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| lection to the marriage OF army Off
GERS. : He was Sirdar Of the Anglo
Egyptian army. then, and England wa!
| beginning to take some notice OF him
Rebuke for His Government.
"When my husbands leave OF alb
sence expired went to Algiers to be
near him." said Mrs. Erskine, "ano
there got a better idea of Kitchener
in the field. / remember one incident
distinctly. The Sirdar wanted Ger
tain modern make of gun and so spe
Gifted in a requisition sent to the Wal
Office. In due time he received 9
reply saying the government would
send a different MAKE. Immediately
he returned the order across which he
had written, You may keep your guns;
] can throw stones at the Arabs my
self 1t. Is needless to say he received
the weapons he desired. ......-..... =
1T was during his campaign that
he recommended for D. s. O.. (distin
guished service order1 Roman Catho
lie Bishop named Robert Brindle, and
was approached by, a member OF his
staff, who remarked he hardly thought
this would be popular in England un,
less Church of England divine was
also named. I recommend man for
distinguished service, the general
quickly replied. His religion has
nothing to do with the matter. Per
sonally, 1t doesn't. concern me what
the people at home have to say.
When Kitchener was going home
after conquering the Soudan ! met him
in Mafseilles. He was wearing a blue
serge suit and a derby hat and was
much less conspicuous than the mem.
bers of his staff. And this. in spite OF
the fact that he was about to be made
Lord Kitchener OF Khartoum. re.
member distinctly one thing he said
TO me. 1t was this: T had always
'gi0pea my little girl would not marry
ia 60 b3d4 sfWhy?' T asked because,
Aes f85liad, war is long drawn out tor.
sthfe Tor a soldier wife Do you real
-ize you'll have to play second fiddle to
your husband Yes, answered, ]
know tina ], but after. all he loves me
beet G. sTfue enough. said Kitchener.
he loves you, but in event of war he'll
have to leave you. War is his profes-
Sion and he'll have to follow it,
sH Kitchener was determined In
war HE was equally determined In
peace. One thing he aad set his heart
upon was an English college at Khar
itoum. He was always raising money
for 1t and ] remember after he had
been made a Lord he raised $4,000
pounds by his determination. There
was, to be d banquet In the city, as
we term the center Of London, and
the promoters wanted him as chief
drawing card. I'll be there il you'll
subscribe 10000 pounds for the col,
lege, he said. The committee finally
Offered 10000 pounds. Now it will
cost you $4,000 pounds said his Lord.
ship-and he got the entire amount.
His Estimate Of Fame. @.....>
81 ater on Lord Kitchener, my hus-
band and myself attended an affair in
the generals honor. It was held in
the Corn Exchange at a small county
seat near London and we had to lis
ten to eulogies of his lordship from q
very small, pompous master of cere.1
monies. On the way. home We passed
an ice cream cart on which were 18th.
ographs of Queen Victoria, the Prince
of Wales and our companion. That.
and that only, is fame declared his
Lordship, flecking his own dust-coVer
ed picture with the end of his riding
whip" - 80 = 80
Every newspaper reader knows that
during the present war correspondents
are completely bottled up. Apropos OF
this Mrs. Erskine tells a remark once
made by Lord Kitchener having a dis.
tinct bearing on the subject: -.
II there is ever great war, and
I happen to be War Secretary he
once said to me, I'll make it Grim.
NAL offense to PRINT unauthorized
news. But if there IS a great war,
be added, Il am sure not to be War
SECRETARY . p -. ~. 49,.
I'm the Soudan campaign some of
the correspondents begged to go tol
Khartoum and write what they saw. |
He just smiled at them and replied:
You can write what you see. Then
ne took good pains that they remained
N the rear and saw nothing.
The general was big enough to do |
little things and We all loved him foi |
I. recall that once wanted my /
cousin, a member Of the guards to I
axe me to q theater II London. but /
told him he must buy sc1I1 II the
1T He was h0rrifed .11t be ex.
claimed. You cit u the l'L 1o1 your