The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
Special Correspondence to THE Sex,

LONDON. Nov. 2A.-The resignation
Of Winston Churchill and his departure
for the front have brought forth col
umns Of nm In every paper printed
in the United Kingdom. but w the
bittercst foes Of the former head Of the
Admiralty have good words TO BAY Of
his remarkable record. The following Ii
q good summary Of. Mr.. Churchili's
career. Most OF the facts ave been COL
lectcd by a writer in the Weekly Dis
patch:
Mr.. Churchlll's military predictions
may be traced back as far as his Har-
row scht oldays. when his chief recrea-
with the foils and won the public schools
championship. He passed on to Sand
hurst and entered the army at tho age
Of 10. His regiment was the crack
Fourth Hussars.
Finding things a bit dull in the army
during peace time for a youth OF an
adventurous disposition. he cast o
for n change. The Spanish war In Cuba
CAV him an opportunity. He resigned
his commission and volunteered for SER
vice in Cuba with the Spaniards. His
war experiences appeared as letters in
n London newspaper. The spanish COM
mander Marshal Campos decorated him
with the Order OF Military Merit In
1895.
Two years later Mr.. Churchill vas
serving as n newspaper correspondent
attached to the Thirty-tirst Punjab In
fantry with the Malskand Field Force
on the northwest frontier OF India. He
was present at the operations OF Ba-
jaur and took part In the actions OF
September IS and 80. His name was
mentioned in dispatches n he was
rewarded with the medal and clasps.
Fought Afghan mn Tribes.
The following year. 1898. he took
part In another Indian frontier cam
| paign against the Afghan hill tribes.
! accompanying the Tirah expeditionary
force rs a~ide-de-camp 10 Sir william
Lockhart. Not having seen enough
lighting for the year. Churchill raced
of to Egypt. where the Sudan campaign
was on. He was attached to the famous
Twenty-frst Lancers and arrived Just
4, In time TO ride In the famous charge at
Omdurman. Another medal and clasp.
There IL a story that when Nr.
Churchill Joined Kitchener's army the
Sirdar said to him:
lou are u "uF co''sSpoiue" WV
l Dciie'e. .r...
Inc young suoa'seTm rssol'.
hghting and to write while your men
rest"
Later one Of the stan declared that
Kitchener always had his eye on the
| young man and made Lady Randolph
Churchil's eyes sparkle with delight
when he told her his. opinion Of her son.
lA.. AhA
Boer var brought him into the white
alare OF the public limeiight. He went
out to South Africa in October. 1899. as
war correspondent for the Morning Post.
A month after leaving Southampton he
vas a prisoner in the hands OF. the
pocrs J;o vss one of , party sent out
from Estcourt 10 Chieveiey to recon-
noi,rc in an armored train that was
overturned on the return Journey. There
was n desperate flaht that resulted In
the ESCAPE OF the engine.
MFR. churchill, was taken to Pretoria
ana MAN. with the captive British
o,Hcers In the model school. lie made
h,s escape ON December IL and reached
lorenzo MARQUES after an adventurous
io,rncy about eight days later. His
romantic escape brought him kilograms
~ conrratulation from all over the
woriS
"Enslishman IS years old. about s
Ton, 2 inches I'm height walks a little
viii n bend forward. pale appearance
-, hrnvnis, hair. small mustache
hardly mercantile. talks through the
nose and cannot pronounce the letter
"a, nroner,v"
u.~..S os 400 for uim.
,,
The answer IL Ar. winston Inurci,nI
and the above description wAs .ne
one circulated by the boer authorl,ief
after his escape from pretoria. Apr'ce
of 500 was put on his head
During a by-election in northwestern
Manchester the Manchester courier pup,
that when Mr.. Churchill escaped IRON
~ n % ,hs poers S~ubseouently
mn"." aroIo~,,ed for tnsertins
me nu,o s,ats,nsnt and Maid Mr.
az ntu q, ooo .,h,ch was handed
'Hn ~ n S..
o'e. ...."u ,.a an d.ny a,.o this
MI ~. ~ &c. .,ior,sd him ~
Iaple '". H., paron AZ Cuissberr
esc"ps NV ,,,"r - thn ansvaa n
TOT eisnt .e"'s s,n.. ~ MIN An
secret ponee. ."yn
the act OF escap.ns c,vrc,,,, ,o,r.f
Aiter MS 1919 .h. tIorss 81. 3
inc SCUM nnsss a, oil IN.
lieutenant .mu "se 70 -,htni
princips, actons Oh ~ sn,i,h n,
preceded tne se"e - .n,ar ,he h.
was one oi u al. iii led MN
eaguered to""' r'"'nS VIZ"
donald .,. l., ..o mn .,