Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-04
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LONDON.-With the publication OF
each casualty list the appalling loss
OF life among the British officers at
the front in comparison with that of
the line becomes more apparent, and
1t is no secret that Lord kitchener is
Worried about the state of affairs and
that steps are being taken to build up
a fresh corps of officers. To date
England has lost one-sixth of her Of
fieers "4 80. .....
In the seven weeks following the ar
rival of the first British contingent on
the field the army has lost no less
than 1146 officers cut of q total ap-
proximating not more than $500 at the
most OF that number 267 have been
killed, $50 wounded and 329 missing
or taken prisoners. .....s ..s .-..-.
Lord Kitchener is said to forsee the
day when substitute will stand in
the place of every officer now on the
field of battle. In fact, military ex-
perts hive limited, and Lord Kitchener
knows, that it is more than likely that
every one of the 10,43l officers now
in the British army win be either kill
ed, wounded or made prisoner be-
fore the end of the war. s..
That this is we'll recognized is
shown in a communication from the
Headquarters of Field Marshal French,
in which it Is stated that the Germans
equip sharpshooters with field glasses,
with instruments to pick off. the Off
GERS of the Allies. which is easily done
because the officers are made conspic-
ueus even at distance by their uni
forms. (, r. ..s,. 49,, -. 81 =
In the meantime that which is of
interest to the lay student of war in
his perusal of the casualty lists Is the
opportunity they afford him Of under
standing the business Of battle. Only
through them can he Obtain an inkIing
as to the movements of individual
bodies of troops. One day he finds
heavily sprinkled through the roll of
honor" the legend Gordon Highland"
ers" opposite the names of officers
dead or wounded or missing. He
knows then that the Gordon Highland
ers have been in the thick of the
fight .s.+st =. - s. s. ~:
The newt day the Coldstream Guards
bulk large among the German sharp.
nel's prey, and he sees, as clearly as IL
he had been in the trenches himself,
how the general commanding with
drew the gallant Gordons from the
point of most exposure and sent the
Coldstreams forward in stheir stead.
True to their traditions, the High
Ia W1A 49, L. - ~,
Guards appear to have been in the
forefront Of the fray through all that
long retreat from MONS to the gates
OF Paris. All of shem-the Gordons,
Camerons, Argyll and utheriands,
Black Watch and the Goldstream, Gre
nader, Irish and the Scots Guards
have suffered dreadfnlly. To the
Coldstreams goes the mournful glory
of enduring the heaviest losses OF all
among their officers, g of total of
SO of whom are ineffective at present.
The Gordons and the Irish Guards
share second place, the ormer unit
having lost 25 of its Sc officers, the
latter Is of 80. = =.
Including Lieut.. Gen. Sir James Mon.
crieff Grierson, VINO died of heart di.
sease in a troop train in France be-
fore the expeditionary force was en-.
gagged with the enemy. King George
has lost four of his generals in the
seven weeks OF war. The other three
were Brigadier- Generals A. H. Stuart,
R. Scott Kerr, who was killed while
commanding the Grenadier Guards
and N. D. Fndley of the Royal Arttl-
lery In the fog of war" that still
hangs over the battlefields of Europe
the manner in which Generals Kerr
and Findlay met death has never been
revealed, III g..
OF 309 officers Of IA well known reg
iments that have been in the brunt of
the battle at all times. and who now