New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

tor..s we're stricken with instant DEATH,
tho bursting shells making the oeoiaih oi
no,so. more awful, while the smoke rohed
e., ,,,,,,, nc. mingling with the dust raised
nv the hoofs of the horses.
60 .arks we're closed as fast as men
,,,oro iost The ranks kept growing thinner
ond thinner. and the pace Of the horses IN
oroasod 20 a mad gallop. | lost all sense
=, d,naotiop and could hear nothing but the
,,hino 90 bullets and the Kissing of burst
to- shoIIs the cross fire from the Russian
a,'ns Getting in terrible work. But we
we're nearing the batteries to the 'front.' the
81 ,roaI of the charge, and deadly execu-
t,o, was being made on our depleted ranks
from this new source. can never pe sure
~ What followed. 1t seems to me that we
! reached the guns at the head OF 'ne 'aneS
ar least history says that we did. The
frantic Russian gunners, surprised ana er-
rIied by our onslaught, were tearing at
their guns, trying TO unlimber them' trsir
horses rearing and charging.
| "Tbere was the thud of hoofs, the clash
of sabres. groans of dying men-all form
ing medley which hell itself could not
/ initiate"
The aged man stopped from sheer eS-
baustion. His hands and arms had peeA
pesticulating. his eyes were flashing the
warrior in him was reliving the events ol
the most peculiar and deadly charge IN MS
tory He was again going through the
struggle and carnage-aga!n was smelling
the smoke and blood of battle.
RETURN OF THE REMNANT.
"Do Won remember the return Of the rem
rant of the Light Brigade?' he was ASKED
after a time
"No I can remember nothing definite OF
J 81 was the reply - only know that once
,,ore we ran the awful gantlet or !aHe'
again heard the screaming shells, as our
| evcited horses bore us swiftly back over
tho main. now strewn with the dead and
diving horses and men. Practically every
one of us bore back wounded comrade as
we came"
what did you think of the sort of mill
tarv orders that led you into such hope
less position?" was asked.
I'VE didn't think anything about it, IL
IS a soldiers duty to act not TO debate
replied the old man. Il simply did my
duty. as did the rest of the command
there Is no special credit for that ! kno"
that there has been a vast amount OF talR
about the orders we received, but as fai
as those who took part in the battle are
concerned. Tennyson just about summed II
up when he said:
Theirs NOT 10 reason why
Theirs bit 20 do and die
"I don't see anything particularly heroic
about that" he added.
After the battle of Balaklava ! was one
who did the picket duty about Sebastopol
Until its fall before the terrible cannonad
ing poured In upon 1t from the guns OF th'
English"
After the capture Of Sebastopol and th'
battle Of Inkerman. in which Mr.. Bayne'
took part he was transported back to Eng
land. He speaks a good word for the worl
Of Florence Nightingale and the work o
the nurses during the war which was tn
real starting Of the modern system OF car
,rg for tho wounded on the battlefield an'
in hospitals.
After arrival in England Mr.. Bayne
sold out his commission as cornet in IN
English army, retiring into private life 10
a while. The desire to wander seized hin
again however, and within three year
. aftar tho close of the Crimean War he sc
y sail from England IOI AuStldId " ~ ~
fortune in what then was England's iron
o tier.
d WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SCOUTS.
There again he found opportunity TO CIV
. vent to his desire for ighting. The Maoris
: New Zealand cannibals, had not yet bee
=, conquered by the English and were giVin
: much trouble by their raids and wars
. Troops called the scouts were formed Il
- Australia by former officers in the Brius
army, whose business II was to crush thes
tribes The invasions Of New Zealand b!
= the English took them into the heart o
!. the bush. and for six years Mr.. Baynes saw
!, hazardous service in these wars. AT time
= he was sent as spy, or courier on mission
;. so dangerous that when a dispatch wa
- ! sent from one detachment of the army L
the other identical dispatches were give
d, five different men at the same time. so tina
., some of the dispatches would get through
=, Drummund Hayes, a well known Australian
- character was the most noted leader in IN
p, old days Of the Australian scouts MI