New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-14
COMMANDS THE ROCK
Sir Archie" Hunter. Governor OF
Gibraltar. About to Wed

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That Lord Kitchene-'s engagement Is
amending may be gathered from the an
,7orrncement that a marriage is about 70
fake rlsce between General Sir ArcniosId
--,,--e- and the widow Of that second LORD
--verclvde who succeeded his father In the
,.-esieency Of the CUnard Steamship Com
rs-v Mary LADY Inverclyde was Miss
FERGUSON. and. having no children by her
-s-s- husband inherited all his large fort
~ The neersee and the baronetcy going
- his younger brother. James. the present
- 1-,e-cly5e. Sir Archie" Hunter has
always been regarded as Kitchener man
mar excellence. ss his principal lieutenant
and most devoted follower. who always In
sisted that Re would never Ned until his
chef cid. 50 that the announcement Of his
.rzr imminent marriage must be regarded
a. 2 rrelude TO that Of the victor Of ON
.7u-nsn-
Archie Hunter. AFRO may % Sad 10
have fnsuElirated his term Of Office as Gov
.~nor Of Gibraltar by welcoming 70 the
Rock the fugitive King of Portugal. with
re Two Queens snd the Duke Of Oporto.
20 whom he IS now getting as host. is Of
middle height. about ) feet s and distin-
Euished by an appearance Of hazel eyed
youth ard an extraordinary faculty for
pleasing every one. beneath which some
what deceptive exterior lie an iron firm
ness in al matters professional and deep
FOOTED opinions as 10 the necessity Of the
british being always victorious and always
honest He has been several times wound
81 twice quite seriously. Indeed. when hit
u Eosbeh. IN the Soudan. by Z bullet after
II rad passed through 4 pair Of field glasses
snd their holders head. in front OF him, the
doctors wanted TO ampu-ats his arm He
refused the offer. and after several years
O. repeated operations. massage. electricity
and weight exercise. his bride arm is now
almost as useful as before
WIKI the possible exception Of Kitchener
himself there Is no EnEiishnsn who may
re said TO know 50 much about the desert
Arabs OF the Soudsn or the bisCas OF Cen
1-sl Aries as Hunter who vas, IN turn,
Governor Of the Red Sea 1irtoral and Of the
frontier district Of Nubia- DongoIa. and
E5erber during the fifteen years that pre-
reded the battle Of Ondurman- He vas a
major general before he was forty. thanks
largely 10 The fact that he had been in the
7argus-d II all the lighting on the Nile
F0- fourteen years he was always on the
fronrier-four-een years o. bJgle and bullet.
r. night and hv day. always on the GUi
-f-e- me idol Of every English officer. Of
every English soldier and % every black
man o- Arsa 7-ho has ever served under 1
him
Needless - Ssr. that when Lord Kitchen /
- was transferred from the Soudan % 4
south Africa. a. the time IF -he Boer war. 4
7rr took Hunter -~ifh him. Th=ra Archie did 4
- well As TO win promotion 20 the rank Of 1
Lieutenant general And when Kitchener /
became zene-allssir7o IN India Hunter re-
ceived The command u me Southern army 4
~ that great Oriental dependency. He left /
India about The same time a. his chief 4
end when General 81 Frederick F-oernstier 1
Walker vas 0-er-aken bv that Illness which /.
-ss-l-e1 II hiS death -hA other dav. Archie !
F--n-e-. Hho from g financial point Of view 4
-rss born with p silver s0oor in his mouth 4
vas au1oinred n succeed him as Governor !
q Gibraltar. with salary of s25.0oo year, 4
: couple Of -e-~ handsomely furnished resi- I
y7ences and all sorts Of allowances and .
-re-ogs-1~es II Is command the fr1pOr- 4
vance Of which = * impossible n overesti- 4
nate Hunter. who Is zfry-stx. Is now al 4
most a. ne head Of The list Of full generals. /
ne ONLY one above him being Lord Methu-
-. g. present commanding IN chief in South
Africa As TO their rival claims 70 the
baton Of field marshal there can he no
question. for whereas Archie Hunter has
been universally successful IN the field.
Lord Nethueu. although extremely popular. /
1ss been Is invariably unfortunate.