Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-15

began, perilous though It was, and Of
ten all but cut short by the bullets,
shells and sabres Of the Scpoys. Wher-
ever the fighting was hottest young
Roberts WAS pretty sure to be III great
evidence.
From Delhi, Roberts passed. with n
movable column to his own birthplace
--bloodstained Observation-Disclosures
Ing himself repeatedly on the march.
with the column he went to the re-
.iief or Lucknow. and many opportuni-
Ties did he receive In which to show
his indomitable courage. For repeated
DraVeries he gained, at the ago OF
twenty eight. the coveted Victoria
Cross, and with this success there arose
to the surface Of this mighty little
man of war that quality which, in him,
seemed quite lacking.
lie became lover, and he courted
as he fought-resolutely,. determinedly
and with no thought OF defeat. On
May 17,\ 1853, he married her-Nora
Henrietta Bewes. the daughter OF n
CAPTAIN She gave him two daughters
and one son. Tho latter was killed
In the Boer War.
Until 1858 Roberts took part in the
numerous skirmishes with tho hillmen
of India. Then he went with General
Napier to Abyssinia. Steadily he won
promotion and continually his dccora-
lions and medals became moro numer-
Gus. Soon after the Afghan War no
was created Is. G. b., andgit was about
this time he became known as Little
Bobs,"A the name that British soldiers
would have followed to tho lair of the
devil himself.
Put the record is too long to detail
Hero following are some OF the places
"Bobs" achieved fame:
Commanded tho Kabul field force in
1879; commanded the Afghunstan cam
paign In the south, 1880; made COM
mander-in-chief in India 1885; COM
mander of the forces in Ireland. 1895;
mnnder- chief of the South African
War. 1899-1900; relieved Kimberly,
February. 1900; took Cronje and the
western Boer army prisoners In the
same year: was made commander-i In
chief in 1901.
The orders and decorations lie re-
ceived arc countless; the honors be-
slowed upon him have been everything
that nation or n monarch could
grant.
Two years ago he retired into pri-
vate life, but when the European con-
flict began, his war spirit was re-
awakened, and he FASTENED to the side
of his huge friend, Lord Kitchener.
On October %. 1912. Lord Roberts,
Mt Manchester. made speech which
dous criticism OF all England.
Germany will make war;" he de-
clared. Now, Just as in 1866 and
1870, war will take place the instant
the German forces by land and sea
are by their superiority at every point
as certain of victory as any human
calculation can be made certain"
This speech created n Juror In the
British Parliament. They went SO far
rs to threaten away his pension and
public reprimand.
When finally. this year. his predic-
lions were horribly proved. he was
too much OF man to point a finger
at his enemies and sncer at their dis
comflture.
POSSESSED OF FORTUNE
THROUGH j. j. HILL
Lord Roberts died possessed Of
more than s1,0O0o00 thanks to his
trust in his friend. ]. j. Hill, the
American railroad wizard. ''Bobs,"
with no desire for riches for himself,
for he would rather live in an army
post than in palace. but with Il
thought for his children and their
children. placed his entire fortune
$3.50. 000-in Mr.. Hills hands, and told
the latter to do his best with II. That
was just prior to the Boer War.
lie had no small love for writing.
and his "Forty-one Years In India
was studious and absolutely trust
worthy chronicle of his life, even IL
It does lack those elements which
would make 1T popular reading.