The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-03
|RELANDHAS RECORD
MILITARY PROWESS
LORD ROBERTS CONFERENCE
WITH KING SIGNIFICANT
'LlTTLE IRISH 8OBS."

I'd that Lord Roberts advised the
leaders of the Irish soldiers to not
! Idgh. against the Ulster nsurrection-
lists. This conference was very sig
|nidconl in that it showed the feel
lng OF The foremost military chief
tain. who is an Irshman. This
/ brings TO our minds lreIand's glO-
rlous military record. No other lit
! tie country perhaps can produce
a record so repletc with the brill
| liant achievements of such heroic
sons. One authority estimates that
100000 Irishmen persisted as French
soldiers during the first fifty years
after King Williams conquest They
were pronounced brave soldiers by
the Prince Of Orange. Hugh O'Neill
was called the third soldier of his
time by Henry ". of France. The
Irish general, Sawslield, the hero
Of Limerick, fell mortally Woundel
while commanding the left wing
of the French army at the battle
of Landen with his last breath ne
said: 20, that this was for Ireland.
Some of the Irish eXiles became
generals and marshals in Russia,
Austria, Spain and France. Marshal
Mcmahon OF Irish descent was presi
% ,,anuhlia FOR
period of six years. There came
from the once powerful Iltsh fam
lily of ODonnell, Leopold O'Donnell,
who held the post of captain gen
eral of Cuba from lSi5 to 1913. He
afterward became minister of war
and premier Of the cabinet OF Spain
Irish in British Army.
The military forces Of Great Brit
ain at one time consisted of nearly
one half Irish troops. At the battle
of Waterloo the Irish Grenadieis
won eternal fame. The distinguish
ed family of Napiers, whose home
stead is near Dublin, gave Charles,
who conquered the great province
of India. called Sind. A magnificent
statute to Niscount Cough stands
in PheniX park, Dublin, commemo-
rating his splendid military service
in the far east, which gave him
the title Of "ConQuerer Of the Pun
|iaub."
Viscount Wolseley who passed
away few years ago in poverty
was one Of Great Britains most
Inusuious sons. This product Of
the Emerald Isle bore on his fam
Iuys arms the Interpretation Of his
urcIeco ssors' attitude toward the
English. The arms were supported
by wolf dogs, having a VOLTS head
for a CREST AMI the motto Homo
Homini Lupus" underneath. This.
referred to the tradition in his fam
lily which said that the estates first
came To it as reward for de-
stroying some of the last English
wolves" in the Staffordshire of King
Edgar's time, Nothing of the wolf
appears In Lori Wo,seloy's fine BIZ !
ography. which reveals his depth Of,
religious feeling and the WaSmth
Of his affection Tor parent and
friend fie manifested an unusua!
loyalty ~ chiefs and su5ordnates. /
There is plenty OF the honest Wolf
dog showing his teeth to home poll
NciianS and institutions which seem
to him mischicyous and harmful
The second part OF his story of a
Sollicr's Life" takes up his life
from Kumad ami piunges into the
thick of the Pall all controversy and
is particularly piquant. He wore
proudly the ritIe "Olr Only General. .
His CeIth, fervor lcd him into a.
controversy with Lord Landsdowncl
over certain Nights peculiar to tht,
commander in chief. which shou al
aot be mfrinsed upon by the ser
rotary of state for war. Two met-
dents reveal the Irish in the s'est,
commdnder
After Storm of Lucknow.
After the storm of the LucSnow
mess house he cheerfully exceeded
his instructions in hombardins the
ofat Nahal. Later when in canada
making preparations to pue down..
the raid Of Louis Riel he .ooh ats
yan-ase Of short leave 70 mase.
la dangerous journey to The head
quarters Of General Robert z. lee.
He was exceedingly anxious 10 study
war as lei By one vao impressed
him so greatly
The characteristic, Con,r0versE
which frequently ga-hers about the
nationality Of gres, mea has been
warm at times regarding Lo0i Iier-
bert Kitchener The established fact
/ remains that Lord Kitchener was
/ born in ireland in 1850. In George