The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-19
CAVALRY SABRE
 WILL HAVE ID GO
Declares An Eminent English
 Army Authority
GOLD CUP DISAPPEARS
From Windsor Castle But Is Finally Found at Buckingham Palace. New Home for the Order of
 the Thistle

London. April 1S.-(Special) )-The eaval- ry sabre has outlived its usefulness and must soon join in honorable retirement the lance, helmet and hauberk and such other similar weapons of offense and de- fense.
 No less an authority than Field Mar shal Lord Roberts, Little Bob Bobs Bahsdur is authority for the statement that the dashing cavalryman with fash ing blade must give way to the mounted infantryman with prosaic rife. In a pre- face to a book by MT. ErslSine Childers, in which he strongly advocates that for cavalry the steel weapons ought either to be discarded or denied all influence on tactics. and pure type of mounted rife men substituted for the existing hybrid type.
 Lord Roberts says: Why, now, with different equipment, should cavalry still be trained on the old tradition, and their rifles reside in buckets attached to the horse. only to be used on certain excep- tional occasions to supplement the sword or lance?"
 After quoting the authors view of ths lesson of the war in South Africa, up to March. 1900, the Field Marshal dads;
 with every word of this I agree. and it must be remembered that my judgment is based upon personal and frst-hand knowledge. Why lid our cavalry fail? Because they did not know. because they had never been required to know. how to use the principal and most useful weapon with which they were armed. Because they did not understand, because they had never been asked to understand, that their role should consist in attacking the enemy exactly like the infantry, and to shoot their way Up to him.
 When Lord Roberts speaks of tactics. he speaks as one with authority, and when he says the cavalryman must give way to the mounted rifeman, it is mat ter of short time wien this will be done
 Something like a sensation was caused for a few hours at Windsor Castle recent ly It was decided to overhaul the ln1- mense store of gold and silver plate kept there in preparation for the coming Lon don season. TO the consternauon ol those charged with the safety Of the roy al ulate a very valuable gold cup was missing from it's accustomed place, ana the most careful search failed to reveal it's whereabouts The high officials O. the castle were apprised of the ioss' ano the most stringent inquiries were at once instituted, without, however, the slight est result Suddenly it occurred To sohie one to wire to Buckingham palace 10 see If the cup was there by any chance. 10 the immense relief of all concerned the eup was found there, having been over looked after the last court, when accord ing to the usual practice. the plate Vas ali sent back to Windsor for safe custody
 The plate closets at the castle are very jealously guarded and are qulte impregnable to either ire or purgiary, while they can only be opened-owln9 to an extremely ingenious system of locks-in the presence of several trust eH retainers. Some years ago. now ever, a couple of gold plates were loss and have never been recovered to thls day. though some. of the best men In Scotland Yard were employed for seV- eral months in endeavorlng to trace them.
 It is now understood that the formal opening of the new home of the Or der of the Thistle in St. Giles Cathed- ral. Edinburgh by the King, will be postponed until his majesty travels north in the autumn en route for Bal moral. Work Is proceeding apace on the construction of this new chapel which, when finish ed, will be in ev- cry way a fitting home for the most ancient order. The opening ceremony will be marked with considerable state and in addition to the King, the Duke of Conaught and the Prince of Wales will both be present, while there Is some prospect that Prince Arthur Of Conaught. the Kings favorite nephew, will be admitted to the order on this occasion.-
 His majesty is taking the greatest interest in the preparations for the