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But he seems to bear a charmed life.
Thus, some years previously he was
very i'll, suffering from Malta fever, on
board the battleship Victoria when 1t
was rammed by the Camperdown and
sent to the bottom Of the Mediter-
ranean, off the coast Of Syria, carry
ing down with her Admiral Sir George
Tryon and more than 600 officers and
men. He was one of the very few who
escaped.
England's military forces are under
the supreme control of her foremost
soldier and most successful command
er in chief, Field Marshal the Earl
Kitchener of Khartum, who has been
appointed minister of war His
achievements as the conqueror Of the
Sudan and as the victor of the battle
of Omdurman In 1898, the success with
which he put an end to the Boer war
three years later, his complete reor-
ganization of the army and military
defenses of India and more recently
his magnificent Constructive work as
British plenipotentiary in Egypt are
familiar on this side of the Atlantic.
The chief command of the English
forces in the field has been allotted to
Field Marshal Sir John French, who
heads the troops dispatched TO the as
sistance of Belgium. He until a few
months ago was chief of the general
staff Of the army, a post which he re-
cfo to IFffcronaau NTH
the government in connection with the
military dispositions for dealing with
any disturbances resulting from the
armed movement in Ulster
He enjoys the we'll merited reputa-
ton of being the most able cavalry
leader of the British army and won
fame as such during the Boer war, es-
pecially in connection with his memoir
able dash at the head of large force
of cavalry to relieve the siege of Kim
berley. He also assisted Lord Kitch-
ener In the crushing OF Cronie and in
the capture of his entire force.
Cars War Minister
Russia's gigantic army-which on
its present war footing is estimated as
numbering over six million mems
under the chief command OF two men,
General Sukomlinoff and the Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaiovitch. The
latter is to direct the operations in the
field as generalissimo, whereas the for
mer remains at ST. Petersburg as min
lister of war
Unlike most Of his predecessors at
the war department, Sukomlinoff is a
Slav and a Russian Nationalist His
work, until summoned from Kieff a
few years ago 10 assume the task of
recognizing the military forces of
Russia as minister Of war was entire
ly concerned with the strategic prob
lem of the western frontiers of the en-
pire.
BY profession he is a cavalryman,
and If Russia is today in a position to
many, instead of being compelled to
comply with their demands, as in 1909,
when owing to tho unreadiness of the
cars army the empire was Inundated
in the sight OF the entire world, II is
wholly due to General Sukomlinoff
Grand Duke Nicholas.
AS for Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho-
laiovitch, he is probably the tallest
member of the reigning house Of Rus
STA, and looks what he is, born cav
alryman, spare OF figure and of ex-
ceptionally distinguished bearing. He
won the st. Georges cross for conspic-
uous gallantry on the battlefields Of
the Turkish war in 1877, Is rated by
the German war department at Berlin
and by the military experts of Europe
as the most clever and brilliant caval-
ry leader now living, and has for sew
eral years past been at the head of
the military district of st. Petersburg
and of the capital and as such respon-
sible for the safety of the car, the
reigning house, anG of the government.