Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-16
GA|LY GOES GA|LY
INTO THE CHINESE
REVOLUTION
Former Princeton Football
Star Has Opportunity to
Duplicate Record Of Chinese
Gordon.

performances In the Chinese revolu-
ton OF Robert Daily. the former
Princeton Football star, the Hartford
q rfant ssss'
VIII Robert Gaily, tho former
Princeton football player. takc hts
place in Chimes history along with
Gar,rai Fred" Ward and "chincsa
Gordon Dispatches from Pekin
say that the pFincrton man ~ organ
Linz bnnd 81 tNcnty-fve Americans
ana tiritons. with 100 Chinese voiun.
tcsrs. Cor the defense 81 the city. II
vsr In much the same way that fred
crlck Townsend ward began his car
ccs IN China, later organising the
Ever Victorious Army" Of native
Chimes and thereby checking the pro-
gresa OF tho Tai.ping rebellion. q
work which was suhscguentiy COM
plctsd hy General Gordon. Ward was
q remarkable character. RE had
sailed many sens and had fought In
many lands before ne landed In shang.
hal In 1850, when the Tai-Ping rebel.
Hon. which had begun In the province
OF Canton and was then ten years old
was threatening the city OF Shanghai.
Here "a penplcture Of Ward by an
American who was IN shanghai az the
time and who knew him we'll. who
wrote about him in 1856 ION the az.
ternoon of Angus, ~. 1860. when
things looked black for W. Gin shanE-
hath man OF slight figure approach
ed me. ~ stood at the Maloo barrier
He had collected a few lighting men
and desired TO place them whore they
would he % use and 40, amid the
roar OF artillery, the rattle OF mus-
kerry and tho shrieks o. native fuEi-
tlves. ! first met General Ward. He
was a man OF excellent address, mild
ana gentle In manner. and as kind and
warm-h hearted a. possible. Hia long
hair and slight mousiache were dark.
and he habitually wore biu~ coat
tightly butioned" Mr.. Hays recalls
that subsequently, ward TOOK time
from his military duties which were
urgent. Ia sIt by his bedside when Mr..
Hayes was sick.
General Frederick Townsend Ward
Was born IN Salem. Mass, November
20. 1871, and he received his death
wound ~ China IN 1854 re was thus
only ~ years old when he died. He
must have left his homo very young.
for he was q member OF one OF the
iiiibustcring parties OF General william
Walker. who bccame for a short tisne
president Of the Republic OF Nicar-
aeua. He ~ next heard from az a
lieutenant in the French army dur
Ing tac Crimean war. There he had
quarrel with superior officer and
threw up his commission. returning
70 New York His provocstion for
the quarrel must have been consider
able. for by all accounts ne was ever
cven-tempered and cool. and for the
most part patient and gentle.
After some adventures In Mexico,
hs rode horseback from New York 10
san Frnnclsco. practically without Il
penny and from the Pacific coast he
made his way 10 China. Ward found
plenty OF adyenture and excitement In
China up To- the time 81 his death
two years later. and ne aIao wor
fame and fortune. ~ we'll as the en-
during rrgErd of the Cninrse nation
Il Is strange thai two distinguished
Am' ricun writer's about Chlnn have
littl. 90. say uhout Ward. Professor
=. Wells Wllama makes slight ref
erence 10 him IN hts "fgistory OF the
Middle Kingdom'' and even makes
the mistake Of calling him Fred q -
Ward. Or " a. y. Martins "A
Cycle ~ Cathay has even less about
this brilliant Ameriean. hut what Or.
Martin SAYS pi him IL quite compli-
in, ntarS. and he gives Ward fun
credit fer organizing the Ever VIC
surious Army" 9th which the name
~ Gencrai Gordon IN kn Identified ia
history.
Nearly all the Information obtain
able OF Wards Operations IN China
comes from the English historians OF
the Tai-pinR rebellion and they are
usually too busy clarifying Gordon
80 do justice Go fhn American. Hut
even from the facta as these writer's
set them down II IL easy TO- see that
Ward rather than Gordon Is the real
hero Of that affair. That ne obtained
10 little fame Or honor in his own
country Tor many years may be laid
10 the fact that America was too
much occupied with its own civil war
| 10 give much attention 10 what waa
gOing on IN nina. Ward, however,
was more Interested In his native
land than his country was In him,
for u IN known that when he recciy-
I'd his fatal Wound he was preparing
TO give himself and his sword 10 tho
northern cauEe
| After Wards Operations IN Rhaug-
hal. with his band OF Europeans and
Mnnilemcn. he offered his services TO
the Chimes authorities lie vas en-
couraged by the taosi Of the city and
BY lls wealthy native residents. 80
that funds were promptly provided
| for the extension ~ HIS campaign.
Ills fret important move was the
capture Of Sungaiaag, an important
town not Ear from Shanghai then IN
the hands 0f the rebels. For doing
this he was 90 receive $4,000 IN
cash. He sacceedod. but was re-
pulsed al the first attack. After
capturlne sunEkianR he made that
city his headquarters during hls sub
sequent career Weird had two other
Americans with him. rspsaeyine and
Forester This was Wards real be-
ginning. Soon after .he victory az
sunkiang he met with several re-
vnrnos. lie then discarded his hetef-
Ioaeneons and soulewhat unmanaEc-
able army ~ foreign Adventures,
and under an arrnngcment with the