Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-15

hlch VI inc fHnks knew MIN, love
MIN and greeted him. In their estl
nation, and in that of the admlrin
public, whlcht appreciated and ap
plauded his gallant services for hi
country no name could NJ him bet
ter than this diminntivc of his famil
name and a word meaning hero Il
Hindu
Showcrcd MS he was with honor
and titles by his own country. Il wa
mot by that nation alone that hi
military abilities were appreciated
THE greatest soldier Of his time.
were the words used by Emperor
William of Germany in paying trlb
ute to him.
Roberts of kandahar," the en-
pcror is recorded as saying, 'hal
much Of the subtllcty aud ability I,
lperccive his opportunities that hay,
distinguished the greatest military
seniuses of the past | hold him tn
ablcst of today's soldiers
For more than half a century Eng
land had occasion TO take pride in the
career Of Roberts. the soldier.
AS the career ripened she came to
hold him in the same category as
Wellington. Give and Kitchener. In
nine of her wars he Was in the thick
OF the fighting and many times was
wounded. As he fought he rose In
rank from supcrnumary subaltern
! in the horse artillery to field marshal
land commander of all the British ar
{ A.. l,..
, made peer of the realm and the
recipient OF distinguished orders Of
which the chief was the order OF The
| Garter. the most ancient and highly
priced OF all the British orders. This
GROWING honor came 20 him In 1901
after his notable services in leading
the British cause TO victory in South
Africa.
Lord Roberts military education
began carly In life. While an infant
in arms, he was taken 20 England
TO receive education in the warlikc
art. The age of 10 saw him back In
India. serving under his father, dis
tinguished general of the Victorian
period. For more than forty years he
StlNtu III lllUl 'lhRhNf w
holding Great Britain's sovereignty
with his sword and gaining world
wide fame. Beginning with the indian
mutiny the record Of his services Is
studded with brilliant exploits and
gallant deeds.
The Victoria cross came TO him
early in his career after he had res
aarfafn 1putl
in the campaign against the Indian
mutineers and had recovered
standard captured by the enemy.
Queen Victoria herself pinned The
highly priced token upon the sol
dier's tunic. The mutiny medal for
bravery was another that he. won IN
fighting the Sepoys at Delhi and
helping to drive them from the siege
of Lucknow. The Indian frontier and
the Abyssinian medals came to him
from his lighting throughout the I'M
beyla, Abyssian and Lusha cam
paigns.
When the Afghan war, in which
Lord Roberts was to win lasting fame,
came, he had risen to the rank of
major general As such in the Afghan
and in the following campaigns
against the tribesmen the brilliancy
of the British generals strategy COM
manded the attention Of the worlds
great soldiers. The two years war
CAME to a elimination with "Bobs' /
famous march through a tangled
wilderness and his dashing assault on
Kandahar resulting in the dispersal
of the Ameer's army.
Englands new military hero. inVa-
lided home, was given remarkable
reception, starting with his disem-
barkation at Dover. He was sum
moned to Windsor castle by queen
Victoria, who raised him to baron
etcy, ne received the thanks of par
lament, was presented with the tree-
dom of many cities and was granted
degrees by oxford and Dublin univer-
stiles. A special medal was struck 10
his famous march 10
Kandahar.
Sent TO South Africa after the
British disaster at Majuba Hill, IN
the Boer war of 1881, the hero OF IN
dia found on his arrival that peace
had been declared. shortly after
wards he resumed his service in the
orient and in 1885 became command
o fthe British army in In
dia a post which he held Tor eiShl
wears. The rank and title ct helu
came to him in 1895. In the
meantime in 1892, he had been raised
10 the peerage as Baron Roberts OF
Kandahar and Waterford.
Lord Roberts had reached the age
If GS wears when the second great
,pisode in his career began. Called
n sustain British sovereignty in South
Africa, where one British disaster
rad followed another with rapidly
II the fighting against the Beers,
ord Roberts sailed for the scene OF
he war with a sad heart for his only
ION had fallen at the Tugela. But the
-etcran OF India plunged with his ola
into the fray on South
friean soil and in a whirlwind' cam
,aign brought the Boer war to an
nd victorious to British arms. In
pired by his personality, hghtins
and successfully under his
ca dership, the British relief armies
ressed back the Boer lines and re-
Ieved the garrisons of Kimberly and
Not long afterward, LORD
soberts fought his way into Pretoria
nd there received the surrender of
;eneral Cronjc.
This campaign ended Lord Rob
rts active service in war and he re-
IN, fs- ci
me years of life as a soldier the II