Evening star., 1914-11-15
Showered With Honors.


titles by his own country, 1t was not
by that nation alone that his military
abilities were appreciated. THE great
used by Emperor William of Germany
in paying tribute to him.
Roberts of Kandahar," the emperor
is recorded as saying. has much of the
subtlety and ability to perceive his op-
portunities that has distinguished the
greatest military geniuses of the past.
I hold him the ablest of today's SOL
diers."
For more than half century Eng
land had occasion to take pride in the
career of Roberts the soldier. AS that
career ripened she came to hold him in
the same affection as Wellington. Give
and Kitchener. In nine of her wars he
was in the thick of the fighting, ana
many times was wounded. AS ne
fought he rose in rank from a super
tillery to field marshal and commander r
in-chief Of all the British armies.
Made Peer Of the Realm.
AS further rewards, he was 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 crowning honor
came to him In 1901. after his notable
services in leading the British cause to
victory in South Africa.
Lord Roberts military education be-
gan early in life. While an infant In
arms he was taken to England 10 re-
age of nineteen saw him back In In
dia serving under his father, disti1-
guished general of the victorian perl
cd. For more than forty years ne
%Hn% vi IN
ing Great Britain's sovereignty with
his sword and gaining worldwide fame.
Beginning with the Indian mutfny, the
record Of his services is STUDDED with
brilliant exploits and gallant deeds.
Gained Victoria Cross Early.
The Victoria Cross came to him early
in his career after he had rescued a
comrade from certain death in the cam
paisn against the Indian mutineers and
had recovered a standard captured by
the enemy. Queen Victoria herself
pinned the highly priced token upon
the soldiers tunic. The mutiny medal
for bravery was another that he won
in fightinE the sepoys at Delhi and
helping to drive them from their siege
of Lucknow. The Indian frontier and
the Abyssinian medals came to him
from his fighting throughout the I'm
beyla, Abyssinian and Lushat cam
When the Afghan war in which Lord
Roberts was to win lasting fame. broke
out, he had risen to the rank OF major
general AS such, in the Afghan war
and in the following campaigns against
the tribesmen, the brilliancy of the
British generals strategy commanded
the attention of the worlds great SOL
diers. The two-year war came TO a
elimination with "Bobs" famous
march through a tangled wilderness
and his dashing assault of kandahar,
resulting in the dispersal of the
Ameer's army.
Gets Remarkable Reception.
England's new military hero. invalid
ed home, was given remarkable re-
ception. starting with his disembark-
alton at Dover. He was summoned to
windsor Castle by Queen Victoria, who
raised him to a baronetcy; he received
the thanks of parliament; was pre-
sented with the freedom of many cities
and was granted degrees by Oxford
and Dublin universities. special
medal was struck to commemorate his
famous march to Kandahar.
| Sent to South Africa after the British
disaster at Majuba Hill in the Boer
war of 1881, the hero of India found
Ion his arrival that peace rad been de-