The Washington herald., 1915-10-13
British Lavish in Rewarding
Men Who Have Won Victories
War Shortage Food Products Causes Epidemic Of Sub
stitutes" in England and Germany Artificial Jam and
Marmalade, and Creamless Whipped Cream Offered

If Britain's method OF "rewarding' the
rank and file of her veterans has been
niggardly to a degree the same cannot be
said of the favors she has showered upon
the great fighters who have led her troops
to victory in times past and laid for the
proconsuls of the empire safe founda-
ton with the sword. The greatest of all
these was the Iron Duke of Wellington.
To him, Il Is estimated, came gifts and
rewards from a grateful nation to the
amount of 5000. 900 or more. In particu-
lar. his great triumphs in India. where he
crushed the MahrattaS at the battle Of
Assaye and assured to the British Empire
the dominion of priceless value, were law
ishly rewarded.
Lord Nelson, more beloved though not
more esteemed than Wellington. received
| for his victory over the French at the
battle of the Nile a pension of $4,000 for
three lives. Later he again defeated the
hereditary enemy at the battle of Abou-
| kir Bay and was rewarded with pensions
| of $4,000 a year for life from the English
Parliament and 5000 a year from the
Irish Parliament also for the same period.
| In addition, he was raised to the peerage
and received an outright gift of 100000
| from the East India Company
Earl Roberts. perhaps the best beloved
of all England's great soldiers, was re-
warded for his famous march to kanda-
Inexperienced under the most trying
conditions in twenty nine days-with the
| title of viscount and gift from the In
dia Council of S.. J0o 1t is significant that
| for his last and greatest service to his
country-had he been permitted to render
1.-THE championing Of military prcpar-
/ einess throughout the land-he received
nothing but abuse and the satisfa ction,
hn ei Wing
told you So TO his traducers.
Lord Kitchener's great services in
Egypt and the Soudan which resulted
in the complete destruction OF the
Khalifa, successor to the Nahdi, at the
battle of Omdurman. were rewarded
| with a peera2e and $4,000. Strangely
! enough he came within an ace of losing
| the battle.
Lord wolsey-sir Garnet W6eey. as
| he was then-was first rewarded by his
grateful country for his successful
prosecution of the Ashanti war. On that
occasion he received the thanks of the
two houses of Parliament and SIS, 900.
Later. after winning the battle of Tel
el-Kebir lin 1SS2l, he received peerage
and an additional 100000.
Lord Raglan. the hero Of the Crimean
war died before his country could show
its gratitude to him personally. To his
widow PafIlafnenl gave SS'VvO Ipi iiet
life and to his heir $4,000. Niscount
Cough. the victor of the sikh war like
wise received a peerage and a pension
of $1,000 half from Great Britain and
half from the British East India Com
pany. For the bombardment of Alex
andria and other services Lord Alcester
received sl50000.
But perhaps the greatest beneficiary
of Englands heritage of wars was the
victor of Bienheim, the Duke of Marl-
! borough. He was the greatest soldier
England ever had-he never lost bat
tle-but he was also a great politician.
Indeed it was said of him that he was
the first great general to make a busi-
ness of war.
Besides innumerable honors and great
wealth he acquired from the nation the
famous country seat. '.Blenheim." His
descendants soon dssipated the wealth
and shortly before the present war an