South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-21
FORBEARS CAUSE
SIR HAMILTON To
BE GREAT LEADER
General Commanding Officer of
British ExpeditlOnary Forces
Against Turks One of Eng
lands Greatest Fighters.

LONDON. May 21-The command
er Of the British expeditionaTy force
now struggling against the Turks on
the GallipOH peninsula. Gen. Sir Ivan
Standish MOntieth Hamilton. is a Scot
OF a long line of fighting ancestors.
His father, Col. Christian Hamil-
ton. once commanded the Ninety
Second Hignlanders, while a fOroear
on his fathers side was aide-de-camp
TO the first Duke Of Marlborough.
Born at Corfu 60 years ago, he was
educated at Cheam, and later went Co
Wellington college. Thence he pro-
ceeded TO Germany and had the good
luck TO form a close friendship with
the fire old HanOverian Gen. Dam
mers. from whom he learnt the lam
guage and much Of the art and STRAIT
egy OF war.
In 1873 he entered the ] 9th Foot,
and later his fathers old regiment,
the 92nd eventually with the second
battalion. the Gordon Highianders,
following the drum from garrison TO
garrison and working his way up.
Afghan Was First Campaign.
He went 10 India and had his nrSt
taste Of active campaigning In the
Afghan war Hamilton was but
subaltern when the Boer war Of 1871
broke out With his regiment ne was
presant at Maiuba. lie was in COM
mand Of a weak picket. Inc dlsmal
story needs no reteling, except thaI
towards its close Hamilton rushed up
TO Gen. Sir George Cooley IN the III
petuosity of youth;
Forgive my presumption sir ne
said "but will you let the Gordon
Highlanders charge with the pay
onetE" ,o,+1o-
man" replied COlley with treezihs
csilmness. Wen let them charge US,
then Wen give them Volley anu "
charge" ,-.
Tbe whole scene changed and broke,
f-oIlev was shot. The Beers occuple4
~ nositfon. Hamilton, shot through
the wrist and covered with Dloou'
with Hector Mcdonald ana hlelIS
others. were taken prisoners. linn -f
TON was wearing his fathers s"oIu-
lie declined to surrender it even theii.
Luckily Gen. Joubert arrived ana au-
mirfng his courage. permlIIeu MN -
retain IL. ..o,ta To
dav his paralyzed and witheIe ;liL .7=.,,e
on one hand ne terms hS
deformity from MaJEba- 1870. ,,,,,,-
nc returned to In Ia. and was cQln-
- bor,e on IeaSe when he stopPtu a.
So THE SoudaE campal6n hs1d pc
49,, The Gordon HighlandelS ny
cone M towards Wady HalIa-
91rrno11nted ell the red taps PN. n
his way and got his coIllll.lll..,.i',, The
fought with distinction recc-'i'9
"D :. o." for his services. "
pecocms Lord Roberts Alde'
paturninp to India he became a.
,fdede-camp on Lord RoDeIlS 49,
md in those piping times VI Hrl,
tnrned his talent to literary ~
- ~,rtlfshed The Fighting oA ~
49, - "a Jaunt in Junk, and
,.olurne of verses, me D@li'N
,r4fi o,a the Boar.
lie went drought the Oill1l III y,
oaition and the Tirah cahh4h's -.
commanding the thlru pi $50 -
1S07-qS lie had only peeu q. 80,
a few months when the oou1u l-l,o,.,1
- broke out AS Heutenahl sen -
ne commanded the column on lne
asnE OF Lord Roberts man arm
49,, the RloenfOrtein TO fTelOIl"
10 f,rce overcame the brunt OF 1h'
t2oer resistance. marched more lli, i-
200 miles. fought 10 general aC.loi5 3
and IA smaller affairs ana eap'uiS
I'VE towns. 3, Non
cb,1ria ne brought home the lessons 81
fbat cempaigu. Chosen as general OF
6cer commandments hlel Meullei-
ranean and nspector-Seperal oN elSee''
forces in 1910. ne has visited the Coi-
onies and dominions. s....,.
Tall and distinguished, his FEATURES
sre a reelection of his versatile mind
snd amiable character. Essentially a
"ukeable" man. he has met almost
every distinguished soldier of his day.
The kaiser has decorated him with the
First Class order of the crown OF
Prussia and the First Class Order OF
the Red Eagle. ..,-..
II is one of the surprises of this
sacret war" that Hamilton has APP
oeared To command one OF the hnes'
hghting forces ever gathered unuer
he British flag Much has been eN-
pected of this strong, determined prli-
liant officer in the past LORD hltcheh-
er I',,e,,- Is man when he chose him
LORD Kitchener does not make mis-
takes in that matter