
breeches and gray flannel shirt.
Il went back to the horse gunner
and accused him Of TESTING, as felt
sure that the man / had seen could
not be Lord Kitchener. He swore that
be was, however. and went back to
the tent and walked in. When the tall
man looked up from his writing said.
Lord Kitchener. presume? He re-
piled tersely: Yes. Who are youY l.
answered, j am Captain Fred Jones of
the Canadian militia. He said, well.
get out Of here and came away"
When Lord Roberts was commander
In chief In South Africa, with Lord
Kitchener as chief Of stat, colonel of
the Royal engineers was sent for to
find out how long 1t wouII take him
to build a bridge across the Modder
liver. After leaving Lord Roberts
tent the colonel was stopped by Kitch-
ener, who inquired when the bridge
would be ready. The colonel replied
airily that he thought It might be done
in three weeks.
II we don't have that bridge ready
In seven days. colonel said Lord
Kitchener quietly, 1--WE shall have to
send you home" The bridge was
built.